Meeting Abstract 63.11 Wednesday, Jan. 6 Latitudinal Variation in Locomotor Performance of the Northern Watersnake, Nerodia sipedon DANIKAS, L.N.*; COBB, V.A.; Middle Tennessee State Univ. lndanikas@gmail.com Locomotor performance is arguably one of the most important physiological mechanisms for capturing prey and avoiding predation, and, is thereby generally subject to pressures of natural selection. For ectothermic animals, locomotor […]
year: 2010
Genetic variation in the plasticity of thermal performance in the zebrafish, Danio rerio
Meeting Abstract 63.9 Wednesday, Jan. 6 Genetic variation in the plasticity of thermal performance in the zebrafish, Danio rerio. CONDON, CH*; CHENOWETH, SF; WILSON, RS; The University of Queensland, Australia; The University of Queensland, Australia; The University of Queensland, Australia c.condon@uq.edu.au To adjust to seasonal variation in the environment many ectotherms are able to plastically alter the […]
Evolution of bribery in a diffuse cleaning mutualism
Meeting Abstract 63.6 Wednesday, Jan. 6 Evolution of bribery in a diffuse cleaning mutualism LETTIERI, Liliana*; STREELMAN, J. Todd; Georgia Institute of Technology; Georgia Institute of Technology liliana@gatech.edu Most examples of tolerance traits come from plant-herbivore and host-parasite systems. The mutualism between Caribbean cleaner gobies and their many client fish species appears to provide the first vertebrate […]
Energetic significance of food processing a test of the cooking hypothesis
Meeting Abstract 63.1 Wednesday, Jan. 6 Energetic significance of food processing: a test of the cooking hypothesis CARMODY, R.N.**; WEINTRAUB, G.S.; SECOR, S.M.; WRANGHAM, R.W.; Harvard University; Harvard University; University of Alabama; Harvard University carmody@fas.harvard.edu Cooking has been hypothesized to support increased energy demands in human evolution, including growth in body size and relative brain size that […]
Ecological Release in a Geologically Young Community
Meeting Abstract 63.4 Wednesday, Jan. 6 Ecological Release in a Geologically Young Community DES ROCHES, S.*; ROBERTSON, J.; HARMON, L.; ROSENBLUM, E.B.; University of Idaho; University of Idaho; University of Idaho; University of Idaho desr7280@vandals.uidaho.edu Ecological release is a prominent hypothesis in evolutionary ecology regarding colonization of newly available habitats by a population. In the original population, […]
Correlational selection on sexual signal size and performance in lizards
Meeting Abstract 63.5 Wednesday, Jan. 6 Correlational selection on sexual signal size and performance in lizards IRSCHICK, Duncan/J; University of Massachusetts at Amherst irschick@bio.umass.edu Although many researchers have studied natural and sexual selection, relatively few have studied correlational selection, particularly in regards to sexual traits and performance. Recent research has shown that many sexual traits in animals […]
Can temperature drive the intensity of male-male competition across a latitudinal cline
Meeting Abstract 63.8 Wednesday, Jan. 6 Can temperature drive the intensity of male-male competition across a latitudinal cline? CAMERON, S. F.*; WILSON, R. S.; The University of Queensland, Australia; The University of Queensland, Australia s.cameron3@uq.edu.au Theory predicts that increased competition for resources should lead to a higher level of intensity of male-male combat in highly territorial species. […]
Where larval supply fails to forecast settlement
Meeting Abstract 62.2 Wednesday, Jan. 6 Where larval supply fails to forecast settlement ZIMMER, C.A.*; STARCZAK, V.R.; ZIMMER, R.K.; Univ. of California, Los Angeles; Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst., MA; Univ. of California, Los Angeles cazimmer@biology.ucla.edu Forecasting larval settlement from supply is critical in designing marine protected areas and developing recovery strategies for highly impacted regions. Such predictions […]
The effects of substratum on patellogastropod size, abundance, and recruitment in a geologically complex temperate region
Meeting Abstract 62.11 Wednesday, Jan. 6 The effects of substratum on patellogastropod size, abundance, and recruitment in a geologically complex temperate region PEROTTI, Elizabeth A.; University of Hawai’i, Manoa eperotti@hawaii.edu Understanding the abiotic and biotic factors that influence spatial and temporal variation in the rocky intertidal is important for conservation of communities that face increasing alteration and […]
The Interstitial Encrusting Fauna of Subtidal Sand, a Significant Understudied Habitat
Meeting Abstract 62.8 Wednesday, Jan. 6 The Interstitial Encrusting Fauna of Subtidal Sand, a Significant Understudied Habitat. WINSTON, Judith E.*; MIGOTTO, Alvaro E.; VIEIRA, Leandro M.; Virginia Museum of Natural History; CEBIMar, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil; CEBIMar, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil judith.winston@vmnh.virginia.gov Studies carried out at two subtidal sand bottom sites, off the Florida east […]
