Meeting Abstract 4.4  Thursday, Jan. 3  Heterospecific alarm-call recognition in a non-vocal reptile VITOUSEK, Maren N.*; ADELMAN, James S.; GREGORY, Nathan C.; ST CLAIR, James J. H.; Princeton University; Princeton University; Princeton University; University of Bath mvitouse@princeton.edu Heterospecific alarm call recognition has previously been described only in species with vocal communication. Galapagos marine iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus), do […]

Meeting Abstract 4.2  Thursday, Jan. 3  Finding the Lady in Red: The effects of turbidity on sexual signaling in the blue crab Callinectes sapidus BALDWIN, J. L. *; JOHNSEN, S.; Duke University; Duke University jamie.baldwin@duke.edu Research has suggested that male blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus) select females based on the redness of their claws. Many estuaries in which […]

Meeting Abstract 4.1  Thursday, Jan. 3  Exposure to song that is preferred by females affects activity and body mass in male starlings SALVANTE, K.G.*; WHITMAN, B.A.; SOCKMAN, K.W.; Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill ksalvante@unc.edu Signals under inter-sexual selection elicit behavioral responses in and have […]

Meeting Abstract 4.3  Sunday, Jan. 4  The impact of the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi on white-footed mice: implications for the ecology of Lyme disease SCHWANZ, Lisa E*; BRISSON, Dustin; GOMES-SOLECKI, Maria; OSTFELD, Richard S; Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies; University of Pennsylvania; New York Medical College; Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies schwanzl@ecostudies.org Parasitic infection can have diverse direct […]

Meeting Abstract 4.5  Sunday, Jan. 4  Predator response to novel aposematic coloration in a poison dart frog STUART, Y.E.*; DAPPEN, N.; LOSIN, N.; Harvard University; University of Miami; Univ. of California, Los Angeles yestuart@fas.harvard.edu Aposematism is the use of warning signals by prey to advertise their unprofitability to potential predators. The efficacy of an aposematic signal generally […]

Meeting Abstract 4.2  Sunday, Jan. 4  Innate immunocompetence in Polistes dominulus: A critical test of the haploid susceptibility hypothesis WILSON-RICH, N.*; HESTER, F.; STARKS, P.T.; Tufts University; Tufts University; Tufts University noah.wilson_rich@tufts.edu The order hymenoptera is characterized by a haplodiploid mode of genetic inheritance, whereby males are typically haploid and females are typically diploid. The ‘haploid susceptibility […]

Meeting Abstract 4.4  Sunday, Jan. 4  Disruptive selection and the evolution of variation within species MARTIN, R.A.*; PFENNIG, D.W.; Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill martinra@email.unc.edu What evolutionary and ecological factors account for the amazing diversity seen within most natural populations? A long-standing hypothesis is that disruptive selection promotes the evolution […]

Meeting Abstract 4.1  Sunday, Jan. 4  Connecting performance and behavior: the evolution of bite performance and biting behavior in bats SANTANA, S.E.*; DUMONT, E.R.; University of Massachusetts Amherst; University of Massachusetts Amherst ssantana@bio.umass.edu Morphological variation is usually regarded as determinant of differences in performance, behavior and ecology within and among species. The interaction between behavior and performance […]

Meeting Abstract 4.4  Monday, Jan. 4  Precise measurement of growth using multiple fluorochrome markers, the cubed root of weight and a new growth function JOHNSON, A.S.*; ELLERS, O; Bowdoin College; Bowdoin College ajohnson@bowdoin.edu Fluorochromes have been widely used to mark growing calcitic structures. We present images from a size range (3.9–44.3 mm in diameter) of growing sea […]

Meeting Abstract 4.5  Monday, Jan. 4  Perturbations in the E-cadherin/catenin junctional complex in mouse embryos resulting in exencephaly DESCAMPS, E*; TIAN, H; SANDERS, E; VAN HENGEL, J; VAN ROY, F; ADRIAENS, D; Ghent University, Gent; Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology , Gent; Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology , Gent; Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology , Gent; Interuniversity Institute for […]