. . . Friday, May 29. This week, Faith Hardin will be presenting a paper on cooperative behavior in vampire bats! The lead author, Dr. Gerry Carter, will be joining us to discuss it at 4pm CST this Friday. [Zoom link] [Carter food sharing]
EEB Journal Club
EEB Journal Club
. . . Friday, September 20. This week, Faith Hardin will lead our discussion. Attached is a paper on how nest helpers may reduce telomere attrition for dominant female breeders in a cooperatively breeding warbler. It’s an interesting paper that should elicit questions about the role of related and non-related helpers and the role of “altruism” (or not) in the natural world. We’ll meet, as usual, at O’Bannon’s on Friday at 4 PM. Hope to see everyone there! [Hammers et al 2019]