Meeting Abstract 78-2 Saturday, Jan. 7 08:30 – 08:45 Contrasting Patterns of Latitudinal Variation in Thermal and Hypoxia Tolerance in Atlantic Killifish HEALY, TM*; BRENNAN, RS; WHITEHEAD, A; SCHULTE, PM; Univ. of British Columbia; Univ. of California, Davis; Univ. of California, Davis; Univ. of British Columbia healy@zoology.ubc.ca Associations among traits can influence the rates of organismal responses […]
sessions: Session 78
Can we differentiate between the effects of hypoxia and high temperature on animal behavior and physiology
Meeting Abstract 78-5 Saturday, Jan. 7 09:15 – 09:30 Can we differentiate between the effects of hypoxia and high temperature on animal behavior and physiology? VANDENBROOKS, JM*; LE VIN THUY, J; SHIEHZADEGAN, S; CAMACHO, A; TELEMECO, R; SMITH, C; ANGILLETTA, JR., MJ; Midwestern University; Arizona State University; Arizona State University; Arizona State University; Arizona State University; Auburn […]
Morphometrics and Functional Morphology of Fungus-growing Ants
Meeting Abstract 78-1 Saturday, Jan. 6 08:00 – 08:15 Morphometrics and Functional Morphology of Fungus-growing Ants LARABEE, FJ*; SCHULTZ, TR; POWELL, S; NMNH, Smithsonian Institution & George Washington University; NMNH, Smithsonian Institution; George Washington University larabeef@si.edu Mandibles are critical to the biology of ants, being the primary structures they use to interact with their environment. To explain […]
Jaw Rule Mammalian Jaw Morphologies Correlate with Diet and Evolve Toward Trait Optima
Meeting Abstract 78-3 Saturday, Jan. 6 08:30 – 08:45 Jaw Rule: Mammalian Jaw Morphologies Correlate with Diet and Evolve Toward Trait Optima GROSSNICKLE, DM; University of Chicago davegrossnickle@gmail.com Although studies commonly examine correlations between tooth shape and diet using taxonomically diverse mammalian samples, comparable analyses of jaw morphologies and diet across Mammalia are rare. This is surprising […]
How Big is too Big Using Crustacean-eating Snakes to Test How Anatomy and Behavior Affect Prey Size and Feeding Performance
Meeting Abstract 78-6 Saturday, Jan. 6 09:15 – 09:30 How Big is too Big? Using Crustacean-eating Snakes to Test How Anatomy and Behavior Affect Prey Size and Feeding Performance JAYNE, BC*; VORIS, HK; NG, PKL; University of Cincinnati ; Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago; National University of Singapore bruce.jayne@uc.edu http://www.artsci.uc.edu/departments/biology/byDeptMembers/faculty.html?eid=jaynebc&thecomp=uceprof The evolutionary innovations that allow snakes […]
Head Shape Dimorphism in European Eels … the What, How and Why Story
Meeting Abstract 78-2 Saturday, Jan. 6 08:15 – 08:30 Head Shape Dimorphism in European Eels … the What, How and Why Story DE MEYER, J*; BELPAIRE, C; VAN WASSENBERGH, S; HERREL, A; MAES, GE; DIRKS, RP; BOECKX, P; BERVOETS, L; COVACI, A; MALARVANNAN, G; DHAENE , J; ADRIAENS, D; Univ. of Ghent, Belgium; Institute for Forest and […]
Functional Ecology of the California Moray Eel (Gymnothorax mordax) Dietary Breadth and Bite Force Over Ontogeny
Meeting Abstract 78-5 Saturday, Jan. 6 09:00 – 09:15 Functional Ecology of the California Moray Eel (Gymnothorax mordax): Dietary Breadth and Bite Force Over Ontogeny. HIGGINS, B/A*; LAW, C/J; MEHTA, R/S; Univ. of California, Santa Cruz; Univ. of California, Santa Cruz; Univ. of California, Santa Cruz bahiggin@ucsc.edu http://mehta.eeb.ucsc.edu Despite the growing body of data on predatory interactions, […]
Effects of Diet on the Evolution of Bite Force in Adult Musteloids
Meeting Abstract 78-4 Saturday, Jan. 6 08:45 – 09:00 Effects of Diet on the Evolution of Bite Force in Adult Musteloids MEHTA, RS*; LAW, CJ; DURAN, E; RICHARDS, E; SANTILLAN, I; MEHTA, Rita; University of California, Santa Cruz rmehta2@ucsc.edu http://mehta.eeb.ucsc.edu The majority of mammals use biting to ingest prey. Therefore, determining how bite force varies across species […]
Stress, Dispersal, and Immunity Field Comparisons of the Florida Populations of the Cane Toad
Meeting Abstract 78-8 Sunday, Jan. 6 09:45 – 10:00 Stress, Dispersal, and Immunity: Field Comparisons of the Florida Populations of the Cane Toad ASSIS, VR*; GARDNER, S; SMITH, K/M; GOMES, F/R; MENDONçA, M/T; University of Sao Paulo; Auburn University; Auburn University; University of Sao Paulo; Auburn University v.regina.a@gmail.com To understand how stress and immunity in cane toads […]
Phenotypic plasticity of thermal tolerance in three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus) from natural and thermally polluted areas
Meeting Abstract 78-1 Sunday, Jan. 6 08:00 – 08:15 Phenotypic plasticity of thermal tolerance in three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus) from natural and thermally polluted areas MOTTOLA, G*; VASEMÄGI, A; NIKINMAA, M; ANTTILA, K; University of Turku; Swedish University of Agricultural Science; University of Turku; University of Turku giomot@utu.fi Climate change will increase both the average temperature of […]
