PSGB Spring Meeting 1996

APRIL 15 1996

RUSKIN LECTURE THEATRE,
ROEHAMPTON INSTITUTE LONDON,
WHITELANDS COLLEGE (SUTHERLAND GROVE ENTRANCE),
LONDON SW15 3SN.

PROGRAMME

9:00 Registration and poster set-up

Morning session chaired by Caroline Ross

9:25 Opening remarks

9:30 Louise Barrett (University of Liverpool)

Ranging behaviour of grey-cheeked mangabeys: Encounter rates, random walks and territorial defence

9:55 Daniel Stahl (German Primate Centre, Gottingen)

Social tolerance and food competition in sooty mangabeys

10:20 David Hill (University of Sussex)

Fast food, aggression and relationships in Japanese and rhesus macaques

10:45 POSTER SESSION & COFFEE

11:15 Adriana Vella (University of Cambridge)

Primate population models for conservation

11:40 Kate Jones (Roehampton Institute London)

Life history evolution in bats. Optimal body sizes: Fact or fiction?

12:05 Helen Ball & Kate Hill (University of Durham)

Are multi-fetus conceptions adaptive? An analysis of human populations

12:30 LUNCH

Afternoon session chaired by Ann MacLarnon

1:45 Tania King (University College London)

Dental microwear in hominoids

2:10 Gillian Brown (University of Cambridge)

The role of testosterone in the development of sex differences in behaviour of infant rhesus macaques

2:35 Frankie Kerridge (Bolton Institute)

Enriching the behaviour of captive ruffed lemurs by making food presentation more realistic

3:00 TEA

3:30 Duncan Castles (University of St. Andrews)

Baboon relationships: fighting, scratching, feelings.

3:55 Jo Thompson (University of Oxford)

Preliminary report on bonobos (Pan paniscus) in a forest/savannah mosiac habitat

4:20 Jennifer Scott (University of Washington, USA)

Female competition and dominance hierarchies among three groups of captive lowland gorillas

POSTERS

Helen Ball (University of Durham)

Haven't we met? Interactions between rhesus macaque females and returning male immigrants.

Adam Biran (University College London)

Who Cares? An Observational study of child care in a Massai society

Harriet Eeley (University of Natal, South Africa)

Macroecology and areography among African catarrhine primates

Kate Hill & Helen Ball

Twins and yams: A cross-cultural analysis

Frankie Kerridge (Bolton Institute)

Fostering of infant ruffed lemurs

Catherine Key (University College London)

Suckers or supermen? Male non-reciprocal altruism toards females when female reproductive cost is high.

Gemma Regan (University of Durham)

Natal Colouring and sexual dichromatism

Catherine Reveley (University College Stockton, University of Durham)

Grooming in guenons

Andrew Smith (University of Reading)

Orthopteran prey capture in wild saddleback & moustached tamarins in Eastern Peru

Daisy Williamson (University College London)

A model of chimpanzee socioecology

Registration fees: £5 members, £10 non-members, £1 student members (undergraduate &
postgraduate), £3 student non-members.

Getting to Whitelands College

For those coming on public transport: The nearest underground stations to the college are East Putney and Southfields (both on the District Line). They are both about 15 minutes walk from the college but those coming from mainline stations or elsewhere in central London should note that East Putney is in Zone 2 and hence the tube fare is less than that to Southfields which is is Zone 3. The nearest British Rail station is Putney (about 20 minutes walk, cabs are sometimes, but not always, available outside). Putney BR is on a line that links with Waterloo East, Vauxhall and Clapham Junction BR- a regular service runs to Putney from these stations (about 6 trains per hour).

If driving: Parking space will be available in the college, the entrance to the carpark is on Sutherland Grove. Please contact either Caroline Ross or Ann MacLarnon if you need advice about how to get here.

Caroline Ross: Tel. 0181 392 3529, e-mail c.ross@roehampton.ac.uk
Ann MacLarnon: Tel. 0181 392 3645

School of Life Sciences: (to leave messages for either Caroline or Ann)

School of Life Sciences,
Roehampton Institute London,
West Hill,
London SW15 3SN,
UK.
Tel. 0181 392 3524,
Fax: 0181 392 3271

Accommodation: We can provide bed and breakfast at the College for £16.50/night. Please contact either Caroline or Ann to arrange this.