Current ISBE Newsletter - Autumn 2008 Vol 20(2)
Pitelka Prize Winner
This year’s Pitelka Prize was awarded to the best oral presentation at the ISBE conference in Cornell. The winner was Nathan Morehouse (Arizona State University) for the talk entitled: "Female choice for a nitrogen-rich color ornament in a nitrogen limited butterfly".
ISBE 2008 Poster Prize Winners
First prize: $500 cash from Springer
Martina Boerner
Department of Zoology
University of Cambridge, UK
Poster title: When to evolve into a cheat: begging at an early stage of a parasite-host arms race
Second prize: $200 voucher from Springer
Topi Lehtonen
Department of Biology
University of Konstanz, Germany
Poster title: Fitness benefits from close proximity to another species of cichlid fish
Third prize: $200 voucher from Springer
Candace Low
Ecology, Evolution, & Marine Biology
University of California, USA
Poster title: Grouping increases visual detection risk by specialist parasitoids
Runners-up: $100 voucher from Wiley-Blackwell
Dagmar Clough
Dep. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology
German Primate Centre, Goettingen, Germany
Poster title: Parasite infections in red-fronted lemurs and their effect on sexual selection
David Gilley
Department of Biology
William Paterson University, USA
Poster title: The scent of the dance: honey bee waggle dancers produce volatile compounds that affect foraging behavior
Palestina Guevara Fiore
Department of Animal and Plant Sciences
University of Sheffield, UK
Poster title: Behavioral plasticity in male guppies: how males change strategies to find receptive females
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