3 Year Postdoctoral Fellowships in Sociality in the Tropics

Join us for a morning of presentations by prospective NOMIS-STRI Fellows.

Zoom link: https://smithsonian.zoom.us/j/89129642856?pwd=pboYVz3vomE6Aa3hYl0LsOHMUa...

Josh Tewksbury, STRI Director | Opening words and welcome

8:00am
Ummat Somjee, How social conflict leads to nuanced communication: The evolution of complex social rituals, ‘fair-contests’ and signal diversity

8:30am
Laura Segura, Unveiling complex environmental effects on the social behavior of an arachnid

9:00am
Betzi Pérez, Shaping dolphin social networks: ecological and behavioral influences

9:30am
May Dixon, Thermal and acoustic cues of social behavior and motivation in vampire bats

10:00am
Ettore Camerlenghi, Coping with changing environments: Intergroup social conflict and tolerance in tropical birds

10:30am
Amalia Ceballos, An adult-less society: Mechanisms and consequences of social behavior in caterpillars

11:00am
Grace Davis, Collective decisions in complex societies: The role of social organization and physiological state