Important Dates

  • February 1, 2008: Conference Registration Opens
    Registration Fees: Professional $275, Students $150

  • June 11, 2008: End of Early Registration
    Registration Fees: Professional $350, Students $170

  • June 30, 2008:
    Submission Deadline for 2-page abstracts from accepted applicants

  • July 10, 2008: Deadline for Conference rates at Hilton Garden Inn

  • August 12, 2008: Conference opens  at 10:00 AM

  • August 15, 2008: Conference adjourns at 4:00 PM

  • Click to view full schedule here.

Schedule

Below is a schedule of events. For more information, view the full list of poster presentations here.

Tuesday 8/12/2008
 
Day 1 Posters A-N (first author's last name)
 
8:30-8:40 Opening Remarks  
8:40-9:25 Keynote address    
  Dr. Peter Marler Acoustic communication and learning
9:25   A. Popper Effects of human-generated sounds on fish
9:45   J. Miller Vocal improvisation in brown-headed cowbirds (Molothrus ater) is sensitive to social ecology and social companions
10:00 - 10:15 Break
10:15   K. Okanoya Song complexity in Bengalese finches: from ecology to molecules
10:35   C. Johnston Evolutionary patterns and characteristics of acoustic signals in darters (Percidae)
10:50   D. Brabant Blind sound separation by binary microphones at multiple angles 
11:05   P. Madsen Echolocation of prey in free-ranging Blainville’s beaked whales
11:20   A. Denzinger Communication value of search signals in echolocating bats
11:35   E. OtuNyarko Classification of stressful vocalizations of captive laying chickens using the Hidden Markov Model (HMM)
11:50   M. Trimble Mother-offspring recognition in the south American sea lion Otaria flavescens at Isla de Lobos, Uruguay
12:05 - 1:00 Lunch
1:00   P. Narins Environmental influences on the evolution of communication systems
1:20   A. Surlykke Intensity and directionality of bat echolocation calls measured in the field
1:40   A. Seibert Underwater calls of the Ross seal
1:55 - 4:00 Posters (refreshments at 3:00)
4:00   M. Wilson Allis shad detect ultrasonic clicks from echolocating toothed whales
4:15   S. Digweed Predator persistence, not predator type, explains call variation in red squirrels
4:30   J. Oswald Differences in whistle characteristics of two delphinid species in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea
4:45   O. Tervo Annual changes in the song of the bowhead whale Balaena mysticetus in Disko Bay, Western Greenland
5:00   T. Fink Details of acoustic substrate alarm communication through head-banging in the subterranean termites: Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki and Reticulitermes flavipes (Kollar)
5:15   T. Freeberg Comparative studies of the chick-a-dee call of titmouse (Baeolophus) species
6:00 - 7:30 Outdoor Reception
7:30 - 9:00 Evening Session on Noise Impacts
7:30   K. Fristrup Estimating the costs of lost auditory awareness and habituation to noise
7:50   R. Dooling The effects of highway noise on birds
8:10   J. Cummings Scientific uncertainty, evolving management, and the emergence of an ethics of anthropogenic noise
8:25   D. Delaney Response of gopher tortoises to military training operations on Camp Shelby, MS, USA
8:40   P. Pettler Effect of highway noise on fish and birds
Wednesday 8/13/2008
 
Day 2 Posters A-N (first author's last name)
 
8:30   J. Sisneros Adaptive auditory plasticity in the vocal plainfin midshipman fish: getting in tune for the summer and its implication for acoustic communication
8:50   D. Mann Passive acoustic mapping of red hind grouper aggregation sites
9:10   C. Akcay Extra-territorial movement patterns and male singing behavior in song sparrows
9:25   J. Ioup Cluster analysis of sperm whale coda clicks for identification of individuals
9:40   M. Bee Do female treefrogs experience comodulation masking release in the perception of male mating calls in a breeding chorus?
9:55   A. Vergne Crocodile egg signals hatching time to family
10:10 - 10:25 Break
10:25   T. Takahashi Auditory stream segregation by the barn owl
10:45   L. Sayigh Bottlenose dolphins do not use voice cues to recognize whistles of other dolphins
11:00   A. Taylor Hardware and software for continuous monitoring of the vocalizations of a cryptic parrot
11:15   H. Klinck PALAOA: From underwater soundscape to leopard seal ecology, a hydro-acoustic observatory for biological research
11:30   M. Dent The Cocktail Party Effect in Birds
11:45   R. Liu Communication processing in a mammalian auditory cortex: pre-wired or plastic?
12:00   J.  Ratcliffe Multimodal warning signals for a multiple predator world
12:15 - 1:15 Lunch
1:15   J. Simmons Matching of echoes to broadcast templates in bat sonar
1:35   S. VanParijs Using passive acoustic tools to understand long term reproductive ecology of the ice breeding bearded seal faced with a rapidly changing environment
1:55   E. Oleson Seasonal evolution of fin whale song in the north Pacific
2:10   K. Boyle Sound production by the sympatric congener forcepsfish and longnose butterflyfish: implications for territorial defense, species recognition, and mate recognition
2:25   S. Zollinger Limits on the independence of the two sides of the syrinx during two-voice phenomena in northern mockingbirds (Mimus polyglottos)
2:40   J. Soltis Vocal production and acoustic variation of African elephant (Loxodonta africana) ‘rumble’ vocalizations.
2:55   M. Wahlberg Ontogeny in sound production in the harbour porpoise
3:10 - 3:25 Break
3:25   G. Ehret Acoustic Communication in house Mice
3:45   R. Schusterman Language learning studies in pinnipeds: sonic production and comprehension
4:05   C. Reichmuth Amphibious hearing in pinnipeds, revisited
4:20   M. Trawicki Distributed multi-channel speech enhancement of ortolan bunting (Emberiza Hortulana) Vocalizations
4:35   J. Miksis-Olds Sing it again Sam! Redundancy and repetition in Hawaiian and Australian humpback whale songs
4:50   D. Holt Cyprinella trichroistia as 'river whisperers': communication without the hassle of being eaten
5:05   C. Gerhardt Evolution of complex acoustic signals
5:20   S. Patek Acoustic modalities in crustaceans: rumbling shrimp, buzzing crabs and rasping lobsters
6:00 Dinner
7:30 - 8:30 Presentation on Art and Animal Sound
Thursday 8/14/2008
 
