Meeting Abstract 3.11  Jan. 4  First experimental evidence demonstrating that African penguins (Spheniscus demersus) have a functioning sense of smell CUNNINGHAM, Gregory B.*; STRAUSS, Venessa; RYAN, Peter G.; Univ. of Cape Town/Swarthmore College; South African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds; Univ. of Cape Town gcunnin1@swarthmore.edu Procellariiform seabirds (albatrosses, petrels and shearwaters) have received much of […]

Meeting Abstract 3.1  Jan. 4  Detection of Coastal Magnetic Fields by Sea Turtles: a Possible Mechanism Underlying Natal Homing LOHMANN, K. J.*; HORNER, A. J.; AKINS, L.; LOHMANN, C. M. F.; Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Univ. of North Carolina at […]

Meeting Abstract 3.2  Thursday, Jan. 3  Honest and dishonest signals of strength in Australian slender crayfish (Cherax dispar): are males liars and cheaters? WILSON, R. S.*; BYWATER, C.; ANGILLETTA, M. J.; JAMES, R. S.; NAVAS, C. A.; SEEBACHER, F.; Univ. of Queensland; Univ. of Queensland; Indiana State Univ.; Coventry Univ.; Univ. of Sao Paulo; Univ. of Sydney […]

Meeting Abstract 3.1  Thursday, Jan. 3  Field presentations of conspecific chemicals alter social display rates in the white-bellied Sceloporus virgatus but not in the blue-bellied S. undulatus lizard HEWS, DK; DATE, P**; CASTELLANO, M; HARA, E; Indiana State Univ., Terre Haute; Indiana State Univ., Terre Haute; Pennsylvania State Univ. Univ. Park; Duke Univ., Durham dhews@indstate.edu Many lizards […]

Meeting Abstract 3.4  Thursday, Jan. 3  Could the hadrosaurs sing? A re-evaluation with new evidence FEO, T.J. ; UC Berkeley tfeo@berkeley.edu The bizarre, hollow cranial crests of the duck-billed dinosaurs (Hadrosaurinae) have had many functions attributed to them. Weishampel�s classic work showed that few of these hypotheses are testable, and that several of the testable ones can […]

Meeting Abstract 3.5  Thursday, Jan. 3  Conditional Relationship between Bill Morphology and Vocal Performance in Lincoln’s Sparrows SOCKMAN, K.W.; Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill kws@unc.edu Individual variation in morphology can cause individual differences in behavioral performance. Although morphology affects behavior typically through a direct, physical link, in some instances the relationship may be indirectly mediated through […]

Meeting Abstract 3.3  Thursday, Jan. 3  Clawing your way to the top: variation, repeatability and social benefits of chela strength in slender crayfish ANGILLETTA, M. J.*; WILSON, R. S.; Indiana State Univ, Terre Haute; Univ of Queensland, St. Lucia mangilletta@indstate.edu Animals commonly signal their strength to conspecifics during disputes over resources or mates. In crayfish, such threats […]

Meeting Abstract 3.6  Thursday, Jan. 3  Animal fluorescence: from coral reefs to deep-sea MATZ, Mikhail*; MAZEL, Charles; Univ. of Texas at Austin; Physical Sciences, Inc. matz@mail.utexas.edu Fluorescence as means of animal communication in the ocean thus far received only sporadic attention; despite that fluorescence is arguably the best way to generate a contrasting color signal in the […]

Meeting Abstract 3.4  Sunday, Jan. 4  Reproductive and developmental biology of caecilian amphibians KUPFER, A; KUEHNEL, S; VETTER, J; OLSSON, L*; Friedrich-Schiller-Universit Jena Lennart.Olsson@uni-jena.de Amphibians are of prime interest for evolutionary reproductive biology because offspring nourishment encompasses a continuum from lecithotrophy to matrotrophy combined with oviparity and viviparity. Caecilians are limbless tropical amphibians, which display a high […]

Meeting Abstract 3.3  Sunday, Jan. 4  Predator-induced Selection on Body Shape in Waterfall-climbing Gobiid Fish from Hawai’i BLOB, R.W.**; KAWANO, S.M.; MAIE, T.; CEDIEL, R.A.; PTACEK, M.B.; BRIDGES, W.C.; SCHOENFUSS, H.L.; Clemson Univ.; Clemson Univ.; Clemson Univ.; St. Cloud State Univ.; Clemson Univ.; Clemson Univ.; St. Cloud State Univ. rblob@clemson.edu Amphidromous gobiid fishes of the Hawaiian Islands […]