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The list of articles that may be chosen from for the short oral presentation are listed below. The short orals will be delivered from week 3 to week 5 of the course. Depending on the number of students in the course there will be two to four presentations per class.

Students will select their article during the second class. The selection process will work as follows. Students will draw a number from a hat. The number determines when the student can pick their article (e.g., number 1 picks first, number 2 picks second, etc.). Keep in mind that you may not get the article you want (i.e., somebody else might choose it before you get your turn to pick). Therefore, have two or three articles in mind that you would be willing to present before the selection process begins.

Once four articles for a class day have been selected that day will be considered filled: subsequent choices will have to come from other weeks.

It is advisable that students take the time to go to the library and skim through articles that interest them. This can prevent unpleasant surprises after the fact.

Week 3 (29 September)

• Cannicci, S., Dahdouh-Guebas, F., Anyona, D., and Vannini, M. (1995) Homing in the mangrove swimming crab Thalamita crenata (Decapoda: Portunidae). Ethology, 100: 242-252.
• Moller, P. and Gomer, P. (1994) Homing and path integration in the spider Arelena labyrinthica Clerck. Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 174: 221-229.
• Moriyama, T. and Gunji, Y.-P. (1997) Autonomous learning in maze solution by Octopus. Ethology, 103: 499-513.
• Robinson, G.E. and Dyer, F.C. (1993) Plasticity of spatial memory in honey bees: reorientation following colony fission. Animal Behavior, 46: 311-320.
• Schmidt, I., Collett, T.S., Dillier, F.-X., and Wehner, R. (1992) How desert ants cope with enforced detours on their way home. Journal of Compartive Physiology, A, 171: 285-288.
• Tarsitano, M.S. and Jackson, R.R. (1997) Araneophagic jumping spiders discriminate between detour routes that do and do not lead to prey. Animal Behavior, 53: 257-266.

Week 4 (6 October)

• Balda, R.P., Kamil, A.C., Bednekoff, P.A. and Hile, A.G. (1997) Species differences in spatial memory performance on a three-dimensional task. Ethology, 103: 47-55.
• Del Seppia, C., Luschi, P., and Papi, F. (1996) Influence of emotional factors on the initial orientation of pigeons. Animal Behavior, 52: 33-47.
• Hurly, T.A. and Healy, S.D. (1996) Memory for flowers in rufous hummingbirds: location or local visual cues? Animal Behavior, 51: 1149-1157.
• Mather, J.A. (1991) Navigation by spatial memory and use of visual landmarks in octopuses. Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 168: 491-497.
• Schone, H., Kuhme, W-D. and Kuhme, L. (1994) Arena headings, vanishing bearings and homing times by Argogorytes carbonarius (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae) after displacement in open or closed containers. Ethology, 98: 291-297.
• Stewart, B.S. and DeLong, R.L. (1995) Double migrations of the northern elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris. Journal of Mammalogy, 76: 196-205.

Week 5 (13 October)

• Alyan, S.H. (1996) Evidence for resetting the directional component of path integration in the house mouse (Mus musculus). Ethology, 102: 629-638.
• Braithwaite, V.A, Armstrong, J.D., McAdam, H.M, and Huntingford, F.A (1996) Can juvenile Atlantic salmon use multiple cue systems in spatial learning? I>Animal Behavior, 51: 1409-1415.
• Brown, C.G. (1992) Movement and migration patterns of mule deer in southeastern Idaho. Journal of Wildlife Management, 56: 246-253.
• Brown, S.W. and Mellgren, R.L. (1994) Distinction between places and paths in rats' spatial representations. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 20: 20-31.
• Cain, P. (1995) Navigation in familiar environments by the weakly electric elephantnose fish, Gnathonemus petersii L. (Mormyriformes, Teleostei). Ethology, 99: 332-349.
• Galef, B.G. Jr. and Buckley, L.L. (1996) Use of foraging trails by Norway rats. Animal Behavior, 51: 765-771.