Scaling of Terrestrial and Arboreal Defensive Strikes by Ratsnakes

Meeting Abstract P3-206  Saturday, Jan. 7 15:30 – 17:30  Scaling of Terrestrial and Arboreal Defensive Strikes by Ratsnakes FULBRIGHT, MF*; PENNING, DA; HILLARD, CJ; University of Lousiana at Lafayette; Missouri Southern State University; University of Louisiana at Lafayette fulbrightm@louisiana.edu http://fulbrightm.wixsite.com/biology Until recently, only a few studies quantified striking performance in snakes. Aside from fleeing predators, snakes use […]

Scaling of Speed, Excess Post-exercise Oxygen Consumption, and Energetic Cost of Lateral Undulation in Cornsnakes (Pantherophis guttatus)

Meeting Abstract P3-177  Saturday, Jan. 7 15:30 – 17:30  Scaling of Speed, Excess Post-exercise Oxygen Consumption, and Energetic Cost of Lateral Undulation in Cornsnakes (Pantherophis guttatus) WASS, ED*; MARIAN, AD; GERALD, GW; Nebraska Wesleyan University; Nebraska Wesleyan University; Nebraska Wesleyan University equestrianemma285@gmail.com Body size has a large impact on nearly all physiological functions in animals. Because of […]

Scaling of Resting Metabolic Rates in Cornsnakes (Pantherophis guttatus) with Comparisons to Other Snakes Varying in Activity Levels

Meeting Abstract P3-257  Saturday, Jan. 7 15:30 – 17:30  Scaling of Resting Metabolic Rates in Cornsnakes (Pantherophis guttatus) with Comparisons to Other Snakes Varying in Activity Levels MARIAN, AD*; WASS, ED; GERALD, GW; Nebraska Wesleyan University; Nebraska Wesleyan University; Nebraska Wesleyan University amarian@nebrwesleyan.edu Resting metabolic rate usually scales with body mass to between the 0.67 and 1.0 […]

Scaling and Morphology of the Armor in the Northern Spearnose Poacher, Agonopsis vulsa

Meeting Abstract P3-253  Saturday, Jan. 7 15:30 – 17:30  Scaling and Morphology of the Armor in the Northern Spearnose Poacher, Agonopsis vulsa PFEIFFENBERGER, JA*; SUMMERS, AP; Temple University; University of Washington, Friday Harbor Labs jpfeiffe@temple.edu http://pfeiffenberger.weebly.com Adult northern spearnose poachers (Agonopsis vulsa), like other poachers, are heavily armored, lack swimbladders, and live on the seafloor. However, as […]

Sangre de Drago Inhibits Growth of Staphylococcal Isolates

Meeting Abstract P3-29  Saturday, Jan. 7 15:30 – 17:30  Sangre de Drago Inhibits Growth of Staphylococcal Isolates HERSH, KN*; CAUGHRON, JE; CAUGHRON, JJ; DAVIS, JE; Radford University; Radford University; Radford University; Radford University Khersh@radford.edu The purpose of this research is to expand our knowledge of antimicrobial properties of Croton lechleri (commonly known as Sangre de Drago), a […]

Salinity and temperature stressors increase metabolic and grazing rates in Phyllaplysia taylori

Meeting Abstract P3-159  Saturday, Jan. 7 15:30 – 17:30  Salinity and temperature stressors increase metabolic and grazing rates in Phyllaplysia taylori FAYE, LE*; STILLMAN, JH; Romberg Tiburon Center for Environmental Studies, San Francisco State University ; 1. Romberg Tiburon Center for Environmental Studies, San Francisco State University 2. University of California, Berkeley lfaye@mail.sfsu.edu Phyllaplysia taylori, a sea […]

Running on uneven surfaces The effect of substrate particle size and unevenness on performance

Meeting Abstract P3-220  Saturday, Jan. 7 15:30 – 17:30  Running on uneven surfaces: The effect of substrate particle size and unevenness on performance CROCKETT, ME*; BERGMANN, PJ; Clark University; Clark University mcrockett@clarku.edu The physical characteristics of substrates that terrestrial animals move on can affect their locomotor performance and kinematics. Uneven surfaces are ubiquitous in nature and animals […]

Rod Running Performance and Inter-Leg Coordination is Unchanged by Inversion

Meeting Abstract P3-221  Saturday, Jan. 7 15:30 – 17:30  Rod Running Performance and Inter-Leg Coordination is Unchanged by Inversion LEE, CY*; HUNT, N; FULL, RJ; University of California, Berkeley; University of California, Berkeley; University of California, Berkeley clee16@berkeley.edu Legged animals are often challenged to change gaits to negotiate destabilizing substrates. In our previous study of branch running […]

Reproductive effects on lipid transport capacity in liver and blood in rats

Meeting Abstract P3-188  Saturday, Jan. 7 15:30 – 17:30  Reproductive effects on lipid transport capacity in liver and blood in rats KALLENBERG, MK*; ZHANG, Y; HYATT, HW; KAVAZIS, AN; HOOD, WR; Auburn University; Auburn University; Auburn University; Auburn University; Auburn University mkk0009@tigermail.auburn.edu To support the high energetic demands of reproduction, female mammals display plasticity in many physiological […]

Relative period of temperature sensitive is dependent upon specific incubation temperature

Meeting Abstract P3-192  Saturday, Jan. 7 15:30 – 17:30  Relative period of temperature sensitive is dependent upon specific incubation temperature ROBERGE, TM*; WIBBELS, T; Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham; Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham troberge@uab.edu Temperature-dependent sex determination (TSD) is a form of sex determination in which incubation temperature during the temperature sensitive period (TSP) determines sex. […]

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