Why bother with animal tracking when studying host-parasite interactions? Orr Spiegel, Tel Aviv University
Altered feeding behaviors in disease vectors Lauren Cator, Imperial College London
Disease or drought: environmental fluctuations release zebra from anthrax transmission hotspots Yen-Hua Huang, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Foraging with a handicap Abdel Halloway, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
A mechanistic, stigmergy model of territory formation in solitary animals: territorial behavior can dampen disease prevalence but increase persistence Lauren White, University of Wisconsin-Madison
The genes of attraction Jamie Winternitz, Bielefeld University
Behavior-parasite feedbacks: how do they operate, when and why do they arise, and what are their consequences? Dana Hawley, Virginia Tech
Passive self-isolation in vampire bats, from individuals to networks Sebastian Stockmaier, University of Connecticut
Differential parasitism of native and invasive widow spider egg sacs Monica Mowery, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Beaten black and blue: assessing the role of melanization in territorial encounters of the eastern fence lizard Alison Ossip-Drahos, Marian University
Keynote: Parasites: they’re not a bug, they’re a feature Marlene Zuk, University of Minnesota & Member, National Academy of Sciences
Host manipulation by parasites: from individual to collective behavior Stephanie Godfrey, University of Otago
Behavioral defenses against parasitoids: genetic and neuronal mechanisms Todd Schlenke, University of Arizona
The behavior of infected hosts: behavioral tolerance and its implications for host competence James Adelman, University of Memphis
TO BE ADDED:
Parasites in a social world: what we learned from primate behavior Charlotte Defolie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen & German Primate Center
Avoidance behaviors in the face of parasitism: social parasites Marie Charpentier, The French National Centre for Scientific Research
Insights from applying evolutionary theory of resistance to avoidance Caroline Amoroso, University of Virginia
Modeling the ecological impact of female guppy performance on parasite prevalence Faith Rovenolt, University of Pittsburg
Who is your neighbor? Eavesdropping parasites and the influence of nearby signalers Alex Trillo, Gettysburg College
Contact networks and pathogen transmission in wild animal populations Meggan Craft, University of Minnesota
Collective behavior and parasite transmission Nick Keiser, University of Florida
Infection avoidance behaviors Patricia Lopes, Chapman University
Seasonal human movement and the consequences for infectious disease transmission Amy Wesolowski, Johns Hopkins University
Behavior and parasitism in a wild baboon population Mercy Akinyi, Institute of Primate Research, Kenya
Age-related changes in social behavior shape disease dynamics in a wild ungulate population Greg Albery, Georgetown University
Links between social co-association and similarity of leukocyte profiles in re-wilded laboratory mice Alexander Downie, Princeton University
Physiological costs of glucocorticoid responses in unpredictable environments Sarah Guindre-Parker, Kennesaw State University
