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SUMMARY:What insect-watching can tell us about the evolution of animal beh
 aviour - Dr William Foster
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CONTACT:Beverley Larner
DESCRIPTION:Behavioural Ecology\, the study of the adaptive significance o
 f animal behaviour\, has empowered zoologists to tackle some of the fundam
 ental issues of evolutionary biology. Insects\, although not always easy t
 o study as individuals in the field\, have provided excellent model system
 s for this area of research.  \n\n In this talk\, I will outline some of
  the research done by myself and colleagues on the behavioural ecology of 
 insects. I will discuss what a saltmarsh beetle can tell us about the evol
 ution of parental care\; what marine water-striders can tell us about self
 ish group behaviour\; what the behaviour of gall-living aphids reveals abo
 ut the altruism of housework\, house-maintenance\, and the slaughter of in
 truders\; and how extended parental care by solitary digger wasps shows us
  the  first faltering steps along the route to highly complex social beh
 aviour. Along the way we will visit a saltmarsh in North Norfolk\, a mangr
 ove swamp in the Galapagos\, the playing fields of Cambridge\, a Hill Stat
 ion in Malaya\, and a heathland near Godalming. And we will learn about Th
 e Trafalgar Effect\, Crozier’s Paradox\, and the menopausal aphid glue-b
 omb. 
LOCATION:Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre\, Department of Chemistry
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