Collective learning and optimal consensus decisions in social animal groups

Meeting Abstract 28.4  Saturday, Jan. 4 14:15  Collective learning and optimal consensus decisions in social animal groups KAO, AB*; MILLER, N; TORNEY, C; HARTNETT, A; COUZIN, ID; Princeton University; Princeton University; Princeton University; Princeton University; Princeton University akao@princeton.edu Learning has been studied extensively in the context of isolated individuals. However, many organisms are social and consequently make […]

Variation in tensile properties of tracheal tubes in the American cockroach

Meeting Abstract 27.1  Saturday, Jan. 4 13:30  Variation in tensile properties of tracheal tubes in the American cockroach BECKER, W. R.*; WEBSTER, M. R.; SOCHA, J. J.; DE VITA, R.; Virginia Tech; Virginia Tech; Virginia Tech; Virginia Tech wbecker@vt.edu Insects use an extensive network of tracheal tubes to transport oxygen directly to cells throughout the body. These […]

Not all asymmetric feathers are created equal; a survey of flight feathers reveals several morphological strategies for achieving vane asymmetry

Meeting Abstract 27.6  Saturday, Jan. 4 14:45  Not all asymmetric feathers are created equal; a survey of flight feathers reveals several morphological strategies for achieving vane asymmetry FEO, TJ*; PRUM, RO; Yale Univeristy; Yale University teresa.feo@yale.edu Feathers come in a wide diversity of shapes and sizes which birds use to accomplish a variety of functions from sound […]

Nonlinear Elasticity of Tracheal Tubes in the American Cockroach

Meeting Abstract 27.2  Saturday, Jan. 4 13:45  Nonlinear Elasticity of Tracheal Tubes in the American Cockroach WEBSTER, M.R.*; SOCHA, J.J.; DE VITA, R.; Virginia Tech; Virginia Tech; Virginia Tech mwbstr@vt.edu In some insect species, diffusion-based respiration is supplemented with convection. For insects that use rhythmic tracheal compression, convective ventilation is produced by the periodic collapse and re-inflation […]

Multipurpose spider silks the implications of web impact on vibration signalling

Meeting Abstract 27.5  Saturday, Jan. 4 14:30  Multipurpose spider silks: the implications of web impact on vibration signalling MORTIMER, B.*; SIVIOUR, C. R.; HOLLAND, C.; VOLLRATH, F.; University of Oxford, UK; University of Oxford, UK; Sheffield University, UK; University of Oxford, UK beth.mortimer@zoo.ox.ac.uk Spider silks are multipurpose materials optimised for both mechanical and signalling roles. A prime […]

Mechanical design rules of articulated fish scale armor

Meeting Abstract 27.7  Saturday, Jan. 4 15:00  Mechanical design rules of articulated fish scale armor VARSHNEY, S. *; ZOLOTOVSKY, E.; REICHERT, S.; LI, Y.N.; OXMAN, N.; BOYCE, M.C.; ORTIZ, C.; Massachusetts Institute of Technology svarsh19@mit.edu The mechanical design rules of the ganoid squamation in the armored fish, Polypterus senegalus, were investigated with macroscale biomimetic models. The translational […]

Material properties of the pectoral fin rays of basal actinopterygian fishes

Meeting Abstract 27.8  Saturday, Jan. 4 15:15  Material properties of the pectoral fin rays of basal actinopterygian fishes TAFT, NK*; FLAMMANG, BE; BLEVINS, E; LAUDER, GV; University of Wisconsin-Parkside; Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University; Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University; Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University taft@uwp.edu The material properties of the pectoral fin rays (lepidotrichia) […]

Bat wing skin mechanical behavior

Meeting Abstract 27.3  Saturday, Jan. 4 14:00  Bat wing skin mechanical behavior CHENEY, JA*; BEARNOT, A; SWARTZ, SM; Brown University, Providence, RI Jorn_Cheney@Brown.edu In addition to the typical protective and regulatory functions of vertebrate skin, in bat, the skin of wings serves as a critical organ for locomotion: during flight, this skin membrane, often less than 50 […]

Anisotropy in the skin and blubber of killer whales suggest no hydrostatic function

Meeting Abstract 27.4  Saturday, Jan. 4 14:15  Anisotropy in the skin and blubber of killer whales suggest no hydrostatic function PORTER, ME*; WAINWRIGHT, DK; LOWE, AT; HALVORSEN, MB; SUMMERS, AP; Florida Atlantic University; Harvard University; University of Washington; Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; University of Washington, Friday Harbor Labs me.porter@fau.edu Skin is a network of elastin and collagen […]

Three-Dimensional Head Kinematics During Terrestrial Locomotion in Humans and Chimpanzees

Meeting Abstract 26.4  Saturday, Jan. 4 14:15  Three-Dimensional Head Kinematics During Terrestrial Locomotion in Humans and Chimpanzees THOMPSON, N.E.*; O’NEILL, M.C.; DEMES, B.; Stony Brook University Medicine; Stony Brook University Medicine; Stony Brook University Medicine nathan.thompson@stonybrook.edu Osseous semicircular canal morphology has been used to reconstruct aspects of locomotor behavior in living and fossil primates. Relative to chimpanzees […]

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