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SUMMARY:Deconstructing visual signals in social butterflies - Susan Finkbe
 iner - University of California\, Irvine\, USA
DTSTART:20130205T160000Z
DTEND:20130205T170000Z
UID:TALK41620@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:Chris Jiggins
DESCRIPTION:Aposematic passion-vine butterflies show the curious social be
 havior of gathering together into groups to roost for the night. Despite n
 early 150 years of popular and scientific interest\, the purpose of this b
 ehavior has remained a mystery. It has been hypothesized to be beneficial 
 in terms of information sharing and/or anti-predator defense. In this stud
 y\, we explore why butterflies exploit this unusual behavior to find out e
 xactly what the benefit of being a social butterfly is. Following studies 
 on roosting behavior\, we aim to dissect various visual signals communicat
 ed by these brightly colored butterflies in the context of both natural an
 d sexual selection by investigating the relative contributions of color ve
 rsus pattern in predator avoidance and mate recognition.\n\nhttp://hydara.
 bio.uci.edu/susan-finkbeiner.php
LOCATION:Part II Lecture Theatre\, Department of Zoology
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