ABS Annual Meeting 2013: Contributed Symposium 1: Trends in Conservation Behavior
Contributed Symposium 1: Trends in Conservation Behavior
Monday 29 July 2013
Organizers: Esteban Fernandez-Juricic & Bruce A. Schulte
http://bioweb.wku.edu/faculty/schulte/| Speakers | Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|
| Brad Blackwell | USDA | |
| Daniel Blumstein | UCLA | |
| Steven Cooke/ Connie O’Connor | Carleton University, Canada | |
| Andy Sih | UC Davis | |
| Craig Willis | University of Winnipeg, Canada |
Conservation behavior is the application of knowledge of animal behavior to solve wildlife conservation problems. This discipline has made important empirical contributions to multiple conservation aspects, from captive breeding to managing interactions between humans and wildlife. This symposium will address the future of conservation behavior in the next decade. Early and mid-career researchers from academia and environmental agencies will address the novel conceptual frameworks that apply behavior to conservation biology and the new methodological tools used to solve challenging conservation problems that involve animal behavior. One of the goals of the symposium is to develop a list of basic behavioral problems that need more research that would facilitate their application to wildlife management problems (e.g., habituation).
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