Meeting Abstract 59-8  Tuesday, Jan. 5 15:15  Improved measurements of skin resistance to water loss using first principles RIDDELL, EA*; ODOM, J; SEARS, MW; Clemson University; Clemson University; Clemson University eriddel@clemson.edu http://ecophysiology.org The measurement of heat and water flux in amphibians has been problematic due to significant rates of cutaneous water loss. Physical surrogates, such as agar […]

Meeting Abstract 59-6  Tuesday, Jan. 5 14:45  Heat tolerance lability in Caribbean lizards ANGELI, N. F.*; FITZGERALD, L. A.; Texas A&M University nangeli@tamu.edu http://people.tamu.edu/~nangeli Species may respond to climate change through adaptation, phenotypic plasticity, or the cumulative ability of individuals to acclimatize. Species with limited capacity to exploit changing environments should decline more often than species with […]

Meeting Abstract 59-4  Tuesday, Jan. 5 14:15  Experimental hypobaria alters inter-specific competitive dominance in elevational replacement hummingbird species GAFFNEY, AM*; WITT, CC; Univ. of New Mexico; Univ. of New Mexico arielgaffney@unm.edu The role of hypoxia tolerance in limiting species elevational distributions is poorly understood. Distributions are predicted to shift upslope with warming, causing exposure to hypobaric hypoxia. […]

Meeting Abstract 59-2  Tuesday, Jan. 5 13:45  Estimating Salamander Activity Time using Individual Based Biophysical Models MCENTIRE, K.D.; University of Georgia mcentire@uga.edu Climate interacts with an organism’s physiology to influence its distribution and fitness. For animals with well understood physiologies, this interaction allows for prediction of distribution or fitness of an organism under certain climatic conditions through […]

Meeting Abstract 59-7  Tuesday, Jan. 5 15:00  Assessing Climatic Constraints On The Distribution of an Oviparous Reptile: The Alligator Snapping Turtle (Macrochelys temminckii) THOMPSON, D.M.*; LIGON, D.B.; PAPES, M.; Oklahoma State University; Missouri State University; Oklahoma State University denise.thompson17@gmail.com Understanding the proximate factors that limit species geographic distributions is a fundamental aspect of ecology. Ecological niche modeling […]

Meeting Abstract 59-1  Tuesday, Jan. 5 13:30  A physiologically-based model of sea turtle remigration intervals NEEMAN, N; SPOTILA, JR; O’CONNOR, MP*; Drexel Univ; Drexel Univ; Drexel Univ mike.oconnor@drexel.edu The inaccessibility of sea turtles to census during pelagic foraging and substantial cyclic variation in yearly nesting numbers (cohorting) complicate efforts to understand turtle population sizes and dynamics and […]

Meeting Abstract 59-4  Friday, Jan. 6 14:15 – 14:30  Macronutrient intake in carnivorous marsupials STANNARD, HJ*; MCALLAN, BM; RAUBENHEIMER, D; University of Sydney; University of Sydney; University of Sydney hayley.stannard@sydney.edu.au Macronutrient composition plays a role in food intake of carnivores, in the wild and in captivity. Research has shown species such as dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) target […]

Meeting Abstract 59-7  Friday, Jan. 6 15:00 – 15:15  Investigating Digestive Properties of Reproductive Proteases in a Female Butterfly PLAKKE, M.S.*; LOMBARDO, J.B.; PACELLA, G.I.; MESLIN, C.; CLARK, N.L.; MOREHOUSE, N.I.; University of Pittsburgh; University of Pittsburgh; University of Pittsburgh; University of Pittsburgh; University of Pittsburgh; University of Pittsburgh mep115@pitt.edu http://www.morehouselab.pitt.edu/?page_id=3205 Reproductive traits provide extreme examples of […]

Meeting Abstract 59-1  Friday, Jan. 6 13:30 – 13:45  Digestive Specialization in the Family Stichaeidae: Molecular Underpinnings and Potential for Plasticity HERRERA, MJ; HERAS, J; GERMAN, DP*; University of California, Irvine mjherre1@uci.edu Dietary specialization is best investigated from the molecular to the whole organism level. Prickleback fishes (family Stichaeidae) are an excellent study system in which to […]

Meeting Abstract 59-5  Friday, Jan. 6 14:30 – 14:45  Dietary specialization on the molecular level: comparative transcriptomics of prickleback fishes (Stichaeidae) with different diets GERMAN, DP*; HERAS, J; Univ. of California, Irvine; Univ. of California, Irvine dgerman@uci.edu http://german.bio.uci.edu Despite obvious whole animal, tissue level, and biochemical differences among species with different diets, dietary specialization has molecular underpinnings […]