29 Apr
2024
29 Apr
'24
7 a.m.
Dear All,
This Wednesday Dr Victoria Lee (Scotland's Rural College) will be giving a seminar
entitled "Do jackdaws learn socially about dangerous people? Please find the abstract
below. Hope to see you there!
Abstract: In anthropogenic habitats, humans can present both an opportunity and a threat
to wildlife. In these situations, it may be beneficial for animals to use social
information to learn about dangerous people and avoid direct encounters that could be
costly. We tested whether jackdaws use social information to learn about the level of
danger posed by unfamiliar people. Using a within-subjects design, jackdaws were presented
with an unfamiliar person near their nest, paired with conspecific alarm calls or a
neutral control. Jackdaws that heard alarm calls showed a heightened fear response in
subsequent encounters with the person, suggesting that jackdaws use social learning to
assess the level of risk posed by people.
MSTeams link:
https://teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/launcher.html?url=%2F_%23%2Fl%2Fmee…
Remaining meetings:
Date
01/05/2024
Time
16:00
Speaker
Victoria Lee (SRUC)
Format
F2F/hybrid
08/05/2024
10:00
James Brooks (Kyoto)
Online
15/05/2024
tbc
22/05/2024
16:00
Elodie Freymann (Oxford)
online
Best wishes,
Pawel
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Dr Pawel Fedurek (he/his)
Lecturer in Psychology
Behaviour and Evolution Research Group (BERG)
Division of Psychology, Faculty of Natural Sciences
University of Stirling
Stirling, FK9 4LA
Scotland, UK
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I aim to reply within 3 working days (my working days are between Monday and Friday).
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