Search for Emballonurid day-roosts For an ongoing study on vocal complexity in Emballonurids I am looking for day-roosts all over the world. Please contact me (mirjam.knoernschild@uni-ulm.de) in case you have any information regarding Emballonurid day-roosts. Symposium 'Social and Vocal Complexity in Bats' at the 15ht International Bat Research Conference 2010 My collaborator Martina Nagy and I are currently organizing a symposium entitled 'Social and Vocal Complexity in Bats' at the 15th IBRC (Prague, Czech Republic, August 23-27, 2010). In this symposium, cutting edge research on mating systems, natal dispersal strategies and social behaviours will complement novel findings on vocal repertoire size and the context-specificity of social vocalizations in bats. Eight speakers from different nations will explore how social complexity is linked to vocal complexity in a variety of bat species. The interdisciplinary approach of this symposium will increase our understanding about selective forces shaping social and vocal complexity in bats. Invited speakers include: Ph.D. Sumiku Matsumura (Japan): Development of vocalization and social communication in a free-ranging nursing colony of the Lesser Roundleaf bat, Hipposideros turpis Ph.D. Mirjam Knörnschild (Germany): Learned vocal signatures in a polygynous bat (Saccopteryx bilineata) Ph.D. Helena Jahelková (Czech Republic): Social communication in the Nathusius's Pipistrelle Ph.D. Martina Nagy (Germany): Male greater sac-winged bats gain fitness benefits in larger colonies Ph.D. Joanna Furmankiewicz (Poland): Social calls are sufficient for locating conspecifics at roosts in a tree-dwelling bat (Nyctalus noctula) M.Sc. Daniela Fleischmann (Germany): Group decision-making in fission-fusion societies: Lessons from Bechstein's bats and brown long-eared bats M.Sc. Hanna Karstein (Germany): Categorization of affect intensity and individuality within call types emitted during agonistic interactions M.Sc. Silke Voigt-Heuke (Germany): Do Bats Jazz? Song composition and syntax in the song of the common noctule bat Please check the following link for more information: http://www.conference.cz/IBRC/ |