ECBB 2018

European Conference on Behavioural Biology taking place in Liverpool 9-12th August 2018 at the ACC Arena

[ECBB 2018 @ecbb2018]

As the next ECBB will be happening in 2020, this account will be taken over by the new organising committee. If you are following us, this means you will automatically receive information on the upcoming ECBB 2020 conference in Zurich! #LiverpoolOverAndOut #ECBB2020

[Adriana Maldonado-Chaparro @AdriMaldoC]

@beaCdowning beautifully showed how wildlife management activities generate social instability in Canada geese and how it affects their social structure #ECBB2018

[Education Officer @ASABeducation]

Conflict management is the last topic. Sitting and waiting pays off when raiding urban environments for high calorie foods https://t.co/IBD4EetPiy #ECBB2018 @SHOALgroup

[Christos Ioannou @C_C_Ioannou]

@erin_sira Thanks! #ECBB2018 Here are the papers, both open access: https://t.co/WQv91NIM1K
https://t.co/TZbk4AhVPZ

[Rose Thorogood @informedbirds]

Sitting in Helsinki airport on the way to #ISBE2018 and feeling very proud of my "fledglings" at #ECBB2018! 1/3 @VixFranks with @hihinews

[Education Officer @ASABeducation]

Collective decision making and snotty politics is next up... @SHOALgroup #ECBB2018 https://t.co/3wvqiPdRAK

[Kevin Arbuckle @phylophile]

@TomARPrice talking about the evolution of masturbation in birds at #ECBB2018

[@[email protected] @mclduk]

.@birdjoetweets presenting his work on UK and Tenerife chaffinch song learning at #ECBB2018

[Erin Siracusa @erin_sira]

Riva Riley gives an interesting talk showing how ‘nudging’ behaviour plays a role in collective behaviour in the Bronze Cory catfish. More nudging behaviour between unfamiliar conspecifics needed to facilitate this group cohesion #ECBB2018

[Kevin Arbuckle @phylophile]

Predation risk is hugely important in shaping animal behaviour in the wild - Ed Parker #ECBB2018

[Kevin Arbuckle @phylophile]

Cooperative Lake Tanganyika cichlids appease dominants by either helping or signalling submission - but not both (Taborsky) #ECBB2018

[Kevin Arbuckle @phylophile]

@SHOALgroup flying the @SwanseaUni @swanscience flag at #ECBB2018 using innovative presentation ideas and dinosaur t-shirt

[Kevin Arbuckle @phylophile]

Robot sheperds by @SHOALgroup at #ECBB2018. But the important question is, of course, does Andrew dream of electric sheep?

[Education Officer @ASABeducation]

Robot shepherds copy sheepdog weaving behaviour @SHOALgroup GPS wearing sheep show selfish herd mechanisms. #ECBB2018

[Kevin Arbuckle @phylophile]

Excellent and general point from @SHOALgroup at #ECBB2018 : it's all well and good having loads of data, but its collection should be driven by a hypothesis, not just amassed for its own sake

[Kevin Arbuckle @phylophile]

Important advice from Jan Naef at #ECBB2018 - when buying illegal drugs don't give the money first, it's not like buying pizza (context: trade-like reciprocity is important in division of labour in cooperative breeding fish)

[Education Officer @ASABeducation]

Are Goats 'voting' or 'copying' when they face the direction of travel and move off? ... Not voting .... @SHOALgroup #ecbb2018

[Christina R Stanley @crstanley_rsrch]

Daring to pass control to the audience paid off! Fab #ECBB2018 plenary by @SHOALgroup - super engaging talk & I'm just a little bit jealous of all the projects you've been involved with so far