Paper Presentations:
2009: Seven Rivers Undergraduate Research Symposium, Viterbo University, LaCrosse WI, K. Korthauer, J Sadowski, and M.S. Alfieri“Development and growth of Poecilia reticulata under different environmental conditions”
Seven Rivers Undergraduate Research Symposium, Viterbo University, LaCrosse WI, S Gilman, and M.S. Alfieri “Effects of predator cues on behavior”
Seven Rivers Undergraduate Research Symposium, Viterbo University, LaCrosse WI, V. Pohl, J Sadowski, and M.S. Alfieri“Effects of Shoal Familiarity on Learning Behavior in the Guppy, Poecilia reticulata”
Seven Rivers Undergraduate Research Symposium, Viterbo University, LaCrosse WI, S. Ramaker, J Sadowski, and M.S. Alfieri “Examining the Effects of Different Levels of Experience on Risk Taking Behavior in the Guppy (Poecillia reticulata)”
National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, WI April. S. Ramaker, J. Sadowski and M.S. Alfieri“The Role of Experience in the Expression of Boldness Behavior in Guppies (Poecilia reticulata)”
2008: Seven Rivers Undergraduate Research Symposium, Viterbo University, LaCrosse WI, J. L. Haley and M.S. Alfieri “Gender behavior differences in habituation to a predator: Observing shoaling behavior in Poecilia reticulata”
Seven Rivers Undergraduate Research Symposium, Viterbo University, LaCrosse WI, J. Wendland and M.S. Alfieri “Simulation of the E.coli population in the Kickapoo river based on volunteer monitoring data”
Seven Rivers Undergraduate Research Symposium, Viterbo University, LaCrosse WI, S. A. Ramaker, J. Sadowski and M.S. Alfieri “The Role of Experience in the Expression of Boldness Behavior in Guppies (Poecilia reticulata)”
Valley Stewardship Network water action meeting, Gays Mills WI, J. Wendland and M.S. Alfieri “Simulation of the E.coli population in the Kickapoo river based on volunteer monitoring data”
Title III Annual Demonstration Faire. Viterbo University, LaCrosse WI, M.S. Alfieri and G.G. Temple “Engaging Students in Introductory Biology Courses through the use of Clickers.”
Saint Mary’s Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium. Saint Mary’s University, Winona, MN, Eilers, M. and Alfieri, M.S. “Shoaling and Bold-Shy Behaviors in the Guppy (Poecilia reticulata)”
2007: Association of College and University Biology Educators (ACUBE). Loras College Dubuque, IA, Alfieri, M.S. and Temple, G.G. “Engaging Students in Introductory Biology Courses through the use of Clickers.” 45-minute presentation
Saint Mary’s Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium. Saint Mary’s University, Winona, MN, Slagle C. J. and Alfieri, M.S.“Effects of sex ratio and predation on the social behaviors of group-living fish, Poecilia reticulata”
2006: Seven Rivers Undergraduate Research Symposium, Viterbo University, LaCrosse WI, Houghtaling J.M. and AlfieriM.S. “Male guppy choice of social partners based on asymmetry”
2005: Seven Rivers Undergraduate Research Symposium, Viterbo University, LaCrosse WI, May B. and Alfieri, M.S. “Variations in chemical alarm cue and predator inspection behavior in the male guppy, Poecilia reticulata.”
2004: Seven Rivers Undergraduate Research Symposium, Viterbo University, LaCrosse WI, Wallace E. and AlfieriM.S. “Fluctuating asymmetry and learning in the guppy”
2001: Animal Behavior Society Conference - National Meeting, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, July 41-18: Alfieri, M.S., Sadowski, J.A., and Godin, J.-G.J. Conspecific familiarity and shoaling preferences in a wild guppy population
Animal Behavior Society Conference - National Meeting, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, July 41-18: Sadowski, J.A., Alfieri, M.S., and Godin, J.-G.J. Evidence for the genetic basis of boldness in the guppy, Poecilia reticulata
1999: Animal Behavior Society Conference - National Meeting, Bucknell University, Lewisburg,PA., June 26-30: Alfieri, M.S. and Dugatkin, L. A. The role of group familiarity on survival during predator encounters
1998: Kentucky Academy of Science, Jefferson Community College, Louisville, KY., November 12-14: Alfieri, M.S. and Dugatkin, L.A. An evolutionary approach to learning and information transfer: tests using the guppy, Poecilia reticulata
Animal Behavior Society Conference - National Meeting, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL., July 18-22: Alfieri, M.S. and Dugatkin, L.A. Direct fitness consequences of associating with experienced conspecifics
Midwest Ecology and Evolution Conference (MEEC), Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL., April 3-5: Alfieri, M.S. The effect of experienced conspecifics on individual predator avoidance behavior
1995: First Annual Student Research Symposium, University of Louisville, August 26: Alfieri, M.S. An evolutionary ecology approach to the study of social learning
1994: Social Learning and Tradition in Animals, Cambridge, England, August 20-26: Alfieri, M.S. and Dugatkin, L.A. Social interactions during predator inspection in the guppy Poecilia reticulata
Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and the Environment Graduate Student Conference, University of Kentucky, January 22: Alfieri, M.S. Form-reform experiments to determine dominance hierarchy replication using the cockroach, Nauphoeta cinerea
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