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The Conservation Behaviorist Vol. 12 Issue 1

Shan D. Duncan — 2014-07-25T17:55:56Z

The Conservation Behaviorist Vol. 12 Issue 1 in now available!

The Conservation Behaviorist. 11 / 2013 / Issue #2

Shan D. Duncan — 2013-12-17T19:05:23Z

In this issue:

Social Behavior and Conservation
What social spiders can tell us about extinction Investing in the Future
An interview with the 2013 E.O. Wilson award winner Dara Williams
Conservation Behavior Workshop Summary and Update
Grazing and Land Management An interview with conservation biologists on Grazing to manage invasives

The Newsletter can be downloaded from the archives or via this direct link:HERE

The Conservation Behaviorist Volume 11 No. 1

Shan D. Duncan — 2013-07-11T21:31:54Z

Find it in the Behaviorist Archives or download it directly HERE

2013 ABS Conservation Committee meeting

Shan D. Duncan — 2013-06-17T18:58:18Z

This is our annual get together for the ABS-CC members and all interested parties – we discuss issues, ideas for future meetings and the intervening year, answer questions about how folks can become a part of the committee, etc. Everyone grabs their own lunch and we sit around and talk while we eat.

ABS Annual Meeting 2013 :: Conservation Behavior Workshop - July 28th, 2013 Merging science and application

Shan D. Duncan — 2013-05-02T18:35:00Z

Three conservation problems for which a behavioral approach is likely to facilitate solutions will be presented by wildlife managers at the beginning of the day. We will then break out into focus groups and discuss potential solutions. At the end of the day we will regroup, report on the potential solutions and identify commonalities that may be applicable more broadly to other systems. New collaborations between wildlife managers and animal behaviorists are expected to emerge from this workshop.

Speakers and conservation issues:

Valerie Matheson, Urban Wildlife Conservation Coordinator for the City of Boulder Human wildlife conflict - Coyotes and bicycles
Heather Johnson, Colorado Parks & Wildlife Human wildlife conflict - influence of anthropogenic and natural food resources on black bear behavior and demography
Verena Gill, US Fish & Wildlife Service Sea otter and commercial fisheries regulation in Alaska
David Bradbeer, Vancouver Airport Management of protected bird species at the Vancouver airport

Tentative schedule:

10:30 Introduction to workshop
10:45 Presentation of conservation problems
12:45 break
1:00 breakout sessions to work on problems, lunch provided
3:00 break
3:15 session reports
4:30 – 5:00 wrap up

Registration is $25, which includes lunch and snacks.

ABS Annual Meeting 2013: Contributed Symposium 1: Trends in Conservation Behavior

Shan D. Duncan — 2013-03-02T23:45:55Z

Contributed Symposium 1: Trends in Conservation Behavior

Monday 29 July 2013

Organizers: Esteban Fernandez-Juricic & Bruce A. Schulte

http://bioweb.wku.edu/faculty/schulte/ tr>

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).

Conference website