The current ABS 2022 In-Person Meeting program is listed below. Please be sure to reference this page regularly as program changes are expected up until the meeting.
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Thursday, July 21 |
| Time | Chirripo / Tobosi | Gondola | Cahuita 1 | Cahuita 2 | Tempisque |
| 9:30 am - 12:00 pm | Allee Symposium
Moderator(s): Vanessa Ezenwa | Rack your brain: Behavioral Plasticity & Cognition
Moderator(s): Tiago Falótico | Chirps, Croaks and more! Acoustic Communication
Moderator(s): Terrence T Chang, Lata Kalra | I've Got You Under My Skin: Mating Systems and Physiological Effects
Moderator(s): Phoebe D. Edwards, Matthew A. Wund | Sexy Time: Mating Behavior and Sexual Selection
Moderator(s): Meredith Fitschen-Brown, Ummat Somjee |
| 9:30 | Father-daughter Bonds Mediate Neurobiology of Female Titi Monkey (Plecturocebus cupreus) Attachment
L. Witczak, J. Capitanio, E. Ferrer, K. Bales | Amazon Mollies Respond to Conflicting Information by Weighing Previous Experience More Heavily
J. Aguiñaga, C. Mitchell, K. Laskowski | Call complexity in the Golden Lesser Treefrog, Dendropsophus minutus
J. Bovolon, L. Toledo | How social dominance is communicated in Canada’s most endangered mammal
P. Edwards, S. Newar, J. Bowman, M. Holmes, G. Mastromonaco | Gene by environment interactions in variation in female mate preference in Xiphophorus multilineatus
M. Fitschen-Brown, M. Morris |
| 9:45 | Putting the Best Foot Forward: Limb Lateralization in the Goffin's Cockatoo
J. Colbourne, L. Hanon, I. Pepperberg, A. Auersperg | Singing contests: Inter-individual differences in calling behaviour of male Cyphoderris monstrosa
T. Chang, A. Mason | Field wanderers under the moonlight: sexual behavior and size dimorphism in a Uruguayan wolf spider
V. Gonnet, L. Bidegaray-Batista, M. Simó, A. Aisenberg |
| 10:00 | Group augmentation underlies the evolution of complex sociality in the face of environmental instability
S. Shah, D. Rubenstein | Evolutionary preparedness, the value of information, and memory: experiments with bumble bees
A. Dunlap, A. Dexheimer | Reframing the acoustic niche partitioning hypothesis: Addressing neglected dimensions of signal interference.
K. Gonzalez, X. Bernal | Reproductive benefits associated with reproductive groups of males in Abudefduf troschelii.
M. Solis-Mendoza, O. Chassin-Noria , C. Perez-Hernandez, L. Mendoza-Cuenca | Male mate-copying in a moth
A. Harari, A. Glezer , R. Sharon |
| 10:15 | Tool use and food properties in wild capuchin monkeys
T. Falótico, T. Valença, M. Verderane, M. Fogaça | Cross-modal facilitation of auditory discrimination in a frog
L. James, A. Baier, R. Page, K. Hunter, R. Taylor, M. Ryan | Amazons are back: parthenogenesis in the praying mantis Brunneria subaptera from Uruguay
M. Trillo, A. Aisenberg, M. Herberstein, L. Bidegaray-Batista | Introgression of a sexually selected trait via female preference: genomic and endocrine mechanisms
S. Khalil, J. Walsh, E. Enbody, D. Baldassarre, H. Schwabl, M. Webster, J. Karubian |
| 10:30 | Possible functions of allomothering in the Kabini Asian elephants, southern India
T. Revathe, T. Vidya | Among-individual differences in auditory and physical cognitive abilities in zebra finches
C. Lambert, P. Sahu, C. Sturdy, L. Guillette | Temporal coherence overrides spectral similarity during stream segregation in Cope’s gray treefrogs
