Meeting Abstract 74-4 Monday, Jan. 6 08:30 – 08:45 Thermoregulatory costs drive responses of mammal and bird communities to climate change in the Mojave Desert RIDDELL, EA*; IKNAYAN, KJ; WOLF, BO; BEISSINGER, SR; University of California, Berkeley; University of California, Berkeley; University of New Mexico; University of California, Berkeley riddell.eric@gmail.com Climate change might dramatically increase extinction risk […]
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The Climate Variability Hypothesis Predicts Thermal Plasticity Across Life Stages of Onthophagus taurus Dung Beetles
Meeting Abstract 74-7 Monday, Jan. 6 09:15 – 09:30 The Climate Variability Hypothesis Predicts Thermal Plasticity Across Life Stages of Onthophagus taurus Dung Beetles CARTER, AW*; SHELDON, KS; University of Tennessee; University of Tennessee acarte82@utk.edu Most organisms live in thermally variable environments and climate change stands to increase this variation. However, studies often utilize constant temperatures and […]
Let’s Do the Time-lag Again Ecologically Relevant Incubation Temperatures Delay the Response of Sex-determining Genes in a Turtle with TSD
Meeting Abstract 74-6 Monday, Jan. 6 09:00 – 09:15 Let’s Do the Time-lag Again: Ecologically Relevant Incubation Temperatures Delay the Response of Sex-determining Genes in a Turtle with TSD BREITENBACH, AT*; PAITZ, RT; BOWDEN, RM; Illinois State University, Normal; Illinois State University, Normal; Illinois State University, Normal atbreit@ilstu.edu Even though most organisms are exposed to variable bouts […]
Intraspecific Variation in Thermal Tolerance and Water Balance of Amphibians Across Subtropical Elevational Gradients
Meeting Abstract 74-8 Monday, Jan. 6 09:30 – 09:45 Intraspecific Variation in Thermal Tolerance and Water Balance of Amphibians Across Subtropical Elevational Gradients BOVO, RP*; SIMON, MN; PROVETE, DB; NAVAS, CA; ANDRADE, DV; University of Sao Paulo and University of California Santa Cruz; University of Sao Paulo; Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul; University of Sao […]
Diapause plasticity allows insects to cope with drought at high and low elevations
Meeting Abstract 74-3 Monday, Jan. 6 08:15 – 08:30 Diapause plasticity allows insects to cope with drought at high and low elevations SRYGLEY, RB; USDA-Agricultural Research Service robert.srygley@ars.usda.gov Semi-arid rangelands of the western US are sensitive to climate change, with droughts projected to increase in frequency and duration in the latter half of the 21st century. These […]
Butterfly Traits Resolve Variation in Range Shift Responses to Recent Climate Change
Meeting Abstract 74-2 Monday, Jan. 6 08:00 – 08:15 Butterfly Traits Resolve Variation in Range Shift Responses to Recent Climate Change Lenard, A*; Diamond, S; Case Western Reserve University axl710@case.edu http://www.diamond-lab.org/ Variation in species geographic ranges is astounding – why some species exist on only a small part of one island while others occupy nearly the entire […]
Work That Body Thrust generated by the fins and body contributes to the feeding success of herbivorous reef fish
Meeting Abstract 73-4 Monday, Jan. 6 08:45 – 09:00 Work That Body: Thrust generated by the fins and body contributes to the feeding success of herbivorous reef fish PEREVOLOTSKY, T*; GENIN, A; HOLZMAN, R; Tel Aviv University; Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Tel Aviv University taltal.pere@gmail.com Herbivorous fish feed by biting, tearing or scraping algal material off the […]
Slow and steady wins the prey The persistent predation strategy of the red lionfish (Pterois volitans)
Meeting Abstract 73-3 Monday, Jan. 6 08:30 – 08:45 Slow and steady wins the prey: The persistent predation strategy of the red lionfish (Pterois volitans) PETERSON, AN*; MCHENRY, MJ; Univ. of California, Irvine anpeter1@uci.edu The red lionfish (Pterois volitans) is a notoriously voracious predator and invasive species in the western Atlantic ocean. In contrast to its reputation, […]
Implications for The Antiquity of Raptorial Biting in Pinnipedimorphs Exploring Mandible Morphology in the Callorhinus Lineage
Meeting Abstract 73-6 Monday, Jan. 6 09:00 – 09:15 Implications for The Antiquity of Raptorial Biting in Pinnipedimorphs: Exploring Mandible Morphology in the Callorhinus Lineage MARSHALL, CD*; RALEY, LN; PEREDO, CM; PYENSON, ND; Texas A&M University; Portland State University; University of Michigan; Smithsonian Institution marshalc@tamug.edu http://www.tamug.edu/marshall The integration of morphology and feeding performance studies can address questions […]
Crushing prey in the open ocean the pharyngeal jaws of lanternfishes
Meeting Abstract 73-7 Monday, Jan. 6 09:15 – 09:30 Crushing prey in the open ocean: the pharyngeal jaws of lanternfishes WAINWRIGHT, DK*; SUMMERS, DA; Yale University, New Haven CT; Harvard University, Cambridge MA dylan.wainwright@gmail.com http://www.dylanwainwright.com Lanternfishes are a diverse family of fishes with 246 described species that live in open ocean waters worldwide. These fishes are estimated […]
