Dear Bergers, I'm delighted to announce that TODAY'S BERG seminar at 4pm online, will be Dr Lucie Rigaill from Université Rennes. The title of her talk is, "Multimodal sexual communication in Afro-Eurasian monkeys." The abstract, teams link, and schedule of future talks are below: Abstract Reproduction is a crucial activity for all animal species. Individuals have to find mating opportunities, defend partners, and mate at the appropriate timing to maximize their reproductive success while dealing with the cost associated with reproduction (e.g., production of gametes, physiological stress).To guide their mating decision, individuals exchange information about their attributes and status through multiple sensory modalities. I have been studying how primates strategically mate using sexual communication and especially ovulatory signals in several species of Afro-Eurasian monkeys (olive baboons, Japanese macaques, cherry-crowned mangabeys, humans). I will present some of my results on the role of female visual (skin coloration, swelling), auditory (vocalisation), and olfactory(vaginal secretion) modalities in ovulatory signalling and mating strategies. Teams link: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19:meeting_MjI5NTVhOGItNWM0OC00Nz… Future Talks April 12 16:00 Mike Radford University of Aberdeen TBA In - person: C3A94 April 19th 16:00 Alexandra Horowitz Barnard College Who is the dog? Online April 26th 16:00 Pawel Fedurek University of Stirling Sound Recording Workshop In - person: C3A94 May 3rd 10:00 AM Cécile Sarabian University of Hong Kong Risk perception and potential applications in wildlife management and conservation Online May 10th 16:00 Arnaud Tognetti Karolinska Institutet Identification of sickness: some past, current and future projects. Online Looking forward to seeing you all there! Sharon -------------------------- Sharon Kessler (she/her), PhD Lecturer in Psychology Cottrell Building Room 3B92, Faculty of Natural Sciences University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA, SCOTLAND Tel: +44(0)1786 467 651 Email: sharon.kessler(a)stir.ac.uk Website: https://www.stir.ac.uk/people/1104622#research; https://www.sharonekessler.com/ Book review editor: International Journal of Primatology Academic editor: PLOS ONE ________________________________ Scotland’s University for Sporting Excellence The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159 ________________________________ Scotland’s University for Sporting Excellence The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159