Archive for December, 2008

2009 Lab: Fieldwork at Fossil Rim

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

Grad students registered for WFSC 620, Vertebrate Ethology, will start with an ”in the field” lab experience at Fossil Rim Wildlife Center.  Provide your own transportation to the site, networking for car pooling is encouraged.  Check in at Wolf Ridge Camp will be by 6 pm on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2008.  Early birds will be treated to a drive through and orientation.  We will share homestyle meals and rotate cooking/cleaning duties.  Bring your own sleeping bag and linens.

http://www.fossilrim.org/learning/wolf_ridge_camp.php

We will be doing a collaborative research project, working closely with the Hoofstock Manager, Adam Eyres.  You may read more about the research conducted during 2008 on the BLOG for Dr. Hoof Stock, which was created by students in this class last year.

We will give a presentation of preliminary results for Fossil Rim staff at 3 pm on Friday, Jan. 16.  Plan on clean up and check out on Saturday,  Jan. 17.

Lets start a dialogue here to answer any and all of your questions about this research experience!

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Fairness in dogs

Sunday, December 14th, 2008

Here is an interesting news item about a recent article.

“The absence of reward induces inequity aversion in dogs
by:  Friederike Rangea,b,1, Lisa Horna, Zsófia Viranyib,c, and Ludwig Hubera

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97944783

“Dogs Understand Fairness, Get Jealous, Study Finds”
by Nell Greenfieldboyce

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