SOCIETY FOR INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY 2021 VIRTUAL ANNUAL MEETING (VAM)January 3 – Febuary 28, 2021 Meeting Abstract S3-2  Mon Jan 4 10:30 – 11:00  When the uterus is a vagina: Intra-horn insemination in the alpaca and consequences to genital morphology coevolution and 3-D shape Brennan, PLR*; Sterett, M; DiBuono, M; Klo, K; Marsden, R; Schleinig, P; […]

SOCIETY FOR INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY 2021 VIRTUAL ANNUAL MEETING (VAM)January 3 – Febuary 28, 2021 Meeting Abstract S3-8  Mon Jan 4 16:00 – 16:30  What is the point of defensive spines? Crofts, SB; College of the Holy Cross scrofts@holycross.edu Spines are ubiquitous in both plants and animals, and while most spines were likely originally used for […]

SOCIETY FOR INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY 2021 VIRTUAL ANNUAL MEETING (VAM)January 3 – Febuary 28, 2021 Meeting Abstract S3-4  Mon Jan 4 11:30 – 12:00  Seven ways that wings produce sound in flight Clark, CJ; University of California, Riverside cclark@ucr.edu Acoustic communication sounds evolve when receivers begin to attend to sounds that were previously an incidental byproduct […]

SOCIETY FOR INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY 2021 VIRTUAL ANNUAL MEETING (VAM)January 3 – Febuary 28, 2021 Meeting Abstract S3-13  Mon Jan 4 19:00 – 19:30  Q&A on sexual selection: Brennan, Johnson, Clark, Laidre, and Taylor Rico-Guevara, A*; Green, PA; University of Washington; University of Exeter jjsocha@vt.edu This event is a question-and-answer session that focuses on sexual selection, […]

SOCIETY FOR INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY 2021 VIRTUAL ANNUAL MEETING (VAM)January 3 – Febuary 28, 2021 Meeting Abstract S3-10  Mon Jan 4 17:00 – 17:30  Q&A on foraging and avoidance: Russell, Rico-Guevara, McHenry, Crofts, and Stankowich Green, PA*; Rico-Guevara, A; University of Exeter; University of Washington jjsocha@vt.edu This event is a question-and-answer session that focuses on foraging […]

SOCIETY FOR INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY 2021 VIRTUAL ANNUAL MEETING (VAM)January 3 – Febuary 28, 2021 Meeting Abstract S3-1  Mon Jan 4 10:15 – 10:30  Introduction to the symposium: Physical mechanisms of behavior Green, PA*; Rico-Guevara, A; Centre for Ecology and Conservation, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Penryn, Cornwall, UK; Department of Biology […]

SOCIETY FOR INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY 2021 VIRTUAL ANNUAL MEETING (VAM)January 3 – Febuary 28, 2021 Meeting Abstract S3-6  Mon Jan 4 14:30 – 15:00  Hummingbird bill-flower matching Rico-Guevara, A; Univ. of Washington colibri@uw.edu http://alejorico.com One of the reasons why flowering plants became the most diverse group of land plants is their ability to associate with animals […]

SOCIETY FOR INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY 2021 VIRTUAL ANNUAL MEETING (VAM)January 3 – Febuary 28, 2021 Meeting Abstract S3-11  Mon Jan 4 18:00 – 18:30  From Behavior to Architecture and Back: the Evolution of Social (‘so-shell’) Life in Social Hermit Crabs Laidre, ME; Dartmouth College mark.laidre@dartmouth.edu Architecture and social behavior might appear to occupy different worlds: one […]

SOCIETY FOR INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY 2021 VIRTUAL ANNUAL MEETING (VAM)January 3 – Febuary 28, 2021 Meeting Abstract S3-3  Mon Jan 4 11:00 – 11:30  Field studies of lizard copulation: from physiological mechanisms of mating to behavioral correlates of paternity Johnson, MA*; Kirby, R; Fresquez, CC; Wang, S; Stehle, CM; Templeton, AR; Losos, JB; Kamath, A; Trinity […]

SOCIETY FOR INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY 2021 VIRTUAL ANNUAL MEETING (VAM)January 3 – Febuary 28, 2021 Meeting Abstract S3-12  Mon Jan 4 18:30 – 19:00  Exoskeleton weapons and defenses in crustacean conflicts Taylor, JRA*; Lowder, K; deVries, M; University of California, San Diego; NOAA; San Jose State University j3taylor@ucsd.edu Contests in the crustacean world are fought with […]