Meeting Abstract 71-3 Wednesday, Jan. 6 08:30 Wingbeat frequency and flight kinematics in the largest hovering animals under flight challenge GROOM, DJE*; TOLEDO, MCB; WELCH JR, KC; University of Toronto; Universidade de Taubate; University of Toronto derrick.groom@mail.utoronto.ca Variation in wingbeat kinematics is necessary to sustain hovering flight in the face of changing requirements, such as body mass […]
year: 2016
Kinematics used to modulate lift production in zebra finches
Meeting Abstract 71-4 Wednesday, Jan. 6 08:45 Kinematics used to modulate lift production in zebra finches BAHLMAN, J*; ALTSHULER, D; University of British Columbia; University of British Columbia batman@zoology.ubc.ca Birds naturally perform many behaviors that require modulation of their aerodynamic force production via changes in wing kinematics. Although considerable work has been done on wingbeat kinematics used […]
How foraging birds support bodyweight from takeoff to landing
Meeting Abstract 71-5 Wednesday, Jan. 6 09:00 How foraging birds support bodyweight from takeoff to landing CHIN, D.D.*; LENTINK, D; Stanford University; Stanford University ddchin@stanford.edu Birds frequently fly short distances as they forage among and within trees. Many small birds also exhibit bounding behavior during these low speed flights. While it is generally accepted that bounding at […]
Flight performance and sexual differences in black-chinned hummingbirds (Archilochus alexandri)
Meeting Abstract 71-2 Wednesday, Jan. 6 08:15 Flight performance and sexual differences in black-chinned hummingbirds (Archilochus alexandri) WILCOX, SC*; CLARK, CJ; Univ. of California, Riverside; Univ. of California, Riverside swilc002@ucr.edu Locomotor performance is important for animals, especially hummingbirds, which catch mobile prey, avoid predators, defend territories, and perform aerial courtship displays. Using black-chinned hummingbirds (Archilochus alexandri) we […]
Effects of predation on the acquisition of flight ability during ontogeny in altricial birds
Meeting Abstract 71-6 Wednesday, Jan. 6 09:15 Effects of predation on the acquisition of flight ability during ontogeny in altricial birds. DIAL, KP*; MARTIN, TE; TOBALSKE, BW; Univ. of Montana, Missoula; Univ. of Montana, Missoula; Univ. of Montana, Missoula kdial@mso.umt.edu http://cas.umt.edu/dbs/flightlab/ Locomotor development among species is remarkably diverse, and we sought to improve understanding of the selective […]
Ascending Flight with Folded Wings Gliding Deceleration of Anna’s Hummingbirds
Meeting Abstract 71-1 Wednesday, Jan. 6 08:00 Ascending Flight with Folded Wings: Gliding Deceleration of Anna’s Hummingbirds ORTEGA-JIMENEZ, VM*; DUDLEY, R; Univ. of California, Berkeley; Univ. of California, Berkeley ornithopterus@gmail.com http://berkeleyflightlab.org/members/victor-m-ortega-jimenez/ Vertical flight is particularly challenging for birds, bats, and insects because of simultaneous and large increases in the costs to overcome gravity and drag, particularly at […]
Repeated adaptation to dangerous prey through a predictable molecular pathway in the garter snake Thamnophis sirtalis
Meeting Abstract 70-5 Wednesday, Jan. 6 09:00 Repeated adaptation to dangerous prey through a predictable molecular pathway in the garter snake Thamnophis sirtalis HAGUE, MTJ*; BRODIE JR., ED; BRODIE III, ED; University of Virginia; Utah State University; University of Virginia mh6nf@virginia.edu Adaptive evolution may proceed down a predictable molecular path when functional constraints or pleiotropy restrict molecular […]
Opportunity for selection the shape of the fitness landscape in an amphidromous waterfall-climbing Hawaiian goby Sicyopterus stimpsoni
Meeting Abstract 70-6 Wednesday, Jan. 6 09:15 Opportunity for selection: the shape of the fitness landscape in an amphidromous waterfall-climbing Hawaiian goby Sicyopterus stimpsoni MOODY, KN*; KAWANO, SM; BRIDGES, WC; BLOB, RW; SCHOENFUSS, HL; PTACEK, MP; Tulane Univ.; NIMBioS; Clemson Univ.; Clemson Univ.; St. Cloud State Univ.; Clemson Univ. kmoody3@tulane.edu Habitat heterogeneity can drive the evolution of […]
Genomic evidence for ecological divergence against a background of population homogeneity in the marine snail Chlorostoma funebralis
Meeting Abstract 70-4 Wednesday, Jan. 6 08:45 Genomic evidence for ecological divergence against a background of population homogeneity in the marine snail Chlorostoma funebralis GLEASON, L.U.*; BURTON, R.S.; Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego; Loyola Marymount University; Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego lani.gleason@gmail.com http://lugleason.weebly.com It can be difficult to resolve the balance between local […]
Genetic divergence predicts the degree of divergence in renal traits of salt marsh Savannah Sparrows
Meeting Abstract 70-2 Wednesday, Jan. 6 08:15 Genetic divergence predicts the degree of divergence in renal traits of salt marsh Savannah Sparrows BENHAM, P.M.*; CHEVIRON, Z.A.; University of Montana; University of Montana phred.benham@umontana.edu Studying the process of local adaptation is key to understanding population response to environmental change. Although differential selective pressures drive adaptive divergence, the degree […]
