Meeting Abstract 10.4  Sunday, Jan. 4  Morphological and Anatomical Correlates to Prey Shape in Snakes HAMPTON, P M; University of Louisiana, Lafayette pmh3227@louisiana.edu Due to their multiple adaptations used to capture and consume prey snakes have proven to be ideal models for investigating relationships between morphology and feeding ecology. However, most ophidian ecomorphology studies have focused on […]

Meeting Abstract 10.7  Sunday, Jan. 4  Kinematics of the Quadrate Bone During Feeding in Mallard Ducks DAWSON, M.M.*; METZGER, K.A.; BAIER, D.B.; BRAINERD, E.L.; Brown University; Touro University College of Medicine; Brown University; Brown University megan_dawson@brown.edu The avian quadrate is complex in both its shape and kinematics, making it a difficult bone to describe and understand functionally. […]

Meeting Abstract 10.5  Sunday, Jan. 4  Hydrodynamics of prey capture in forward striking piscivorous snakes VAN WASSENBERGH, S.*; BRECKO, J.; HERREL, A.; VAN DAMME, R.; AERTS, P.; Univ. Antwerpen, Belgium; Univ. Antwerpen, Belgium; Univ. Antwerpen, Belgium; Univ. Antwerpen, Belgium; Univ. Antwerpen, Belgium sam.vanwassenbergh@ua.ac.be Aquatic snakes generally use fast, frontally directed strikes to capture prey under water. The […]

Meeting Abstract 10.8  Sunday, Jan. 4  Biomechanical and Functional Analysis of the Jaws of Vampire Bats (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) DAVIS, JS*; NICOLAY, CW; Ohio University; Univesity of North Carolina, Asheville jillian_davis.chiroptera@yahoo.com The three species of vampire bats (Phyllostomidae: Desmodontinae) are the only mammals that subsist on a diet consisting almost exclusively of blood. Due to the demands of […]

Meeting Abstract 10.1  Sunday, Jan. 4  A fluid mechanical model for current-generating-feeding of jellyfish and the effect of prey size and escape forces PENG, Jifeng*; DABIRI, John; California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA jfpeng@caltech.edu Many jellyfish species, e.g. moon jellyfish Aurelia aurita, use body motion to generate fluid currents which carry […]

Meeting Abstract 9.5  Sunday, Jan. 4  Sources of variation in the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis of urban and desert birds. FOKIDIS, H. Bobby*; DEVICHE, Pierre; Arizona State University; Arizona State University bfokidis@asu.edu Glucocorticoids (GCs) are the end products of an endocrine system called the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, which is activated in all vertebrates in response to stressful stimuli. The […]

Meeting Abstract 9.2  Sunday, Jan. 4  Slight changes in incubation temperature affect early growth and stress endocrinology in wood duck (Aix sponsa) ducklings DURANT, Sarah E*; HEPP, Gary R; MOORE, Ignacio T; HOPKINS, Brittney C; HOPKINS, William A; Virginia Tech, Blacksburg; Auburn Univ, Auburn; Virginia Tech, Blacksburg; Virginia Tech, Blacksburg; Virginia Tech, Blacksburg sdurant@vt.edu Although the effects […]

Meeting Abstract 9.6  Sunday, Jan. 4  STRESS REACTIVITY AND REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS PATTERSON, SH*; MACDOUGALL-SHACKLETON, B; HAHN, TP; BREUNER, CW; Univ. of Montana; Univ. of Western Ontario; Univ. of California at Davis; Univ. of Montana stephen1.patterson@umontana.edu A common assumption in the glucocorticoid literature is that the glucocorticoid acute stress response is an adaptive trait. However, there is little […]

Meeting Abstract 9.11  Sunday, Jan. 4  Interpreting baseline corticosteroid measures: are they useful predictors of fitness? BONIER, F.*; MARTIN, P.R.; MOORE, I.T.; ROBERTSON, R.J.; WINGFIELD, J.C.; Queen’s University; Queen’s University; Virginia Tech; Queen’s University; University of California, Davis bonierf@queensu.ca Baseline corticosteroid (cort) measures are routinely used to infer an individual’s stress level. The term stress has ambiguous […]

Meeting Abstract 9.7  Sunday, Jan. 4  Hormones, Habitats and Habits up on the Roof: Stress Modulation across Species and Life History Stages in the Passerines of the Tibetan Plateau DAVIS, J.E.*; FOLTZ, S.L.; QI, X.; LEI, F.; WINGFIELD, J.C.; Radford University ; University of California, Davis; Qinghai University; Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Zoology; University of […]