Meeting Abstract 91.3  Saturday, Jan. 7  Force production by the forelimbs of salamanders and pectoral fins of mudskippers during terrestrial locomotion KAWANO, S.M.*; BLOB, R.W.; Clemson Univ.; Clemson Univ. skawano@clemson.edu Salamanders are often used to model the locomotor capacities of early tetrapods due to postural and morphological similarities. The fossil record provides evidence that terrestrial adaptations began […]

Meeting Abstract 91.1  Saturday, Jan. 7  Exposure to hypoxia impacts hexapedal locomotion in the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus Rathbun STOVER, KK*; BURNETT, LE; MCELROY, EJ; BURNETT, KG; College of Charleston; College of Charleston; College of Charleston; College of Charleston stokris@gmail.com The Atlantic blue crab, Callinectes sapidus (Rathbun), is an important commercial and recreational fishing species that resides […]

Meeting Abstract 91.5  Saturday, Jan. 7  Dynamics of hunting in free ranging cheetah WILSON, AM*; LOWE, J; HUDSON, PE; ROSKILLY, K; MCNUTT, JW; The Royal Veterinary College; The Royal Veterinary College; The Royal Veterinary College; The Royal Veterinary College; Botswana Predator Conservation Trust awilson@rvc.ac.uk Studies of maximum performance are limited by subject motivation and attempts by ourselves […]

Meeting Abstract 91.6  Saturday, Jan. 7  Acceleration mechanics in Desert Kangaroo Rats (Dipodomys desertii) MCGOWAN, Craig; University of Idaho cpmcgowan@uidaho.edu Wallabies are known for their ability to decouple metabolic cost from hopping speed, largely due to elastic energy recovery from long, thin ankle extensor tendons. Smaller species of bipedal hoppers, such as kangaroo rats, have relatively thicker […]

Meeting Abstract 90.1  Friday, Jan. 6  Variation in Egg Components: A Study of Maternal Investment and Resource Partitioning in the Nesting Loggerhead Sea Turtle. PATEL, K*; WILLIAMS, K; FRICK, M; ROSTAL, D; GSU; Caretta Project; Caretta Project; GSU patelkv@hendrix.edu Understanding maternal contributions and strategies in reproduction can reflect how resources are allocated in response to resource availability […]

Meeting Abstract 90.5  Friday, Jan. 6  Resource availability and colony founding in harvester ants APPLEBY, L.R.; Univ. of Houston lrappleby@uh.edu In many organisms, the riskiest life stage is the beginning. Some species deal with this by producing well-provisioned individuals who do not need to forage for some time. In harvester ants of the genus Pogonomyrmex, the highest […]

Meeting Abstract 90.4  Friday, Jan. 6  Reproduction and fecundity in the nemertean worm Prosorhochmus americanus (Nemertea, Hoplonemertea) CAPLINS, S.A.*; TURBEVILLE, J.M; Virginia Commonwealth University; Virginia Commonwealth University caplinssa@vcu.edu The nemertean worm Prosorhochmus americanus resides on rock jetties in coastal areas of the Southeastern United States and is uncommon among nemerteans in being hermaphroditic and viviparous. Early observations […]

Meeting Abstract 90.3  Friday, Jan. 6  Experimentally decoupling reproductive investment and energy storage to investigate the functional basis of life-history trade-offs COX, Robert M*; CALSBEEK, Ryan; University of Virginia; Dartmouth College rmc3u@virginia.edu The trade-off between reproduction and survival is central to life-history theory, but we currently know little about the physiological mechanisms that link these two components […]

Meeting Abstract 90.6  Friday, Jan. 6  Ectoparasites as a determinant of host litter size PATTERSON, Jesse; Univ. of Calgary jesse.patterson@ucalgary.ca Life-history theory states that offspring number and offspring size trade-off with each other, as dictated by the energetic environment of the breeder. Mammalian mothers adjust the size of their litters before birth and also during lactation in […]

Meeting Abstract 90.2  Friday, Jan. 6  Building better babies: Impact of individual variation in milk composition on differential reproductive performance of Columbian ground squirrels SKIBIEL, A.L.*; HOOD, W.R.; Auburn University; Auburn University skibiam@auburn.edu In mammals, maternal care is an integral part of a species life history strategy and variation among females in maternal effort provides the raw […]