Behavioral Ecology Blog

So I obviously have to cover this story- as it comes from a friend and labmate- Lauryn Benedict.  A Nature News piece just covered the results (published: Benedict, L. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. doi: 10.1007/s00265-007-0524-x (2007). ) of a part of her thesis.  Anyway, here is a part of the story!

Birds that sing in harmonious duets [...]

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Maternal Grandparents go the extra mile 
For grandparents living within 19.5 miles (30 km) of their grandchildren, over 30% of the maternal grandmothers had contact daily or a few times a week. Around 25% of the maternal grandfathers had contact daily or a few times a week. In contrast, only around 15 % of the paternal [...]

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Combed hair and a suit.. WHAT!!!

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I’m liveblogging a paper that should have been read a long time ago…. An Ecological and Evolutionary Perspective on human-microbe mutualisms and disease from the October 18 issue of Nature. 1st, the abstract:
The microbial communities of humans are characteristic and complex mixtures of microorganisms that have co-evolved with their human hosts. The species that make [...]

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Just an update- it’s probably pretty obvious.. I’ve moved to Wordpress.  Still take me some time to get the interface, formatting, and style down- so bear with me..
Please- leave a comment (so I know it’s working), and let me know if something doesn’t seem right..

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More commentary to follow…

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Anybody have anything bad to say about Wordpress? Are there better options out there? Advise please!

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Damn, I always get sucked into posting these things from Treehugger… Their posts are right on and provide so much useful information.. So:
Do YOU know what vampire power loss is?
Now we all know that electronic devices vary in their energy efficiency. Some things just cost more to run. Did you know that in addition [...]

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THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY
Department of Integrative Biology
Faculty Position in Experimental Population Genetics
Position ID #1213
The Department of Integrative Biology at the University of California, Berkeley, is seeking a scientist for a tenure-track position (Assistant Professor) in experimental population genetics.We seek a colleague to join a department with a strong multidisciplinary emphasis and to help [...]

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Welcome everybody to the 12th installment of Oekologie- a blog carnival dedicated to the sciences of ecology and the environment. This months edition is loaded with great posts from a diverse set of bloggers.. So here we go!
Jeremy starts us off with a post that describes the latest scare tactic to be implemented in religious [...]

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