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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Friday, June 28 |
| Time | SSC 2024 | SSC 2028 | SSC 2032 | SSC 2020 | SSC 2036 |
| 9:30 am - 12:00 pm | Allee Symposium (1) | Symposium: The golden age of animal communication networks (1) | Symposium: Increasing the visibility of LGBTQ+ scientists and building a queer-friendly community in the Animal Behavior Society (3) | Behavioral plasticity 1
Moderator(s): John Paul Williams Soriano, Drielly Queiroga | Social behavior 4
Moderator(s): Courtney Sexton |
| 9:30 | Experimental evidence for compositional processing of visual stimuli in rhesus macaques
A. Antoun, R. Murugan, K. Bostick, B. Wilson | Introduction | The Evolution of sexual imprinting in poison frogs
Y. Yang | Social and individual behavioral responses to impaired and changing visibility
H. Anderson, E. Elsasser, S. Balshine | Effects of light and darkness on mass panic-like behavior in the zebrafish Danio rerio
W. Botta, S. Garnier, K. Severi |
| 9:45 | Emergent properties of signal exploitation by eavesdropping enemies
X. Bernal, R. Page | Effect of Temperature on Juvenile Round Goby Feeding
D. Benbassat, S. Zarini, S. Balshine | Oxytocin modulates group organization in free-moving horses
J. Brooks, T. Maeda, M. Ringhofer, S. Yamamoto |
| 10:00 | Examining the molecular and genetic basis of behavioral divergence in three-spined stickleback
C. Behrens, A. Bell | Behavioral isolation and species boundaries in Laupala crickets
R. Sen, K. Shaw | Squirrels and the city: Behavioral variation as a mediator of performance in two urban squirrel species
A. Devitz | Multiple routes of horizontal pathogen transmission in a social spider
S. Cassidy, A. Pope, N. Missigman, K. Taylor, M. Haufiku, T. Kavili, S. Eiseb, C. Keiser |
| 10:15 | "Who is your neighbor? Eavesdropping Enemies and Nearby Signalers in Mixed Species Assemblages"
A. Trillo, X. Bernal, M. Caldwell, R. Hall, H. ter Hofstede, C. Kernan, R. Page | Intersectionality in higher education requires change within ourselves and commitment with each other
D. Gomez | Relationship between personality and breeding behaviour in an urban bird, the Oriental Magpie (Pica serica)
H. Kim, S. Park, E. Shin, H. Cho, S. Lee, P. Jablonski, S. Lee | Social information structures real-time aggressive decision-making in Monk Parakeets
X. Francis, A. van der Marel, E. Hobson |
| 10:30 | Fish on the Pill: Impact of a Pharmaceutical Pollutant on the Behaviour of an Australian Fish
S. Ozeki, R. Eastment, J. Manera, R. Rafeeq, A. Peters, J. Martin, B. Wong | Marshalling the Data to Dismantle Denial: An LGBTQIA+ Advocacy Toolkit
M. Andrade | Intertroop kidnapping of an infant in wild olive baboons (P. anubis): What can rare events tell us?
F. Landry, C. Most, I. Bădescu, M. Wakefield | Social organization and the physical environment shape the microbiome of harvester ant nests
A. Gamboa, P. Flynn, N. Pinter-Wollman |
| 10:45 | This forest is bugged: Heterospecific signaling interactions in soundscape recordings of rainforest katydids
L. Symes, S. Madhusudhana, S. Martinson, I. Geipel, H. ter Hofstede | Cold-Blooded Roommates: Social and Physical Environments Affect the Expression of Personality in Snakes.
N. Miller, G. Nagabaskaran, M. Skinner | No Talk Scheduled |
| 11:00 | Characterizing the Heritability of Cognitive & Behavioral Traits Across Development in Domestic Dogs
G. Gnanadesikan, E. Bray, K. Levy, D. Horschler, S. Hargrave, L. Douglas, B. Kennedy, M. Watowich, N. Snyder-Mackler, E. MacLean | Action, not just Understanding: A call for change
G. Smith-Vidaurre, R. Sen, D. Gomez, C. Gabor, M. Andrade | The Impacts of Light on Frugivorous Bat Foraging Behavior
L. Norwood, M. Jingco, L. Gómez-Feuillet, M. Dixon, J. Falk, L. James, R. Page | Differences among methodologies used to assess personality structure in Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata)
K. Katayama, K. Yamada, M. Nakamichi |
| 11:15 | Seasonality of Signalling Effort and Antipredator Behaviour in Katydids.
