Meeting Abstract S10.5  Jan. 7  Rolling out the SICB Library – What are the procedures for submission and review? BIRENHEIDE, R.*; MERZ, R.A.; SICB Webmaster; Swarthmore College webmaster@sicb.org The SICB digital library offers an online submittal system to authors (available through the SICB website or at http://www.sicb.org/dl/). Our online form gathers information about the submitted entry depending […]

Meeting Abstract S10.6  Jan. 7  Academic Scientists Involved in Education – A Need for the SICB Digital Library VOGEL, S; Duke University svogel@duke.edu In most areas represented in SICB, people doing research also teach. We routinely disseminate results of our research; we rarely do the same with innovations in our teaching. And we neither carry out nor […]

Meeting Abstract S10.11  Tuesday, Jan. 6  The evolution of photoperiod response systems and seasonal GnRH plasticity in birds MACDOUGALL-SHACKLETON, S.A.*; STEVENSON, T.J.; WATTS, H.E.; PEREYRA, M.E.; HAHN, T.P.; Univ. Western Ontario; Johns Hopkins Univ.; Univ. of California, Davis; Univ. of Tulsa; Univ. of California, Davis smacdou2@uwo.ca Many birds use lengthening photoperiod as an initial predictive cue to […]

Meeting Abstract S10.6  Tuesday, Jan. 6  The Circadian Control of Neuroendocrine and Ovulatory Function: Lessons From the Young and Old KRIEGSFELD, L.J.*; GIBSON, E.M.; WILLIAMS, W.P.; BENTLEY, G.E.; TSUTSUI, K.; University of California, Berkeley; University of California, Berkeley; University of California, Berkeley; University of California, Berkeley; Waseda University kriegsfeld@berkeley.edu To allow organisms to anticipate daily environmental change […]

Meeting Abstract S10.10  Tuesday, Jan. 6  Temporal coordination of life cycle stages: An avian chronobiology perspective HELM, Barbara; Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Seewiesen and Andechs helm@orn.mpg.de Reproduction of long-lived animals is embedded into a recurring cycle of annual activities. Many studies provide evidence for close links between between the timing of breeding and other life-cycle stages, […]

Meeting Abstract S10.4  Tuesday, Jan. 6  Springing ahead – The evolution and control of avian protandry COPPACK, T.; Univ. of Zurich, Switzerland coppack@access.uzh.ch Migration is a critical life-history stage, ultimately determining when, and in which order, males and females arrive at the site of reproduction. In migratory organisms, the evolution of the timing of reproduction, therefore, can […]

Meeting Abstract S10.7  Tuesday, Jan. 6  Regulation of Vertebrate Reproduction by GnRH and GnIH BENTLEY, GE*; UBUKA, T; MCGUIRE, NL; CALISI, RM; PERFITO, MN; TSUTSUI, K; WINGFIELD, JC; Univ. of California, Berkeley; Univ. of California, Berkeley; Univ. of California, Berkeley; Univ. of California, Berkeley; Univ. of California, Berkeley; Waseda University, Japan; Univ. of California, Davis gb7@berkeley.edu Our […]

Meeting Abstract S10.3  Tuesday, Jan. 6  Plasticity in breeding time in wild vertebrates: a quantitative genetic approach NUSSEY, D.H.; Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh dan.nussey@ed.ac.uk There is abundant evidence from wild vertebrate populations for strong relationships between climatic variation and the timing of breeding, but these effects are typically assessed only at the population level. […]

Meeting Abstract S10.8  Tuesday, Jan. 6  Physiological control of non-seasonal reproduction: opportunistic breeding PERFITO, Nicole*; ZANN, Richard A.; HAU, Michaela; BENTLEY, George E.; Univ. of California, Berkeley; LaTrobe University, Melbourne, Australia; Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Radolfzell, Germany; Univ. of California, Berkeley nperfito@berkeley.edu Zebra finches Taeniopygia guttata range over most of the Australian continent inhabiting a diverse […]

Meeting Abstract S10.5  Tuesday, Jan. 6  Molecular and Endocrine Mechanisms of Vertebrate Photoperiodic Response YOSHIMURA, T.; Laboratory of Animal Physiology and Avian Bioscience Research Center, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University takashiy@agr.nagoya-u.ac.jp Animals living outside the tropics use changes in photoperiod to adapt to seasonal changes in environment, but the molecular mechanisms underlying photoperiodic response are […]