Event Title
Plenary 4: Wet, Wild, and In Between: Expanding Horizons with Animal Behavior Research at BSC
Location
Moakley Auditorium
Start Time
17-5-2007 2:30 PM
End Time
17-5-2007 3:45 PM
Description
Though research settings vary widely, shared concerns and overlapping approaches will bring together three separate disciplines in this session. The first goal is to allow participants to share their own research into animal behavior. Dr. Ingmanson will focus on ape gestural communication, drawing on her work with great apes and gibbons. Dr. Jahoda will present information from his research into the behavior and ecology of humpbacked whales, which has been ongoing since the mid-1970s. Dr. Shyne will share some of her work on zoo animal welfare, and how behavioral training techniques can improve the care and life for these animals. The second goal of this session will be to share insights into the challenges and successes we have had incorporating students into our research. These differ with discipline, but our shared interests in animal behavior and welfare allow us to bridge the boundaries of the wet, wild and in-betweens.
Plenary 4: Wet, Wild, and In Between: Expanding Horizons with Animal Behavior Research at BSC
Moakley Auditorium
Though research settings vary widely, shared concerns and overlapping approaches will bring together three separate disciplines in this session. The first goal is to allow participants to share their own research into animal behavior. Dr. Ingmanson will focus on ape gestural communication, drawing on her work with great apes and gibbons. Dr. Jahoda will present information from his research into the behavior and ecology of humpbacked whales, which has been ongoing since the mid-1970s. Dr. Shyne will share some of her work on zoo animal welfare, and how behavioral training techniques can improve the care and life for these animals. The second goal of this session will be to share insights into the challenges and successes we have had incorporating students into our research. These differ with discipline, but our shared interests in animal behavior and welfare allow us to bridge the boundaries of the wet, wild and in-betweens.
Comments
Moderator: Jean Stonehouse