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Wintering Areas and Habitats of Southwestern German Honey Buzzards (Bachelor presentation)

Rado Seminar by Anabel Paul
  • Date: Apr 26, 2024
  • Time: 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Anabel Paul
  • Location: Hybrid meeting
  • Room: Seminar room MPI-AB Möggingen + Online
  • Host: Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
  • Contact: ddechmann@ab.mpg.de
Little is known about the spatial use and migration behavior of European Honey Buzzards (Pernis apivorus) in Germany. Looking at tagging projects in Germany, covering this subject, only one could be found in which German Honey Buzzards were tagged in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany from 2001 to 2011 by ... [more]

Collective motion of finite collectives

Institute Seminar by Vishwesha Guttal
  • Date: Apr 30, 2024
  • Time: 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Vishwesha Guttal
  • I am a faculty member at the Centre for Ecological Sciences at the Indian Institute of Science in Bengaluru, India. I am fascinated by patterns of self-organisation, and nonlinear and stochastic dynamics in ecology. Broadly, in our lab, we study collective animal behaviour, self-organized spatial patterns in vegetation of semi-arid ecosystems. Our overarching goal is to build simple yet “predictive” models of complex dynamical systems. Before joining IISc as a faculty member, I was a postdoc in the group of Iain Couzin at Princeton University; and I did my PhD in Physics at The Ohio State University working with Prof. C Jayaprakash on theoretical ecology. My undergraduate education, in Physics, was at IIT Kanpur.
  • Location: University of Konstanz
  • Room: ZT1202 + online
  • Host: Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
  • Contact: pkaushik@ab.mpg.de
A large body of theory of collective motion focuses large groups/populations. However, real animal groups live in small groups, which we call mesoscopic scales, where intrinsic stochastic fluctuations can not be ignored and have counter intuitive effects. In this talk, I will discuss both theory ... [more]

Ecological importance and conservation ecology of white sharks

Institute Seminar by Jerry Moxley
  • Date: May 7, 2024
  • Time: 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Jerry Moxley
  • Dr. Moxley joins us from Florida International University, where he is a research faculty member under the mentorship of Drs. Michael Heithaus and Yannis Papastamatiou. Prior to FIU, Jerry completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Monterey Bay Aquarium as a white shark biologist. He has received advanced degrees from Duke University and Princeton University, conducting spatial and behavioral ecology research on gray seals, baleen whales, reef fish, and even interactions amongst army ant swarms and parasitizing antbirds. Please join us for this exciting talk on marine megafauna and new insights into their functioning in modern ecosystems.
  • Location: University of Konstanz
  • Room: ZT1202 + online
  • Host: Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
  • Contact: aalbi@ab.mpg.de
Please join us for the seminar – “Ecological importance and conservation ecology of white sharks” – on the topic of advancements in understanding of the roles of macropredatory sharks in marine food webs and modern ecosystems, presented by Dr. Jerry Moxley (Florida International University). Faced ... [more]

Social learning and cultural behavioural evolution

Institute Seminar by Claudio Tennie
  • Date: May 14, 2024
  • Time: 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Claudio Tennie
  • Claudio Tennie's (University of Tübingen) main research interest is the "evolution of cultural evolution" - which he sees most clearly in the human case. Towards a better understanding of the human case especially, he studies humans as well as humans' closest living (apes) and dead (hominins) relatives. This approach also explains his unusual background: originally trained as a behavioural biologist, he became a comparative psychologist during his PhD (MPI EVAN, Leipzig). Later, he again retrained as a cognitive archaeologist (especially with regard to early stone tools) - the field of study also of his recent ERC "STONECULT" grant.
  • Location: Bückle St. 5a, 78467 Konstanz
  • Room: Seminar room MPI-AB Bücklestrasse + Online
  • Host: Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
  • Contact: cschuppli@ab.mpg.de
The topic of social learning initially had a slow start in animal behaviour, but now even exists as its own sub-field. My own niche within this new field is the study of ape social learning, and of ape cultures. Yet, regardless of study species, one of the main lessons from decades of study is that ... [more]

Conflict, collars, and fences: Managing landscapes for the benefit of people and wildlife in the Serengeti, Tanzania

