Mechanisms of Avian Behavior Day: Saturday, Jan. 6, 10:40-11:40 am Room: 103B Session Chair(s): Scott MacDougall-Shackleton Session Author(s) Title 46 O’NEAL, D.M.*; REICHARD, D.G.; PAVLIS, K; KETTERSON, E.D. Does Testosterone Mediate Parental Care in Female Dark-eyed Juncos? 46 COVERDILL, A.J.*; CLARK, A.D.; RAMENOFSKY, M. A comparative study of migratory behavior in white-crowned sparrows (Zonotrichia leucophrys) […]

Signal Evolution Day: Saturday, Jan. 6, 8:00-10:00 am Room: 103B Session Chair(s): Sarah Humfeld Session Author(s) Title 45 KOLODZIEJSKI, Johanna A.*; SMITH, G.T. Evolution and function of communication signals in Apteronotus 45 GERHARDT, H. C.; HUMFELD, S. C.*; MARSHALL, V. T. Geographic variation in the advertisement call of Hyla arenicolor 45 MARSHALL, Vincent T.*; GERHARDT, […]

Pollution and Endocrine Disruption Day: Saturday, Jan. 6, 8:00 am-Noon Room: 102C Session Chair(s): Lars Tomanek Session Author(s) Title 44 TURNER, B. E.; TOMANEK, L.* Nitrate stress in the Morro Bay Ecosystem: Utilizing 2D gel electrophoresis to characterize protein expression profiles in Mytilus californianus 44 LEMA, S.C.*; DICKEY, J.T.; SCHULTZ, I.R.; SWANSON, P. Disruption of […]

Muscle Function Performance Day: Saturday, Jan. 6, 10:20 – 11:40am Room: 102B Session Chair(s): Hank Harlow Session Author(s) Title 43 AZIZI, E.*; ROBERTS, T.J. Variable Gearing in Pinnate Muscles 43 HARLOW, H.J.*; LOHUIS, T.D.; LASKE, T.G.; GARSHELIS, D.L.; ROURKE, B.C.; IAIZZO, P.A. Skeletal Muscle Conservation and Adaptive Fasting by Hibernating Black Bears 43 COTTON, C.J. […]

Muscle Function Physiology Day: Saturday, Jan. 6, 8:00-10:00 am Room: 102B Session Chair(s): Andrew Carroll Session Author(s) Title 42 CARROLL, A. M.*; BIEWENER, A. A. Function of uniarticular and biarticular heads of the triceps during jumping and landing in goats. 42 ROBERTS, T.J.*; HIGGINSON, B.K. The versatile mechanical function of two proximal hindlimb muscles in […]

Outreach, Education and Policy Day: Saturday, Jan. 6, 10:00-11:40 am Room: 102A Session Chair(s): Don Munson Session Author(s) Title 41 BADE, L.M. Future Ecologists As Researchers: A F.E.A.R. Factor Summer in St Louis 41 LEE, DN Using animal behavior to teach the scientific process in a high school environment 41 HARRIS, Michelle A. Grading Student […]

Complementary to Linking Genes and Morphology Symposium Day: Saturday, Jan. 6, 8:00-9:40 am Room: 102A Session Chair(s): Patricia Hernandez Session Author(s) Title 40 HERNANDEZ, L.P. Hedgehog signaling in differentiation, growth, and maintenance of craniofacial features during larval development in zebrafish. 40 BURKE, A.C.*; DURLAND, J.L.; SFERLAZZO, M Patterning domains in the vertebrate mesoderm and the […]

Population Biology Adaptation Day: Thursday, Jan. 4, 8:00-10:00 am Room: 102C Session Chair(s): Fredric Janzen Session Author(s) Title 4 PALACIOS THEIL, E.*; GONZALEZ-ORTEGON, E.; GARCIA-RASO, E.; SCHUBART, C.D.; CUESTA, J.A. Genetic population structure of the shrimp Atyaephrya desmarestii (Millet, 1831) in dependence of the distance to the sea 4 SANTOS, S.R. Potential speciation in anchialine […]

Evolutionary and Ecological Biomechanics Day: Saturday, Jan. 6, 8:00 am-Noon Room: 101AB Session Chair(s): Stephen Adolph, Brook Swanson Session Author(s) Title 39 ADOLPH, S.C.*; HARDIN, J.S. Estimating organismal performance: maximum performance, repeatability, and phenotypic correlations between traits 39 JACKSON, B.E.*; DIAL, K.P. Scaling theory and locomotor performance: the most speciose clade of birds fails to […]

Energetics and Metabolism Day: Friday, Jan. 5, 1:00-3:00 pm Room: 106C Session Chair(s): Scott McWilliams Session Author(s) Title 38 MCWILLIAMS, S.R.*; BAUCHINGER, U.; KEIL, J.; STARCK, J.M. Faster with use: exercise affects turnover rate of carbon isotopes in some but not all organs 38 MARTINEZ DEL RIO, C.*; SABAT, P. Neutrons, Niches, and Adaptive Radiation […]