L. Kalra, M. Bee | Phenotypic Plasticity and Assortative Mating in Threespine Stickleback Fish
M. Wund | Are colorful nanostructures in feathers costly to produce?
M. Shawkey, L. D'Alba |
| 10:45 | Classical Conditioning in an Animal Without a Brain, the Brittle Star Ophiocoma echinata
J. Notar, M. Go, S. Johnsen | Call elaboration insures calls against unflattering overlap in túngara frog choruses
L. Larter, M. Ryan | End of Session | Anti-Nausea for Darwin: How metabolic energy shapes the evolution of extreme sexually selected traits
U. Somjee, J. Rubin, J. Falk, A. Shankar, C. Painting |
| 11:00 | The better, the choosier: a meta‐analysis on interindividual variation of male mate choice
P. Pollo, S. Nakagawa, M. Kasumovic | Personality Affects Individual Variation in Learning and Reversal Learning in Acheta domesticus
M. Reichert, J. Albers | Convergent Body Size and Acoustic Character Displacement in Syntopic Cricket Frogs (genus Acris)
J. Micancin, T. LaPine | LIFETIME VARIATION IN MATE PREFERENCE FUNCTIONS AND CHOOSINESS OF ENCHENOPA BINOTATA TREEHOPPERS
B. Speck, S. Seidita, R. Rodriguez |
| 11:15 | Brain gene expression differences during recognition in geographically variable Polistes fuscatus
M. Simons, D. Green , E. Tibbetts | End of Session | Understanding coping styles in a fish species with alternative reproductive tactics
S. Thakur, N. Tra, E. Adams, M. Cummings |
| 11:30 | Infanticide and inbreeding: tradeoffs in female mate choice in the face of allied sexual coercion
M. McEntee, V. Foroughirad, E. Krzyszczyk, A. Levengood, E. Patterson, M. Wallen, C. Frѐre, J. Mann | DNA methylation patterns underlying developmental behavioural plasticity in guppies
J. Fox, S. Reader, M. Guigueno, R. Barrett | You are what you eat: the relationship between territoriality and diet choice on leks
E. Tymstra, J. Forbey, G. Patricelli |
| 11:45 | End of Session | Mate Choice Patterns Shift Over Time in Regal Jumping Spiders
T. Walls, D. Elias |
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Thursday, July 21 |
| Time | Chirripo / Tobosi | Gondola | Cahuita 1 | Cahuita 2 |
| 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm | Allee Symposium
Moderator(s): Vanessa Ezenwa | Escaping the Enemy: Antipredator Strategies
Moderator(s): Brian C. Leavell, Sushant Potdar | There's a method to this madness: Signal variability
Moderator(s): Jeffrey R Lucas, Michael A. Pardo | No pain, no mate: Sexual Selection and Alternative Tactics
Moderator(s): Rosannette Quesada-Hidalgo, Oscar Rios-Cardenas |
| 1:30 | The adaptive value of modulating aggression across breeding stages in a competitive female songbird