Institute Seminar by Kristen Snyder
  • Date: May 21, 2024
  • Time: 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Kristen Snyder
  • I completed my PhD at the University of California – Davis, where my work focused on human-wildlife conflict and conservation planning. I joined the Grumeti Fund in 2015 while completing my degree and have subsequently worked with the organization in varying capacities as a postdoctoral fellow, Head Scientist, and Scientific Advisor (current). In 2019 I led the development and launch of our applied research program and facility, Research and Innovation for the Serengeti Ecosystem (RISE, see 'further information'). I am an affiliated scientist with the Wittemyer Lab at Colorado State University and Chief Scientist at Natural Capital. Human-wildlife conflict, coexistence, and linking science with conservation management are common themes in my work, which I approach from an interdisciplinary perspective and using a variety of tools, including household surveys, camera traps, wildlife GPS collars, and remote sensing.
  • Location: Bückle St. 5a, 78467 Konstanz
  • Room: Seminar room MPI-AB Bücklestrasse + Online
  • Host: Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
  • Contact: ktiedeman@ab.mpg.de
In rural communities, Human-Wildlife Conflict (HWC) can pose a serious threat to household food security, safety, and livelihoods, and in turn, undermine conservation efforts. Managing HWC has become an increasingly important component of managing wildlife populations and protected areas. The ... [more]

Using the Internet of Animals to Monitor Local and Global Biodiversity

Institute Seminar by Roland Kays
  • Date: May 28, 2024
  • Time: 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Roland Kays
  • Roland Kays is a scientist at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences and North Carolina State University. He is host of the Wild Animals Podcast and the Wild Animals YouTube Channel.
  • Location: Bückle St. 5a, 78467 Konstanz
  • Room: Seminar room MPI-AB Bücklestrasse + Online
  • Host: Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
  • Contact: cmonteza@ab.mpg.de
My vision for conservation focuses on animal population size and connectivity. First, we need annual estimates of animal abundance and their trends to know which species most need our help, where. Second, we need species-specific measures of habitat connectivity between these populations to ensure ... [more]

EAT, PREY, LOVE: The Role of Food & Mates in Shaping Lion Societies

Institute Seminar by Stotra Chakrabarti
  • Date: Jun 4, 2024
  • Time: 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Stotra Chakrabarti
  • Dr. Stotra Chakrabarti is an Assistant Professor of Animal Behaviour at Macalester College, Minnesota, USA. He has a MS in Wildlife Sciences and a PhD in Animal Behaviour from the Wildlife Institute of India, and he did his Postdoctoral Research from the University of Minnesota. He is a behavioural ecologist & conservation biologist, who’s expertise is in studying the links between fundamental animal ecology and applied conservation, with large mammals (especially carnivores) as study species. Stotra’s curiosity in the natural world began with a childhood spent watching leopards and elephants in the vicinity of where he grew up: the foothills of Himalayas in India. Subsequently, a very immersive and rigorous graduate program at the Wildlife Institute of India cemented his interest in animal behaviour and conservation biology.
  • Location: Bückle St. 5a, 78467 Konstanz
  • Room: Seminar room MPI-AB Bücklestrasse + Online
  • Host: Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
  • Contact: nborrego@ab.mpg.de
Lions are iconic top predators that feature intensely in research and conservation projects. However, majority of such research has focused on lions in prey-rich savanna habitats. The typical model lion thus belongs to only a few charismatic populations, thereby confining our understanding of the ... [more]

Institute Seminar by Tiago Monteiro

Institute Seminar by Tiago Monteiro
  • Date: Jun 11, 2024
  • Time: 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Tiago Monteiro
  • Host: Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
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Understanding the evolution of social relationships: Lessons from comparative research

Institute Seminar by Delphine de Moor
  • Date: Jun 18, 2024
  • Time: 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Delphine de Moor
  • My research investigates the selective pressures and evolutionary fitness outcomes of social relationships. I combine broad-scale, comparative analyses of social structure across species with longitudinal analyses of social relationships within species, with a particular focus on macaques. I have a BSc and MSc in Biology from the University of Ghent, a PhD degree in Behavioural Ecology from the University of Göttingen and the German Primate Center, and am currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Centre for Research in Animal Behaviour at the University of Exeter.
  • Location: Bückle St. 5a, 78467 Konstanz
  • Room: Seminar room MPI-AB Bücklestrasse + Online
  • Host: Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
  • Contact: gabriella.gall@ab.mpg.de
Dimensions of the social environment consistently emerge as some of the strongest predictors of fitness across a broad range of social mammals. This includes taxa spanning hundreds of millions of years of independent evolution and encompassing a highly diverse set of social relationship types. How ... [more]

Institute Seminar by Eliezer Gurarie

Institute Seminar by Eliezer Gurarie
  • Date: Jun 25, 2024
  • Time: 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Eliezer Gurarie
  • Location: MPI-AB Möggingen
  • Room: Seminar room MPI-AB Möggingen + Online
  • Host: Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
  • Contact: ehurme@ab.mpg.de
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