MCNAB, BK; Univ. Florida, Gainesville: The energetics of reproduction in endotherms and its implications for their conservation The energy expenditure of endotherms, through its impact on rate of reproduction, affects their ability to withstand competition and to tolerate environmental disturbances. For example, the extinction-prone attributes of living terrestrial mammals in China increase with body size […]

TRACY, C. R.*; NUSSEAR, K; ESQUE, T; ZIMMERMAN, L; DEAN-BRADLEY, K; CASTLE, K; ESPINOZA, B; TRACY, C; Univ. of Nev., Reno; U.S.G.S.; U.S.G.S.; Univ. of Nev, Reno; U.S.G.S.; Colo. St. Univ.; Cal. St. Univ. Northridge; Charles Darwin Univ.: Overview of Conservation Physiology The field of physiological ecology has evolved greatly over the most recent 20 […]

PORTER, W.P.*; VAKHARIA, N.; DUFFY, D.C.; University of Wisconsin, Madison; University of Wisconsin, Madison; University of Hawai’i, Honolulu: Modeling the energetics and behavior of the rare (extinct?) Po’ouli on the landscape of Maui Where might we expect to find the rare (extinct?) Po’ouli on the island of Maui? To answer that question we have used […]

WOODS, W. A. Jr.*; STEVENSON, R. D. ; Tufts University; University of Massachusetts Boston: Condition Indices for Conservation: New Uses for Evolving Tools Biologists have developed a wide range of morphological, biochemical and physiological metrics to assess the energetic status or health of individual animals. These metrics have proven useful to address questions in life […]

Meeting Abstract S9-2.2  Jan. 6  The evolution of modulation of amniote chewing ROSS, C.F.*; ECKHARDT, A.; HERREL, A.; METZGER, K.; SCHAERLAEKEN, V.; WASHINGTON, R.; WILLIAMS, H.; University of Chicago; University of Chicago; University of Antwerp; Brown University; University of Antwerp; University of Chicago; Ohio University rossc@uchicago.edu Mammalian mastication is a highly coordinated, highly modulated behavior. Determining which […]

Meeting Abstract S9-2.3  Jan. 6  The evolution of feeding mechanisms in bats: Balancing the costs of morphology and flight DUMONT, E.R.; UMass Amherst bdumont@bio.umass.edu By any standard, bats (Order Chiroptera) are a successful group of mammals. Roughly 25% of all mammal species are bats and they occupy all but the coldest and most remote regions of the […]

Meeting Abstract S9-2.1  Jan. 6  Feeding mechanisms in birds RUBEGA, M.A.; University of Connecticut margaret.rubega@uconn.edu The most striking feature of avian feeding is the enormous degree of diversity, and the relative speed with which it evolved. The rapid evolution of the Neornithes, and the resultant (and persistant) difficulty of resolving the phylogenetic relationships among the extant clades […]

Meeting Abstract S9-2.4  Jan. 6  Evolution of Feeding Morphologies in the Carnivora VAN VALKENBURGH, Blaire; Univ. of California, Los Angeles bvanval@ucla.edu The fossil record of the order Carnivora extends back at least 56 million years, and documents a remarkable history of adaptive radiation, characterized by the repeated, independent evolution of similar feeding morphologies in distinct clades. Within […]

Meeting Abstract S9-2.2  Saturday, Jan. 7  The Genome of the Ctenophore, Mnemiopsis leidyi: Insights into the Origins of Morphological Complexity RYAN, J.F.; PANG, K.; SCHNITZLER, C.E.; NGUYEN, A.-D.; MORELAND, R.T.; HAVLAK, P.; PUTNAM, N.H.; NISC, ; WOLFSBERG, T.G.; MULLIKIN, J.C.; MARTINDALE, M.Q.; BAXEVANIS, A.D.*; NHGRI/NIH; Univ. of Hawaii; NHGRI/NIH; NHGRI/NIH; NHGRI/NIH; Rice Univ.; Rice Univ.; NHGRI/NIH; NHGRI/NIH; […]

Meeting Abstract S9-2.1  Saturday, Jan. 7  Polyploidy in Plants and Animals BARKER, MS; RUNDELL, RJ*; University of Arizona; University of Arizona msbarker@email.arizona.edu Polyploidy, or whole genome duplication, is recognized as an important feature of eukaryotic genome evolution. Among eukaryotes, polyploidy has arguably had the largest evolutionary impact on vascular plants where many contemporary species are of recent […]