The current ABS 2024 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, June 27 |
| Time | SSC 2024 | SSC 2028 | SSC 2032 | SSC 2036 | SSC 2050 |
| 9:30 am - 12:00 pm | Symposium: Understanding the emergent properties of animal groups using multilayer networks (1) | Symposium: The Charles H. Turner Symposium (1) | Symposium: Increasing the visibility of LGBTQ+ scientists and building a queer-friendly community in the Animal Behavior Society (2) | Applied animal behavior 1
Moderator(s): Erin S. McCallum, Jennifer L. White | Communication 4
Moderator(s): Joshua LaPergola, Claire M. Jones |
| 9:30 | Using multilayer networks to learn about animal social structure.
S. Smith Aguilar, C. Jasso del Toro, J. Nicolás-Carlock, D. Boyer, F. Aureli, C. Schaffner, G. Ramos-Fernández | Introduction
D. Shelton, J. Hamel | Experience matters: social modulation of aggression and health
C. Rittschof | Female mice find males from well-resourced housing attractive: Implications for conservation captive breeding
P. Anandarajan, J. Cai, G. Mason | Geographic variation in contact calls reveals social structure in St. Lawrence belugas
J. Aubin, M. Mikus, R. Michaud, V. Vergara, D. Mennill |
| 9:45 | Dr. Charles H. Turner: A study in inspiration
C. Abramson | Enclosure style preferences are influenced by experience in bearded dragons (Pogona vitticeps)
M. Denomme, G. Tattersall | The colourful bills of Atlantic puffins are signals of quality and identity
P. Bitton, K. Kochvar, R. Foote, A. Wilson, S. Saki, O. Meruvia-Pastor, L. Peña-Castillo |
| 10:00 | Deconstructing sociality – How to be connected to others and when that matters
L. Brent | Temperature mediates interactions between female mate choice and male-male competition
N. Leith, Y. Phan, J. Woods, K. Fowler-Finn | The increasing adoption potential of undersocialized cats: Blessing or curse?
J. Ellis, K. Janke, N. Furgala | Calls and social preferences in a socially monogamous songbird, it’s about more than song.
M. Elson, G. Smith-Vidaurre, R. Hsu, N. Prior |
| 10:15 | The Effect of Temperature on Reproductive Success and Sperm Transfer
D. Gomez, A. Macchiano , I. Smith, K. Fowler-Finn | What Can Human Asexuality Teach Us about Animal Behavior?
M. Nielsen | Responding to a Cat-astrophe: Owner Attachment Predicts Grief Response in Domestic Cats
B. Greene, J. Vonk | How do chickadees communicate about the presence and absence of food?
C. Jones, B. Coppinger, R. Curry |
| 10:30 | Mothers and Others: feedback loops between individual and group networks in relation to birth events
C. Vilette, T. Bonnell, P. Henzi, L. Barrett | Integrating multiple methodologies to understand an ambiguous behavior – fidgeting
S. Chertoff | Evaluating movement and caching behaviours in food-storing corvids
B. Hughes, K. Elliott, D. Kelly, M. Guigueno | Referential signaling in a communally breeding bird
J. LaPergola, A. Savagian, M. Smith, B. Bennett, M. Strong, C. Riehl |
| 10:45 | Facing Adversity: From Then to Now
X. Ortiz-Ross | Anthropocentrism may explain research disparities between animal tool use and nest-building
S. Street, I. Hamilton, S. Healy | Overwintering and Nesting Behaviour of Bumble Bees Unveiled Using Radio Telemetry
A. Liczner, E. Franklin, N. Raine | Sex Differences in Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) Gargle Calls
A. Mancini, L. Robayo Noguera, C. Branch, S. MacDougall-Shackleton |
| 11:00 | Multi-layer interactions in Paper wasps are linked with nest success and social intelligence
E. Laub, E. Tibbetts, N. Pinter-Wollman | How do insects choose host plants? Social groups, plant neighbors, and the chemistry of tropical trees
K. Holmes | Assessing how the social environment interacts with pollutant exposure to shape reproductive success
E. McCallum, P. Nührenberg, T. Brodin, A. Jordan, K. Sefc, A. Bose | Female Maximum Olfactory Sensitivity Is Asynchronous With Male Courtship in the Butterfly Bicyclus anynana
M. Murphy, E. Westerman |
| 11:15 | Science outreach through storytelling: writing a book about diversity to raise public awareness of bees
F. Muth | Bumblebees exposed to a novel insecticide have reduced reproductive output due to impaired brood care
L. Richardson, J. DeVore, H. Siviter, S. Jha, F. Muth | Individual-group feedbacks and the role of perception in a simulated communication network
