Speaking Engagements
Dr. Jim Ha will present two short, back-to-back talks: the first is titled,
"Applied Animal Behavior: The Modern Science of Behavior and Behavior Modification",
a general and brief introduction to the new science of applied animal behavior with
an example from feather-plucking in parrots, and then a short talk titled, "The
Rota Avian Behavioral Ecology Project: An Update on the Mariana Crow", which will
very briefly review our project to research and recover the endangered Mariana
Crow on an island in the western Pacific, and then update the audience on
the latest status of our work. The two talks will take 1 to 1.5 hours.
July 16th at 7:00pm
Dr. Jim Ha
Lawn Bowling Building at Woodland Park
N 63rd St. and Whitman Pl. N
http://www.seattle.gov/parks/park_detail.asp?ID=292
(206) 782-1515
The Social Behavior of Highly Cognitive Animals: Examples from Crows,
Monkeys, and Orca Whales
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
James Ha PhD
Centralia College, Lyceum Series
http://www.centralia.edu/news/lyceum.html
Abstract: In this talk, Dr. Jim Ha provides an overview of his work on the social
behavior of several highly cognitive species, including pigtail macaque
monkeys, northwestern crows, and near-shore killer whales. The emphasis
in his talk is that, in highly cognitive species, there is an extra
dimension of complexity to the social behavior, such as individual or kin
recognition, cultural transmission of information, or complex social
structures. He discusses his research on social structure and pregnancy
outcome in pigtailed macaques, including data on the results of a massive
social reorganization of an established breeding colony. He also discusses
the effects of kinship in determining the costs and benefits of
food-stealing behavior in socially-foraging northwestern crows. He presents
the results of a study of the factors affecting social affiliation in a
rapidly declining, near-shore population of killer whales, based on an
analysis of a 25-year database of movement and behavior observations.
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