Integrative Behavioral Ecology Discussion Group Xtreme (iBEX)
Each semester we coordinate a reading/discussion group that meets approximately bi-weekly for paper discussions or informal talks about behavioral ecology, evolutionary ecology, physiological ecology, neuroscience, etc. One specific goal is to provide a venue for people to discuss what they are actively working on and get feedback. This includes graduate students, post-docs, and faculty.
By adding ‘integrative’ to behavioral ecology, we hope to make this a group that studies the behavior of animals from an ‘whole-organism’ approach (so the mechanisms underlying the behavior) but at the same time addresses research questions in the evolutionary and ecological context of their study organism. We are open to any type of talk with behavioral ecology/animal behavior in it even if it isn’t ‘integrative’! If you are interested in attending, please contact Ben.
iBEX Schedule for Fall 2017
All talks held on Monday’s from 2-3 PM in 3021 East Hall.
Date |
Paper or Talk Title |
Presenter |
| Sept 18 | Redfern et al. (2017) Phys. & Behav. | Sarah Westrick |
| Oct 2 | Lonin et al. (2017) PNAS | Ben Dantzer |
| Oct 16 | Fall Break – no meeting | |
| Oct 30 | Grieneisen et al. (2017) ICB | Anne Sabol |
| Nov 13 | Fox et al. 2017 Nature Ecology & Evolution | Ben Dantzer |
| Nov 27 | Bebbington et al. 2017 PNAS | Ben Dantzer |
| Dec 11 | Bosse et al. 2017 Science | Ben Dantzer |
iBEX Schedule for Fall 2016
All talks held on Friday’s from 1-2 PM in 3141 Kraus.
Date |
Paper or Talk Title |
Presenter |
| Sept 30 | Canestrelli et al. (2016) TREE | Ben Dantzer |
| Oct 14 | Greggor et al. (2016) Anim. Behav. | Ben Dantzer |
| Oct 28 | Klofstad et al. (2016) Amer. Scientist | Morgan Gustison |
| Nov 11 | TBD | Katherine Crocker |
| Nov 18 | Johnson & Dunbar (2016) Scientific Reports | Jacinta Beehner & Thore Bergman |
| Dec 9 | Anti-predator behavior in snake mimicry systems | Alison Davis Rabosky & Talia Moore |
iBEX Schedule for Fall 2015 and Spring 2016
All talks held on Friday’s from 3-4 PM in 3021 East Hall.
Date |
Paper or Talk Title |
Presenter |
| Nov 20 | Feedbacks between animal ornaments and hormones | Liz Tibbetts |
| Dec 4 | Economic benefits of complex signals | Tricia Rubi |
| Dec 18 | Can habitat differences associated with latitudinal gradients affect maternal hormone provisioning in wild crickets? | Katherine Crocker |
| Feb 26 | Social endocrinology of competition and cooperation in spotted hyenas | Tracy Montgomery |
| April 1 | Birth seasonality and success in wild female geladas | Jacinta Beehner & Elizabeth Johnson |
| April 15 | Transgenerational effects of early life stress on animal personality | Sarah Westrick |
| April 22 | Proximate causes of red crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) selective foraging in temperate conifer forests | Victoria Cussen |