Meeting Abstract 104.6  Saturday, Jan. 7  Alkyphenol Effect on Development, Growth, Reproductive Behavior, and Survival of Crayfish BERGMAN, D.A.*; PAGE, K.; GAUTHIER, S.; Grand Valley State University bergmand@gvsu.edu Crayfish are an important invertebrate that is affected by chemical pollutants, such as pesticide/herbicide runoff and industrial waste effluents. Crayfish are considered keystone species because they are an important […]

Meeting Abstract 104.6  Sunday, Jan. 6  The younger games: flies compete for oviposition sites that benefit their young BORCHERT, JD*; ANGILLETTA, MJ; Arizona State University; Arizona State University jdborche@asu.edu We used game theory to predict how fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) should compete for oviposition sites. Although flies prefer to lay their eggs within a particular range of […]

Meeting Abstract 104.4  Sunday, Jan. 6  The goldenrod gall fly’s liquid little secret: 3-acetyl-1,2-diacyl-sn-glycerols are associated with natural survival of intracellular freezing in Eurosta solidaginis MARSHALL, K.E.*; THOMAS, R.H.; ROXIN, A.; CHEN, E.K.Y.; BROWN, J.C.L.; GILLIES, E.R.; SINCLAIR, B.J.; University of Western Ontario; University of Western Ontario; University of Toronto; University of Western Ontario; University of Western […]

Meeting Abstract 104.3  Sunday, Jan. 6  The effects of day length, hibernation, and hibernaculum temperature on tooth morphology in the Turkish hamster (Mesocricetus brandti) BATAVIA, M; University of California, Berkeley mbatavia@berkeley.edu Ever-growing rodent incisors deposit dentin – one of the tissues comprising mammalian teeth – on a circadian basis; these daily dentin layers are visible both in […]

Meeting Abstract 104.5  Sunday, Jan. 6  Phenotype manipulations confirm the role of pectoral muscles in avian thermogenic capacity PETIT, M.*; VEZINA, F.; Université du Québec à Rimouski, Groupe de recherche sur les environnements nordiques BOREAS, Centre for Northern Studies, Québec Centre for Biodiversity Science; Université du Québec à Rimouski, Groupe de recherche sur les environnements nordiques BOREAS, […]

Meeting Abstract 104.1  Sunday, Jan. 6  Hibernation at Extremes: How low can you go? RICHTER, M.M.*; LEE, T.N.; TOIEN, O; BARNES, B.M.; BUCK, C.L.; Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks; Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks; Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks; Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks; Univ. of Alaska, Anchorage mmrichter@alaska.edu During hibernation, soil temperatures adjacent to hibernacula (Ta) average a low of […]

Meeting Abstract 104.2  Sunday, Jan. 6  Circadian rhythms in free-living arctic ground squirrels. BARNES, B.M.*; WILLIAMS, C.T.; BUCK, C.L.; Univ. of Alaska Fairbanks; Univ. of Alaska Anchorage; Univ. of Alaska Anchorage bmbarnes@alaska.edu In indigenous arctic reindeer and ptarmigan, circadian rhythms are not expressed during the constant light of summer or constant dark of winter, and it has […]

Meeting Abstract 104.3  Tuesday, Jan. 7 08:30  The flight environment, behavior, and adaptive wing shape evolution in rainforest floor butterflies (Haeterini: Nymphalidae) CESPEDES, A.*; MATOS, M.; WAHLBERG, N.; DEVRIES, P.J.; Univ. of New Orleans; Biology Centre AS CR; Univ. of Turku ; Univ. of New Orleans acespede@uno.edu Wing shape is influenced heavily by flight performance during ecologically […]

Meeting Abstract 104.6  Tuesday, Jan. 7 09:15  The effect of petiolation on the leading-edge vortex of an insect-like flapping wing PHILLIPS, N.; KNOWLES, K.; BOMPHREY, R.J.*; The Royal Veterinary College; The Royal Veterinary College; Cranfield University rbomphrey@rvc.ac.uk In general, animal wing planforms are broad close to the wing hinge and taper towards the tip. However, in many […]

Meeting Abstract 104.1  Tuesday, Jan. 7 08:00  The effect of aspect ratio on the generation of lift and drag of bat-like flapping wings SCHUNK, C.*; MICHAELSON, K.; PAINE, T.; SWARTZ, S. M.; BREUER, K. S.; Brown University; Brown University; Brown University; Brown University; Brown University cosima_schunk@brown.edu Aspect ratio is frequently used to describe variation among the large […]