E. George, A. Weber, K. Rosvall | Sex Differences in Whirling Behavior in Pholcus phalangioides.
A. Berry, A. Rypstra | Ontogeny of Early-Life Vocalizations and the Adult Auditory Brainstem Response in California Mice
A. Arquilla, K. Wilson, J. Kokash, J. Rumschlag, K. Razak, W. Saltzman | Dominance and paternity in male mantled howler monkeys (Alouatta palliata)
L. Corewyn, K. Brossard Stoos, M. Kelaita |
| 1:45 | Though she be but little, she is fierce: the multiple effects of frog-biting midges on frog calls
B. Leavell, X. Bernal | Geographic variation in female song structure in two North-temperate populations
C. Krieg | Advertisement predicts male success in acquiring new clutches in an arachnid with paternal care
L. Grossel, G. Machado |
| 2:00 | Care in the time of chytrid: The role of parental care in the spread of a deadly pathogen
C. Fouilloux, G. De Freitas Almeida, G. Rosa, L. Sundberg, A. Pašukonis, S. Serrano Rojas, T. Garner, B. Rojas | Anti-predatory behavior of toxic butterflies in response to predatory bird calls
S. Potdar, E. Westerman | How variable are signals? The receiver side of signal complexity
J. Lucas, K. Henry | Alternative Reproductive Tactics in Females of a Neotropical Arachnid with Exclusive Paternal Care
R. Quesada-Hidalgo, G. Requena, G. Machado |
| 2:15 | Paternal Effects Vary in Response To Cue Types in Threespined Stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)
M. Rogers, J. Hellmann | Daily variation and repeatability in advertisement calls of an anuran from the South American temperate forest
F. Moreno-Gómez, G. Bidart-Enríquez, R. Cossio-Rodriguez, M. Muñoz, M. Quispe, M. Penna | Genetic integration of mating behavior and morphology in a plastic alternative reproductive tactic
O. Rios-Cardenas, M. Liotta, S. Kamara, J. Abbott, M. Morris |
| 2:30 | Mating-related barriers to gene flow shape ancestry patterns along hybrid baboon genomes
A. Fogel, T. Vilgalys, S. He, E. Archie, S. Alberts, J. Tung | Taking the bird’s eye view: Two tests of elaborated traits in moths and bugs against bird predators
J. Rubin, U. Somjee, J. Medina, J. Falk, N. Martin, K. Sieiving, A. Kawahara | Vocal labeling of individual conspecifics in African elephants
M. Pardo, K. Fristrup, D. Lolchuragi, J. Poole, P. Granli, G. Wittemyer | Behavioral evidence of female mimicking in an arachnid with alternative reproductive tactics
D. Solano-Brenes, R. Willemart, G. Machado |
| 2:45 | Antipredator decision making in Artibeus jamaicensis using visual and auditory cues
B. Sealey, M. Ryan, R. Page | Advertisement call variation of the treefrog Boana bischoffi in an altitudinal gradient of Atlantic Forest
S. Weihermann-Oliveira, R. Lingnau, S. Neckel-Oliveira | Physiological mechanisms of benefits of pair experience in Cassin’s auklet under two oceanic regimes
A. Miles, C. Tyson, M. Johns, J. Hull |
| 3:00 | Gut Microbiota Diversity and Composition is Associated with Exploratory Behavior in a Wild-Caught Songbird
M. Florkowski, J. Yorzinski | Mass-recruitment strategy in carpenter ants and its connection with more primitive behaviors
W. Song, K. Lee, S. Lee, P. Jablonski | End of Session | End of Session |
| 3:15 | Integrating the Behavioral and Chemical Ecology of Antipredator Defenses in Costa Rican Poison Frogs
J. Stynoski, F. Protti-Sánchez, J. Klank, M. Gonzalez, H. Rowland |
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Thursday, July 21 |
| Time | Chirripo / Tobosi | Gondola | Cahuita 1 | Cahuita 2 | Tempisque |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Allee Symposium
Moderator(s): Vanessa Ezenwa | Think Twice: Predator-Prey Interactions
Moderator(s): Maria Kuruvilla | Not on the same page: Communication & Sexual conflict
Moderator(s): Ignacio Escalante, David Logue | What is going to work? Team work!: Social Behavior
Moderator(s): Mayte Martínez, Cassandra Nunez | For the love of others: Social evolution and behavior
Moderator(s): Maria J.A. Creighton, Matthew N Zipple |
| 4:00 | Reproductive costs and benefits underlie sex differences in weapon investment in the snapping shrimp
