We are excited to announce a special column in the journal of Current Zoology in behavioral toxicology and behavioral ecotoxicology. We are calling for the submission of papers for this special column. We welcome papers evaluating behavioral endpoints of toxicological exposure at the physiological-, organismal-, population-, ecological-, and evolutionary-levels, as well as phylogenetic and conservation approaches. Please see the Current Zoology announcement below for more information.
Questions? Contact one of the guest editors for more information: Dr. John Swaddle ([email protected]) or Elizabeth Peterson ([email protected] or [email protected]). CALL FOR PAPERS: CONSERVATION CONCERNS IN BEHAVIORAL TOXICOLOGY Website: http://cz.oxfordjournals.org/page/specialcolumn Guest Editors: Dr. John Swaddle ([email protected]), Dr. Elizabeth Peterson ([email protected]) Behavioral toxicology (also known as behavioral teratology) is the study of how anthropogenic pollutants alter behavior, and is an emerging field of global importance to both conservation and public health. The disciplines of behavioral toxicology and teratology have made great strides in understanding how human pollution disrupts behavior and contributes to disease. Although great emphasis in the field of toxicology has been placed on understanding how single pollutants affect individual phenotypes, a comprehensive, interdisciplinary approach that includes animal behavior is essential to address how anthropogenic compounds are risk factors for species and population survival in an increasingly polluted world. This special column will address issues in behavioral toxicology using the framework of Tinbergens four questions to understand how pollutants affect behavior in terms of causation and mechanisms, development and ontogeny, function and fitness, as well as evolutionary history and phylogenetic patterns. The goals of this special column are to: 1) address the issue that behavioral toxicology is relevant and important when assessing the conservation and preservation of populations, 2) provide a framework for the study of the evolution of behaviors, and 3) identify areas of behavioral toxicology that require further attention to facilitate the future of behavioral toxicology as a discipline within both the behavior and toxicology fields. Deadline for title submission: September 1, 2016; Deadline for manuscript submission: November 1, 2016. Special Column Publication: April, 2017. A title should be sent to the guest editors and manuscripts should be submitted before the deadline. Manuscripts received after the deadline will be considered as submissions for regular issues. Submitted papers should not have been published previously, nor will be under consideration for publication elsewhere. Submitted manuscripts are accepted with the understanding that they are subject to peer review and editorial revision. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Elizabeth K. Peterson Ph.D. Candidate Department of Biological Sciences University at Albany-State University of New York 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12222 [email protected]