M. Reichert, B. Luttbeg, E. Hobson |
| 11:30 | Multilayer contagions and group dynamics
M. Silk | Wildlife conservation through an animal behavior lens
R. Chock | Best practices for the design of pet-friendly spaces
A. Valuska | What is the function of female calls during courtship?
G. Rivera, M. Elson, N. Prior |
| 11:45 | A meta-analysis on alternative mating tactics: when the main and the alternative yield similar success
P. Peixoto, A. Silva, J. Almeida, S. Ventura, R. Oliveira | Effects of human social enrichment on emotion and affiliative behaviour of cats in an animal shelter.
J. White, J. Ha, G. Forbes | Exploring extreme variation in a female-specific avian call and the underlying evolutionary mechanisms.
C. Tarango, J. Fitzpatrick |
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Thursday, June 27 |
| Time | SSC 2028 | SSC 2032 | SSC 2020 | SSC 2036 | SSC 2050 |
| 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm | Symposium: The Charles H. Turner Symposium (2) | Symposium: Female ornamentation and reproductive competition: a compendium of possible mechanisms (1) | Mating/breeding systems
Moderator(s): Anne B. Clark, Colleen Barber | Applied animal behavior 2
Moderator(s): Elizabeth Congdon, Claudia Gaither | Communication 5
Moderator(s): Karina A Sanchez, Jessie C. Tanner |
| 1:30 | CH Turner Legacy: Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Scholar Activism of in the Animal Behavior Society
D. Lee | Survival, social selection, and the evolution of female-specific traits.
J. Watts, C. Fitzpatrick | Reproductive strategies and genetic success in an urban-thriving passerine, the European starling
C. Barber, J. Slade, M. Wright, C. Reeve, A. Ouedraogo, M. Hornsby | Interactive play leads to lasting reduction in cortisol and anxiety-driven behaviors in shelter dogs
E. Congdon, J. Owens | Talking to the kids – parent-offspring communication in the burying beetle Nicrophorus vespilloides
T. Conrad, I. Akassou, L. Poloczek, S. Sandra |
| 1:45 | Alternative reproductive strategies in male eastern carpenter bees
L. Corbin, L. Duff, M. Richards | Open Field Behavior, Acoustic Startle Response, and Subjectively Assessed Fear in Domestic Dogs.
V. Cussen, P. Reid | Vibrational signalling in The Noble False Widow (Steatoda nobilis)
Z. Coutinho, A. Mason |
| 2:00 | Social Ethology: A Four Question Approach to Identity Development
A. Fulmer | Neurogenomic mechanisms of female competition in a socially polyandrous shorebird
S. Lipshutz, T. Patton, K. Rosvall | Sneaker male nest preferences: Do females know best?
A. Harrison-Weiss, A. Burgess, M. Thomson, F. Juanes, S. Balshine | Investigating the Physiological and Behavioral Response to Frustration is Search and Rescue Canines
S. Dickinson, E. Feuerbacher | No room to vibe: Vibrational acoustic niches constrain insect diversity
L. Gath, E. Miller, H. Bekele, J. Woods, I. Smith, J. Colbert, K. Medley, K. Fowler-Finn |
| 2:15 | Evidence for morph-specific androgen signaling in Poecilia parae, a species with five male morphs
S. Smalls, M. Taves, P. Zhuang, E. Li, N. Prior, B. Sandkam | Evaluating a Standardized Behavior Test in Predicting Program Success of Guide Dog Puppies
L. Feng, J. Bullis, S. Kret, T. Famula, S. Byosiere | Barking up the wrong tree? Male responses to conspecific and heterospecific calls in a hybrid zone
