Meeting Abstract 127-1 Tuesday, Jan. 7 10:30 – 10:45 Spatial and Ecological Niche Partitioning in Congeneric Scorpions AARON GOODMAN, AMG*; LAUREN ESPOSITO, LAE; California Academy of Sciences; California Academy of Sciences agoodman@calacademy.org Species in the scorpion genus Centruroides Marx, 1890 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) are good candidates to study ecological niche partitioning due to their habitat plasticity, widespread geographic […]
sessions: Session 127
Molluscs of Anderson County Prairies, a native tallgrass prairie in Eastern Kansas
Meeting Abstract 127-4 Tuesday, Jan. 7 11:15 – 11:30 Molluscs of Anderson County Prairies, a native tallgrass prairie in Eastern Kansas DAVIS-BERG, EC*; WILSON, BA; ARNOLD, C; ALMARIO-KOPP, D; Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL; Liberty Public Schools, Liberty, KS; Prairie State College, Chicago Heights, IL; Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL edavisberg@colum.edu Tallgrass prairies are plant and animal […]
Maintaining Biodiversity of Ant Communities in the Crocker Range, Malaysian Borneo
Meeting Abstract 127-2 Tuesday, Jan. 7 10:45 – 11:00 Maintaining Biodiversity of Ant Communities in the Crocker Range, Malaysian Borneo GERMEROTH, LM*; SUMNICHT, TP; VERBLE, RM; Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO; Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO; Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO lgm9d@mst.edu Borneo is home to 1/16th of […]
Comparisons of Interspecific and Intraspecific Variation in Rear-Fanged Snake Venom Expression
Meeting Abstract 127-5 Tuesday, Jan. 7 11:30 – 11:45 Comparisons of Interspecific and Intraspecific Variation in Rear-Fanged Snake Venom Expression CERDA, PA*; CROWE-RIDDELL, J; LARSON, JG; NAGESAN, R; CALLAHAN, S; RABOSKY, DL; DAVIS RABOSKY, AR; University of Michigan; University of Michigan; University of Michigan; University of Michigan; University of Michigan; University of Michigan; University of Michigan; University […]
Ants of Providence
Meeting Abstract 127-3 Tuesday, Jan. 7 11:00 – 11:15 Ants of Providence WATERS, JS; Providence College jwaters2@providence.edu http://www.lovetheants.org Biodiversity surveys are critical tools for understanding fundamental patterns and shifts in the distribution of life across the planet. While the ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) throughout most of New England has been extensively sampled, relatively few surveys have been […]
The relevance of parthenogenesis to the role of Marmorkrebs as a model organism and potential invader
Meeting Abstract 127.2 Monday, Jan. 7 The relevance of parthenogenesis to the role of Marmorkrebs as a model organism and potential invader MARTIN, P; Humboldt University, Berlin Peer.Martin@alumni.hu-berlin.de Animals as model organisms are indispensable tools for life sciences and thus a series of species have been firmly established in research for this purpose. Nevertheless, genetic differences between […]
Predicting the range expansion of a partenogenic crayfish invader
Meeting Abstract 127.6 Monday, Jan. 7 Predicting the range expansion of a partenogenic crayfish invader FERIA, TP; The University of Texas-Pan American tpferia@utpa.edu Marmorkrebs, a parthenogenetic marbled crayfish, has high potential to become an invasive species since single individuals can establish a population and compete native species in places where it has been introduced. To assess the […]
Integrating animal behavior and conservation biology a case study of invasive crayfish
Meeting Abstract 127.5 Monday, Jan. 7 Integrating animal behavior and conservation biology: a case study of invasive crayfish GHERARDI, F.; University of Florence francesca.gherardi@unifi.it Conservation behavior is a relatively new interdisciplinary field of study that aims at investigating how proximate and ultimate aspects of animal behavior can assist land managers in solving conservation problems (Blumstein and Fernández-Juricic […]
Happy Birthday Marmorkrebs Ten years of research on an enigmatic crayfish
Meeting Abstract 127.1 Monday, Jan. 7 Happy Birthday Marmorkrebs! Ten years of research on an enigmatic crayfish SCHOLTZ, G; MARTIN, Peer*; Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin; Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin gerhard.scholtz@rz.hu-berlin.de In the last decade of the 20th century some rumors occurred in internet discussion groups of hobby aquarists dealing with an enigmatic crayfish with strange reproductive behavior and of […]
Fifty states of grey market Assessing the pet trade for parthenogenetic marbled crayfish, Marmorkrebs, in North America
Meeting Abstract 127.7 Monday, Jan. 7 Fifty states of grey market: Assessing the pet trade for parthenogenetic marbled crayfish, Marmorkrebs, in North America FAULKES, Z.; The University of Texas-Pan American zfaulkes@utpa.edu The parthenogenetic marbled crayfish, Marmorkrebs (Procambarus fallax f. virginalis), was discovered by European pet owners in the mid-1990s. The feature that makes Marmorkrebs scientifically interesting to […]