J. Dinh, S. Patek | Do eavesdropping bat predators update foraging decisions during attack flights?
M. Caldwell, A. Yiambilis, Z. Searcy, R. Pulica, R. Page, C. Kernan | Immediate flexibility in an aerial display during experimental exposure to noise
P. Diniz, E. Silva-Jr, R. Macedo | From whom do animals learn? A meta-analysis on model-based social learning
A. Camacho Alpizar, L. Guillette | Exploring tuberculosis infection in free-ranging long-tailed macaques using social network analysis
N. Aiempichitkijkarn, B. McCowan |
| 4:15 | Effects of Conspecific Density on Habitat Assessment in Red-backed Salamanders (Plethodon cinereus)
E. Haines-Eitzen, K. Tarvin | On the function of a female-mimic signal type in the vibrational repertoire of male treehoppers
I. Escalante, J. Kellner, C. Desjonqueres, R. Rodriguez | Population differences in aggregation and foraging behavior in fragmented social spider colonies
S. Cassidy, E. Durkin, C. Keiser | Boldness Syndromes in Mixed-Species Flocks of Songbirds
S. Benson |
| 4:30 | New methods reveal that Ectatomma ruidum ant colonies demonstrate poor macronutrient regulation abilities
A. Burchill, S. Pratt, T. Pavlic | Resolving the paradox of warning signal diversity with predator learning
C. Kuo | Allocation of Daily Song Output Reflects Differences in Male Quality along a Montane Gradient
S. Huang, D. Schaening-Lopez, V. Halterman, V. Pravosudov, C. Branch | Direct and indirect effects on agonistic behaviors of house crickets (Acheta domesticus)
S. M A, N. Dochtermann | Social and Environmental Influences on Baboon Offspring Survival
M. Creighton, E. Lange, J. Tung, E. Archie, J. Altmann, S. Alberts |
| 4:45 | The Effect of Temperature on Fish Swimming and Schooling is Context Dependent
M. Kuruvilla, A. Dell, A. Olson, J. Knouft, J. Grady, J. Forbes, A. Berdahl | Are you even trying? Skewed performance is evidence of motor constraint in sports and animal displays
D. Logue, T. Bonnell | Dogs Coordinate on the Assurance Game
M. Martínez, S. Schöndorfer, L. Robinson, S. Brosnan, F. Range | Reciprocal help is more evident than kin-bias in a mixed-kin, plural cooperatively breeding society
A. Earl, G. Carter, S. Shah, A. Berlinger, D. Rubenstein |
| 5:00 | Niche construction of host broods by nest-sharing avian brood parasitic nestlings
N. Antonson | Bats track their moth prey through predictive control of their echolocation pulses during predatory encounters
N. Nishiumi, E. Fujioka, S. Hiryu | Influence of Visual Background on Discrimination of Signal-Relevant Colors in Zebra Finches
S. Nowicki, A. Davis, M. Zipple, D. Diaz, S. Peters, S. Johnsen | Mean Mares: Linking Contraception Management and Aggression in Feral Mares (Equus caballus)
C. Nunez | The evolution of parental care modes in birds
P. Lavaniegos-Puebla, A. Gonzalez-Voyer, V. Rincón-Rubio |
| 5:15 | Northern Mockingbirds Produce Different Alarm Calls For Different Predators: An Experimental Test
C. Stracey, K. Savage, D. Gammon | The squeaking vocalization: The missing piece of the wolf vocal repertoire
J. Schneider, J. Weir, R. Anderson | The social lives of cephalopods
E. Sampaio | Impacts of Post-Weaning Maternal Care in Re-Wilded Laboratory Mice
M. Zipple, C. Vogt, D. Chang, T. Reichard, K. Guess, M. Sheehan |
| 5:30 | End of Session | Snake Whisperers: Novel Response to Prairie Rattlesnakes in a Population of Black-tailed Prairie Dogs.
J. Verdolin, E. Peterson, E. Bledsoe | Eyes of love: Java sparrows increase eye ring conspicuousness when pair-bonded
M. Soma, J. Onaga | Intraspecific variation in visual perception correlates with explorative but not social behaviours
N. Hamilton, S. Matchette , K. Dunkley , J. Herbert-Read | Sun-loving orb-web spiders have slender bodies
F. Gawryszewski, L. Ferreira-Sousa, P. Zepp, P. Motta |
| 5:45 | End of Session | End of Session | End of Session | End of Session |
