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Timeline

Note: There is a weekly quiz on the readings every Tuesday!

Week 1: Evolutionary approach to behavior

Readings
  • Dawkins 1-14
  • DKW 1 Natural Selection
In Class
Assignment


Week 2: Hypothesis testing

In Class
  • 4 Sept. Test on Dawkins
Readings
  • DKW 2 Testing hypotheses
Assignment
  • None

Week 3: Resource competition

Readings
  • DKW 5 Resource competition
Assignment


Week 4: Grouping

Readings
  • DKW 6 Groups
  • MT: Schooling in fish.
  • MT: Sharks: solitary or group animals?
  • MT: Alliance formation in bottlenose dolphins.
  • MT: The evolution of intergroup coalitionary aggression in humans.
Assignments
  • None


Week 5: Sexual selection, sexual conflict

Readings
  • DKW 7 Sexual selection
  • MT: The role of evolution in mating behavior of lekking species.
  • MT: To eat or to mate? Sexual cannibalism in Mantodea and arachnid species
  • MT: Violent mating: traumatic insemination in bed bugs and other cimicids.
  • MT: Sexual conflict and forced copulations lead to the co-evolution of sexual organs in Anas platyrhynchos.
Assignments


Week 6: Parental care, conflict

Readings
  • DKW 8 Parental care
Assignments


Week 7: Mating systems

Readings
  • DKW 9 Mating systems
Assignments
  • None


Week 8: Cooperative breeding

Readings
  • DKW 10 Sex allocation
Assignments

Week 9: Evolution of altruism

Readings
  • DKW 11 Social behavior
  • MT: A marine dwelling eusocial organism: Synalpheus regalis.
  • MT: Evolution of eusociality in Mole-rats
Assignments

Week 10: Cooperation

Readings
  • DKW 12 Cooperation
Assignments
  • None

Week 11: Practice sessions for high school workshop

Assignments
  • Nov 8th teach high school class

Week 12: Social insects

Readings
  • DKW 13 Social insects
Assignments


Week 13: Communication

Readings
  • DKW 14 Communication
  • MT: Costs and benefits of non-predator eavesdropping in mammal-bird alarm call interactions.
  • MT: Primate alarm calls.
  • MT: Intra-species communication and foraging in social insects.
Assignments


