Please plan to attend the first ever Gordon Research Conference on Predator-Prey Interactions
5-10 January, 2014; Ventura, California www.grc.org/programs.aspx?year=2014&program=predator The theme of this inaugural conference is From Genes to Ecosystems to Human Mental Health Liana Zanette (Chair, Western U), Andy Sih (Vice-Chair, UC Davis) We have an outstanding list of confirmed speakers and contributors (below) and our meeting is filling-up fast so please register soon. Gordon Research Conferences are recognized as the “world's premier scientific conferences”, where 150-200 leading investigators from across the globe meet biennially for a full week of intense discussion of the frontier research in their field. The goal of the Predator-Prey Interactions Gordon Research Conference is to explore the unique insights to be gained from an interdisciplinary focus on phenomena specific to predator-prey interactions, and our list of confirmed speakers and contributors accordingly includes ecologists, evolutionary biologist, neuroscientists, physiologists, developmental biologists and human psychologists. The structure of the meeting aims to foster as much dialogue as possible in order to facilitate as many new collaborations as possible, that are sure to lead to new synergies and new avenues of research. Please visit our updated website that includes details on registration, organization and the confirmed speakers. Please spread the word about this exciting new conference among your colleagues and please also encourage post-docs and students to attend. Our primary objective is to ensure that every attendee is an active participant. SESSIONS AND CONFIRMED SPEAKERS Establishing an Interdisciplinary Approach to Predator-Prey Interactions Larry Dill (Discussion leader) Oswald Schmitz, David Diamond The Neurobiology of Predator-Induced Fear Joel Brown (Discussion leader) Newton Canteras, Ajai Vyas, Jacqueline Blundell Inducible Morphological Defences Peter Eklöv (Discussion leader) Rick Relyea, Ralph Tollrian Predators as Stressors: Integrating Human and Animal Models Jay Schulkin (Discussion leader) Michael Clinchy, Michael Sheriff, Vivette Glover, Rachel Yehuda Fear Effects on Population- and Ecosystem-Level Processes Barbara Peckarsky (Discussion leader) Scott Creel, Dror Hawlena Learning, Unlearning and Communicating Fear Ken Lukowiak (Discussion leader) Maud Ferrari, Dan Blumstein, Robert Magrath, Peter Banks Predators, Prey and Plants: Does Fear Make the World Green? Evan Preisser (Discussion leader) Geoffrey Trussell, Mark Boyce Restoring the Balance Between Predators and Prey James Estes (Discussion leader) Craig Packer, Michael Heithaus, Bodil Elmhagen, David Macdonald Evolutionary Ecology of Predator-Prey Interactions Andrew Beckerman (Discussion leader) Johanna Mappes, Andy Sih CONFIRMED CONTRIBUTORS Zvika Abramsky, Joy Anogwih, Leon Blaustein, Justin Brashares, Grant Brown, Joseph Bump, Lauren Chaby, Simon Chamaille, Anna Chalfoun, David Christianson, Adam Crane, Will Cresswell, Joseph Fontaine, John Fryxell, James Gilliam, Daniel Gruner, Lars-Anders Hansson, James Harwood, Andrew Higginson, Mark Hixon, Francis Juanes, Bart Kempenaers, Burt Kotler, John Laundré, Barney Luttbeg, Ross Macleod, Lindsey Messinger, Jennie Miller, Andrea Morehouse, Chiara Morosinotto, Rahmat Naddafi, Maria Ocasio-Torres, John Orrock, Marinde Out, Scott Peacor, Nicholas Pilfold, Catharine Pritchard, Bernard Roitberg, Timothy Roth, Lauren Sallan, Stuart Sandin, Ken Schmidt, Vahan Serobyan, Robert Serrouya, David Skelly, Justine Smith, Theodore Stankowich, Adrian Stier, Maria Thaker, Jennifer Thaler, Robert Thomson, Strahan Tucker, Abi Vanak, Wolfgang Weisser, Christopher Wilmers
