Meeting Abstract P3.35 Thursday, Jan. 6 What is the cost of going green? HALE, A.M.; KARSTEN, K.B.*; Texas Christian Univ.; Texas Christian Univ. k.karsten@tcu.edu Wind energy is expanding at an incredible pace nationally and internationally. The benefits are intuitive and obvious: a renewable source of energy, low carbon emissions, and in arid environments, the lack of water […]
year: 2011
Warm and humid Nest-site selection in an emerging parental care model
Meeting Abstract P3.110 Thursday, Jan. 6 Warm and humid: Nest-site selection in an emerging parental care model STAHLSCHMIDT, Z.R.*; BRASHEARS, J; DENARDO, D.F.; Arizona State Univ., Tempe; Arizona State Univ., Tempe; Arizona State Univ., Tempe zs@asu.edu Parental care represents an adaptation of great importance, as it is a convergent trait exploited by a broad range of taxa. […]
Want to be an elite diver Get fat The underlying secrets of myoglobin regulation in Weddell seal muscle cells
Meeting Abstract P3.86 Thursday, Jan. 6 Want to be an elite diver? Get fat! The underlying secrets of myoglobin regulation in Weddell seal muscle cells DE MIRANDA JR., M.A.*; SCHLATER, A.E.; GREEN, T.L.; KANATOUS, S.B.; Colorado State University; Colorado State University; Colorado State University; Colorado State University demiranda.michael@gmail.com The purpose of this study was to uncover factors […]
Vocal tract motor patterns in spontaneously vocalizing rats (Rattus norvegicus)
Meeting Abstract P3.148 Thursday, Jan. 6 Vocal tract motor patterns in spontaneously vocalizing rats (Rattus norvegicus) RIEDE, T.*; MA, S.T.; SUTHERS, R.A.; KANE, J.R.; FOX, C.; RAMIG, L.; SCHALLERT, T.; Uni. of Utah, Salt Lake City; Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Indiana Univ., Bloomington; Univ. of Texas, Austin; Univ. of Colorado, Boulder; Univ. of Colorado, Boulder; Univ. […]
Vascular patterns in galliform birds regions of thermal exchange
Meeting Abstract P3.145 Thursday, Jan. 6 Vascular patterns in galliform birds: regions of thermal exchange PORTER, W.R.*; WITMER, L.M.; Ohio University; Ohio University wp298308@ohio.edu The thermoregulatory ability of the avian head stems mainly from the rete mirabile ophthalmicum (RO), a vascular physiological device that functions to regulate the temperatures of the brain and eye somewhat independently from […]
Variations in tendon material properties among muscles
Meeting Abstract P3.133 Thursday, Jan. 6 Variations in tendon material properties among muscles MATSON, A.P.*; KONOW, P.; KONOW, N.; ROBERTS, T.J.; Brown University; Brown University; Brown University; Brown University Andrew_Matson@Brown.edu A tendon’s stiffness affects its ability store elastic energy, provide mechanical feedback, and amplify or attenuate muscle power. Variation in elastic modulus (material stiffness) among different tendons […]
Understanding central nervous system development in an annelid mapping gene expression profiles during early brain formation in Capitella teleta
Meeting Abstract P3.62 Thursday, Jan. 6 Understanding central nervous system development in an annelid: mapping gene expression profiles during early brain formation in Capitella teleta MEYER, NP*; SEAVER, EC; Univ. of Hawaii nmeyer@hawaii.edu Capitella teleta (formerly Capitella sp. I) is a polychaete annelid whose central nervous system consists of a dorsal anterior brain and a ventral nerve […]
Transcriptome profiling of limb regeneration in the fiddler crab, Uca pugilator
Meeting Abstract P3.28 Thursday, Jan. 6 Transcriptome profiling of limb regeneration in the fiddler crab, Uca pugilator. DAS, S.*; NAJAR, F.Z.; HOPKINS, P.M.; ROE, B.A.; DURICA, D.S.; University ok Oklahoma sunetra.das-1@ou.edu The crustacean Uca pugilator has the ability to regenerate its limbs as an adult. There are two phases of limb regeneration, basal and proecdysial growth, which […]
Touch or go Proximal cues for clutch brooding in Children’s pythons (Antaresia childreni)
Meeting Abstract P3.106 Thursday, Jan. 6 Touch or go: Proximal cues for clutch brooding in Children’s pythons (Antaresia childreni) BRASHEARS, Jake A.*; DENARDO, Dale F.; Arizona State University; Arizona State University jake.brashears@asu.edu The proximal cues that elicit and maintain maternal behavior have been extensively studied in birds and mammals, but they are poorly understood in amphibians and […]
Thermoregulatory cost affects territorial behavior in hummingbirds A model and its application
Meeting Abstract P3.142 Thursday, Jan. 6 Thermoregulatory cost affects territorial behavior in hummingbirds: A model and its application GONZALEZ-GOMEZ, Paulina L*; RICOTE-MARTINEZ, Natalia ; RAZETO-BARRY, Pablo; COTORAS, Ivania; BOZINOVIC, Francisco; Univ. of California, Davis; Instituto de Filosofia y Ciencias de la Complejidad, Santiago, Chile; CASEB, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile.; Instituto de Filosofia y Ciencias de la […]