Week 14: No class

Week 15: Human behavior

Readings
  • DKW 15
Assignments
  • None

Table of Articles

User Article Reviewer 1 Reviewer 2 Reviewer 3
Example: Cassie Vernier Example: Polistes dominula Example: Asa Earnest Example: Joan Strassmann Example: Ruth Lewis
<your username/name> <your species name> <reviewer 1> <reviewer 2> <reviewer 3>
Kirinne Slaughter Ropalidia romandi Sandya Muchimilli Trinity Walls Celia Hensey
SeungJu Jackie Oh Parischnogaster nigricans serrei Alex Lu Zoe Sissac Peter Eivaz
May Xac Dolichovespula saxonica Zoe Sissac Caroline Zhong Peter Eivaz
Michelle Recto Parischnogaster jacobsoni Alison Gozlan Trinity Walls Caroline Zhong
Prema Roberts-Gaddipati Parachartergus fraternus Sandya Muchimilli Molly Himmelrich Celia Hensey
Gregory Harrison Mischocyttarus mexicanus May Xac Jenny Yang Iris Seto
Ashley Earley Dolichovespula media Prema Roberts-Gaddipati Katie Kuppersmith Naomi Frankston
Chiara Rosenbaum Protopolybia exigua Katie Ortman Molly Himmelrich Greg Harrison
Daphne Deng Polistes dorsalis Kelly Kries Stephanie Montenegro Molly Himmelrich
Amy Krause Polybia rejecta Abby Goldberg Chiara Rosenbaum Joanne Song
Joanne Song Vespula vulgaris Alex Lu Trinity Walls Amy Krause
Richard Petrella Synoeca septentrionalis Vikram Gurusamy Iris Seto Daphne Deng
Naomi Frankston Vespula atropilosa Jenn Akin Chiara Rosenbaum Alison Gozlan
Kelly Kries Protonectarina sylveirae May Xac Eunjae Lee Jenn Akin
Jennifer Akin Polistes erythrocephalus Ashley Earley Diana He Iris Seto
Amanda Kalupa Polistes humilis Ashley Earley Diana He Kelly Kries
Diana He Polistes versicolor Chiara Rosenbaum Katie Kuppersmith Amy Krause
Anna Villanyi Agelaia multipicta Ashley Earley Sydney Joyner Amy Krause
Jenny Yang Polistes exclamans Kirinne Slaughter Alison Gozlan Spencer Tong
Iris Seto Parischnogaster striatula Jenny Yang Jazmin Branch Stephanie Montenegro
Alex Lu Chrysis ignita Derek Krinock Amanda Kalupa Caroline Zhong
Allison Karp Leipomeles dorsata Sandya Muchimilli Michelle Recto Micah steinbrecher
Kathryn Reynolds Synoeca surinama Amanda Kalupa Talia Galosher Katie Ortman
Katie Ortman Polybia sericea Allison Karp Kathryn Reynolds Celia Hensey
Katie Kuppersmith Mischocyttarus drewseni Derek Krinock Kirinne Slaughter Greg Harrison
Talia Galosher Vespula acadica Michelle Recto Kathryn Reynolds Jamie Halpern
Abby Goldberg Polistes japonicus Diana He Sydney Joyner Joanne Song
Jamie Halpern Ropalidia plebeiana Allison Karp Prema Roberts-Gaddipati Talia Galosher
Madison Pomerantz Polistes apachus Amanda Kalupa Talia Galosher Anna Villanyi
Vikram Gurusamy Polybioides raphigastra Jazmin Branch Sydney Joyner Jamie Halpern
Derek Krinock Mischocyttarus flavitarsis Kelly Kries Katie Kuppersmith Jamie Halpern
Alison Gozlan Polistes carnifex Jenny Yang Abby Goldberg Stephanie Montenegro
Caroline Zhong Polistes metricus Peter Eivaz Vikram Gurusamy Spencer Tong
Sandya Muchimilli Protopolybia chartergoides Prema Roberts-Gaddipati Vikram Gurusamy Chidozie Emelue
Eunjae Lee Vespula austriaca Chidozie Emelue Naomi Frankston Alex Lu
Peter Eivaz Dolichovespula adulterina Eunjae Lee Jazmin Branch Vikram Gurusamy
Molly Himmelrich Blastophaga psenes Madison Pomerantz Zoe Sissac Anna Margit
Zoe Sissac User:Zroscope/sandbox/Polistes japonicas Daphne Deng Derek Krinock Jackie Oh
Micah Steinbrecher Polistes chinensis Daphne Deng Joanne Song Kirinne Slaughter
Celia Hensey Parachartergus colobopterus Chidozie Emelue Katie Ortman micah steinbrecher
Spencer Tong Brachygastra scutellaris Abby Goldberg Madison Pomerantz Greg Harrison
Trinity Walls Liostenogaster vechti Allison Karp Michelle Recto Kathryn Reynolds
Sydney Joyner Polybioides tabidus May Xac Vikram Gurusamy Micah Steinbrecher
Jazmin Branch Parischnogaster alternata Madison Pomerantz Naomi Frankston Vikram Gurusamy
Chidozie Emelue Polybia emaciata Eunjae Lee Jackie Oh Vikram Gurusamy
Stephanie Montenegro Metapolybia cingulata Daphne Deng Jackie Oh Spencer Tong

This table will list each article that a student is working on, and which other students will be peer reviewers for the article.

