Effects of Metabolism on Performance I: High Altitude and Temperature Effects on Metabolism of Endotherms Day: Thursday, Jan. 5, 08:00 – 10:00 Room: Sapphire Session Chair(s): M. Chappell Session Author(s) Title 3 RUSSELL, GA*; CHAPPELL, MA; HAMMOND, KA Effects of high altitude development and cold acclimation on summit metabolism and organ mass in the deer […]

Conservation Biology Day: Friday, Jan. 6, 08:00 – 11:40 Room: Emerald Session Chair(s): T. Rimkus, K. Martin Session Author(s) Title 29 INMAN, Richard D.*; NUSSEAR, Kenneth E.; TRACY, C. Richard Elusive species: a novel approach to measuring activity and sampling availability 29 NUSSEAR, K. E.*; INMAN, R. D.; TRACY, C. R. Application of modeling activity […]

Evolutionary Theory Day: Friday, Jan. 6, 10:20 – 12:00 Room: Sapphire Session Chair(s): R. Amundson Session Author(s) Title 28 AMUNDSON, R. Evo-devo�s Hard Problem: Natural Selection 28 BABBITT, G.A.*; KILTIE, R.; BOLKER, B. Are fluctuating asymmetry studies adequately sampled? Implications of a new model for size distribution 28 STAYTON, C. TRISTAN Is convergence surprising? A […]

Macroevolution I Day: Friday, Jan. 6, 08:00 – 10:00 Room: Sapphire Session Chair(s): M. Kidd Session Author(s) Title 27 BOYER, S. L.*; GIRIBET, G. Vicariance in the harvestman family Pettalidae (Arachnida, Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi) during the breakup of Gondwana 27 MASSEY, S. E.*; CURTIS, N. E.; PIERCE, S. K. Identification of a retrovirus that may have […]

Muscle Performance Day: Friday, Jan. 6, 10:20 – 12:00 Room: Diamond Session Chair(s): S. Kinsey Session Author(s) Title 26 FIELDS, P.A.*; STROTHERS, C. Muscle-type lactate dehydrogenase of the Galapagos marine iguana, Amblyrhynchus cristatus, is adapted to high temperature. 26 KINSEY, S.T.*; DA SILVA, M.; PATHI, P.; LOCKE, B.R. Diffusion limitation of aerobic metabolism in muscle […]

Development: Character Development and Evolution Day: Friday, Jan. 6, 08:00 – 10:00 Room: Diamond Session Chair(s): M. Grace Session Author(s) Title 25 STORZ, Brian Polyphenism, Plasticity, and Canalized Rapid Development; Modifications of the Developmental Program in Spadefoot Toads 25 KURATANI, S*; NAGASHIMA, H; KURAKU, S; USUDA, R Nature and function of the carapacial ridge in […]

Complementary to Zebrafish Symposium: Morphology Day: Thursday, Jan. 5, 13:00 – 15:00 Room: Great Hall West Session Chair(s): T. A. Franz-Odendaal Session Author(s) Title 24 SANTINI, F Was the fish specific genome duplication the cause of the high diversity of teleost fishes? 24 BIRD, NC*; HERNANDEZ, LC Origin of complex structures: Zebrafish as the new […]

Metabolism and Performance II Day: Thursday, Jan. 5, 13:00 – 15:00 Room: Ireland C Session Chair(s): C. R.. Tracy Session Author(s) Title 23 DOWNS, C.J.**; HAYES, J.P.; TRACY, C.R. Temperature, Sampling Bias, and Scaling of BMR in Endotherms 23 JOST, JA*; HELMUTH, BST Thermal tolerance of Geukensia demissa: The effect of daily maximum temperatures on […]

Behavioral Ecology Day: Thursday, Jan. 5, 13:00 – 15:00 Room: Ireland B Session Chair(s): S. Schoech Session Author(s) Title 22 SCHOECH, S.J.*; HAHN, T.P. Timing of reproduction and food supplementation: Are high latitude species less responsive than low latitude species to non-photic cues? 22 WARNE, R*; LIGHTFOOT, D; WOLF, BO Lizard life history strategies and […]

Chemical Ecology Day: Thursday, Jan. 5, 13:00 – 15:00 Room: Ireland A Session Chair(s): C. Derby, E. Sotka Session Author(s) Title 21 LEHMAN, E.M. Tetrodotoxin as a maternally-endowed defense against egg predation in the rough-skinned newt, Taricha granulosa 21 DERBY, C.D.*; KICKLIGHTER, C.E.; SHABANI, S.; JOHNSON, P.M.; KO, K.-C.; KAMIO, M.; YANG, H.; SCHMIDT, M. […]