Meeting Abstract P3.133  Monday, Jan. 6 15:30  Measuring energetic costs of fossorial locomotion in lizards and snakes GERALD, GW; Nebraska Wesleyan University ggerald@nebrwesleyan.edu Measuring the energetic costs of locomotion, termed “cost of transport,” is important when attempting to assess both intraspecific and interspecific variation in locomotor efficiency during both similar and disparate locomotor gaits. The traditional way […]

Meeting Abstract P3.82  Monday, Jan. 6 15:30  Measuring Cutaneous and Pulmonary Gas Exchange and Water Loss of Hibernating Bats CAREY, C.S.*; BOYLES, J.G.; Southern Illinois Univ., Carbondale; Southern Illinois Univ., Carbondale charleve@siu.edu An emerging fungal-borne disease of concern in North America, white-nose syndrome (WNS), is responsible for a catastrophic bat epizootic. The “dehydration hypothesis” postulates the causative […]

Meeting Abstract P3.70  Monday, Jan. 6 15:30  Mathematical model of the dynamic energy budget of the green anole lizard (Anolis carolinensis) QUINN, MM*; BUSH, JM; DILL, AK; BALREIRA, EC; JOHNSON, MA; Trinity University mquinn2@trinity.edu All animals must allocate the energy they obtain from their food among the processes that support their survival. While different animal species use […]

Meeting Abstract P3.19  Monday, Jan. 6 15:30  Mathematical Analysis of Social Dominance in the Green Anole Lizard BUSH, J. M.*; QUINN, M. M.; JOHNSON, M. A.; BALREIRA, E. C.; Trinity University jbush1@trinity.edu Dominance relationships are an important aspect of the social organization of many species, and male dominance often results in successful territory defense and/or access to […]

Meeting Abstract P3.5  Monday, Jan. 6 15:30  Male and female newts increase corticosterone during amplexus REEDY, AM; EDWARDS, A; PENDLEBURY, C; MURDAUGH, L; AVERY, R; SEIDENBERG, J; ASPBURY, AS; GABOR, CR*; Univ. of Virginia; Univ. of Virginia; Univ. of Virginia; Indiana Univ. of Pennsylvania; Univ. of Virginia; Mountain Lake Biological Station; Texas State Univ.; Texas State Univ. […]

Meeting Abstract P3.156  Monday, Jan. 6 15:30  MEASURING TURBULENCE ON THE SPATIAL SCALES OF INSECT FLIGHT MCNEILLY, LE*; SRIDHAR, R; COMBES, SA; Bunker Hill Community College; Harvard University; Harvard University lukemc7@gmail.com Experiments on insect flight are generally restricted to the confines of laboratories where there is no external flow (i.e. still air) or in very smooth flow […]

Meeting Abstract P3.29  Monday, Jan. 6 15:30  Linking Metabolic Hormones to Nutritional Status in Weddell Seals (Leptonychotes weddellii) KROTZ, R T*; SHERO, M R; COSTA, D P; BURNS, J M; RICHMOND, J P; University of North Florida, Jacksonville; University of Alaska Anchorage; University of California Santa Cruz; University of Alaska Anchorage; University of North Florida, Jacksonville rileytkrotz@gmail.com […]

Meeting Abstract P3.138  Monday, Jan. 6 15:30  Limb mechanics and locomotor performance during different modes of locomotion in long-limbed and short-limbed lizards SEDLAK, KA*; GERALD, GW; Nebraska Wesleyan University ksedlak@nebrwesleyan.edu Limb reduction exhibited by many species of lizards is a relatively common phenomenon found in a number of lizard lineages. This trend seems contradictory because limbs are, […]

Meeting Abstract P3.164  Monday, Jan. 6 15:30  Limb Joint Surface Area Ratios in Living and Extinct Carnivorans SQUYRES, N.S.; Johns Hopkins University nsquyre1@jhmi.edu Differences in relative humeral and femoral head size are thought to be related to locomotor capabilities in carnivorans. Measures of humeral and femoral articular surface size, shaft robusticity, and relative femoral neck size were […]

Meeting Abstract P3.149  Monday, Jan. 6 15:30  Length changes of the human iliotibial band in relation to hip motion ENG, CM*; ARNOLD, AS; LIEBERMAN, DE; BIEWENER, AA; Harvard University; Harvard University; Harvard University; Harvard University cmeng@fas.harvard.edu The human iliotibial band (ITB) is a complex fascial structure crossing the hip and knee and its role in locomotion is […]