Meeting Abstract 19.3  Friday, Jan. 4  Metabolic and behavioral variation with colony size and age: a manipulative test of the size-dependence theory of metabolic allometry WATERS, JS*; HARRISON, JF; Princeton University; Arizona State University jswaters@princeton.edu The nonlinear relationship between animal metabolic rates and their body size is a “many-splendored thing” and the mechanistic basis for this relationship, […]

Meeting Abstract 19.5  Friday, Jan. 4  Do Tropical Birds From Andean Forests Have Low Basal Metabolism? CHAPPELL, M.A.*; LONDONO, G.; JANKOWSKI, J.; ROBINSON, S.; RINCON, D.; CHINOME, A.; RIVERA, S.; RINCONGUARIN, D.; FLOREZ, C.; Univ. of California, Riverside; Univ. of Florida, Gainesville; Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver; Univ. of Florida, Gainesville; Univ. de Antioquia, Columbia; Univ. Tecnologia […]

Meeting Abstract 19.6  Friday, Jan. 4  Cardiac thermal tolerance and acclimatory plasticity in diverse populations of the invasive green crab, Carcinus maenas TEPOLT, CK*; SOMERO, GN; Stanford University; Stanford University carolyn.tepolt@gmail.com Widespread invasive species successfully enter a broad range of novel habitats, often over short time scales, and exhibit remarkable abilities to thrive under new conditions, e.g., […]

Meeting Abstract 18.1  Friday, Jan. 4  The morphological and kinematic basis of suction feeding performance evolution COLLAR, D.C.*; MEHTA, R.S.; HOLZMAN, R.; WAINWRIGHT, P.C.; Univ. of California, Santa Cruz; Univ. of California, Santa Cruz; Tel Aviv Univ.; Univ. of California, Davis dcollar@ucsc.edu Organismal performance is a product of the size and shape of morphological structures and the […]

Meeting Abstract 18.5  Friday, Jan. 4  Reconstructing the Diel Activity Patterns of Fossil Nonmammalian Synapsids ANGIELCZYK, KD*; SCHMITZ, L; Field Museum of Natural History; Claremont McKenna, Pitzer, and Scripps Colleges kangielczyk@fieldmuseum.org The majority of extant mammals are nocturnal, and it has been assumed that this trait characterized the earliest mammals. It also has been hypothesized that the […]

Meeting Abstract 18.2  Friday, Jan. 4  Fractal radiation: repeated patterns of diversification along an axis of body elongation in fishes CLAVERIE, T*; WAINWRIGHT, P C; Univ. of California, Davis; Univ. of California, Davis tclaverie@ucdavis.edu We explored patterns of body shape diversification in the mega-diverse spiny-rayed fishes. Geometric morphometric tools were used with landmark data collected from lateral-view […]

Meeting Abstract 18.3  Friday, Jan. 4  Evolutionary morphology of the prehensile tail in syngnathid fishes: from pipefish to seahorse NEUTENS, C*; ADRIAENS, D; CHRISTIAENS, J; VAN LOO, D; DE KEGEL, B; BOISTEL, R; VAN HOOREBEKE, L; Ghent University, Belgium; Ghent University, Belgium; Ghent University, Belgium; Ghent University, Belgium; Ghent University, Belgium; Université de Poitiers, France; Ghent University, […]

Meeting Abstract 18.4  Friday, Jan. 4  BEYOND BLACK AND WHITE: COMPARATIVE ECOMORPHOLOGY IN THREE RAPIDLY EVOLVING LIZARD SPECIES AT WHITE SANDS DES ROCHES, S.*; TORRESDAL, J.; MORGAN, T.; BRINKMEYER, M.; HARMON, L.J.; ROSENBLUM, E.B.; University of Idaho; University of Idaho; University of Idaho; University of Idaho; University of Idaho; University of California, Berkeley simone.desroches@gmail.com Determining which traits […]

Meeting Abstract 17.6  Friday, Jan. 4  Unit responses from antenna in cockroaches generate control input predicted from control-theoretic model of wall following MONGEAU, J.-M.*; SPONBERG, S.N.; FULL, R.J.; Univ. of California, Berkeley; Univ. of California, Berkeley; Univ. of California, Berkeley jmmongeau@berkeley.edu Connecting neural responses to task-level control during high-bandwidth tasks is critical to understanding the neuromechanics of […]

Meeting Abstract 17.10  Friday, Jan. 4  The Effect of Loss of Sensory Input from the Tegula on the Flight Behavior and Muscle Activation Patterns of the moth Manduca sexta SIMPSON, GM*; WILLIS, MA; Case Western Reserve University; Case Western Reserve University gms67@case.edu The tegula is a sensory structure at the base of each of an insect’s wings. […]