User Article Reviewer 1 Reviewer 2 Reviewer 3
Example: Cassie Vernier Example: Polistes dominula Example: Asa Earnest Example: Joan Strassmann Example: Ruth Lewis
<your username/name> <your species name> <reviewer 1> <reviewer 2> <reviewer 3>
Kirinne Slaughter Polistes sulcifer Celia Hensey Ashley Earley Diana He
SeungJu Jackie Oh Parischnogaster mellyi Derek Krinock Kathryn Reynolds Molly Himmelrich
May Xac Vespula maculifrons Eunjae Lee Ashley Earley Madison Pomerantz
Michelle Recto Polistes biglumis Zoe Sissac Iris Seto Molly Himmelrich
Prema Roberts-Gaddipati Belonogaster petiolata Zoe Sissac Kirinne Slaughter Gregory Harrison
Gregory Harrison Brachygastra lecheguana Jenny Yang Stephanie Montenegro Anna Villanyi
Ashley Earley Dolichovespula sylvestris Anna Villanyi Katie Kuppersmith Talia Galosher
Chiara Rosenbaum Polistes nimpha Jamie Halpern Celia Hensey Michelle Recto
Daphne Deng Polistes gallicus Stephanie Montenegro Peter Eivaz Kelly Kries
Amy Krause Angiopolybia pallens Zoe Sissac Katie Ortman Jamie Halpern
Joanne Song Polistes dominula Eunjae Lee Celia Hensey Jazmin Branch
Richard Petrella Belonogaster juncea juncea Vikram Gurusamy Jenn Akin Spencer Tong
Naomi Frankston Vespa orientalis Amanda Kalupa Daphne Deng Jenn Akin
Kelly Kries Ropalidia fasciata Jenn Akin Amanda Kalupa Katie Ortman
Jennifer Akin Polistes carolina Kelly Kries Alison Gozlan Naomi Frankston
Amanda Kalupa Apoica flavissima Trinity Walls Sydney Joyner Kirinne Slaughter
Diana He Polistes canadensis Prema Roberts-Gaddipati Eunjae Lee Trinity Walls
Anna Villanyi Ropalidia marginata Alex Lu Kirinne Slaughter Gregory Harrison
Jenny Yang Polistes fuscatus Amy Krause Kelly Kries Jamie Halpern
Iris Seto Polistes atrimandibularis Stephanie Montenegro Michelle Recto Jazmin Branch
Alex Lu Hemipepsis ustulata Caroline Zhong Katie Kuppersmith Naomi Frankston
Allison Karp Apoica pallens Micah Steinbrecher Daphne Deng Diana He
Kathryn Reynolds Polistes pacificus Trinity Walls Sydney Joyner Amy Krause
Katie Ortman Polistes instabilis Jackie Oh Sydney Joyner Amanda Kalupa
Katie Kuppersmith Vespula squamosa Jenny Yang Prema Roberts-Gaddipati Sandya Muchimilli
Talia Galosher Vespula germanica Ashley Earley Katie Kuppersmith Madison Pomerantz
Abby Goldberg Brachygastra mellifica May Xac Amy Krause Gregory Harrison
Jamie Halpern Polistes snelleni Derek Krinock Iris Seto Michelle Recto
Madison Pomerantz Vespula pensylvanica Abby Goldberg Talia Galosher Chiara Rosenbaum
Vikram Gurusamy Agelaia vicina Chidozie Emelue Sandya Muchimilli Madison Pomerantz
Derek Krinock Synoeca cyanea Alex Lu May Xac Joanne Song
Alison Gozlan Vespula rufa Jenny Yang Talia Galosher
Caroline Zhong Polistes annularis Chiara Rosenbaum
Sandya Muchimilli Dolichovespula arenaria Jackie Oh Prema Roberts-Gaddipati Micah Steinbrecher
Eunjae Lee Dolichovespula norwegica Joanne Song Peter Eivaz Molly Himmelrich
Peter Eivaz Vespa mandarinia Diana He Sandya Muchimilli
Molly Himmelrich Polybia occidentalis Abby Goldberg Naomi Frankston Micah Steinbrecher
Zoe Sissac Polistes major major Allison Karp May Xac Joanne Song
Micah Steinbrecher Dolichovespula maculata Kathryn Reynolds Caroline Zhong
Celia Hensey Polistes semenowi Chiara Rosenbaum Alison Gozlan Chidozie Emelue
Spencer Tong Agelaia pallipes Alex Lu Peter Eivaz Abby Goldberg
Trinity Walls Ropalidia revolutionalis Caroline Zhong Anna Villanyi
Sydney Joyner Polistes bellicosus Jazmin Branch Chidozie Emelue Derek Krinock
Jazmin Branch Vespula pensylvanica
Chidozie Emelue Liostenogaster flavolineata Daphne Deng Jackie Oh Kathryn Reynolds
Stephanie Montenegro Vespa crabro Alison Gozlan Iris Seto Katie Ortman
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Timeline

Note: There is a weekly quiz on the readings every Tuesday!

