George H. Waring

Department of Zoology
Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Membership in Professional and Service Organizations

• Alpha Phi Omega Service Organization (President, Colorado State University Chapter, 1961-62) *
• American Association for the Advancement of Science - (honored as AAAS Fellow in 1989) *
• American Ornithologists' Union *
• American Society of Mammalogists - (Life Member)
• American Veterinary Society of Animal Behavior *
• Animal Behavior Society - (a Founder of ABS; Chair, Public Affairs Committee, 1983-88; Parliamentarian and member of Executive Committee, 1989-95; Registered Agent and Registered Office for Incorporation, 1999-present)
• Ecological Society of America *
• Illinois Ornithological Society *
• Inland Bird Banding Association *
• International Society for Applied Ethology (formerly: Society for Veterinary Ethology) *
• National Association of Environmental Professionals *
• Rotary International - [honored as Paul Harris Fellow (PHF+7); Club Secretary-Treasurer, 1971-72; Treasurer, 2000-02; President-Elect, 2002-03; President, 2003-2004; Past President, 2004-2005; Webmaster 1999-2007; Chair, Service Projects Committee, 2007-2008; Paul Harris Fellow Circle Coordinator, 2004-2009; Recording Secretary 2009-present]
• Society of Marine Mammalogy - (Charter Member) *
• Society of Sigma Xi - (Life Member; Chapter Secretary, 1992-1998; President-Elect, 1998-1999; President, 1999-2000; Past President, 2000-2001; Webmaster 1997-2007)
• The University Club - (Board of Directors, 2000-2003; Webmaster 2002-present)
• The Wildlife Society *
  (asterisk designates former membership)
  

