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Animal Behaviour Society. This is the premier international scientific society of animal behaviorists in the world. It publishes the journal Animal Behaviour and meets annually.
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Provides information on amphibian declines, natural history, conservation, and taxonomy.
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American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. This is the premier international scientific society for herpetologists (and ichthyologists). ASIH publishes Copeia and meets annually with HL, SSAR, and ALS.
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Center for North American Herpetology. This is a web-based resource buffet that offers many PDF's of herp publications and taxonomic information. Recently inaugurated the open-access, on-line Journal of North American Herpetology.
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The Herpetologists' League. This is one of the two most important international scientific societies dedicated solely to herpetology (the other is SSAR). It publishes Herpetologica and Herpetological Monographs and meets annually with ASIH, SSAR and AES.
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The International Society for Behavioral Ecology. This is the premier international scientific society for behavioral ecology. Publishes the journal Behavioral Ecology and meets at international sites every other year.
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The Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. This is one of the two most important international scientific societies dedicated solely to herpetology (the other is HL). It publishes Journal of Herpetology and Herpetological Review and meets annually with ASIH, HL and AES.
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Society for the Study of Evolution. This is the premier international scientific society for the study of evolution. It publishes the journal Evolution and meets annually at international locations.
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The Southwestern Association of Naturalists. This is my favorite smaller society and it is dedicated to the field study of the flora and fauna, extant and extinct, of the southwestern U.S., Mexico, and Central America. It is international and has a heavy Latin involvement. It publishes the journal The Southwestern Naturalist and meets annually in its region (every third year in Mexico or Central America). It is very inexpensive to join and attend meetings, yet has a lot of professional advantages, especially for students.
