Terrestrial Locomotion – Kinematics: Way to Move Day: Wednesday, Jan. 6, 1:00-3:00 PM Room: 608 Organizer(s): Timonthy Higham Session Author(s) Title 75 CLIFFORD, A B Kinematics of the Forefoot in Minipigs (Artiodactyla: Suidae) 75 FULLER, P.O.*; HIGHAM, T.E.; CLARK, A.J. Digital enhancement: three-dimensional locomotor kinematics of two species of padless geckos 75 HIGHAM, T.E.*; RUSSELL, […]

Environmental Stressors Day: Wednesday, Jan. 6, 1:00-2:40 PM Room: 607 Organizer(s): Bill Hopkins Session Author(s) Title 74 BOLDEN, A.M.*; VAJDA, A.M.; BARBER, L.B.; SCHOENFUSS, H; NORRIS, D.O. Reproductive disruption of fishes by endocrine-active wastewater effluent 74 SEARLE, CL*; BELDEN, LK; BLAUSTEIN , AR The effects of stress hormones on infection by a fungal pathogen, Batrachochytrium […]

Reproductive Communication – Function Day: Wednesday, Jan. 6, 1:00-2:40 PM Room: 605/610 Organizer(s): Abraham Miller Session Author(s) Title 73 ELLIS, WA*; FITZGIBBON, SI; ROE, P; BERCOVITCH, FB; WILSON, R Unraveling the mystery of koala vocalisations: acoustic sensor network and GPS technology reveals males bellow to serenade females. 73 MILLER, A/L Friend or Foe; Behavioral Responses […]

Immunology Day: Wednesday, Jan. 6, 8:00–11:20 AM Room: 619 Organizer(s): Kevin Matson, James Adelman Session Author(s) Title 72 MATSON, K.D.*; HORROCKS, N.P.C; VERSTEEGH, M.A.; TIELEMAN, B.I. Repeatability and the predictive capacity of acute phase protein concentrations in pigeons 72 HORROCKS, N.P.C. **; MATSON, K.D.; TIELEMAN, B.I. Linking measures of immune function with indices of environmental […]

Flight – BAT-ter UP Day: Wednesday, Jan. 6, 10:20 AM-12:20 PM Room: 618 Organizer(s): John Hermanson The schedule for this session is not yet final and presentation times and order might change. Session Author(s) Title 71 HERMANSON, J.W.*; ALTENBACH, J.S. Primary Downstroke Muscle Activity and Shoulder Movements in Free-tailed Bats. 71 ADAMS, R.A.**; SNODE, E. […]

Flight – Specialized Flight Day: Wednesday, Jan. 6, 8:00-10:00 AM Room: 618 Organizer(s): Bret Tobalske Session Author(s) Title 70 BERG, Angela M*; BIEWENER, Andrew A Mechanisms of takeoff and landing flight 70 JACKSON, B.E. Scaling of escape flight performance, power output, and muscle function in perching birds 70 MILLER, L. A.*; HEDRICK, T.; SANTHANAKRISHNAN, A.; […]

Molecular Evolution II – Smell and Vision Day: Monday, Jan. 4, 10:20 AM-Noon Room: 608 Organizer(s): Alison Sweeney, John Taylor Session Author(s) Title 7 CHURCHER, Allison M.*; TAYLOR, John S. Still smelling after 550 million years; the amphioxus (Branchiostoma floridae) genome encodes orthologs of vertebrate odorant receptors 7 OWENS, GL*; WINDSOR, DJ; ALLISON, WT; TAYLOR, […]

Metabolism, Energetics and Reproduction Day: Wednesday, Jan. 6, 10:00 AM-Noon Room: 616 Organizer(s): Peter Zani Session Author(s) Title 69 WEINER, Susan A*; NOBLE, Katherine; FLYNN, Galen; WOODS, William A; STARKS, Philip T. A role for the cost of flight in the Polistes dominulus invasion 69 HORNER, Angela M*; HANNA, Jandy B; BIKNEVICIUS, Audrone R Feeling […]

Genomics and Immune Defense Day: Wednesday, Jan. 6, 8:20-9:40 AM Room: 616 Organizer(s): Susan Renn, Anne Bronikowski Session Author(s) Title 68 RYAN, Joseph*; PANG, Kevin; HERRERA-GALEANO, Enrique; MORELAND, Travis; NGUYEN, Anh-Dao; NIH SEQUENCING CENTER, ; MULLIKIN, James; MARTINDALE, Mark; BAXEVANIS, Andreas The Genome of the Lobate Ctenophore, Mnemiopsis leidyi 68 RAGLAND, GJ*; FEDER, JL; BERLOCHER, […]

Conservation Biology Day: Wednesday, Jan. 6, 8:00 AM-Noon Room: 615 Organizer(s): John Davis, Madhusudan Katti Session Author(s) Title 67 BARBER, A.M.*; DRAKE, K.K.; NUSSEAR, K.E.; ESQUE, T.C.; TRACY, C.R.; MEDICA, P.A. Structural equation modeling as a tool to evaluate translocation stress in the desert tortoise. 67 DAVIS, J.*; JIANG, P.; WILLARD, S.; KOUBA, A. Natural […]