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BERG talks this week: Jim Anderson (15th) and Tetsuro Matsuzawa (16th)
by Eoin O'Sullivan 13 Mar '17

13 Mar '17

Dear BERGers, We are very lucky this week to have two wonderful speakers! On Wednesday in our usual BERG slot we have Prof Jim Anderson visiting from Kyoto University to present a talk entitled: "Outbreak of cooperative punishment in a wild, multilevel primate society (Sichuan snub-nosed monkeys, Rhinopithecus roxellana)". As usual, we will be meeting in the psychology common room from 5:30pm for drinks and nibbles. On Thursday, as part of Psychology's seminar series we have Prof Tetsuro Matsuzawa, also from Kyoto University. His talk is titled: "SAGA: An attempt to promote the welfare of chimpanzees and other nonhuman primates in Japan". This talk will be taking place in room 2A73 at 4pm, and an informal reception will follow (please follow this link for more information: http://www.stir.ac.uk/events/calendarofevents/2017/march/sagaanattempttopro…)<http://www.stir.ac.uk/events/calendarofevents/2017/march/sagaanattempttopro…> All the best, Eoin?

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Wednesday 8th March: Christoph Völter
by Christine Caldwell 06 Mar '17

06 Mar '17

Dear all, For this week's BERG meeting we have Christoph Völter coming over from St Andrews. Christoph is currently covering Amanda Seed's duties (both as Living Links research coordinator, and in St Andrews) while she is on maternity leave, so it's a great opportunity to get him over here to talk to us! http://www.eva.mpg.de/psycho/staff/christoph-voelter/index.html?Fsize=0 The title of his talk is: "Explaining away: how great apes learn causal structures by discounting alternatives". If you would be interested in coming for a drink and/or quick dinner with Christoph after the meeting then please just let me know. He will need to dash off reasonably early to get back to St Andrews so it definitely won't be a late one. As usual the meeting will begin at 5.30pm in the Psychology Common Room, and drinks and nibbles will be provided. Hope to see you there! Christine.

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Fwd: One-Year Internships at Chester Zoo
by Hannah Buchanan-Smith 04 Mar '17

04 Mar '17

Just in case of interest...... From: "Liz Ball" <l.ball(a)chesterzoo.org<mailto:l.ball@chesterzoo.org>> Subject: One-Year Internships at Chester Zoo Dear Colleagues Please find attached the advertisement for our One-Year Internships in Animal Husbandry commencing on Monday 11 September 2017 at the North of England Zoological Society (Chester Zoo). Also attached are the advertisement and application form for our One-year Internships in Botany & Horticulture. These Internships offer students the opportunity to gain both practical experience working alongside trained Zoo keepers/Horticulturists & Botanists within a unique scientific/conservation environment, and also a series of theoretical workshops covering a wide range of zoo management issues. It is important to note that despite the duration of these Internships, they are entirely voluntary, so students must have organised financial provision prior to undertaking this year. I would be grateful if you would make the attached application form available to all relevant students. Many thanks and Best wishes. Liz Liz Ball Registrar's Assistant and Records Coordinator +44(0)1244 389753 www.chesterzoo.org<http://www.chesterzoo.org> [Chester Zoo]<http://www.chesterzoo.org/whats-happening/christmas/the-lanterns> Cedar House, Caughall Road, Upton by Chester, Chester CH2 1LH 01244 380280. Chester Zoo is a registered conservation and education charity. Our charity number is 306077. [http://www.chesterzoo.org/~/media/images/email-footers/social-icons/faceboo…]<https://www.facebook.com/chesterzoo1> [http://www.chesterzoo.org/~/media/images/email-footers/social-icons/gplus.g…] <https://plus.google.com/+chesterzoo> [http://www.chesterzoo.org/~/media/images/email-footers/social-icons/twitter…] <https://twitter.com/chesterzoo> [http://www.chesterzoo.org/~/media/images/email-footers/social-icons/youtube…] <https://www.youtube.com/user/OfficialChesterZoo> [http://www.chesterzoo.org/~/media/images/email-footers/social-icons/flickr.…] <http://www.flickr.com/photos/chesterzoo> [http://www.chesterzoo.org/~/media/images/email-footers/social-icons/instagr…] <https://instagram.com/chesterzoo/> ________________________________ This electronic message contains information which may be privileged or confidential. The information is intended to be for the use of the individual(s) or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. If you have received this electronic message in error, please notify us by telephone or e-mail immediately and delete it from your system. Activity and use of our e-mail system is monitored to secure its effective operation and for other lawful business purposes. Communications using this system will also be monitored and may be recorded to secure effective operation and for other lawful business purposes. Internet e-mails are not necessarily secure. We do not accept responsibility for changes made to this message after it was sent. You are advised to scan this message for viruses and we cannot accept liability for any loss or damage which may be caused as a result of any computer virus. For information about how we process data and monitor communications please see our privacy policy and for terms of use please see our terms of use policy. The North of England Zoological Society, a private company limited by guarantee in England and Wales, with company number: 00287902, registered office: Cedar House, Zoological Gardens, Caughall Road, Upton-by-Chester, Chester, CH2 1LH, registered charity number: 306077. ________________________________

