PSGB Spring Meeting 2009 Form and Function Thursday and Friday 16 & 17 April 2009 at Bournemouth University Revised: PROGRAMME NEW: Abstract Book pdf (2.67 MB) Please note that you will receive a copy of this book at registration NEW:PDF map & contact
The 2009 PSGB spring meeting will be held on 16 & 17th April 2009 at Bournemouth University. The theme of the talks by invited speakers is "Form and Function", in which we will explore the links among morphology, behaviour and ecology: ABSTRACTS here . We wish particularly to encourage postgraduate students and those early in their career to present but anybody is welcome to submit an abstract (abstract deadline for talks has passed but poster abstracts will be accepted until 1 April 2009) to registration@psgb.org. Members and non-members are invited to submit abstracts for poster and oral presentations on any topic of interest to PSGB members. The PSGB would also like to announce that the first Charles A. Lockwood Student Prize will be awarded at the Spring Meeting in Bournemouth as a way to acknowledge Charlie's time spent on the PSGB Council, as well as the thought, dedication and inspiration he provided to his students. Students please visit our student pages. We will also have short skills sessions on topics that will be particularly useful for postgraduate students (e.g. "presentation skills", "introduction to morphometrics"). We would like to encourage others to organise short workshops around the meeting - please contact the organisers if you would like to do so (registration@psgb.org).
	Thursday 16th April 2009 early evening Free PUBLIC lecture: Darwin with a smile by Prof Jan A.R.A.M. van Hooff ABSTRACT Hosted by Bournemouth University

Marwell Zoo will allow meeting attendees to visit the zoo for free. We will organise a coach trip to Marwell Zoo on Saturday 18th April at the cost of the coach.

Keynote speakers:

• Prof Robin Crompton, University of Liverpool will talk about "Locomotor mechanics of the Laetoli Footprint Makers: evidence from experimental pedobarography and computer simulation". ABSTRACT
• Prof Robin Dunbar from Oxford University will talk about "Darwin, time and morphology: constraints on sociality in primates and their implications for evolution". ABSTRACT
  
• Dr Sarah Elton, Senior lecturer in Anatomy at HYMS Hull and University of York investigates the link between anatomy and ecology. ABSTRACT
• Prof Emeritus Jan A.R.A.M. van Hooff from Utrecht University will discuss facial expression of emotions, in light of Charles Darwin's bicentennial.
• Prof Gabriele Macho, University of Bradford, will present "Linking morphology, behaviour and ecology: how reliable are inferences from fragmentary hominin remains?" ABSTRACT .
• Dr Todd Rae, Senior lecturer at Roehampton University, investigates the importance of phylogenetic relationships in studying anatomical adaptations.ABSTRACT
  

Pre-registration is encouraged but registration at the door is available as well. Please email your registration form to registration@psgb.org

Registration rates:

Download your registration form here

Call for poster and oral presentation abstracts

Authors are invited to submit abstracts for poster and oral presentations.
We especially want to encourage students and those early in their career to present but everybody is welcome to submit an abstract.

Poster abstract deadline extended to: 1 April 2009
Oral presentation abstract deadline has passed: 1 March 2009

Maximum size for posters is A0 (841 × 1189 mm).
Abstracts (250 words max) including title, authors and affiliations should be submitted as a word or rtf document, font size 12 times new roman, please do not use special formatting except for italics for species names. Please indicate whether or not you are a student and tick the box on the registration form indicating that you submitted an abstract.
Please email the documents as attachments to the organising committee at registration@psgb.org.

Students:

Please also visit our student pages for help and advice with organising cheap rooms & abstracts. There will be student conference bursaries available to students worth £50 please indicate whether you would like to bid for this grant on your registration form.

The PSGB would also like to announce that the first Charles A. Lockwood Student Prize will be awarded at the Spring Meeting in Bournemouth as a way to acknowledge Charlie's time spent on the PSGB Council, as well as the thought, dedication and inspiration he provided to his students. The prize will be a medal, to be awarded for the best student oral presentation and may be awarded to student presentations concerning any aspect of primate behaviour and ecology research, conservation or hominin evolution.

Location:

Landsdowne Campus
Wollstonecroft Lecture Theatre, Bournemouth House
19 Christchurch Road, Bournemouth
BH1 3LH

Directions: PDF map & contact

http://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/about/transport_and_maps/getting_to_bournemouth_university.html

PSGB spring meeting attendees can book a room for the 16th April at the greatly reduced rate of £30 pp per night at the lovely Yenton Hotel in Bournemouth. This hotel is at walking distance from the conference venue and the Train station. Please mention that you are booking for the PSGB spring meeting. Yenton hotel homepage: http://www.yentonhotel.co.uk/index.php. For longer stays, please discuss with the hotel owners and check out their special deal on 3 night stays on their website.

Link to further suggestions for accommodation

Programme

Thursday 16th April
11:00 Registration desk opens
13:00 Opening comments
13:20 Gabrielle Macho: "Linking morphology, behaviour and ecology: how reliable are inferences from fragmentary hominin remains?"

14:05 Jacklyn Ellis: "Correlates of stress and anxiety in wild male olive baboons (Papio hamadryas anubis) in Gashaka-Gumti NP, Nigeria"
14:25 Lauren J N Brent: "Social networks in adult female rhesus macaques"
14:40 Denise Bailey: "The Jane Goodall Institute"
15:00 Tea/Poster viewing
15:30 Sarah Elton: "Form and function in the primate skeleton: guenon case studies16:15 Katharine Balolia Sexual dimorphism and extended cranial growth in the great apes: links between morphology and social behaviour"
16:35 Lisa Riley: "Cognitive enrichment in chimpanzees"
16:55 Colleen Schaffner & Todd Rae: Presentation skills workshop
18:00 Jan van Hooff Darwin with a smile - PUBLIC LECTURE

19:00 Forage for own dinner/Pub

Friday 17th April
09:00 Andrea Cardini & Sarah Elton: "Introduction to Morphometrics" Workshop
10:30 Coffee/Poster viewing
11:00 Todd Rae: "Applying numbers to the three Fs: form, function, and phylogeny"

11:45 Nick Davis: "The impact of social events on urinary cortisol in zoo housed spider monkeys"
12:05 Claire Santorelli: "Vocal traditions in communities of wild spider monkeys"
12:25 Lunch
13:30 Robin Crompton: "Biomechanical analysis of the Laetoli footprint trails"

14:15 Erica Kempf: "Patterns of water use in primates"
14:35 Marina Kenyon: "Vocal communication in Nomascus gabriellae in Cat Tien National Park, Vietnam"
14:55 Emma Nelson: "Associations between digit ratios (2D:4D) and dominance-rank in female rhesus macaques from Cayo Santiago"
15:15 Tea/Poster viewing
15:45 William C McGrew: "Sex differences in sibling caretaking by cotton-top tamarins: acquiring skills or paying dues?"
16:05 Mark E. Harrison: "Energetic advantages of large body size in orang-utans"
16:25 Robin Dunbar: "Darwin, Time and Morphology: Constraints on Sociality in Primates and their Implications for Evolution"

17:10 Student prizes
17:30 Closing remarks

Saturday 18th April Marwell Zoo excursion

Organisers:

The meeting is being organised by Mandy Korstjens, Jo Setchell and Bridget Waller. Please circulate our flyer (PDF) among your colleagues and students. They can be contacted regarding abstract submission and any other queries through registration@psgb.org.

Amanda (Mandy) Korstjens, Conservation Sciences, Bournemouth University

Joanna Setchell, Anthropology, Durham University

Bridget Waller, Psychology, University of Portsmouth