Meeting Abstract 69-7  Saturday, Jan. 5 15:00 – 15:15  The Evolutionary Success of Rodents Is Not Linked to the Evolution of Locomotor Innovation HEDRICK, BP*; DUMONT, ER; PIERCE, SE; Univ. of Oxford ; Univ. of California, Merced; Harvard Univ. bphedrick1@gmail.com Rodents are the most species-rich order within Mammalia and they have evolved a wide variety of morphologies […]

Meeting Abstract 69-5  Saturday, Jan. 5 14:30 – 14:45  Living the “High” Life: The Morphological, Kinematic, Ecological and Genetic Variation between Papuan Microhylid Frogs at Lower and Higher Elevations HILL, EH*; JARMAN, MJ; BUTLER, MA; University of Hawaii; University of Hawaii; University of Hawaii hille7@hawaii.edu http://butlerlab.org Papua New Guinea is home to over 300 species of microhylid […]

Meeting Abstract 69-3  Saturday, Jan. 5 14:00 – 14:15  Functional Biogeography: Patterns of SpatioTemporal Evolution of Biomechanical Traits in the Triggerfishes (Balistidae) NASH, CM*; GEORGE, AB; MCCORD, CL; WESTNEAT, MW; University of Chicago; University of Chicago; University of Chicago; Chapman University; University of Chicago cmnash@uchicago.edu Due to the large variability among habitats and geographic regions, fishes have […]

Meeting Abstract 69-4  Saturday, Jan. 5 14:15 – 14:30  Examining Patterns of Climbing and Escape Performance over Migration Pulses in the Hawaiian Goby Sicyopterus stimpsoni DIAMOND, KM*; SCHOENFUSS, HL; BLOB, RW; Clemson Univ.; St. Cloud State Univ.; Clemson Univ. kmdiamo@g.clemson.edu https://diamondkmg.weebly.com/ Many animals incorporate migratory phases into their life history. Migrations often involve traversing treacherous habitats to […]

Meeting Abstract 69-6  Saturday, Jan. 5 14:45 – 15:00  Ecomorphology of Papuan Microhylid Frogs: Performance, Hindlimb Musculature, and MicroCT Analysis BUTLER, MA*; GOO, NLS; FRASER, CJ; SUNG, HW; RIVERA, JA; University of Hawaii; University of Hawaii; University of Hawaii; University of Hawaii; Arizona State University mbutler@hawaii.edu http://butlerlab.org The microhylid frogs of New Guinea and its satellite islands […]

Meeting Abstract 69-1  Saturday, Jan. 5 13:30 – 13:45  Color variation and the diversification of Megalagrion damselflies TRAN, LL*; BUTLER, MA; University of Hawaii at Manoa leontran@hawaii.edu Identifying conspecifics from heterospecifics is an important task in multi-species communities. Vision is an important modality for odonates where coloration may provide important signals for conspecific communication. The Hawaiian damselflies […]