On this page you can find links of interest to students of animal behavior. These include professional society web pages, general behavior links pages, Darwin's writings on behavior, pet behavior, library resources and summer course and research opportunities.

A good place to look for information about research positions, field assistants and career in behavior is the Animal Behavior Society home page.

If you find other useful links, please send them to me.
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AT BROWN:

A good starting point for using computers in courses:

http://www.brown.edu/webmaster/cpub/stud_res.html

Looking for computer access to Brown's Library?

http://www.brown.edu/Facilities/University_Library

BEYOND BROWN

Animal Behavior Society

http://www.animalbehavior.org/ABS/index.phtml

The major professional behavior society for N. America. Together with a European group they publish the major journal (Animal Behaviour). Lots of useful links and information about careers in animal behavior.

Internet animal behavior sources:

http://cricket.unl.edu/internet.html

Sub-topics include:

  • Animal Behavior Journals - tables of contents:
  • Animal Behavior Societies -
  • Animal Behavior Programs - grad school information
  • UseNet News Groups - ongoing discussions
  • Mailing Lists

Ever wonder what Darwin had to say about Behavior?

Here you will find the Origin of Species and Sexual Selection and the Descent of Man

http://www.literature.org/Works/Charles-Darwin/

You can search for key words in these. How? Just load the chapter you want to search and use the "Find" command to search that chapter for the word you are looking for. Try it!! See where Darwin used the word "evolve" or see how he defined "sexual selection".

An extensive set of web resources for evolutionary biology:

http://mcb.harvard.edu/BioLinks/Evolution.html

A great resource for those of you contemplating a career in science:

http://www4.nas.edu/osep/cpc.nsf

A link to some resources on pet behavior:

http://www.webtrail.com/petbehavior/index.html

Next summer ...

The Organization of Biological Field Stations.

OBFS is an association of more than 200 field stations and professionals concerned with field facilities for biological research and education, primarily in North America and Central America.

US stations with strong behavior and ecology summer courses are:

 

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