Meeting Abstract 130-1 Thursday, Jan. 7 13:30 Predicting effects of environmental variability on thermal risk to black abalone: Combining ecomechanics with behavior DUNCAN, EA*; MILLER, LP; DENNY, MW; ALLEN, BJ; California State University, Long Beach; San Jose State University, California; Hopkins Marine Station of Stanford University, Pacific Grove, CA; California State University, Long Beach liz.duncan90@gmail.com Black abalone […]
year: 2016
Natural variation in embryonic thermal tolerance among populations of Drosophila melanogaster along a thermal gradient
Meeting Abstract 130-6 Thursday, Jan. 7 14:45 Natural variation in embryonic thermal tolerance among populations of Drosophila melanogaster along a thermal gradient LOCKWOOD, B. L.; University of Vermont Brent.Lockwood@uvm.edu http://www.uvm.edu/~bllockwo/ Early development is predicted to be canalized to produce discrete phenotypes even in the face of environmental perturbation. Contrary to this paradigm, we find that there is […]
Micro-scale environmental variation amplifies physiological variation among individual mussels
Meeting Abstract 130-5 Thursday, Jan. 7 14:30 Micro-scale environmental variation amplifies physiological variation among individual mussels DOWD, WW*; JIMENEZ, AG; JAYAWARDENE, S; ALVES, S; DALLMER, J; Loyola Marymount University; Colgate University; Loyola Marymount University; Loyola Marymount University; Loyola Marymount University wdowd@lmu.edu http://myweb.lmu.edu/wdowd/ The contributions of temporal and spatial environmental variation to physiological variation remain poorly resolved. Rocky […]
Effects of increased temperatures and increased thermal variation on development and survival of an aquatic insect
Meeting Abstract 130-7 Thursday, Jan. 7 15:00 Effects of increased temperatures and increased thermal variation on development and survival of an aquatic insect MABRY, K.E.*; HAMMOND, J.I.; MCCAULEY, S.J.; New Mexico State Univ.; Univ. of New Mexico ; Univ. of Toronto Mississauga kmabry@nmsu.edu The effects of climate change on plants and animals are pervasive. Importantly, climate change […]
Beyond thermal performance curves Modeling time-dependent effects of thermal stress on ectotherm growth rates
Meeting Abstract 130-3 Thursday, Jan. 7 14:00 Beyond thermal performance curves: Modeling time-dependent effects of thermal stress on ectotherm growth rates KINGSOLVER, J.G*; WOODS, H.A.; Univ. of North Carolina; Univ. of Montana jgking@bio.unc.edu Thermal performance curves have been widely used to model the ecological responses of ectotherms to variable thermal environments and climate change. Such models ignore […]
A conceptual framework for understanding thermal constraints on ectotherm activity
Meeting Abstract 130-4 Thursday, Jan. 7 14:15 A conceptual framework for understanding thermal constraints on ectotherm activity GUNDERSON, A.R.; San Francisco State University alexrgunderson@gmail.com https://sites.google.com/site/alexrgunderson/home Activity budgets influence the expression of life-history traits as well as population dynamics. For ectotherms, a major constraint on activity is environmental temperature. Nonetheless, we currently lack a comprehensive conceptual framework for […]
The dynamics of bee learning with nutritionally complex floral rewards
Meeting Abstract 129-2 Thursday, Jan. 7 13:45 The dynamics of bee learning with nutritionally complex floral rewards MUTH, F.; PAPAJ, D.R.; LEONARD, A.S.*; University of Nevada, Reno; University of Arizona; University of Nevada, Reno anneleonard@unr.edu http://www.anneleonard.com Plants attract pollinators with visually complex displays and reward them with nutritionally complex resources. Ever since Karl von Frisch’s Nobel Prize-winning […]
Olfactory learning in the vector mosquito Aedes aegypti
Meeting Abstract 129-5 Thursday, Jan. 7 14:30 Olfactory learning in the vector mosquito Aedes aegypti VINAUGER, C*; LAHONDÈRE, C; LUTZ, E K; LOCKE, L T; RIFFELL, J A; Univ. of Washington, Seattle; Univ. of Washington; Univ. of Washington; Univ. of Washington; Univ. of Washington vinauger@uw.edu http://www.clementvinauger.com Olfactory learning in blood-feeding insects, such as mosquitoes, could play an […]
Brain size and memory of captured prey in the cellar spider Pholcus phalangioides (Araneae Pholcidae)
Meeting Abstract 129-4 Thursday, Jan. 7 14:15 Brain size and memory of captured prey in the cellar spider Pholcus phalangioides (Araneae: Pholcidae) KILMER, J.T.; University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee jtkilmer@uwm.edu https://pantherfile.uwm.edu/jtkilmer/www/ The evolutionary reduction of body size can present animals with some major challenges. Animals with smaller bodies tend to have absolutely smaller brains. As a result, tiny animals […]
Allometry of visual pattern learning body size does not predict performance
Meeting Abstract 129-3 Thursday, Jan. 7 14:00 Allometry of visual pattern learning: body size does not predict performance DUELL, M.E.*; SMITH, B.H.; Arizona State University meduell@asu.edu Most animals on earth are small but we know little of their behavioral abilities. There is no general consensus on whether small animals have similar, better or worse behavioral functionality compared […]
