Meeting Abstract 55-3 Tuesday, Jan. 5 10:15 Covariation of Body and Oral Jaw Shapes in Malagasy and South Asian Cichlids MARTINEZ, C.M.*; SPARKS, J.S.; American Museum of Natural History; American Museum of Natural History cmartinez@amnh.org Etroplinae and Ptychochrominae represent two subfamilies of the highly diverse family Cichlidae. Occurring in Madagascar and South Asia, these groups are less […]
year: 2016
A giant fossil chasmosaurine (Ceratopsidae, Dinosauria) postcranium from Wyoming
Meeting Abstract 55-8 Tuesday, Jan. 5 12:00 A giant fossil chasmosaurine (Ceratopsidae, Dinosauria) postcranium from Wyoming FORIR, M*; CONRAD, JL; Missouri Institute of Natural Science; NYIT COM / AMNH cavehog@hotmail.com http://www.monatsci.org/ The Late Cretaceous (LK) Lance Formation (Maastrichtian) is a well-sampled division from which a variety of vertebrates are known, especially avian and non-avian dinosaur species. A […]
Submissive behaviour reduces the costs of conflict and facilitates group living A case study in a highly social cichlid fish
Meeting Abstract 54-1 Tuesday, Jan. 5 10:15 Submissive behaviour reduces the costs of conflict and facilitates group living: A case study in a highly social cichlid fish REDDON, A.R.; McGill University adam.reddon@mcgill.ca http://adamreddon.ca Submissive behaviour serves to signal acquiescence to a dominant individual, thereby avoiding further conflict. Despite its important role in agonistic interactions, submissive behaviour has […]
Regulation of individual decision by pavent ants and the self-organization of wars between neighboring colonies
Meeting Abstract 54-3 Tuesday, Jan. 5 10:45 Regulation of individual decision by pavent ants and the self-organization of wars between neighboring colonies GREENE, MJ*; BUBAK, AN; RENNER, K; SWALLOW, JG; University of Colorado Denver; University of Colorado Denver; University of South Dakota; University of Colorado Denver michael.greene@ucdenver.edu Social insect colonies are regulated as non-hierarchical, distributed systems in […]
Intraspecific variation in the collective behaviors of multiple interacting species predicts contest outcomes in acorn ants
Meeting Abstract 54-4 Tuesday, Jan. 5 11:00 Intraspecific variation in the collective behaviors of multiple interacting species predicts contest outcomes in acorn ants LICHTENSTEIN, J.L.L.*; PRUITT, J.N.; MODLMEIER, A.; University of Pittsburgh; University of Pittsburgh; Pennsylvania State University jll134@pitt.edu http://www.biology.pitt.edu/person/james-lichtenstein Intraspecific variation in behavior has largely been neglected by community ecologists to date. Recently, however, a number […]
Context-dependent chemical signaling, aggression, and neural activation patterns in reproductively-receptive female cichlids
Meeting Abstract 54-2 Tuesday, Jan. 5 10:30 Context-dependent chemical signaling, aggression, and neural activation patterns in reproductively-receptive female cichlids FIELD, K.E.*; MARUSKA, K.P.; LSU; LSU kfield3@tigers.lsu.edu Social animals must assess the environment to make behavioral decisions. Across vertebrates, processing of social cues to elicit suitable behavioral responses is thought to be mediated by conserved brain nuclei of […]
Collective nest ventilation by honey bees Global flow patterns arise from local fanning responses
Meeting Abstract 54-7 Tuesday, Jan. 5 11:45 Collective nest ventilation by honey bees: Global flow patterns arise from local fanning responses PETERS, JM*; GRAVISH, N; MAHADEVAN, L; COMBES, SA; Harvard University; Harvard University; Harvard University; Univ. of California, Davis jcbptrs@gmail.com Many social insects that live in large, congested colonies (e.g., some ants and termites) build elaborate physical […]
Autonomous robotic diggers provide insight into the challenges of collective nest construction
Meeting Abstract 54-6 Tuesday, Jan. 5 11:30 Autonomous robotic diggers provide insight into the challenges of collective nest construction MONAENKOVA, D.*; LINEVICH, V.; GOODISMAN, M.A.D.; GOLDMAN, D.I.; Georgia Institute of Technology dmonaen@physics.gatech.edu The subterranean nests of S. invicta fire ants are stunningly sophisticated. Nest construction is accomplished through the collective effort of multiple workers. Our laboratory experiments […]
Automated tracking reveals the importance of individual variation for division of labor in primitively eusocial bumblebees (Bombus impatiens)
Meeting Abstract 54-5 Tuesday, Jan. 5 11:15 Automated tracking reveals the importance of individual variation for division of labor in primitively eusocial bumblebees (Bombus impatiens) CRALL, JD*; GRAVISH, N; MOUNTCASTLE, AM; KOCHER, SD; OPPENHEIMER, R; KAO, AB; PIERCE, N; COMBES, SA; Harvard University; Harvard University; Harvard University; Princeton University; Harvard University; Harvard University; Harvard University; University of […]
Temperature-mediated Changes in Plant Toxin Tolerance by Mammalian Herbivores
Meeting Abstract 53-2 Tuesday, Jan. 5 10:30 Temperature-mediated Changes in Plant Toxin Tolerance by Mammalian Herbivores KURNATH, P*; MERZ, NM; DEARING, MD; University of Utah; University of Utah; University of Utah patrice.kurnath@utah.edu There is growing evidence for mammalian herbivores that ambient temperature may interact directly with plant toxins in a way that the toxicity of plant defense […]
