BARTHELL, J. F.*; HRANITZ, J. M.; THORP, R. W.; OVERALL, L. M.; GRIFFITH, J. L.; University of Central Oklahoma; Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania; University of California, Davis; University of Central Oklahoma; University of Central Oklahoma: Heat Stress Responses of an Invasive Leafcutting Bee Species Nesting in the Central Valley of California: A Case of Risky […]

SOCKMAN, KW; SEWALL, KB; BALL, GF; HAHN, TP; Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Univ. of California, Davis; Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore; Univ. of California, Davis: Economy of Mate Attraction in the Cassin’s Finch Mate attraction can be costly. Thus, individuals should modulate it according to its probable benefits. Specifically, individuals should modulate mate-attraction efforts […]

FERRER, R.P.*; ZIMMER, R.K.; Univ. of California, Los Angeles; Univ. of California, Los Angeles: When prey becomes predator: an ontogenetic shift in the role of olfaction. During development, sensory systems undergo changes in cell receptor machinery. Such modifications may alter the way an animal perceives its olfactory environment. Here we investigated a cannibalistic interaction between […]

GIBB, A. C.*; LIU, C.; SWANSON, B. O.; Northern Arizona University; Northern Arizona University; Pacific University: Pre-hatching escape behavior in the rainbow trout Teleost fishes employ diverse developmental strategies that have direct consequences on the ability to perform certain behaviors. Danio rerio, zebrafish, have indirect development, where embryos hatch within four days of spawning, and […]

GRANT, Jacqualine B.; Colorado State University: Ontogeny of defensive behavior and adaptive coloration in larvae of the panic moth, Saucrobotys futilalis Many lepidopteran species have radically different coloration in early and late larval instars. This ontogenetic variation in morphology is most likely due to temporal changes in the costs and benefits associated with foraging and […]

DAVIS, E.C.; Columbia College Chicago: No differences in mucus-trail following was detected in Euglandina rosea predation on local versus non-local gastropods Carnivorous snails, such as Euglandina rosea, have been used unsuccessfully as biocontrol agents in Hawaii and other Pacific islands in attempts to limit the spread of the giant African land snail, Achatina fulica. Euglandina […]

BASSETT, D.K.*; MONTGOMERY, J.C.; Univ. of Auckland, New Zealand; Univ. of Auckland, New Zealand: Ecological implications of different search strategies in nocturnal teleost predators Underwater diver transects and baited underwater video determined that the Dwarf Scorpionfish, Scorpaena papillosus, and the Southern Bastard Cod,Pseudophycis barbata, were the two dominant nocturnal teleost reef predators along the northeast […]

WALKER, JA*; GHALAMBOR, CK; GRISET, OL; MCKENNEY, D; REZNICK, DN; Univ. Southern Maine; Colorado St. Univ.; Univ. Southern Maine; Univ. Southern Maine; Univ. of California, Riverside: Do Faster Starts Increase the Probability of Evading Predators? Nearly all fish evade predation strikes by rapidly accelerating out of the strike path, a behavior called the fast-start evasion […]

Meeting Abstract 1.8  Jan. 4  Turtle Carotid Circulation: Ontogeny, Phylogeny, and Evolution JAMNICZKY, Heather A.; University of Calgary hajamnic@ucalgary.ca The bony canals of the turtle skull associated with the cranial circulation have long been considered integral to our understanding of turtle systematics, both extinct and extant. Recent phylogenetic analyses employing a variety of data sets indicate alternatives […]

Meeting Abstract 1.6  Jan. 4  Systematics of Lysipomia based on Chloroplast and Nuclear Sequence Data WEST, Donnelly/A*; AYERS, Tina/J; Rollins College; Northern Arizona University DAWest@Rollins.edu The plant genus Lysipomia Kunth (Campanulaceae) is comprised of two subgenera and approximately forty species that grow exclusively in the Andes at 3000-5000 m elevation. Recent work using molecular markers has revealed […]