Dear colleagues,

this week's Biology Thursday seminar, 8th Oct at 12:15 (via zoom, link below) will be given by professor Bob Wong from Monash University, Australia, on:

"Behavioural Responses to a changing world: ecological and evolutionary consequences."

Abstract

Humans have brought about unprecedented changes to environments worldwide. For many species, behavioural adjustments represent the first response to altered conditions. Such behavioural modifications can potentially improve an organism's prospects of surviving and reproducing in a rapidly changing world. However, not all behavioural responses are beneficial. Human-altered conditions, for instance, can undermine the reliability of sexual signals used by animals to assess potential suitors. Environmental changes can also impair sensory systems or interfere with physiological processes needed to mount an appropriate behavioural response. An understanding of behaviour could therefore be important in helping to explain why some species are able to survive, or even flourish, under human altered conditions, while others flounder. In this talk, I will consider the pivotal role that behaviour plays in determining the fate of species under human-induced environmental change, and discuss recent research in my Group investigating the impacts of anthropogenic change on behaviour in fish.

More on Bob's research and group at https://www.bobwonglab.org/

Looking forward to seeing you all online on Thursday,

Heikki

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