Day 3 Posters O-Z (first author's last name)
 
8:30 - 9:15 Keynote Address    
  Dr. Peter Slater A Tropical Perspective on Bird Song
9:15   W. Au Detection and discrimination of fish prey by echolocating odontocetes: role of the swimbladder
9:35   C. O'Connell-Rodwell The relative role of vocal and seismic communication within a multi-modal communication network in the African elephant bull (Loxodonta africana)
9:55 - 10:10 Break
10:10   E. Brenowitz Plasticity of adult avian song behavior
10:30   K. Adi Hidden Markov Model (HMM) based animal acoustic censusing
10:45   D. Risch  Listening in an urban sanctuary: acoustic monitoring of marine mammals and fish
11:00   D. Rendall Recruiting aid or inhbiting attack? Alternative functions of agonistic scream vocalizations in primates
11:15   T. Riede Passive vocal fold elasticity in two ungulate species
11:30   Y. Yovel Bats use echolocation calls for individual recognition
11:45   H. Yurk Arbitrary syllable syntax variation in killer whale calls: a model for rapid change in dialects to produce vocal contrast without social separation
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch
1:00   R. Fay Sound source segregation in noise by goldfish
1:20   T. Fitch The evolution of mammalian vocal communication: problem spaces and  solutions
1:35
1:55 - 4:00 Posters (refreshments at 3:00)
4:00        
4:20   V. Palacios Chirplet transform as a tool for the analysis of recordings of wolf chorus howls
4:35   S. Saar Rhythm development in the zebra finch song
4:50   J. Clarke For whom the elk bugles:  signal design in a call with multiple receivers
5:05   M. Koernschild Vocal repertoire ontogeny in the bat Saccopteryx bilineata – evidence for vocal learning
5:20   T. Feo The black-chinned hummingbird chirps with the tip of his tail: a scecond mode of feather flutter
6:30 - 8:30 Pizza and Taxa Dinner
Friday 8/15/2008
 
Day 4 Posters O-Z (first author's last name)
 
8:30   A. Feng  Frogs communicate with ultrasound in noisy environments
8:50   P. Tyack Environmental influences on the evolution of communication systems
9:10   J. Kanwal Socioemotional vocal interactions in bats: acoustic cues and neural tuning
9:25   J. Locascio Development of a call detector program for use with localization algorithms to estimate source levels of fishes
9:40   J. Mulsow Aerial hearing sensitivity in a Steller sea lion
9:55   J. Barber Acoustic mimicry in bat-moth interactions: aerial battles in 3D
10:10 - 10:25 Break
10:25   A. Simmons Analysis of chorus structure in natural bullfrog assemblages
10:45   D. Moretti Opportunistic studies of beaked whale vocal activity and sonar using passive acoustics on navy ranges in the Bahamas and Southern California
11:00   K. Sockman The quality of male mating-signals influences the behavior and physiology of male receivers
11:15   B. deBoer Modeling the acoustics of air sacs
11:30   D. Higgs The evolution of high frequency hearing in teleosts
11:45   C. Vignal Social context influences acoustic communication in zebra finches
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch
1:00   A. Bass Ancestral origins of the vocal basis for acoustic communication
1:20   S. Glaeser Call classification in captive Asian elephants (Elephas maximus)
1:35   M. Cook Auditory evoked potential (AEP) measurements in stranded rough-toothed dolphins (Steno bredanensis)
1:50   J. Corfield Evolution of hearing in the New Zealand kiwi (Apteryx mantelli)
2:05   E. Rowland Acoustic communication in Lymantriid moths: bioacoustic signals mediate short-range orientation behaviour
2:20   X. Bernal Acoustic radiation patterns of mating calls of the túngara frog: Implications for intended and unintended receivers
2:35   S. Parks  Characterization of ambient noise levels and the acoustic behavior of right whales in three seasonal habitat areas
2:50   M. Fine Does muscle fatigue limit advertisement calling in the oyster toadfish Opsanus tau?
3:05 - 3:20 Break
3:20   F. Ladich Sound communication in fishes: it’s a noisy world
3:35   C. Templeton Spatial movement patterns of juvenile song sparrows affect song learning
3:50   D. Mountain The biophysics of cetacean hearing
4:05   L. Jakobsen Adaptive sound beam directionality changes during prey pursuit in vespertilionid bats
4:20   D. Wislon Mechanisms of mate investment in the polygamous fowl, Gallus gallus
4:35   A. Stimpert Potential for masking of humpback whale social sounds in the “noisy bar” of the Hawaiian breeding grounds
4:50 Adjourn