Dear BERGers,
This Wednesday we will have Deborah Bruce presenting on "Observational learning in African grey parrots". The capacity for vocal imitation in this parrot species is unparalleled, however little is known about their capability for observational learning. Deborah is going to examine recent evidence from a group of African Greys on imitative and emulative forms of observational learning during an artificial fruit paradigm.
As usual, we will meet in room 3A94 (Psychology common room) at 5:30pm, and will have drinks and nibbles available. For details on upcoming BERG seminars please visit: www.stir.ac.uk/natural-sciences/research/seminars/psychology/berg-seminars<http://www.stir.ac.uk/natural-sciences/research/seminars/psychology/berg-se…>.
I hope to see you all on Wednesday night!
Kris
Dr Kris Descovich
Research Fellow in Animal Welfare
Psychology, School of Natural Sciences
University of Stirling
Stirling, FK9 4LA
Scotland
Tel: 01786 467643
E-mail: kristin.descovich(a)stir.ac.uk<mailto:kristin.descovich@stir.ac.uk>
Behaviour and Evolution Research Group (BERG) seminar programme:
http://www.stir.ac.uk/natural-sciences/research/seminars/psychology/berg-se…
SCAB pogramme attached – looks great – and details of how to register on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/SCAB2015
From: Scab The Conference [mailto:scab.the.conference@gmail.com]
Sent: 17 March 2015 17:59
To: Axel Wiberg
Subject: SCAB 2015 Programme
Hi All,
Attached you will find a programme, as it stands, of the upcoming SCAB meeting on the 28th March. Talks will be allocated 15 minutes including questions.
Additionally, I have attached a list of the current posters that will be presented at the meeting. The size of the boards for these posters are A0 so that is the maximum size we'll be able to accommodate.
Registration for posters and general attendees is still open. Please don't hesitate to contact us with questions.
Cheers,
The SCAB team
Hello all,
As you will know by now, Iain Valentine was unable to come and talk to us about the pandas at the zoo. But as it happens we are really fortunate to have Jim Anderson back with us at the moment (visiting from Kyoto), and Jim has agreed to give us a short talk about some research that he has been working on.
So, if you would like to join us, BERG will start at 5.30pm as per usual in the Psychology common room (3A94).
Hope to see you there!
Christine.
Dr Christine A. Caldwell
Senior Lecturer in Psychology
School of Natural Sciences
University of Stirling
FK9 4LA
Website: https://sites.google.com/site/christineannacaldwell
Dear BERGers,
Unfortunately our speaker for tonight is unable to make it. However, this is for very good reasons as the female giant panda has come into season unexpectedly.
As you can imagine, this is a significant event that happens only once a year for a very short time and therefore Iain Valentine is in the midst of preparations regarding this.
We look forward to welcoming him some time in the near future.
My apologies for any inconvenience,
Kind Regards,
Kris
Dear BERGers,
This Wednesday we will have a very interesting guest from the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland. Iain Valentine is the Director of the Giant Panda Project at Edinburgh Zoo and he will be visiting us to present on this topic: "Giant pandas at the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland".
As usual, we will meet in room 3A94 (Psychology common room) at 5:30pm, and will have drinks and nibbles available. For details on upcoming BERG seminars please visit: www.stir.ac.uk/natural-sciences/research/seminars/psychology/berg-seminars.
I hope to see you all on Wednesday night!
Kris
Dr Kris Descovich
Research Fellow in Animal Welfare
Psychology, School of Natural Sciences
University of Stirling
Stirling, FK9 4LA
Scotland
Tel: 01786 467643
E-mail: kristin.descovich(a)stir.ac.uk<mailto:kristin.descovich@stir.ac.uk>
Behaviour and Evolution Research Group (BERG) seminar programme:
http://www.stir.ac.uk/natural-sciences/research/seminars/psychology/berg-se…
Some shocking facts about destruction but the good news is the fight back.
I have the article if anyone wishes a copy.
Best, Hannah
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From: Laurance, Bill <bill.laurance(a)jcu.edu.au<mailto:bill.laurance@jcu.edu.au>>
Date: 13 March 2015 at 10:15
Subject: Global explosion of infrastructure
To: "Laurance, Bill" <bill.laurance(a)jcu.edu.au<mailto:bill.laurance@jcu.edu.au>>
Dear colleagues,
I'd like to draw your attention to our article that has just appeared online in Current Biology—see attached.
