Animal Behavior and Social Interactions II

Presentations

• The ecology of collective behavior in changing environments

  ORAL · Invited

  March 17, 2026, 3:30 PM – March 17, 2026, 4:06 PM

  Publication: The Ecology of Collective Behavior, Princeton Univ Press 2023.

  Presenters

  • Deborah M M Gordon

    • Stanford University

  Authors

  • Deborah M M Gordon

    • Stanford University

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• The evolutionary origin of group recruitment in acorn ants.

  ORAL

  March 17, 2026, 4:06 PM – March 17, 2026, 4:18 PM

  Publication: To be published as a yet untitled future paper

  Presenters

  • Grant N Doering

    • Bilkent University

  Authors

  • Grant N Doering

    • Bilkent University

  • Sophie Gerardi

    • Arizona State University

  • Nobuaki Mizumoto

    • Auburn University

  • Timothy A Linksvayer

    • Arizona State University

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• Learning to Flock: Evolutionary Emergence of Communication under Fear and Constraint

  ORAL

  March 17, 2026, 4:18 PM – March 17, 2026, 4:30 PM

  Presenters

  • Guilherme Y Giardini

    • Northern Arizona University

  Authors

  • Guilherme Y Giardini

    • Northern Arizona University

  • Carlo Requiao daCunha

    • Northern Arizona University

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• Nonreciprocal solitons as  a model for information transfer in flocks

  ORAL

  March 17, 2026, 4:30 PM – March 17, 2026, 4:42 PM

  Presenters

  • Luis Aparicio

    • Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Mexico City
    • Department of Physics, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana

  Authors

  • Mario Sandoval

    • Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Mexico City

  • Luis Aparicio

    • Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Mexico City
    • Department of Physics, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana

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• Bugs Playing Ball: Anomalous Diffusion of a Passive Tracer in a Swarm of Locusts

  ORAL

  March 17, 2026, 4:42 PM – March 17, 2026, 4:54 PM

  Presenters

  • Dor Shohat

    • AMOLF / University of Amsterdam

  Authors

  • Dor Shohat

    • AMOLF / University of Amsterdam

  • Daniele Carlesso

    • Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Konstanz, Germany

  • Iain D Couzin

    • Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Konstanz, Germany

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• Type-II phase response dynamics facilitate synchronization in Photuris frontalis fireflies

  ORAL

  March 17, 2026, 4:54 PM – March 17, 2026, 5:06 PM

  Publication: Planned paper submission to Science Advances

  Presenters

  • Owen Martin

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

  Authors

  • Owen Martin

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Nataliya Nechyporenko

    • University of Colorado Boulder

  • Kaushik Jayaram

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Orit Peleg

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

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• Digging deeper into fire ant nest architecture

  ORAL

  March 17, 2026, 5:06 PM – March 17, 2026, 5:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Zachariah Germain

    • Emory University

  Authors

  • Zachariah Germain

    • Emory University

  • Arnaud Brian-Choux

    • Emory University

  • Amir Pourmorteza

    • Emory University

  • Jennifer M Rieser

    • Emory University

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• Subterranean termites collectively navigate tunnel networks

  ORAL

  March 17, 2026, 5:18 PM – March 17, 2026, 5:30 PM

  Presenters

  • Yufei Xiao

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Yufei Xiao

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Qinglin Wu

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Jennifer Tan

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Atanu Chatterjee

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Saad Bhamla

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

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• Abstract Withdrawn

  ORAL · Withdrawn

  March 17, 2026, 5:30 PM – March 17, 2026, 5:42 PM

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• Collective States of the Nematode T. Aceti in Complex Geometries

  ORAL

  March 17, 2026, 5:42 PM – March 17, 2026, 5:54 PM

  Presenters

  • Anton Peshkov

    • California State University, Fullerton

  Authors

  • Anton Peshkov

    • California State University, Fullerton

  • Christina M Ceballos

    • California State University, Fullerton

  • Chris Nguyen

    • California State University, Fullerton

  • Evan Heriberto Negrete

    • California State University, Fullerton

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• Peristaltic Motion of Centipedes in Confined Spaces

  ORAL

  March 17, 2026, 5:54 PM – March 17, 2026, 6:06 PM

  Presenters

  • Wesley Dyar

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Wesley Dyar

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Malaika Taylor

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Christopher J Pierce

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Daniel Soto

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Daniel I Goldman

    • Georgia Institute of Technology
    • Georgia Tech

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• From dipoles to dinner: how efficient are sharks at navigating a prey's electric field?

  ORAL

  March 17, 2026, 6:06 PM – March 17, 2026, 6:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Javier Chico Vazquez

    • University of Oxford

  Authors

  • Javier Chico Vazquez

    • University of Oxford

  • Dominic J Vella

    • University of Oxford

  • Derek E Moulton

    • University of Oxford

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• Clueless but tactical: Random egg-tossing that protects against brood parasitism

  ORAL

  March 17, 2026, 6:18 PM – March 17, 2026, 6:30 PM

  Presenters

  • BingKan Xue

    • University of Florida

  Authors

  • BingKan Xue

    • University of Florida

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