Meeting Abstract 14-3  Saturday, Jan. 4 10:30 – 10:45  From Feast Mode to Least Mode: How Lunge Filter Feeding Biomechanics Constrain Rorqual Foraging Ecology Across Scale KAHANE-RAPPORT, SR*; SAVOCA, MS; CADE, DE; SEGRE, PS; BIERLICH, KC; CALAMBOKIDIS, J; FRIEDLAENDER, AS; JOHNSTON, DW; WERTH, AJ; GOLDBOGEN, JA; Stanford University ; Stanford University ; Stanford University ; Stanford University […]

Meeting Abstract 14-4  Saturday, Jan. 4 10:45 – 11:00  A power amplification dyad in Syngnathidae JACOBS, C*; DAY, S; HOLZMAN, R; Tel Aviv University; Rochester Institute of Technology; Tel Aviv University corrinej2@gmail.com Suction feeding is the most common prey capture strategy across teleosts. However, the intensity of the suction flow is constrained by the fish’s ability to […]

Meeting Abstract 13-6  Saturday, Jan. 4 11:30 – 11:45  Trans-generational Ecological Determinants of Egg Composition in the Butterfly Speyeria mormonia BOGGS, CL; University of South Carolina & Rocky Mountain Biological Lab cboggs@seoe.sc.edu Environmental conditions may affect offspring quality and quantity, which are important fitness components. Here I ask, what are the effects of variable environments on egg […]

Meeting Abstract 13-5  Saturday, Jan. 4 11:15 – 11:30  Nests reduce the energetic costs of brooding offspring for passerine birds in the tropics MAINWARING, MC*; MARTIN, TE; WOLF, BO; TOBALSKE, BW; University of Montana; University of Montana; University of New Mexico; University of Montana mark.mainwaring@mso.umt.edu Reproduction is an energetically expensive activity for parents and keeping endothermic offspring […]

Meeting Abstract 13-4  Saturday, Jan. 4 11:00 – 11:15  Metabolic Rate Variation Shapes Pace of Life Traits at Both the Individual and the Group Level MUGEL, SG*; NAUG, D; Colorado State University; Colorado State University smugel@colostate.edu Pace of Life (POL) models have recently emerged to integrate covariation among behavioral, physiological, and life history traits along a single […]

Meeting Abstract 13-2  Saturday, Jan. 4 10:30 – 10:45  First clutch size is a reliable proxy for reproductive success in a marine copepod POWERS, MJ*; WEAVER, RJ; HEINE, KB; HILL, GE; Auburn University; University of Texas at Austin; Auburn University; Auburn University mjp0044@tigermail.auburn.edu In experimental studies, researchers are often unable to track individuals through a natural lifetime […]

Meeting Abstract 13-1  Saturday, Jan. 4 10:15 – 10:30  Extreme size variation in an armed weevil sheds light on the relationship between body mass and metabolic rate SOMJEE, U*; ANZALDO, S; MARTING, PM; PAINTING, CJ; POWELL, E; HICKEY, T; Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama; Arizona State University, USA; Arizona State University, USA; University of Auckland, New Zealand; […]

Meeting Abstract 13-7  Saturday, Jan. 4 11:45 – 12:00  Evidence for a Semi-Aquatic Ecology in a 30-Million-Year-Old Beaver and the Evolution of Locomotion in Castoridae CALEDE, J; The Ohio State University, Marion, OH calede.1@osu.edu The family Castoridae is today represented by only two species, the Eurasian and the North American beavers. Both animals are large semi-aquatic rodents. […]

Meeting Abstract 13-3  Saturday, Jan. 4 10:45 – 11:00  Effect of Exercise Training on Brain Allometry and Cognitive Abilities in Anolis carolinensis SORLIN , MV*; MARKS, JR; JOHNSON, MA; HUSAK, JF; LAILVAUX, SP; University of New Orleans, LA; University of New Orleans, LA; Trinity University, San Antonio, TX; University of Saint Thomas, Saint Paul, MN ; University […]

Meeting Abstract 12-1  Saturday, Jan. 4 10:30 – 10:45  The Color of Jewels: Evolution of Color Patterns Across a Speciose Lineage of Jewel Beetles LORD, NP*; WELLER, HI; SHARKEY, CR; Louisiana State University; Brown University; University of Minnesota nlord@lsu.edu http://www.coleopterasystematics.com Animal coloration is a fundamental aspect of visual communication (e.g., sexual selection, aposematism) and crypsis (e.g., camouflage, […]