Week 1: Evolutionary approach to behavior

Readings
  • Dawkins 1-14
  • DKW 1 Natural Selection
In Class
Assignment


Week 2: Hypothesis testing

In Class
  • 4 Sept. Test on Dawkins
Readings
  • DKW 2 Testing hypotheses
Assignment
  • None

Week 3: Resource competition

Readings
  • DKW 5 Resource competition
Assignment


Week 4: Grouping

Readings
  • DKW 6 Groups
  • MT: Schooling in fish.
  • MT: Sharks: solitary or group animals?
  • MT: Alliance formation in bottlenose dolphins.
  • MT: The evolution of intergroup coalitionary aggression in humans.
Assignments
  • None


Week 5: Sexual selection, sexual conflict

Readings
  • DKW 7 Sexual selection
  • MT: The role of evolution in mating behavior of lekking species.
  • MT: To eat or to mate? Sexual cannibalism in Mantodea and arachnid species
  • MT: Violent mating: traumatic insemination in bed bugs and other cimicids.
  • MT: Sexual conflict and forced copulations lead to the co-evolution of sexual organs in Anas platyrhynchos.
Assignments


Week 6: Parental care, conflict

Readings
  • DKW 8 Parental care
Assignments


Week 7: Mating systems

Readings
  • DKW 9 Mating systems
Assignments
  • None


Week 8: Cooperative breeding

Readings
  • DKW 10 Sex allocation
Assignments

Week 9: Evolution of altruism

Readings
  • DKW 11 Social behavior
  • MT: A marine dwelling eusocial organism: Synalpheus regalis.
  • MT: Evolution of eusociality in Mole-rats
Assignments

Week 10: Cooperation

Readings
  • DKW 12 Cooperation
Assignments
  • None

Week 11: Practice sessions for high school workshop

Assignments
  • Nov 8th teach high school class

Week 12: Social insects

Readings
  • DKW 13 Social insects
Assignments


Week 13: Communication

Readings
  • DKW 14 Communication
  • MT: Costs and benefits of non-predator eavesdropping in mammal-bird alarm call interactions.
  • MT: Primate alarm calls.
  • MT: Intra-species communication and foraging in social insects.
Assignments


