Mechanisms and functions of intraspecific variation: from genes to
behaviour
Date: 4 July 2013
Venue: Valencia, Spain
Organised by: Mark
Briffa and Lynne Sneddon
Abstract submission and registration information: http://www.sebiology.org/meetings/Valencia/Valencia.html
Confirmed Speakers:
Kees van Oers (Netherlands Institute of Ecology), Niels Dingemanse (Max
Planck Institute for Ornithology, Germany), Katherine Sloman (University of the West
of Scotland), Alastair
Wilson (University of Edinburgh), Kathryn Arnold
(University of York), Sean
Twiss (University of Durham)
Description:
Consistent between-individual variation in behaviour or ‘animal personality’
occurs in a variety of contexts and has been recognised in many animals
including humans. Personality traits are commonly characterised as a being on a
continuum such as shyness through to boldness. The consequences of animal
personality are being investigated in an ever increasing range of environmental
conditions and linked to underlying physiological mechanisms ranging from
cognitive ability and brain structure to stress responses. This session will
explore the functions and proximate causes of ‘animal personality’ using
techniques in behaviour, molecular biology, physiology and neurobiology with
speakers at the forefront of this exciting field.
Please
contact Mark (mark.briffa@plymouth.ac.uk)
or Lynne (lsneddon@liverpool.ac.uk)
if you are interested in presenting at this meeting.
Other
symposia on animal communication, behaviour, conservation and impact of CO2 run
2-6th July: http://www.sebiology.org/meetings/Valencia/animal.html