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DESCRIPTION:September 17\, 2020 4:00pm to 5:00pm    \n    \n      \n\n\n   
  \n\n              \nAppalachian Laboratory\n      \n\n\n\n\n  \n\n    \n
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 ease join us for the next seminar in the Appalachian Laboratory's virtual 
 series.  Dr. Kevin Omland\, UMBC\, will present\, 'Studies of Female Bird 
 Song Demonstrate The Importance of Diversity in Science\,' at 4pm on Thurs
 day\, September 17.  To learn more about Dr. Omland's research\, please vi
 sit his research site. \n\n\n\nTalk Description: \n\n\n\nHaving people fro
 m diverse backgrounds studying everything from behavior to climate change 
 can lead to a more informed understanding of a range of problems in ornith
 ology\, ecology and science as a whole. Geographical and gender biases in 
 the history of ornithology have caused missed opportunities and in some ca
 ses backwards understanding of key evolutionary and behavioral processes.
 \n\nFemale birds have historically been neglected or ignored in studies of
  elaborate coloration and song. The main framework for thinking about the 
 evolution of elaborate traits has been sexual selection\, whereby competit
 ion amongst males for mates has led to elaborate coloration and long compl
 ex songs. Females have either been ignored or assumed not to change.\n\nOu
 r work on plumage coloration in orioles highlights that most tropical song
 birds likely have elaborate coloration in both sexes. The ancestral oriole
  was likely a tropical resident with year-round territoriality and female 
 plumage not diagnosably different from males. Our work on song in orioles\
 , other blackbirds and across all songbirds indicates that female song is 
 much more common than previously thought.  Furthermore\, the common ancest
 or of all songbirds likely had female song\, suggesting that that social s
 election acting on both sexes throughout the year may have caused the orig
 inal evolution of bird song.\n\nRecently\, we have tallied the number of a
 uthors of papers on female song versus bird song in general – men are 24% 
 less likely than women to have published first authored papers on female s
 ong! Moving forward\, having ornithologists from diverse backgrounds speci
 fically accounting for female display traits will lead to a more clear und
 erstanding of the evolution of coloration and song. It will also facilitat
 e a broader understanding of the full scope of topics in avian ecology\, e
 volution and behavior. This case study shows why it is important to addres
 s racial\, gender and other biases to improve the outcomes of research\, t
 eaching and outreach across the environmental sciences.\n\n\n\nZoom access
  instructions have been emailed to the UMCES community.  If you have not r
 eceived these instructions\, please contact Rhonda Schwinabart at rschwina
 bart@umces.edu. 
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SUMMARY:Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Kevin Omland\, UMBC
URL;TYPE=URI:https://www.umces.edu/events/visiting-scholar-seminar-series-k
 evin-omland-umbc
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