H. ter Hofstede, E. Amichai | Heads up! Social vigilance behaviour in American crows
A. Popescu, K. Gotanda | The Potential To Manipulate The Brain-Gut Axis Of Western Honey Bees To Promote Hygienic Behaviour
S. Killam, B. Daisley , G. Thompson |
| 11:30 | Attraction to Novelty in Wild Asian Elephants Between Human-Dominated and Natural Landscapes
S. Jacobson, S. Dittakul, M. Pla-ard, S. Sittichok, M. Yindee, J. Plotnik | Camouflage and seasonal color variation in a polymorphic praying mantis
D. Queiroga, K. Del-Claro, N. Morehouse | Canaries for the modern age: Dogs as sentinels of human health and wellbeing
C. Sexton, A. Ruple |
| 11:45 | Predicting the future: Mechanisms of Anticipatory Reproduction in North American red squirrels
J. Williams-Soriano, S. Boutin, J. Lane, A. McAdam, B. Dantzer | Developmental social experience changes behavior in a threatening environment
M. Siddiqui, A. Chiang, E. Lac, J. Kern, G. Wilkinson, A. Jungwirth, J. Allen, R. Riley |
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Friday, June 28 |
| Time | SSC 2024 | SSC 2028 | SSC 2020 | SSC 2036 | SSC 2050 |
| 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm | Allee Symposium (2) | Symposium: The golden age of animal communication networks (2) | Behavioral plasticity 2
Moderator(s): Garth Casbourn, Rebecca Westwick | Social evolution
Moderator(s): Margarita Orlova, Julia Saltz | Sexual selection & sexual conflict 1
Moderator(s): Erin McCullough, Ted Stankowich |
| 1:30 | Sociality in climate change: bonds in plains zebra harems buffer those with the greatest need during a drought
S. Hex, E. Isbilen, D. Rubenstein | Social insect communication utilizes multiple types of interactions
N. Pinter-Wollman | Androgens and Movement: Experimental Testosterone Effect on Fall Migration Behavior of Song Sparrows
G. Casbourn, S. Lupi, S. MacDougall-Shackleton | Do Initial Interactions Predict Formation of Long-Term Cooperative Relationships in Vampire Bats?
G. Carter, S. Ripperger, D. Girbino, I. Razik, R. Page | The impact of blue light on Drosophila melanogaster reproduction and physiology
L. Hampel, T. Long |
| 1:45 | Annual Survivorship Varies Between the Sexes, but Not With Overwinter Latitude, in Song Sparrows
R. Conklin, V. Quance, S. Bonner, G. Casbourn, E. MacDougall-Shackleton | Correlates of survival in a hibernating mammal
J. Mateo, K. Brooks, A. Dosmann | Effect of mate value and previous mating history on male intra-specific interactions.
S. Mahmood, L. Sentenská, M. Andrade, L. Baruffaldi |
| 2:00 | Plasticity in signal production directs the evolution of multi-component mating displays
N. Leith, J. Woods, K. Fowler-Finn | Using higher-order networks to study animal communicatio
M. Silk, J. Foote, N. Fefferman, E. Derryberry, I. Iacopini | Individuality in a clonal fish persists despite strong predation threat in early life
J. Gallagher, A. Perkes, E. Chirila, C. Chang, K. Kacevas, K. Laskowski | Fighting for the motherland? Self-interest, not nepotism, motivates nest defense in a eusocial bee.
M. Orlova, D. Weaver, J. Liu, D. Grytsiuk | Costs and Consequences of Weapon Damage
E. McCullough, S. Lane |
| 2:15 | Maternal exposure to predator cues increases offspring aggression in Schizocosa ocreata wolf spiders
S. Gershman, S. Sidoti, S. Ludsin, J. Roberts | Evolutionary feedbacks for Drosophila aggression revealed through artificial evolution
J. Saltz, A. Girardeau | Inferred Attractiveness: proposing a new generalized mechanism for sexual selection
E. DuVal, C. Fitzpatrick, E. Hobson, M. Servedio |
| 2:30 | Multilevel selection on individual and group social phenotypes
C. Philson, J. Martin, D. Blumstein | That’s what friends are for? Grooming and proximity nets may underestimate social learning opportunities
C. Nord | Nasty Neighbors in the Neotropics: Territorial Aggression Varies Seasonally in an Andean Songbird
D. Gutiérrez-Carrillo, C. Cadena, J. Rodríguez-Fuentes, J. Avendaño | Fungus garden nutritional needs drive foraging decisions of the desert leafcutter ant Acromyrmex versicolor
N. Smith, J. Fewell | Brains vs Brawn: Sexual dimorphism in brain size and sexual weapon size in ruminant mammals
T. Stankowich, N. Lopez, J. Moore Tupas |
| 2:45 | Cumulative Adversity Index: A Framework to Study the Effect of Multiple Stressors in Natural Populations
X. Ortiz-Ross, D. Blumstein | Social ageing in northern bottlenose whales
S. Walmsley, L. Feyrer, H. Whitehead | Exploring the Effects of Spatial Environmental Complexity on Mating Patterns and Female Fecundity.
