Meeting Abstract 117.5 Tuesday, Jan. 7 11:15 Relationships between dewlap morphology, display behavior, and sexual size dimorphism in the South Asian agamid lizard species complex, Sitana ponticeriana . KAMATH, A; Harvard University ambikamath@gmail.com Many lizards in the family Agamidae engage in colorful and complex visual displays aimed at attracting the attention of conspecifics. The South Asian lizard […]
sessions: Session 117
Plasticity of the mate choice a courter male evokes choice-like brain response in a coercive female
Meeting Abstract 117.4 Tuesday, Jan. 7 11:00 Plasticity of the mate choice: a courter male evokes choice-like brain response in a coercive female WANG, S.*; RAMSEY, M.; CUMMINGS, M.; Univ. of Texas, Austin; Univ. of Texas, Austin; Univ. of Texas, Austin silu.wang@utexas.edu Female mate choice is fundamental to sexual selection, and determining genetic underpinnings of female preference […]
Female Mate Choice in Divergent Populations of Red-Eyed Treefrogs
Meeting Abstract 117.3 Tuesday, Jan. 7 10:45 Female Mate Choice in Divergent Populations of Red-Eyed Treefrogs JACOBS, L/E*; ROBERTSON, J/M; VEGA, A; California State university, Northridge; AMBICOR Database Costa Rica ljacobs815@gmail.com Behavioral isolation can reinforce the divergence of natural populations. Populations of the red-eyed treefrog (Agalychnis callidryas() in Costa Rica show high levels of genetic diversification and […]
Coevolution of Coloration and Conspicuousness in a Batesian Mimic
Meeting Abstract 117.7 Tuesday, Jan. 7 11:45 Coevolution of Coloration and Conspicuousness in a Batesian Mimic KRAEMER, A. C.*; SERB, J. M.; ADAMS, D. C.; Iowa State University; Iowa State University; Iowa State University kraemer1@iastate.edu In Batesian mimicry a palatable mimic deceives predators by imitating the appearance of an unpalatable model. Two hypotheses have been proposed to […]
Agonistic character displacement, not reproductive character displacement, explains variation in male wing patterns in rubyspot damselflies (Hetaerina spp)
Meeting Abstract 117.2 Tuesday, Jan. 7 10:30 Agonistic character displacement, not reproductive character displacement, explains variation in male wing patterns in rubyspot damselflies (Hetaerina spp.) DRURY, J.P.*; GRETHER, G.F.; Univ. of California, Los Angeles; Univ. of California, Los Angeles druryj@ucla.edu Agonistic character displacement (ACD), a process wherein natural selection acts on traits that mediate the occurrence or […]
X-ray reconstruction of moving morphology (XROMM) and Video reconstruction of moving morphology (VROMM) enable dynamic arthrology
Meeting Abstract 117-7 Thursday, Jan. 7 11:45 X-ray reconstruction of moving morphology (XROMM) and Video reconstruction of moving morphology (VROMM) enable dynamic arthrology BRAINERD, E.L.; Brown University ebrainerd@brown.edu http://xromm.org Dynamic arthrology is the study of both structure and motion of joints. XROMM makes it possible to visualize and measure 3D shape and 3D motion within joints, both […]
The Efficiency of Bounding Vampires
Meeting Abstract 117-4 Thursday, Jan. 7 11:00 The Efficiency of Bounding Vampires HERMANSON, J.W.*; DZAL, Y.A.; ORR, T.J.; YORK, J.M.; CZENZE, Z.J.; PARSONS, S.; Cornell Univ., Ithaca; Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver; Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst; Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver; University of Auckland; Queensland Univ. of Technology, Brisbane jwh6@cornell.edu Vampire bats, Desmodus rotundus, maximize their feeding […]
Measuring the effects of hypergravity on mouse locomotion
Meeting Abstract 117-1 Thursday, Jan. 7 10:15 Measuring the effects of hypergravity on mouse locomotion SMITH, BJH*; USHERWOOD, JR; Royal Veterinary College; Royal Veterinary College bsmith@rvc.ac.uk Walking in animals and birds is commonly modeled as an inverted pendulum, while running is often modeled as a spring loaded inverted pendulum. The dynamics of both systems are dependent on […]
How the largest known flying animal, the pterosaur Quetzalcoatlus, walked on land
Meeting Abstract 117-5 Thursday, Jan. 7 11:15 How the largest known flying animal, the pterosaur Quetzalcoatlus, walked on land PADIAN, K.*; CUNNINGHAM, J. R.; LANGSTON, W. A.; University of California, Berkeley; Cunningham Engineering Associates, Collierville, TN; (deceased 2013) formerly University of Texas, Austin kpadian@berkeley.edu The giant pterosaur Quetzalcoatlus northropi (QN) lived at the very end of the […]
Evolution of the transverse arch made the human foot stiffer
Meeting Abstract 117-2 Thursday, Jan. 7 10:30 Evolution of the transverse arch made the human foot stiffer MANDRE, S.*; DIAS, M.; SINGH, D.; BANDI, M. M.; VENKADESAN, V.; Brown University; Aalto University; Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology; Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology; Yale University shreyas_mandre@brown.edu When humans push off against the ground during locomotion, the […]
