Meeting Abstract 53-2 Sunday, Jan. 5 10:45 – 11:00 Raising Defenses: Are There Costs to Stronger Immunity in Breeding Tree Swallows? CHANG VAN OORDT, DA*; TAFF, CC; RYAN, TA; VITOUSEK, MN; Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; Cornell University, Ithaca, NY dac385@cornell.edu Life history theory predicts that, when resources are limited, […]
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Energetic strategy, oxidative cost, and performance outcome vary according to magnitude of an integrative immune challenge
Meeting Abstract 53-4 Sunday, Jan. 5 11:15 – 11:30 Energetic strategy, oxidative cost, and performance outcome vary according to magnitude of an integrative immune challenge HUDSON, SB*; VIRGIN, EV; SMITH, GD; BRODIE JR., ED; FRENCH, SS; Utah State University; Utah State University; Dixie State University; Utah State University; Utah State University spencer.hudson@usu.edu The central tenet of life-history […]
Thermal and hydric balance how salamanders respond to interacting stressors
Meeting Abstract 52-4 Sunday, Jan. 5 11:00 – 11:15 Thermal and hydric balance: how salamanders respond to interacting stressors MCTERNAN, MR*; SEARS, MW; Clemson University; Clemson University mmctern@g.clemson.edu It remains unclear how strategies used by salamanders to maintain thermal and hydric balance vary in response to one another, and whether this relationship varies geographically. Behaviorally, salamanders cease […]
Oxygen limits the thermal tolerance in embryos of terrestrial endothermic and ectothermic animals
Meeting Abstract 52-2 Sunday, Jan. 5 10:30 – 10:45 Oxygen limits the thermal tolerance in embryos of terrestrial endothermic and ectothermic animals VANDENBROOKS, JM*; VIMMERSTEDT, J; HUFFAKER, M; ANGILLETTA, JR., M; Midwestern University; Midwestern University; Midwestern University; Arizona State University jvandenbrooks@midwestern.edu Oxygen availability and temperature are two of the most important environmental factors affecting all of animal […]
Injury improves short-term environmental stress tolerance in a freshwater annelid
Meeting Abstract 52-5 Sunday, Jan. 5 11:15 – 11:30 Injury improves short-term environmental stress tolerance in a freshwater annelid RENNOLDS, CW*; BELY, AE; University of Maryland, College Park, MD; University of Maryland, College Park, MD rennolds@umd.edu Both the loss of tissue and the regeneration of tissue are expected to impose considerable physiological costs on animals. Although injury […]
Impacts of temperature acclimation and oil exposure on aerobic performance in red drum, Sciaenops ocellatus
Meeting Abstract 52-3 Sunday, Jan. 5 10:45 – 11:00 Impacts of temperature acclimation and oil exposure on aerobic performance in red drum, Sciaenops ocellatus ACKERLY, KL*; ESBAUGH, AJ; The University of Texas at Austin; The University of Texas at Austin klackerly@utexas.edu http://kerrilynnackerly.weebly.com Aerobic scope, the difference between minimum metabolic requirements and maximum metabolic capacity, is an important […]
Effects of Urbanization and Landscape on Wild Avian Gut Microbiomes
Meeting Abstract 52-6 Sunday, Jan. 5 11:30 – 11:45 Effects of Urbanization and Landscape on Wild Avian Gut Microbiomes BERLOW, M*; PHILLIPS, JN; DERRYBERRY, EP; University of Tennessee, Knoxville; California Polytechnic State University; University of Tennessee, Knoxville mae.berlow@gmail.com The rapid effects of human land development present relatively recent and stark changes in the environment. Recent work in […]
Alter Investment or Conserve Assessing animal strategies to limit costs from concurrent weather extremes
Meeting Abstract 52-1 Sunday, Jan. 5 10:15 – 10:30 Alter Investment or Conserve? Assessing animal strategies to limit costs from concurrent weather extremes PADDA, SS*; JOHNSON, DJ; GLASS, JR; STAHLSCHMIDT, ZR; U Pacific; U Pacific; Ariz State U; U Pacific s_singh40@u.pacific.edu http://stahlschmidtlab.weebly.com/ Climate change models predict an increase in the co-occurrence of heat waves and water limitation […]
Visual Avoidance Behavior in Mosquito Larvae and Adults
Meeting Abstract 51-6 Sunday, Jan. 5 11:30 – 11:45 Visual Avoidance Behavior in Mosquito Larvae and Adults CHANDRASEGARAN, K; WYNNE, N; VINAUGER, C*; Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA vinauger@vt.edu http://www.vinaugerlab.com Mosquitoes are the deadliest animals on earth and the diseases they transmit, such as zika, chikungunya and malaria, are responsible for at least one million deaths each year. […]
Neural processing in distributed visual systems – many eyes, many solutions
Meeting Abstract 51-2 Sunday, Jan. 5 10:30 – 10:45 Neural processing in distributed visual systems – many eyes, many solutions CHAPPELL, DR*; SPEISER, DI; University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC; University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC danielrc@email.sc.edu Most research on visual systems has focused on animals with paired cephalic eyes; however, some animals have distributed visual systems […]