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Kansky et al. (2016) - A wildlife tolerance model
by Eoin O'Sullivan 03 Mar '17

03 Mar '17

Dear all, Just writing to circulate the paper that formed the basis of Phyllis' wonderful talk yesterday (see attached). Enjoy! Also, next week we will have Dr. Christop Völter visiting from St. Andrews to talk about primate cognition (https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Christoph_Voelter) All the best, Eoin

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BERG 01.03.17: Phyllis Lee facilitating discussion on enabling a voice for the natural world
by Eoin O'Sullivan 28 Feb '17

28 Feb '17

Dear all, Please join us tomorrow for a discussion hosted by Prof Phyllis Lee on "how we can enable a voice for the natural world". As usual we will be meeting from 5:30pm in the Psychology common room (3A94) for drinks and nibbles. ?I look forward to seeing you then! All the best, Eoin? ?For the full BERG Spring 2017 schedule see here: http://www.stir.ac.uk/media/schools/naturalscience/psychology/documents/BER… Follow BERG on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bergstirling/ Follow BERG on twitter: https://twitter.com/BERG_Stirling ?

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No BERG this week/Meeting and Night Out next week
by Eoin O'Sullivan 22 Feb '17

22 Feb '17

Dear all, I am just writing to remind you that there will be no BERG meeting this week. Next week (March 1st), BERG's Prof Phyllis Lee will host a discussion around the following question: "Can we enable a voice for the natural world?" Also, after next week's meeting some of us will be going for food and drinks to say farewell to Hayley (more details below). Please do come along- all are welcome! BERG night out on Wednesday 1st March to mark Hayley's leaving. Hayley Ash has been with us for many years, as a PhD student and now early career fellow, and is moving on to an excellent postdoc position at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA. To mark her leaving we plan to go the Meadowpark (https://www.themeadowparkstirling.co.uk/) after Phyllis Lee's BERG talk on 1st March. (For those on a budget please note it will be individual bills.) Please can you let Hannah (h.m.buchanan-smith(a)stir.ac.uk) know if you wish to join us so she can book a table. All welcome. All the best, Eoin

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Maribel Recharte's talk (15.02.17) & Hayley's Leaving Night-out
by Eoin O'Sullivan 13 Feb '17

13 Feb '17

Dear BERGers, On Wednesday, we have Maribel Recharte talking to us about her PhD research. Her talk is entitled: "Fisherman coexistence with aquatic predators in the Peruvian Amazon." As usual we will be meeting from 5:30pm in the Psychology common room (3A94) for drinks and nibbles. ? BERG night out on Wednesday 1st March to mark Hayley's leaving. Hayley Ash has been with us for many years, as a PhD student and now early career fellow, and is moving on to an excellent postdoc position at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA. To mark her leaving we plan to go the Meadowpark (https://www.themeadowparkstirling.co.uk/) after Phyllis Lee's BERG talk on 1stMarch. (For those on a budget please note it will be individual bills.) Please can you let Hannah (h.m.buchanan-smith(a)stir.ac.uk) know if you wish to join us so she can book a table. All welcome. All the best, Eoin ?For the full BERG Spring 2017 schedule see here: http://www.stir.ac.uk/media/schools/naturalscience/psychology/documents/BER… Follow BERG on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bergstirling/ Follow BERG on twitter: https://twitter.com/BERG_Stirling ?

