Evolution – Evolutionary Ecology Day: Wednesday, Jan. 5, 08:00 – 10:00 Room: Royal Palm 4 Organizer(s): A. R. Krochmal, R. P. Guralnick Session Author(s) Title 10 SINCLAIR, B.J.; CHOWN, S.L. Climatic variability and hemispheric differences in insect cold tolerance: Support from southern Africa 10 KELSO, Erin*; MARTINS, Emilia The evolution of color pattern morphology within […]

Behavior – Reproductive Behavior Day: Wednesday, Jan. 5, 08:00 – 12:00 Room: Pacific 3 Organizer(s): R. Knapp Session Author(s) Title 1 BARTHELL, J. F.*; HRANITZ, J. M.; THORP, R. W.; OVERALL, L. M.; GRIFFITH, J. L. Heat Stress Responses of an Invasive Leafcutting Bee Species Nesting in the Central Valley of California: A Case of […]

Zoo-based Research and Conservation Lynn Patton and Matt Anderson, Conservation and Research for Endangered Species, Zoological Society of San Diego, San Diego, CA. “Zoos and aquariums accredited by the American Zoo and Aquarium Association (AZA) are deeply committed to high standards of animal care and welfare and to their core missions of conservation, science and […]

Terminal Growth, Segmentation and the Evolution of Metazoan Body Plan Regionalization Nigel Hughes (University of California, Riverside) and David Jacobs (University of California, Los Angeles); Contact: nigel.hughes@ucr.edu Financial support for this symposium is provided by the NASA Solar System Exploration Division, SICB, and the Palaeontological Association. Friday 7th January 2005 8.00-8.30am: Rich Mooi (California Academy […]

Sexual Selection & Mating Systems in Hermaphrodites Symposium organized by Janet L. Leonard List of Talks: Janet L. Leonard– University of California-Santa Cruz: “Sexual selection in hermaphrodites: what does it look like and where do we find it?” Michael T. Ghiselin, California Academy of Science: “Hermaphroditism: where did our ideas come from?” Manfred Milinski– Max-Planck […]

SICB Annual Meeting January 4-8, 2005 Town & Country Hotel San Diego, CA “Evolution and Development of the Vertebrate Dentition” Organizers: Moya Smith – Tim Mitsiadis (Dental Institute KCL) Sponsoring divisions: DEDB, DVM, DDCB, and DSEB (primary) Getting a grip on food, when did genes for making teeth originate in the vertebrate phylogeny? How do […]

Drying without dying: the comparative mechanisms and evolution of desiccation tolerance in animals, microbes, and plants Symposium organized by Peter Alpert, James Clegg, Brent Mishler, and Mel Oliver The fly Polypedilum vanderplanki is the only insect known to tolerate desiccation. Its larva can recover from a fully dried, inactive state (0 min) to a fully […]

To Everything There is a Season… Life in Temporary Aquatic Habitats   CRUSTACEA OF EPHEMERAL WETLANDS AND CRUSTACEANDIAPAUSE IN VARIABLE ENVIRONMENTS Symposium organized by Marie Simovich, University of San Diego; Judith Williams, University of Southern Mississippi on the Gulf Coast and Andrew Bohonak, San Diego State University   Ephemeral pools and other temporary wetlands are […]

Adaptations for Life at High Elevation Douglas Altshuler (Caltech) and Robert Dudley (U. of California/Berkeley) Sponsoring Divisions: DVM and DCPB (primary) Thursday, January 6 1:00 – 1:30 p.m.: Cameron Ghalambor (Colorado State University) and Ray Huey (University of Washington): “Why mountain passes are higher in the tropics – revisited.” 1:30 – 2:00 p.m: Ray Huey […]

SICB 2005 Annual Meeting January 4-8, 2005 at the Town & Country Hotel San Diego, CA PLENARY SESSION (Tuesday, January 4, 2:30-5:30 PM) in honor of Theodore Holmes Bullock. For details go to our Events page. SYMPOSIA FOR SICB 2005 IN SAN DIEGO Society-wide symposia: “Desiccation Tolerance in Animals, Microbes, and Plants: Comparative Mechanisms and […]