This is being used as a springboard for a major effort by scores of eminent scientists and luminaries to lobby the leaders of the G20 nations to rethink their astonishing plans to more than double total global investment in roads, hydroelectric dams, power lines, gas lines, mining, fossil-fuel projects, and other major infrastructure over the next 15 years.
See also these brief, popular synopses, which provide a nice snapshot of our main findings:
https://theconversation.com/roads-to-ruin-the-pitfalls-of-the-g20s-infrastr…http://alert-conservation.org/issues-research-highlights/2015/3/8/alert-sci…
Apologies for any cross-postings. Please do forward to interested friends and colleagues!
All best, Bill
William F. Laurance, FAAAS
Distinguished Research Professor & Australian Laureate
Prince Bernhard Chair in International Nature Conservation
Director of the Centre for Tropical Environmental and Sustainability Science (TESS)
[cid:44C4EC78-A517-4CA5-834E-ED6D51BCFB7B]
Director of ALERT (ALERT-conservation.org)
[cid:19A88B51-0715-435E-AB56-D9B8C373A8C0]
Centre for Tropical Environmental and Sustainability Science (TESS)
& College of Marine and Environmental Sciences
James Cook University
Cairns, Queensland 4878, Australia
Phones: +61-7-4038-1518<tel:%2B61-7-4038-1518> and +61-7-4232-1819<tel:%2B61-7-4232-1819>
Email: bill.laurance(a)jcu.edu.au<mailto:bill.laurance@jcu.edu.au>
Lab website: http://laurancelab.org/
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_F_Laurance
Still time to offer a talk!
From: Scab The Conference [mailto:scab.the.conference@gmail.com]
Sent: 12 March 2015 16:44
To: Axel Wiberg
Subject: SCAB 2015 Talk Deadline
Hi All,
The deadline for registering your talk at SCAB 2015 is tomorrow! There are still places left and we're looking for more speakers. Pass the news on to all your friends and colleagues.
Register your talk here: http://onlineshop.st-andrews.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?compid=1&modid=1&c…
Once again, I've attached a skeleton form of the programme for the day. Talks will be allocated 15 minutes including question as at previous conferences.
General attendees and poster registrations will be accepted for longer.
We would also like to make a call for anyone willing to be a judge for the poster and talk competitions to come forward.
Looking forward to seeing you all soon!
Best wishes,
The SCAB team
Hayley passed her viva with minor corrections - celebrations in the common room now.
Check out: New methods for monitoring and improving welfare of laboratory dogs<http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/news/policy/2014/140918-n-animal-welfate-laboratory-…>
Hannah M. Buchanan-Smith
Professor, Behaviour and Evolution Research Group
Director of Learning and Teaching in SNS
Psychology, School 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/11925http://marmosetcare.com/
Dear BERGers,
I hope you all had a productive / relaxing time over the Reading break. This Wednesday we will not have a BERG meeting, as there is a BERG related speaker presenting the Psychology Division seminar on Thursday and we would like to encourage everyone to come along, particularly those interested in human-animal interaction.
The speaker will be Dr Jo Williams from the University of Edinburgh, who will be presenting: "Promoting positive interactions between children and animals."
The event will be held in room 3A94 (Psychology common room) at 4pm on Thursday the 3rd of March, and a poster is attached. Please pass this on to any other people who may be interested in attending.
Kind Regards,
Kris
Dr Kris Descovich
Research Fellow in Animal Welfare
Psychology, School of Natural Sciences
University of Stirling
Stirling, FK9 4LA
Scotland
Tel: 01786 467643
E-mail: kristin.descovich(a)stir.ac.uk<mailto:kristin.descovich@stir.ac.uk>
Behaviour and Evolution Research Group (BERG) seminar programme:
http://www.stir.ac.uk/natural-sciences/research/seminars/psychology/berg-se…
Do you research animal cognition and behaviour? Do you love what you do? Then why not tell visitors at RZSS - Edinburgh Zoo how cool it is? The Living Links Public Engagement Prize is a new competition aimed at animal behaviour researchers. It is being run as part of our 'Animal Cultures' event in the Edinburgh International Science Festival.
Further details see here - note deadline 27th March.
http://www.living-links.org/calling-all-animal-behaviour-scientists/
Hannah
Check out: New methods for monitoring and improving welfare of laboratory dogs<http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/news/policy/2014/140918-n-animal-welfate-laboratory-…>
Hannah M. Buchanan-Smith
Professor, Behaviour and Evolution Research Group
Director of Learning and Teaching in SNS
Psychology, School 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/11925http://marmosetcare.com/
