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DESCRIPTION:The study of social evolution remains one of the central topics
  of evolutionary biology. Sociality is a powerful phenomenon present acros
 s the animal kingdom – yet most species live solitarily. Despite extensive
  study\, many of the ecological and behavioral mechanisms governing the pr
 ocess of social evolution remain poorly understood – are they driver\, hin
 drance\, or double-edged swords? For example\, are bacteria and other micr
 obes a reason to stay away from others\, or can they bring families togeth
 er? Or how can cooperation prevail in the face of conflict over tasks that
  do not actually need doing? These topics are usually discussed in the con
 text of relatively advanced or obligately social structures\, such as fami
 lies in birds or eusocial insect societies. In my talk I want to present w
 ork aiming to shed light on unanswered questions during early social evolu
 tion in animals that exhibit complex social behaviors but do not require t
 hem to survive\, namely subsocial Nicrophorus burying beetles. These beetl
 es breed and feed on a highly contested resource\, small vertebrate carcas
 ses\, by collective efforts to monopolize the carcass and transform it int
 o an edible nursery. They can teach us about the merits and dangers of a s
 ocial lifestyle which is adapted to deal with the high-risk\, high-reward 
 resource the beetles reproduce on. My work demonstrates how Nicrophorus ha
 ve carved their carrion niche through sociality\, and their individual and
  social immune systems. I also show how breeding pairs negotiate the distr
 ibution of the workload among each other\, to what degree individuals vary
  amongst each other in their care\, and what other benefits and limitation
 s the adaptations to this lifestyle can entail. My talk aims to give an ov
 erview over these fascinating systems\, and what lessons they can teach us
  on the evolution of social systems across the animal kingdom.
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LOCATION:H6\, Geo
SUMMARY:Dr. Maximilian Körner\, Evolutionary Animal Ecology\, BayCEER (Home
 page): Parenting on a corpse: what family life and immunity teach us about
  social evolution and the keys to the carrion kingdom
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