Stress I Day: Saturday, Jan. 7, 08:00-09:45 Room: 211-213 Organizer(s): Roberrt de Bruijn, Haruka Wada Session Author(s) Title 72 DE BRUIJN, R*; PEIMAN, KS; PRYSTAY, TS; PHILIPP, MA; GILMOUR, KM; HINCH, SG; PATTERSON, DA; COOKE, SJ The stress of salmon migration: spawn or die trying. 72 GRACE, J. K.*; PARENTEAU, C.; MEILLERE, A.; FROUD, L.; […]

Sensory Biology – Chemoreception Day: Saturday, Jan. 7, 08:00-09:30 Room: 210 Organizer(s): Jordanna Sprayberry Session Author(s) Title 71 RIFFELL, JA*; LAHONDERE, C; OKUBO, R; VINAUGER, C Sensory basis of a mosquito-orchid pollination system 71 WOLFF, GH*; LAHONDÈRE, C; VINAUGER, C; ARNOLD, BY; ALZATE, DG; RIFFELL, JA Neural Basis of Host Preference Across Mosquito Species 71 […]

DVM Best Student Presentations Day: Saturday, Jan. 7, 08:00-09:45 Room: 208-209 Organizer(s): Callum Ross Session Author(s) Title 70 SPAINHOWER, KB*; METZ, AK; KIRALY, PM; BARKETT, EM; THOMAS, DR; CLIFFE, RN; BUTCHER, MT Fiber Type Properties of the Limb Muscles of Sloths (Xenarthra: Pilosa) 70 ERB, V*; LOLAVAR, A; WYNEKEN, J The Role of Weather and […]

Disease Ecology I: Host-Parasite/Pathogen Interactions Day: Thursday, Jan. 5, 08:15-09:45 Room: 219 Organizer(s): Cynthia Downs, Rudolf Schilder Session Author(s) Title 7 DOWNS, CJ*; MACCOLL, E; VANESKY, K; BUCK, JA; DUDEK, BM; EAGLES-SMITH, CA; HEATH, JA; HERRING, G; VENNUM, C Correlates of Immune Defenses in Golden Eagles 7 HEBERT, FO*; GRAMBAUER, S; BARBER, I; LANDRY, CR; […]

DEDB Best Student Presentations Day: Friday, Jan. 6, 13:30-15:30 Room: 224 Organizer(s): Greg Davis, Yui Suzuki Session Author(s) Title 69 LASLO, M*; HANKEN, J Expression of thyroid hormone receptors and deiodinases in the direct-developing frog Eleutherodactylus coqui 69 EVANS, K*; WALTZ, B; TAGLIACOLLO, V; CHAKRABARTY, P; ALBERT, J Modularity begets brachycephaly: Repeated patterns of neurocranial […]

Evolutionary Ecology I Day: Friday, Jan. 6, 13:30-15:15 Room: 223 Organizer(s): Jeanine Refsnider Session Author(s) Title 68 COURANT, J*; SECONDI, J; BEREIZIAT, V; HERREL, A Resources allocated to reproduction decrease at the range edge of an expanding population of an invasive amphibian 68 KUCERA, AC*; WESTNEAT, DF; HEIDINGER, BJ Telomere dynamics and lifetime fitness: a […]

Parental Behavior Day: Friday, Jan. 6, 13:45-15:15 Room: 222 Organizer(s): Eva Fischer Session Author(s) Title 67 FISCHER, EK*; ROLAND, AB; COLOMA, LA; TAPIA, EE; O’CONNELL , LA; FISCHER, Eva Convergent mechanisms of parental care: a poison frog perspective 67 GRAY, BL*; WARD, MV; WILLIAMS, KA; MILES, DB Sex-specific differences in provisioning behavior in the Hooded […]

Evolutionary Morphology I Day: Friday, Jan. 6, 13:30-15:30 Room: 221 Organizer(s): Adam Summers Session Author(s) Title 66 RIVERA, G An examination of the relationship between locomotor mode and patterns of fore- and hindlimb symmetry in semiaquatic freshwater turtles (Family: Emydidae) 66 JAMNICZKY, HA*; LE, A; BARRY, TN; ROGERS, SM Variation in a suite of armour […]

Biogeography and Phylogeography III Day: Friday, Jan. 6, 13:30-15:15 Room: 220 Organizer(s): Kirt Onthank Session Author(s) Title 65 COPPENRATH, C/M*; LASALA, J; MEERSOHN, N; BALDWIN, J Characterizing the foraging ecology and migratory movements of Atlantic leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) via stable isotope analysis and mitochondrial DNA 65 STEWART, N.D*; MASTROMONACO, G.F; WARD, U.T.; BURNESS, G. […]

Mechanics of Ventilation and Circulation Day: Friday, Jan. 6, 13:30-15:30 Room: 219 Organizer(s): Melissa Kenny Session Author(s) Title 64 FARMER, C/G PULMONARY AERODYNAMIC VALVES: FORM, FUNCTION, EVOLUTION 64 CAPANO, JG*; MORITZ, S; BRAINERD, EL Comparison of 3D rib kinematics during breathing in the Argentine black and white tegu, Salvator merianae, and green iguana, Iguana iguana […]