R. Nali, V. Delpenho, D. Bang |
| 2:30 | Using mouse models to connect behavior and disease: A mentorship story
D. Sykes | Coevolution between female-specific ornaments and male traits
R. Murray | Can corticosterone predict double brooding in Savannah sparrows (Passerculus Sandwichensis)?
H. Spina, D. Norris, L. Nong, S. Dobney, S. Mueller, S. Doucet, D. Mennill, A. Newman | Discovery of metabolic biomarkers in anxious dogs
C. Gaither, R. Popp, F. Beaudry, C. Borchers, M. Desmarchelier | American Robin song structure and reproductive success in a rapidly urbanizing county
K. Sanchez, L. Benedict |
| 2:45 | OSR’s Effect on Pair Formation & Mating Behavior in the Convict Cichlid (Amatitlania nigrofasciata)
C. Wicker, J. Gagliardi-Seely | Partial results on the validation process of a dog-owner attachment questionnaire to Brazilian culture
M. Hess, C. Savalli | More complex choice environments level the playing field for inconsistent or unattractive treefrog males
J. Tanner, M. Bee, K. Hoke |
| 3:00 | Panel discussion: Participant experiences from the ABS Turner Program | Absolute mate limitation and the eco-evolutionary dynamics of sexual selection
J. Watts, C. Fitzpatrick | Does female control and male mating system predict courtship investment and mating outcomes in widow spiders?
L. Baruffaldi, M. Andrade | Canine Functional Analysis of Dog-Directed Reactivity
S. Keesey-Phelan, R. Courant-Morgan | Cricket song temporal pattern recognition across populations of Ormia ochracea
J. Dominguez, D. Gray, A. Mason, N. Lee |
| 3:15 | End of Session | A Case Study Approach to Characterizing Maternal Behaviors in Commercial Breeding and Working Dog Populations
A. Romaniuk, L. Lazarowski , S. Barnard, L. Montgomery, C. Croney | End of Session |
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Thursday, June 27 |
| Time | SSC 2024 | SSC 2020 | SSC 2036 | SSC 2050 |
| 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Symposium: Understanding the emergent properties of animal groups using multilayer networks (3) | Education
Moderator(s): Clara L. Voorhees, Mike Webster | Applied animal behavior 3
Moderator(s): Kathleen Church, Michela M.C. Contursi | Behavior genetics/genomics
Moderator(s): Emily McLean, Yi Ting Ter |
| 4:00 | Dynamic Rank(s): linking longitudinal rank dynamics and multi-layer consensus ranking in macaques
R. Blersch, B. McCowan, J. Vandeleest, M. Pósfai, N. Braun, A. Pritchard, B. Beisner | Investigating suburban bobcat behavior with community college research students
M. Gray | Personality, antipredator behaviour and social learning in hatchery-raised juvenile Atlantic salmon
K. Church, L. Nguyen-Dang, K. Potter, S. Bergner, B. Neff, C. Semeniuk | Rhythmic expression of clock genes in wild marine fish
M. Barcelo-Serra, J. Pons, E. Aspillaga, M. Martorell-Barceló, J. Alós |
| 4:15 | Teaching with tech: utilizing advances in technology to supplement animal behavior education in the classroom
S. Troxell-Smith | Early birds? No, Bats! The Curious Case of Dawn Swarming in Little Brown Bats
M. Contursi, C. Ryan, S. Golestaneh, H. Broders | Genetics of natural variation in sociability
D. Daanish, I. Dworkin, R. Dukas |
| 4:30 | Resilience and Redundancy in Spider Monkeys’ Social Structure
E. Pietrangeli, S. Smith Aguilar, D. Boyer, G. Ramos-Fernandez, F. Aureli | Attempted Murder: Crows in the Humanities & Sciences; Animal Behavior & Gen Ed Curriculum.
C. Voorhees, G. Camodeca | Curiosity Caught the Bat: How do Bats Respond to Human and Trap Presence at Swarming Sites?
S. Golestaneh, C. Ryan, M. Contursi, H. Broders | Inbreeding in a Cooperatively Breeding Bird: the Pūkeko
Q. Mann, J. Quinn |
| 4:45 | Experimental design and test subject pool composition affect estimates of animal behaviour
M. Webster | Utilizing a newly designed enclosure to study the behaviour and welfare of juvenile red foxes
C. Matesic | Genetic and Social Effects on Aggressive and Submissive Behaviors in Wild Baboons
E. McLean, B. Tuliozi, S. Alberts |
| 5:00 | End of Session | The Impact of Musth on Bull Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus) Activity Budgets
T. Readyhough, S. Ortega, M. Davis, S. Joseph, A. Moresco, A. Schreier | Life-long experience shapes the neurogenmoics of social learning in a swordtail fish
P. Queller, R. Young, M. Cummings |
| 5:15 | End of Session | Divergent sensory transcriptomic profiles in appetitive and aversive learning in a butterfly
Y. Ter, E. Westerman |