S. Talagala, E. Rakosy, T. Long |
| 3:00 | Social Cohesion of Bat Groups Post-White-Nose Syndrome is Highly Vulnerable to Further Losses
C. Ryan, J. Sunga, J. Humber, A. MacKenzie, H. Broders | Vocal learning in communication networks: insights from a decade of field experiments with wild songbirds
D. Mennill | The Impact of Predator Exposure on Courtship Behavior and Mate Choice Decisions in Stickleback
M. Rogers, J. Hellmann | End of Session | Behavioral sexual dimorphism in emission and reception of mounts of young capuchin monkeys
N. TELES, P. IZAR, I. DELVAL |
| 3:15 | Integrating Diverse Influences on Adult Behavior and Cognition in a Non-traditional Model Insect
R. Westwick, A. Moczek | Hot & Bothered: Elevated Temperatures Impact Sperm Quality & Mating Behavior in a Live-bearing Fish
A. Aspbury, C. Gabor, E. Powell, M. Huertas Pau, S. Shibuya |
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Friday, June 28 |
| Time | SSC 2024 | SSC 2028 | SSC 2020 | SSC 2032 | SSC 2036 | SSC 2050 |
| 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Allee Symposium (3) | Symposium: The golden age of animal communication networks (3) | Cognition & learning 4
Moderator(s): Sajesh Vijayan, Andrea Townsend | Mathematical / simulation / modeling
Moderator(s): Leonardo Castilho, Daniel I. Rubenstein | Social behavior 5
Moderator(s): Peter A. Bednekoff, Riva Riley | Genetics & evolution
Moderator(s): Beth MacDougall-Shackleton, Matthew Wund |
| 4:00 | Social context modulates boldness during parasite and predator driven interactions in Littoraria irrorata
C. Salerno, S. Kamel | Predictors of song type matching in a communication network
D. Logue, J. Vazquez-Cardona, H. Petkau, S. Huang, P. Sosa-Negrón, K. Vilches Castaño, K. Rodriguez-Rivera, T. Bonnell | Heat waves enhance learning in threespined stickleback
E. Arredondo, A. Swierkosz, L. Stein | A new set of guidelines to reduce statistical errors in scientific publications.
L. Castilho | Cooperation Among Unequal Partners
P. Bednekoff | The evolutionary genetics of mouthbrooding in African cichlids
R. Eastment, B. Wong, M. McGee |
| 4:15 | Effects of Noise on Learning Performance and Reproductive Success in Eastern bluebirds (Sialia sialis)
S. Isgate, A. Puchalsky, A. Iwanowicz, C. Honus, G. Casanova, B. Betcher, J. Avery, J. Keagy | Causation and confounders and colliders, AI! A yellow brick road through a forest of observational data.
Z. Laubach | Those Who Flock Together Fight Together: Social Influences on Cooperation in Juvenile Vervet Monkeys
M. Clarke, C. Vilette, T. Bonnell, L. Barrett, S. Henzi | Evolution of Increased Variability in Turning Bias and Correlated Changes in Drosophila melanogaster
S. Lall, N. Rodman, B. de Bivort |
| 4:30 | Functions of Scent-Marking and Novel Insights Into Social Behavior of Striped Hyenas
O. Spagnuolo, B. Low, K. Califf, A. Wagner, K. Holekamp | Conclusion | Infection and the impairment of learning and problem-solving in wild-caught crows
A. Townsend, S. Argay, J. Eccleston, J. Brown | How Machine Learning is Changing the Way Behavior Can be Studied
D. Rubenstein | Network dynamics of an African colobus disclose a potential evolutionary pathway of multilevel societies
P. Huang, L. Wang, S. Stead, E. Mujjuzi, J. Teichroeb | Migration distance covaries with exploratory behavior and capture date in song sparrows
E. MacDougall-Shackleton, C. Posliff, G. Casbourn, S. MacDougall-Shackleton |
| 4:45 | Forage, forage against the dying of the light - nocturnal colour vision in the giant honeybee Apis dorsata
S. Vijayan, G. Balamurali, J. Johnson, A. Kelber, E. Warrant, H. Somanathan | Modeling Avian Color Vision: Spectral Discrimination in Ultraviolet Sensitive and Violet Sensitive Birds
C. Teed, J. Reynolds, E. Fernández-Juricic | Cooperation and resilience in army ant bivouacs
I. Muratore, M. Salah, V. Dornadula, M. Black, P. Swissler, M. Rubenstein, S. Garnier | Does nectar show a chemical pollination syndrome?
F. MacNeill, B. Sedio, F. Muth |
| 5:00 | Intraspecific Variation in Face Learning Impacts Cooperation and Fitness in Paper Wasps
E. Laub, E. Tibbettts | End of Session | End of Session | Effects of foraging success on social network centrality in bobwhite quail
S. Prasher, E. Hobson | Phenotypic Plasticity, Assortative Mating and Ecological Speciation in Threespine Stickleback Fish
M. Wund, C. Bello, B. Daley, J. Penafiel, S. Scholz, A. Swaminathan |
| 5:15 | Corydoras catfish as a model system to study how social selection drives the evolution of social species
R. Riley | End of Session |
