Avian Flight Day: Friday, Jan. 4, 10:00 am – Noon Room: Plaza B Organizer(s): Donald R. Powers Session Author(s) Title 20 POWERS, D.R.*; TOBALSKE, B.W. Metabolic Power, Mechanical Efficiency, and Heat Production during Hovering and Forward Flight in Calliope Hummingbirds (Selasphorus calliope) 20 PORTUGAL, S*; HUBEL, T; FRITZ, J; WILSON, A; USHERWOOD, J The aerodynamics […]

Fish Swimming I Day: Friday, Jan. 4, 8:00 – 9:40 am Room: Plaza A Organizer(s): Brooke Flammang Session Author(s) Title 2 BLEVINS, E.L. Structure-function relationships in the pectoral fin of freshwater stingray Potamotrygon orbignyi 2 LAUDER, G.V.*; XIONG, G. Quantifying center of mass motion in swimming fishes 2 BURTON, L.J.*; GUASTO, J.S.; STOCKER, R.; HOSOI, […]

Macrophysiology Day: Friday, Jan. 4, 10:00 am – Noon Room: Imperial B Organizer(s): Mark A. Chappell Session Author(s) Title 19 GIBBS, AG*; RAJPUROHIT, S; PETERSON, LM; ORR, A Testing the melanism-desiccation hypothesis using experimental evolution 19 THOMPSON, A.B.; BOYLES, J.G.*; MCKECHNIE, A.E.; MALAN, E.; HUMPHRIES, M.M.; CAREAU, V. Resource needs and climate means contributing to […]

Evolution & Morphology I Day: Friday, Jan. 4, 10:00 – 11:40 am Room: Imperial A Organizer(s): David Collar Session Author(s) Title 18 COLLAR, D.C.*; MEHTA, R.S.; HOLZMAN, R.; WAINWRIGHT, P.C. The morphological and kinematic basis of suction feeding performance evolution 18 CLAVERIE, T*; WAINWRIGHT, P C Fractal radiation: repeated patterns of diversification along an axis […]

Neurobiology: Neuroethology Day: Friday, Jan. 4, 8:00 am – Noon Room: Continental Ballroom 9 Organizer(s): Mark A. Willis, Duane McPherson Session Author(s) Title 17 MUNK, Y*; WILKINSON, S; DANIEL, TL Hawkmoths of Endor: Navigational decision policies for obstacle navigation in Manduca sexta 17 ROS, I.G.*; BIEWENER, A.A. Potential control inputs for aerial turning in the […]

Invertebrate Endocrinology Day: Friday, Jan. 4, 8:20 – 9:40 am Room: Continental Ballroom 7 Organizer(s): Megumi Fuse Session Author(s) Title 16 SILVA, N; MIRY, S; OMONDI, C; ABDON, B; NJIE, C; RAMOS, L; MOFFATT, C; FUSE, M* Systemic responses to ionizing irradiation-induced imaginal discs in the larval hornworm, Manduca sexta 16 REYNOLDS, L. A.*; GIBBS, […]

Sexual Selection II Day: Friday, Jan. 4, 10:00 – 11:40 am Room: Continental Ballroom 1 Organizer(s): Patrick Krug Session Author(s) Title 15 MCENTEE, JP*; PENALBA, J; BOWIE, RCK Singing out from sky islands: sunbird song evolution across the Eastern Afromontane 15 KRUG, P.J.*; VENDETTI, J.E.; TROWBRIDGE, C.D. Do shifts in host use or larval development […]

Form & Function III Day: Monday, Jan. 7, 1:00 – 3:00 pm Room: Plaza B Organizer(s): Tobias Riede Session Author(s) Title 148 RIEDE, T*; GOLLER, F Complexity of the labial lamina propria increases with increasing range of fundamental frequency in songbird song 148 EITING, T.P.*; PEROT, J.B.; DUMONT, E.R. Nasal airway morphology and olfactory airflow […]

Locomotion on Granular Media Day: Monday, Jan. 7, 1:00 – 3:00 pm Room: Golden Gate 6/7 Organizer(s): Chen Li Session Author(s) Title 147 MAYORGA, O*; YIP, V; MAZOUCHOVA, N; GOLDMAN, DI; SPAGNA, JC Running performance and gait kinematics of a sand-adapted arachnid, Galeodes granti 147 HATTON, R. L.*; DING, Y.; CHOSET, H.; GOLDMAN, D. I. […]

Neuro Endocrinology Day: Monday, Jan. 7, 1:00 – 3:00 pm Room: Continental Ballroom 9 Organizer(s): George E. Bentley, Peggy R. Biga Session Author(s) Title 146 BENTLEY, GE*; PERFITO, N; CALISI, RM Season- and context-dependent sex differences in melatonin receptor activity in a forebrain song control nucleus: comparison of data from the laboratory and a semi-natural […]