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Matsuzawa to talk in Stirling
by Hannah Buchanan-Smith 10 Feb '17

10 Feb '17

Dear friends and colleagues I am delighted to announce that Professor Tetsuro Matsuzawa will be giving a presentation at the University of Stirling. Professor Matsuzawa is famous for his research on chimpanzee cognition, combining a long-term study of chimpanzees in the wild and testing them in captivity (the Ai project). His findings demonstrate the sophisticated cognitive abilities of chimpanzees that have had important welfare consequences (e.g. adding to the evidence underpinning changes to their use in research and testing). Please also see http://matsuzawa.kyoto/cv/en/ Date - Thursday 16th March Time - 4pm Location - 2A73 in the Cottrell Building, University of Stirling Title - SAGA: An attempt to promote the welfare of chimpanzees and other nonhuman primates in Japan SAGA stands for Support for African/Asian Great Apes and their website is here: http://www.saga-jp.org/indexe.html I attach a poster that I hope you might print out and put up, or please feel free to send this message around to colleagues. Maps of how to get to Stirling are here: http://www.stir.ac.uk/about/getting-here/ There will be an informal reception after the talk, and then we shall go out for dinner so please let me know if you'd like to join us. You may also be interested in other talks in our Behaviour and Evolution Research Group seminar series - schedule here http://www.stir.ac.uk/media/schools/naturalscience/psychology/documents/BER… All good wishes, Hannah Hannah M. Buchanan-Smith Professor, Behaviour and Evolution Research Group (BERG) Psychology, Faculty of Natural Sciences University of Stirling Stirling, FK9 4LA Scotland Tel: 01786 467674 Fax: 01786 467641 E-mail: h.m.buchanan-smith(a)stir.ac.uk<mailto:h.m.buchanan-smith@stir.ac.uk> Home page: https://rms.stir.ac.uk/converis-stirling/person/11925 BERG: http://www.stir.ac.uk/natural-sciences/research/groups/psychology/behaviour… http://marmosetcare.com/ http://www.247animalwelfare.eu/index.html Recently launched: http://refiningdogcare.com/ http://www.refiningdogcare.com/images/RDC%20Flyer.pdf

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08.02.2017: Hunting and mammal distribution in Peruvian Amazon
by Eoin O'Sullivan 07 Feb '17

07 Feb '17

Dear BERGers, Tomorrow, we have Dr. Mark Bowler, postdoctoral fellow at the San Diego Zoo Global Institute for Conservation Research, giving a talk entitled: "Hunting and the distribution of mammals in the Peruvian Amazon - Surveying with arboreal camera traps and line transects, and tracking guns with GPS." As usual we will be meeting from 5:30pm in the Psychology common room (3A94) for drinks and nibbles. ? Eoin For the full BERG Spring 2017 schedule see here: http://bit.ly/2jXV7u7 Follow BERG on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bergstirling/ Follow BERG on twitter: https://twitter.com/BERG_Stirling

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BERG Spring Program and Tomorrow's Meeting
by Eoin O'Sullivan 31 Jan '17

31 Jan '17

Dear all, Please find the program for this semester's BERG meetings attached. We still have one meeting slot available (next week, Wednesday Feb 8th), so if anyone is interested in giving a talk or hosting a discussion on a particular paper or topic please let me know. This week, in a slight change to our previously advertised topic, I will be giving a talk entitled: "Are automatic imitation effects influenced by experience of synchronous action in children?" As usual, we will be in the Psychology Common Room (3A94) from 5:30pm, with drinks and nibbles! I hope to see you all then! Best, Eoin ?

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