Symposium 2: Sensory Ecology in Mammals
A Comparative Approach to Mammalian Perception of the World
(Björn Siemers, Universität Tübingen)

Saturday 4th March 2006
Symposium to be conducted in English
09:00 Introduction
Björn Siemers (Universität Tübingen)
09:05 Adaptation of Sensory Systems to the Properties of their Natural Input
Christoph Kayser (MPI for Biological Cybernetics, Tübingen)
09:35 Sensory Ecology in Foraging Primates
Nathaniel Dominy (University of California)
10:05 Tactile Perception in Aquatic Mammals
Guido Dehnhardt (University of Bochum)
10:35 Coffee break
11:05 Sensory Ecology of Subterranean Rodents
Hynek Burda (University of Duisburg-Essen)
11:35 Sensory Ecology of Insect-Eating Bats
Björn Siemers (University of Tübingen)
12:05 Smelling who Fits: The Role of Olfaction for Mate Choice in Mice and Men
Dustin Penn (Konrad Lorenz Institute for Ethology, Vienna)