Meeting Abstract S11.7  Friday, Jan. 7  Ecological and biomechanical insights into the origins of gliding in mammals BYRNES, G.*; SPENCE, A. J.; University of Cincinnati; Royal Veterinary College byrnesgt@ucmail.uc.edu Gliding has evolved independently at least six times in mammals. Multiple untested hypotheses have been proposed to explain the origins of gliding. These include predator evasion, economical locomotion […]

Meeting Abstract S11.2  Friday, Jan. 7  Directed aerial descent in canopy ants MUNK, Y*; YANOVIAK, S P; DUDLEY, R; UC Berkeley; University of Arkansas at Little Rock; UC Berkeley yonatanmunk@berkeley.edu At least eight genera of tropical arboreal ants use directed aerial descent to return to their home tree trunk following a fall from the canopy. We presume […]

Meeting Abstract S11.5  Friday, Jan. 7  Challenges of being a snake glider SOCHA, J.J.*; JAFARI, F.; VLACHOS, P.P.; Virginia Tech; Virginia Tech; Virginia Tech jjsocha@vt.edu Although many cylindrical animals swim through water, flying snakes of the genus Chrysopelea are the only limbless animals that glide through air. Despite a lack of limbs, these snakes can actively take […]

Meeting Abstract S11.1  Friday, Jan. 7  Animal Aloft: The Origins of Aerial Behavior DUDLEY, R.*; YANOVIAK, S.P.; Univ. of California, Berkeley; Univ. of Arkansas, Little Rock wings@berkeley.edu Diverse animal taxa exhibit remarkable aerial capacities, including jumping, parachuting, gliding, controlled maneuvers, and flapping flight. The origin of wings in hexapods and in three separate lineages of vertebrates (pterosaurs, […]

Meeting Abstract S11.9  Friday, Jan. 7  Aerodynamic performance of feathered dinosaurs KOEHL, M.*; EVANGELISTA, D.; Univ. of California, Berkeley; Univ. of California, Berkeley cnidaria@berkeley.edu The evolution of flight in theropod dinosaurs, one lineage of which led to birds, is the subject of lively debate and speculation. Although earlier studies of these animals focused on lift and drag, […]

Meeting Abstract S11.3  Friday, Jan. 7  Aerial Righting Responses: A Comparative Approach JUSUFI, A.*; ZENG, Y.; FULL, R.J.; DUDLEY, R.; Univ. of California, Berkeley ardianj@berkeley.edu Animals that fall upside down typically engage in an aerial righting response so as to reorient rightside up. This behavior can be preparatory to gliding or other aerial behaviors, and is ultimately […]

Meeting Abstract S11.8  Friday, Jan. 7  Active control of aerodynamic forces during gliding in flying squirrels BISHOP, K.L.; BAHLMAN, J.W.*; Florida International University; Brown University joseph_bahlman@brown.edu Early studies of gliding performance in mammals simplified aerodynamic analyses by assuming that the animals reached an equilibrium state in which there were no net accelerations on the body. In these […]

Meeting Abstract S10.11  Friday, Jan. 7  Thermal ecology of a diurnal desert rodent LEVY, Ofir; DAYAN, Tamar; KRONFELD-SCHOR, Noga*; Tel Aviv University; Tel Aviv University; Tel Aviv University nogaks@tauex.tau.ac.il We studied the relationship between the order of arrival to a food patch, food consumption and thermoregulatory strategy, and the effect of food supplementation during summer and winter […]

Meeting Abstract S10.6  Friday, Jan. 7  The effects of dietary protein and water availability on mass gain in passerine birds refueling during migration. PINSHOW, B*; AAMIDOR, S; MIZRAHY, O; MCWILLIAMS, SR; BAUCHINGER, U; Ben-Gurion University of the Negev; Ben-Gurion University of the Negev; Ben-Gurion University of the Negev; University of Rhode Island; University of Rhode Island pinshow@bgu.ac.il […]

Meeting Abstract S10.5  Friday, Jan. 7  The effects of diet on thermoregulation and torpor in Siberian hamsters. GUTOWSKI, Jakub P.*; DUBICKI, Adam; WOJCIECHOWSKI, Michal S.; JEFIMOW, Malgorzata; Nicolaus Copernicus Univ, Torun, Poland; Nicolaus Copernicus Univ, Torun, Poland; Nicolaus Copernicus Univ, Torun, Poland; Nicolaus Copernicus Univ, Torun, Poland gutowski@doktorant.umk.pl Body fat and its composition influence the physiology of […]