ISBE 2008 - 12th International Behavioral Ecology Conference

 

Post Conference Symposium

 

Decision-making during predator-prey encounters – identifying transformative research in antipredator behavior

 

Organizers:

Dr. Theodore Stankowich (Lead organizer, University of Massachusetts, Amherst)

Dr. Daniel Blumstein (University of California, Los Angeles)

Dr. Esteban Fernández-Juricic (California State University, Long Beach)

Dr. Steven Lima (Indiana State University)

 

Animals have evolved a wide variety of morphological adaptations and behavioral tactics to help them detect and avoid predators, warn conspecifics about the presence of predators, deter their attack, and escape during pursuit.  A variety of factors make the decision-making process in both predators and prey during encounters highly dynamic.  In this symposium, we will form working groups to focus on specific subjects relevant to how animals respond to predators and how predator behavior influences these responses: Cognition (learning, experience, decision rules, habituation, sensitization), Perception (visual detection and visual systems, speed of recognition, detection of predator cues), Predator-Prey Games (game theory, prey responses contingent on predator’s actions and vice versa, population-level influences on decision-making by predator and prey during encounters), and Comparative Studies (development of predictive models of antipredator behavior).  Groups will discuss what is known, what is not known, where is the field going, and what are the methodological constraints on progress, then report their findings in an open forum.  The goals of this symposium are to outline advances in our knowledge of risk assessment during predator-prey encounters, forge new collaborations, and discuss broad topics for the next generation of transformative research in antipredator behavior.

 

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Updates!!

PDF files of powerpoint talks given at the symposium:

-         Comparative Studies (Blumstein)

-         Cognition (Stankowich)

-         Perception (Fernández-Juricic)

-         Predator-Prey Games (Lima)

 

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List of attendees or interested parties:

Theodore Stankowich            University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Daniel Blumstein                   University of California, Los Angeles

Esteban Fernández-Juricic    California State University, Long Beach

Steven Lima                           Indiana State University

Susan Lingle                           University of Lethbridge

Aaron Rundus                        University of Nebraska, Lincoln

Larry Dill                                Simon Fraser University

Peter Bednekoff                     Eastern Michigan University

Kimberly Mathot                   Université du Québec à Montréal

Martin Kavaliers                   University of Western Ontario

Chantal Stoner                       University of California, Berkeley

Ann Hedrick                           University of California, Davis

Misty McPhee                       Cornell University

Mike Steele                           Wilkes University

Melanie Massaro                  University of Canterbury

Martin Schlaepfer                  State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Frédéric Muratori                  Université catholique de Louvain

Amos Bouskila                       Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Richard Webster                    Carleton University

Katherine Jones                     Carleton University

Jean-Guy Godin                     Carleton University

Kari Lavalli                            Boston University

Robert Magrath                     Australian National University

Monica Gagliano                   James Cook University

Elina Mäntylä                        University of Turku

Angélique Dupuch                  Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

Nina Stobbe                            University of Freiberg

Mary Ryan                             Memorial University of Newfoundland

Christa Beckmann                 University of Sydney

Jennifer Kelly                        University of Western Australia

Kaori Tsurui                           Kyoto University

Martine Maan                       University of Texas at Austin

Guillaume Rieucau                Université du Québec à Montréal

Kevin Abbott                          McMaster University

Colin Tosh                              University of Leeds

Sarah Dawson                        Utah State University

Emily Jones                            University of Arizona

Ron Ydenberg                        Simon Fraser University

Chiara Morosinotto               University of Turku

Azusa Yamasaki                     Kyoto University

Michael Griesser                   Evolutionary Biology Centre, Sweden

James Gillam                         North Carolina State University

Tim Polnaszek                        Southern Illinois University

Thomas McCarthy                 Utica College

William Romey                      State University of New York at Potsdam

Jakob Bro-Jørgensen            Zoological Society of London

John McNamara                    University of Bristol

 

Updated 8/7/08