Meeting Abstract P3.123  Sunday, Jan. 6  CHARACTERIZATION OF COMPLEMENT-SYSTEM ACTIVITY OF COMMON PIGEON PLASMA (Columba livia) CAVIEDES-VIDAL, E*; LOPEZ-CATIVA, L; MOLINA-MARINO, L; Univ Nac de San Luis – Consejo Nac de Inv Científicas y Técnicas; Univ Nac de San Luis; Univ Nac de San Luis – Consejo Nac de Inv Científicas y Técnicas enrique.caviedes@gmail.com The complement system […]

Meeting Abstract P3.101  Sunday, Jan. 6  Bringing Order to Taxonomic Chaos: Using Geometric Morphometrics and Elliptical Fourier Analysis to Distinguish Morphologically Equivocal Lirophora Species TATARIAN, A.F.F.*; ROOPNARINE, P.D.; Wesleyan University; California Academy of Sciences atatarian@wesleyan.edu Lirophora (Family: Veneridae) is a diverse bivalve genus which originated in the western Atlantic 35 mya. Since its first appearance in the […]

Meeting Abstract P3.162  Sunday, Jan. 6  Branch structure affects perch preference and the performance and behaviors of gap-bridging by the snake, Boiga irregularis LEHMKUHL, A M*; WILLIAMSON, B J ; JAYNE, B C ; University of Cincinnati; University of Cincinnati; University of Cincinnati lehmkuaw@mail.uc.edu Branch size, shape and orientation have well documented effects on locomotion, such as […]

Meeting Abstract P3.197  Sunday, Jan. 6  Bone Histology and Primary Growth Rates in Hatchling Titanosaurs from Madagascar: New Insights from Micro-Computed Tomography WHITNEY, M*; CURRY ROGERS, K; BAGLEY, B; Macalester College; Macalester College; University of MInnesota rogersk@macalester.edu The smallest post-hatching juvenile sauropods are only a little less than half of known adult size and leave details of […]

Meeting Abstract P3.103  Sunday, Jan. 6  Body size reconstruction in a saber-toothed cat from the Late Miocene of North America HOPKINS, SSB*; ORCUTT, JD; DAVIS, EB; U. of Oregon; U. of Oregon; U. of Oregon shopkins@uoregon.edu The Late Miocene is a critical interval in felid evolution in North America, falling at the end of the “Cat Gap” […]

Meeting Abstract P3.120  Sunday, Jan. 6  Body condition and heterophil to lymphocyte ratios in urban and rural song sparrow (Melospiza melodia) populations ROSS, A.E.*; ROCK, R.P.; FOLTZ, S.L.; MOORE, I.T.; Virginia Tech; Virginia Tech; Virginia Tech; Virginia Tech allenr15@vt.edu The environment an organism inhabits may directly or indirectly influence the pressures placed on that organism’s immune system, […]

Meeting Abstract P3.11  Sunday, Jan. 6  Blown in the wind: Bumblebee temporal foraging patterns in naturally varying wind conditions CRALL, JD*; COMBES, SA; Concord Field Station, Harvard University; Concord Field Station, Harvard University jcrall@oeb.harvard.edu Variation in wind increases the cost of insect flight and is likely to be an important factor in the foraging costs of pollinating […]

Meeting Abstract P3.147  Sunday, Jan. 6  Behavioral Responses to Pulses of Light in the Longfin Inshore Squid, Doryteuthis Pealeii HADJISOLOMOU, S. P.; Graduate Center of The City University of New York stavrosh@brooklyn.cuny.edu The unshelled coleoid cephalopods (octopus, squid, and cuttlefish) are renowned for their rapid, adaptive camouflage which is under direct neural control. This anti-predatory mechanism is […]

Meeting Abstract P3.213  Sunday, Jan. 6  Atmospheric oxygen availability affects insect thermotolerance at upper lethal temperatures, but oxygen delivery is not limiting under normoxia DE LOS SANTOS, R; MCCUE, M.D.*; St. Mary’s University; St. Mary’s University mmccue1@stmarytx.edu Most natural environments experience fluctuating temperatures that acutely affect an organism’s physiology and ultimately a species’ biogeographic distribution. A popular […]

Meeting Abstract P3.201  Sunday, Jan. 6  Anatomy of archosaur hip joint soft tissues and its significance for interpreting hindlimb function TSAI, H.T.*; HOLLIDAY, C.M.; Univ. of Missouri, Columbia; Univ. of Missouri, Columbia hptkr7@mail.missouri.edu Reconstructing the appendicular joint anatomy of archosaurs is critical for understanding their posture, locomotor behavior, ecology, and evolution. Soft tissue significantly contributes to the […]