Week 14: No class

Week 15: Human behavior

Readings
  • DKW 15
Assignments
  • None

Table of Articles

User Article Reviewer 1 Reviewer 2 Reviewer 3
Example: Cassie Vernier Example: Polistes dominula Example: Asa Earnest Example: Joan Strassmann Example: Ruth Lewis
<your username/name> <your species name> <reviewer 1> <reviewer 2> <reviewer 3>
Kirinne Slaughter Ropalidia romandi Sandya Muchimilli Trinity Walls Celia Hensey
SeungJu Jackie Oh Parischnogaster nigricans serrei Alex Lu Zoe Sissac Peter Eivaz
May Xac Dolichovespula saxonica Zoe Sissac Caroline Zhong Peter Eivaz
Michelle Recto Parischnogaster jacobsoni Alison Gozlan Trinity Walls Caroline Zhong
Prema Roberts-Gaddipati Parachartergus fraternus Sandya Muchimilli Molly Himmelrich Celia Hensey
Gregory Harrison Mischocyttarus mexicanus May Xac Jenny Yang Iris Seto
Ashley Earley Dolichovespula media Prema Roberts-Gaddipati Katie Kuppersmith Naomi Frankston
Chiara Rosenbaum Protopolybia exigua Katie Ortman Molly Himmelrich Greg Harrison
Daphne Deng Polistes dorsalis Kelly Kries Stephanie Montenegro Molly Himmelrich
Amy Krause Polybia rejecta Abby Goldberg Chiara Rosenbaum Joanne Song
Joanne Song Vespula vulgaris Alex Lu Trinity Walls Amy Krause
Richard Petrella Synoeca septentrionalis Vikram Gurusamy Iris Seto Daphne Deng
Naomi Frankston Vespula atropilosa Jenn Akin Chiara Rosenbaum Alison Gozlan
Kelly Kries Protonectarina sylveirae May Xac Eunjae Lee Jenn Akin
Jennifer Akin Polistes erythrocephalus Ashley Earley Diana He Iris Seto
Amanda Kalupa Polistes humilis Ashley Earley Diana He Kelly Kries
Diana He Polistes versicolor Chiara Rosenbaum Katie Kuppersmith Amy Krause
Anna Villanyi Agelaia multipicta Ashley Earley Sydney Joyner Amy Krause
Jenny Yang Polistes exclamans Kirinne Slaughter Alison Gozlan Spencer Tong
Iris Seto Parischnogaster striatula Jenny Yang Jazmin Branch Stephanie Montenegro
Alex Lu Chrysis ignita Derek Krinock Amanda Kalupa Caroline Zhong
Allison Karp Leipomeles dorsata Sandya Muchimilli Michelle Recto Micah steinbrecher
Kathryn Reynolds Synoeca surinama Amanda Kalupa Talia Galosher Katie Ortman
Katie Ortman Polybia sericea Allison Karp Kathryn Reynolds Celia Hensey
Katie Kuppersmith Mischocyttarus drewseni Derek Krinock Kirinne Slaughter Greg Harrison
Talia Galosher Vespula acadica Michelle Recto Kathryn Reynolds Jamie Halpern
Abby Goldberg Polistes japonicus Diana He Sydney Joyner Joanne Song
Jamie Halpern Ropalidia plebeiana Allison Karp Prema Roberts-Gaddipati Talia Galosher
Madison Pomerantz Polistes apachus Amanda Kalupa Talia Galosher Anna Villanyi
Vikram Gurusamy Polybioides raphigastra Jazmin Branch Sydney Joyner Jamie Halpern
Derek Krinock Mischocyttarus flavitarsis Kelly Kries Katie Kuppersmith Jamie Halpern
Alison Gozlan Polistes carnifex Jenny Yang Abby Goldberg Stephanie Montenegro
Caroline Zhong Polistes metricus Peter Eivaz Vikram Gurusamy Spencer Tong
Sandya Muchimilli Protopolybia chartergoides Prema Roberts-Gaddipati Vikram Gurusamy Chidozie Emelue
Eunjae Lee Vespula austriaca Chidozie Emelue Naomi Frankston Alex Lu
Peter Eivaz Dolichovespula adulterina Eunjae Lee Jazmin Branch Vikram Gurusamy
Molly Himmelrich Blastophaga psenes Madison Pomerantz Zoe Sissac Anna Margit
Zoe Sissac User:Zroscope/sandbox/Polistes japonicas Daphne Deng Derek Krinock Jackie Oh
Micah Steinbrecher Polistes chinensis Daphne Deng Joanne Song Kirinne Slaughter
Celia Hensey Parachartergus colobopterus Chidozie Emelue Katie Ortman micah steinbrecher
Spencer Tong Brachygastra scutellaris Abby Goldberg Madison Pomerantz Greg Harrison
Trinity Walls Liostenogaster vechti Allison Karp Michelle Recto Kathryn Reynolds
Sydney Joyner Polybioides tabidus May Xac Vikram Gurusamy Micah Steinbrecher
Jazmin Branch Parischnogaster alternata Madison Pomerantz Naomi Frankston Vikram Gurusamy
Chidozie Emelue Polybia emaciata Eunjae Lee Jackie Oh Vikram Gurusamy
Stephanie Montenegro Metapolybia cingulata Daphne Deng Jackie Oh Spencer Tong

This table will list each article that a student is working on, and which other students will be peer reviewers for the article.

