Ecology and evolution seminars

Ecology and evolution seminars

Royal Society Publishing

This series features a selection of seminars covering outstanding contributions to the fields of ecology and evolution based on articles published in the Royal Society journals Proceedings B, Philosophical Transactions B, Biology Letters, Interface and Royal Society Open Science. Each talk is associated with a recent paper or theme issue, selected by the journal's editors as being particularly innovative or having had significant recent impact.

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Seminars in preparation

Institute of Hydrobiology

Rebuilding the critically endangered Yangtze finless porpoise population: successful release from an ex situ conservation programme

Jiansong Qiu, Institute of Hydrobiology
University of Cambridge

Arms race of physical defences: hooked trichomes of *Macaranga* ant-plants kill lycaenid caterpillars, but one specialist has a counter-defence

Ritabrata Chowdhury, University of Cambridge
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University of Clermont Auvergne

Old but attuned: The ability to decode babies’ cries does not decline with age

Siloé Corvin, University of Clermont Auvergne
American Museum of Natural History

A Holocene bat colony collapse highlights the importance of hot caves in the Caribbean

J Angel Soto-Centeno, American Museum of Natural History
Queen Mary University of London

First-sight recognition of touched objects shows that chicks can solve Molyneux’s problem

Elisabetta Versace, Queen Mary University of London
Tulane University

Fruit resources shape sexual selection processes in a lek mating system

H. Luke Anderson, Tulane University

Published seminars

University of Massachusetts Amherst
Lund University

New insights on sea turtle behaviour during the ‘lost years’

Katrina Phillips, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Eric Warrant, Lund University
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

River dolphin cochlea has not evolved convergently

Mariana Viglino, Instituto Patagónico de Geología y Paleontología
Universidad de Costa Rica

Recognition of predator cues hinders social communication

Gloriana Chaverri, Universidad de Costa Rica
Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway

Spider Venom Potency Exhibits Phylogenetic Prey Specificity but Does Not Trade-off With Body Size or Silk Use in Prey Capture

Keith Lyons, Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway
Université Sorbonne Paris Nord

Hosts eject conspecific parasitic eggs according to the egg size in a passerine

Alaïs Liénard, Université Sorbonne Paris Nord
Linnaeus University

Transient cognitive impacts of oxygen deprivation caused by catch-and-release angling

Henrik Flink, Linnaeus University
Wellcome Sanger Institute
University of Leicester

Phylogenomics supports a single origin of terrestriality in isopods

Jessica Thomas Thorpe, Wellcome Sanger Institute
Roberto Feuda, University of Leicester
Indiana University

A novel carnivorous diet reduces brain telomere length

Alexander Shephard, Indiana University
Sewanee: The University of the South

Genetic variation in age-dependent attractiveness in a fish with a mixed mating system

Katie McGhee, Sewanee: The University of the South