Meeting Abstract S2.1-2 Saturday, Jan. 4 08:30 Testing the Hamilton-Zuk hypothesis with 21st century genetic tools BALENGER, Susan L.*; ZUK, Marlene; University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; University of Minnesota, Twin Cities sbalenge@umn.edu Hamilton and Zuk proposed a good genes model of sexual selection in which genetic variation (and, thus, selection) can be maintained when females prefer ornaments […]
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Sex and disease in the city links between coloration, parasites, and urbanization
Meeting Abstract S2.3-1 Saturday, Jan. 4 13:30 Sex and disease in the city: links between coloration, parasites, and urbanization MCGRAW, KJ*; GIRAUDEAU, M; Arizona State University kevin.mcgraw@asu.edu Expanding urban conditions across the globe continue to impose unique environmental constraints on organisms. Condition-dependent sexually selected traits are useful for revealing how animals cope with stress, including anthropogenic disturbances. […]
Nutritional Stress and the Evolution of Sexual Ornamentation A Life History Perspective
Meeting Abstract S2.2-2 Saturday, Jan. 4 11:00 Nutritional Stress and the Evolution of Sexual Ornamentation: A Life History Perspective MOREHOUSE, N.I.; University of Pittsburgh nim@pitt.edu Nutritional stress is one of the most pervasive challenges that organisms face, with strong evolutionary leverage on all aspects of organismal life histories. Recent attention has focused on how sexual ornaments respond […]
Mechanisms of Honest Signaling in Condition Dependent Growth in Exaggerated Traits
Meeting Abstract S2.2-3 Saturday, Jan. 4 11:30 Mechanisms of Honest Signaling in Condition Dependent Growth in Exaggerated Traits LAVINE, L.C.*; EMLEN, D. J.; DUKE, A.; WARREN, I.A.; GOTOH, H.; Washington State University; University of Montana; University of Montana; University of Bristol; Washington State University lavine@wsu.edu Many male animals wield ornaments or weapons of exaggerated proportions. These traits […]
Effects of developmental stress on a suite of physiological and behavioural traits in the zebra finch
Meeting Abstract S2.1-1 Saturday, Jan. 4 08:00 Effects of developmental stress on a suite of physiological and behavioural traits in the zebra finch. CAREAU, V; BUTTEMER, WA; BUCHANAN, KL*; Deakin University; Deakin University; Deakin University kate.buchanan@deakin.edu.au Developmental pathways are shaped by evolution and may lead to defined suites of metabolic, behavioural, and life-history traits. Recent data suggest […]
Developmental stress, song learning and cognition
Meeting Abstract S2.1-3 Saturday, Jan. 4 09:00 Developmental stress, song learning and cognition PETERS, S.*; SEARCY, W.A.; NOWICKI, S.; Duke University; University of Miami; Duke University speters@duke.edu The evolution of enhanced cognitive ability has sometimes been attributed to sexual selection. An association between male mating success and cognitive ability could arise either through male-male competition or through […]
Developmental Stress, Condition, and Sexually Selected Traits in Song Sparrows
Meeting Abstract S2.1-4 Saturday, Jan. 4 09:30 Developmental Stress, Condition, and Sexually Selected Traits in Song Sparrows MACDOUGALL-SHACKLETON, SA*; MACDOUGALL-SHACKLETON, EA; SCHMIDT, KL; KUBLI, SP; Univ Western Ontario, London, Canada smacdou2@uwo.ca Sexual selection theory posits that ornaments and displays reflect signaler condition, which in turn is affected by both recent and developmental conditions. Moreover, developmental conditions can […]
Cellular respiration the nexus of stress, condition, and ornamentation
Meeting Abstract S2.3-3 Saturday, Jan. 4 14:30 Cellular respiration: the nexus of stress, condition, and ornamentation HILL, G. E.; Auburn Univ. ghill@acesag.auburn.edu Current theory suggests that females benefit by choosing highly ornamented males as mates because ornamentation is an honest signal of male condition. Empirical studies on a diversity of vertebrates and invertebrates have demonstrated associations between […]
What would happen if we used physiological tolerances to design protected areas Implications of politics and climate change for conservation planning
Meeting Abstract S2.6 Sunday, Jan. 4 11:00 What would happen if we used physiological tolerances to design protected areas? Implications of politics and climate change for conservation planning SINCLAIR, BJ*; BARTON, MG; MCFARLANE, ML; TERBLANCHE, JS; Western University; Stellenbosch University; Nature Conservancy of Canada; Stellenbosch University bsincla7@uwo.ca http://publish.uwo.ca/~bsincla7/ Insects are small ectotherms with a high surface area:volume […]
Using physiology to understand climate-driven changes in disease and biodiversity losses lesson learned from amphibian declines
Meeting Abstract S2.5 Sunday, Jan. 4 10:30 Using physiology to understand climate-driven changes in disease and biodiversity losses: lesson learned from amphibian declines ROHR, Jason R.; University of South Florida jasonrohr@gmail.com http://shell.cas.usf.edu/rohrlab/ The relationship between climate change and biodiversity losses caused by the emergence of infectious diseases remains controversial. Part of the reasons for this controversy is […]