User Article Reviewer 1 Reviewer 2 Reviewer 3
Example: Cassie Vernier Example: Polistes dominula Example: Asa Earnest Example: Joan Strassmann Example: Ruth Lewis
<your username/name> <your species name> <reviewer 1> <reviewer 2> <reviewer 3>
Kirinne Slaughter Polistes sulcifer Celia Hensey Ashley Earley Diana He
SeungJu Jackie Oh Parischnogaster mellyi Derek Krinock Kathryn Reynolds Molly Himmelrich
May Xac Vespula maculifrons Eunjae Lee Ashley Earley Madison Pomerantz
Michelle Recto Polistes biglumis Zoe Sissac Iris Seto Molly Himmelrich
Prema Roberts-Gaddipati Belonogaster petiolata Zoe Sissac Kirinne Slaughter Gregory Harrison
Gregory Harrison Brachygastra lecheguana Jenny Yang Stephanie Montenegro Anna Villanyi
Ashley Earley Dolichovespula sylvestris Anna Villanyi Katie Kuppersmith Talia Galosher
Chiara Rosenbaum Polistes nimpha Jamie Halpern Celia Hensey Michelle Recto
Daphne Deng Polistes gallicus Stephanie Montenegro Peter Eivaz Kelly Kries
Amy Krause Angiopolybia pallens Zoe Sissac Katie Ortman Jamie Halpern
Joanne Song Polistes dominula Eunjae Lee Celia Hensey Jazmin Branch
Richard Petrella Belonogaster juncea juncea Vikram Gurusamy Jenn Akin Spencer Tong
Naomi Frankston Vespa orientalis Amanda Kalupa Daphne Deng Jenn Akin
Kelly Kries Ropalidia fasciata Jenn Akin Amanda Kalupa Katie Ortman
Jennifer Akin Polistes carolina Kelly Kries Alison Gozlan Naomi Frankston
Amanda Kalupa Apoica flavissima Trinity Walls Sydney Joyner Kirinne Slaughter
Diana He Polistes canadensis Prema Roberts-Gaddipati Eunjae Lee Trinity Walls
Anna Villanyi Ropalidia marginata Alex Lu Kirinne Slaughter Gregory Harrison
Jenny Yang Polistes fuscatus Amy Krause Kelly Kries Jamie Halpern
Iris Seto Polistes atrimandibularis Stephanie Montenegro Michelle Recto Jazmin Branch
Alex Lu Hemipepsis ustulata Caroline Zhong Katie Kuppersmith Naomi Frankston
Allison Karp Apoica pallens Micah Steinbrecher Daphne Deng Diana He
Kathryn Reynolds Polistes pacificus Trinity Walls Sydney Joyner Amy Krause
Katie Ortman Polistes instabilis Jackie Oh Sydney Joyner Amanda Kalupa
Katie Kuppersmith Vespula squamosa Jenny Yang Prema Roberts-Gaddipati Sandya Muchimilli
Talia Galosher Vespula germanica Ashley Earley Katie Kuppersmith Madison Pomerantz
Abby Goldberg Brachygastra mellifica May Xac Amy Krause Gregory Harrison
Jamie Halpern Polistes snelleni Derek Krinock Iris Seto Michelle Recto
Madison Pomerantz Vespula pensylvanica Abby Goldberg Talia Galosher Chiara Rosenbaum
Vikram Gurusamy Agelaia vicina Chidozie Emelue Sandya Muchimilli Madison Pomerantz
Derek Krinock Synoeca cyanea Alex Lu May Xac Joanne Song
Alison Gozlan Vespula rufa Jenny Yang Talia Galosher
Caroline Zhong Polistes annularis Chiara Rosenbaum
Sandya Muchimilli Dolichovespula arenaria Jackie Oh Prema Roberts-Gaddipati Micah Steinbrecher
Eunjae Lee Dolichovespula norwegica Joanne Song Peter Eivaz Molly Himmelrich
Peter Eivaz Vespa mandarinia Diana He Sandya Muchimilli
Molly Himmelrich Polybia occidentalis Abby Goldberg Naomi Frankston Micah Steinbrecher
Zoe Sissac Polistes major major Allison Karp May Xac Joanne Song
Micah Steinbrecher Dolichovespula maculata Kathryn Reynolds Caroline Zhong
Celia Hensey Polistes semenowi Chiara Rosenbaum Alison Gozlan Chidozie Emelue
Spencer Tong Agelaia pallipes Alex Lu Peter Eivaz Abby Goldberg
Trinity Walls Ropalidia revolutionalis Caroline Zhong Anna Villanyi
Sydney Joyner Polistes bellicosus Jazmin Branch Chidozie Emelue Derek Krinock
Jazmin Branch Vespula pensylvanica
Chidozie Emelue Liostenogaster flavolineata Daphne Deng Jackie Oh Kathryn Reynolds
Stephanie Montenegro Vespa crabro Alison Gozlan Iris Seto Katie Ortman

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