Papers and Presentations at Professional Meetings

1. Alarm Behaviors of Black-tailed, White-tailed, and Gunnison's Prairie Dogs. Colorado-Wyoming Academy of Sciences, Colorado Springs, CO; 1966
2. Group-Cohesion Sounds of Prairie Dogs. Ecological Society of America, Burlington, VT; 1969
3. Sounds of the Fox Squirrel. Ecological Society of America, Burlington, VT; 1969 *
4. Perinatal Behavior of Foals. American Society of Mammalogists, College Station, TX; 1970
5. Primary Socialization of Foals. Animal Behavior Society, Bloomington, IN; 1970
6. Vocalization and Its Ontogeny in the Blue Jay. Ecological Society of America, Ft. Collins, CO; 1971 *
7. Animal Behavior and Its Human Implications. (Invited Paper) Rural Sociological Society, Denver, CO; 1971
8. Sounds of the Horse. Ecological Society of America, Fort Collins, CO; 1971
9. Behavioral Development and Socialization of Newborn American Saddlebred Horses. (Invited Paper) Deutschen Veterinarmedizinischen Gesellschaft, Freiburg/Breisgau, Germany; 1972
10. Auditory Playback as a Technique to Increase Feeding Frequency in Swine. Animal Behavior Society, Urbana, IL; 1974 *
11. Hay-moistening Behavior in the Horse. Animal Behavior Society, Urbana, IL; 1974
12. An Ethological Means to Improve Swine Production. American Society of Animal Science, College Park, MD; 1974 *
13. Marine Mammal Collecting for Public Display Under the Marine Mammal Protection Act. (Invited Paper) European Association for Aquatic Mammals, Norrköping/Kolmården, Sweden; 1974
14. Review of Equine Behavior. (Invited Paper) Horse Behavior Symposium, American Society of Animal Science, Madison, WI; 1977
15. Nursing Behavior of Foals (Equus caballus). Animal Behavior Society Midwestern Conference, West Lafayette, IN; 1978
16. Expressive Movements of Horses. Animal Behavior Society, Seattle, WA; 1978
17. The Utility of the Expressive Movements of Horses in Equine Medicine and Management. American Society of Veterinary Ethology, Dallas, TX; 1978
18. Behavioral Adaptation as a Factor in the Management of Feral Equids. International Symposium on the Ecology and Behavior of Feral Equids, Laramie, WY; 1979
19. Applied Aspects of Wildlife and Domestic Animal Ethology. (Invited Paper) Midwest Animal Behavior Conference, Milwaukee, WI; 1980
20. Roadside Behavior of White-tailed Deer in Southern Illinois. Animal Behavior Society, Fort Collins, CO; 1980 *
21. Reproductive Strategies of Feral Horses. Midwest Animal Behavior Conference, Ames, IO; 1980
22. Onset and Sequential Development of Perinatal Behavior in Horses. Animal Behavior Society, Knoxville, TN; 1981
23. Effects of Sublethal Concentration of Mercury on Feeding Behavior of Bluegill. Illinois Chapter, American Fisheries Society, Carbondale, IL; 1982 *
24. Teaching Applied Animal Ethology. (Invited Paper) Midwest Animal Behavior Conference, Urbana, IL; 1982
25. Behavior Patterns of a Breeding Population of California Sea Lions in Confinement. Third International Theriological Congress, Helsinki, Finland; 1982
26. Overview of Fifteen Years of Equine Behavior Research at Southern Illinois University. (Invited Paper) Keynote Address at Equine Behaviour Study Circle Annual Meeting, Buckingham, England; 1982
27. Behavioral Repertoire of Captive Bottlenose Dolphins, Animal Behavior Society, Cheney, WA; 1984 *
28. Spatial Reactivity of Animals and Appropriate Ethological Terminology. Midwest Animal Behavior Meeting, Oxford, OH; 1985
29. An Ethogram of Captive Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). American Association for the Advancement of Science, Los Angeles, CA; 1985 *
30. Test for Auditory Recognition of Mother by Foals (Equus caballus). Animal Behavior Society, Raleigh, NC; 1985
31. Reactive Distances of Animals. American Veterinary Society of Animal Behavior, Las Vegas, NV; 1985
32. Social Attachment and Organizational Patterns in the Family Equidae. Animal Behavior Society, Tucson, AZ; 1986
33. White-tailed Deer Roadside Behavior, Wildlife Reflectors, and Highway Mortality. Conference on Ungulate Behavior and Management, College Station, TX; 1988 *
34. Social Development of the American Bison Calf (Bison bison). Conference on Ungulate Behavior and Management, College Station, TX; 1988 *
35. Behavioral Ecology of Fallow Deer (Dama dama) in Western Kentucky. Conference on Ungulate Behavior and Management, College Station, TX; 1988 *
36. Native Versus Alien Plant Foraging by Hawaiian Forest Birds. International Ethological Conference, Utrecht, Netherlands; 1989
37. Horse Behavior. (Invited Paper) Ethological Conference of the Polish Academy of Science, Popielno, Poland; 1989
38. Applied Ethology of Wildlife and Domesticated Animals. (Invited Paper) Ethological Conference of the Polish Academy of Science, Popielno, Poland; 1989
39. Foraging Traits of Hawaiian Forest Birds Pose a Conservation Dilemma for Alien Plant Removal, Midwest Animal Behavior Conference, Columbus, OH; 1990
40. Social Behavior of Slender, Brindled, and Freckled Madtoms (Pisces: Ictaluridae). Seventh Conference on the Ecological and Evolutionary Ethology of Fishes, Flagstaff, AZ; 1990 *
41. Social Development of the American Bison Calf (Bison bison). Sigma Xi Annual Poster Conference, Carbondale, IL; 1993 *
42. Behavioral Ecology of Fallow Deer (Dama dama) in Western Kentucky. Sigma Xi Annual Poster Conference, Carbondale, IL; 1993 *
43. Native Versus Alien Plant Foraging by Hawaiian Forest Birds. Sigma Xi Annual Poster Conference, Carbondale, IL; 1993
44. Modeling the Dynamic Behavior of Animal Social Groups Using Fuzzy Logic. Animal Behavior Society, Lincoln, NE; 1995 *
45. Modeling the Ethology of an Animal Group as a Community of Adaptive Fuzzy Agents. Artificial Neural Networks in Engineering Conference, St. Louis, MO; 1995 *
46. Modeling the Ethology and Control of Animal Groups. International Conference on Computer Applications in Industry and Engineering, Honolulu, HI; 1995 *
47. Metrics for Evaluating and Visualizing Adaptive Animal Behavior. International Conference on Intelligent Systems, Reno, NV; 1996 *
48. Modeling the Dynamic Behavior of Animal Social Groups Using Fuzzy Logic. Sigma Xi Annual Poster Conference, Carbondale, IL; 1997 *
49. Behavior and Habitat Use of Axis Deer (Axis axis) on Maui, Hawaii. Animal Behavior Society, College Park, MD; 1997
50. Behavior and Status of Newly-Established Parrot Population of Maui, Hawaii. Sigma Xi Annual Poster Conference, Carbondale, IL; 1998
51. Status and Behavior of Newly-Established Parrot Population of Maui, Hawaii. North American Ornithological Conference, St. Louis, MO; 1998
52. Behavior and Ecology of Jackson's Chameleons of Maui, Hawaii. Animal Behavior Society, Carbondale, IL; 1998
53. Modeling the Dynamic Behavior of Animal Social Groups Using Fuzzy Logic. International Meeting of Sigma Xi, Vancouver, BC, Canada; 1998 *
54. Foraging Behavior, Habitat Utilization, and Status of Pueos (Asio flammeus sandwichensis) on Haleakala Volcano, Maui, Hawaii. Southwestern and Rocky Mountain Division, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Omaha, NE; 1999
55. Reactive Distances: Their Utility in Applied Ethology. Animal Behavior Society, Atlanta, GA; 2000
56. Reactive Distances of Animals: Their Use and Modification. Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences, Kraków, Poland; 2009

* Co-authored papers

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