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Beyond Sound: Bimodal Acoustic Calls Used in Mate-Choice and Aggression by Red-Eyed Treefrogs
No full textAcoustic signals play key roles in determining mating success in many animals, both as a focus of mate-choice and as mediators of agonistic interactions between competing individuals. Selection on these signals is, therefore, an important driver of evolution, and understanding their function is vital in teasing apart the mechanisms that lead to the elaboration of sexual traits, and to the diversification and maintenance of evolutionary lineages (Podos, 2022; Wilkins et al., 2013). There exists a massive body of work exploring the function of acoustic signals in sexual and other contexts (Gerhardt and Huber, 2002; Marler and Slabbekoorn, 2004; Simmons et al., 2003). The vast majority of these studies focus on animal sounds or substrate vibrations in a unimodal context (Gerhardt and Huber, 2002; Marler and Slabbekoorn, 2004) or as bimodal signals with a visual component (Elias et al., 2005; Laird et al., 2016; Narins et al., 2003)
Dialogue Concerning the Existence and Nature of God
Get PDFThis fictional work is based on Euthyphro by Plato and Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion by David Hume. It mimics the dialogue style of these authors and places Socrates, Cleanthes, and Philo at Gettysburg College to discuss the existence and nature of God along with the author, a Gettysburg College student. In doing so, it shows how the questions asked by Plato and Hume are relevant today
Citizens in Peace Processes
Get PDFCitizen engagement in and support for peace processes have been deemed important for sustainable peace after civil wars. Yet much of what we know about peace processes in civil wars centers on the interests of elite actors. This special feature aims to advance a research agenda focusing on citizens in peace processes to address this mismatch. In the introduction to the special feature, we first present empirical evidence situating citizens in relation to civil war peace processes. We then trace the current state of the literature on the roles of citizens in peace processes. Following that, we introduce a conceptual framework designed to improve scholarly analysis of the political behavior of citizens in peace processes. We also locate the individual contributions to the special feature within the framework in order to demonstrate its utility and as a means of helping to identify directions for future research
Hidden Secrets and Private Moments in Vermeer’s Paintings of Women and Letters
Get PDFThis paper discusses the visual details and symbols in Johannes Vermeer\u27s paintings of women and letters that allude to secret affairs going on behind the scenes
Complacency and Conformity: The Female Experience at Gettysburg College, 1956-1966
Get PDFWomen at Gettysburg College from 1956-66 received unequal treatment at a predominantly male school. Despite the 1960s being seen as a time of radical change, the majority of women on campus were content with the rules and social norms which held them in place. Changes and complaints were not widespread or outspoken, but they did exist in organizations such as the Women’s Student Government Association. Examinations of campus policies, dress codes, and dorm regulations illustrate the different standards men and women were held to on campus. Meanwhile Greek life, beauty contests, athletics and first hand accounts of social life reveal a complex relationship between the desires of women at that time, and the world in which they lived. Due to such social rules, Gettysburg College remained cocoon-like for many women. As the outside world and politics began to shift, Gettysburg College would continue to cling to old norms until the last few years of the 1960s