Meeting Abstract 52-6 Sunday, Jan. 5 11:30 – 11:45 Effects of Urbanization and Landscape on Wild Avian Gut Microbiomes BERLOW, M*; PHILLIPS, JN; DERRYBERRY, EP; University of Tennessee, Knoxville; California Polytechnic State University; University of Tennessee, Knoxville mae.berlow@gmail.com The rapid effects of human land development present relatively recent and stark changes in the environment. Recent work in […]
year: 2020
Alter Investment or Conserve Assessing animal strategies to limit costs from concurrent weather extremes
Meeting Abstract 52-1 Sunday, Jan. 5 10:15 – 10:30 Alter Investment or Conserve? Assessing animal strategies to limit costs from concurrent weather extremes PADDA, SS*; JOHNSON, DJ; GLASS, JR; STAHLSCHMIDT, ZR; U Pacific; U Pacific; Ariz State U; U Pacific s_singh40@u.pacific.edu http://stahlschmidtlab.weebly.com/ Climate change models predict an increase in the co-occurrence of heat waves and water limitation […]
Visual Avoidance Behavior in Mosquito Larvae and Adults
Meeting Abstract 51-6 Sunday, Jan. 5 11:30 – 11:45 Visual Avoidance Behavior in Mosquito Larvae and Adults CHANDRASEGARAN, K; WYNNE, N; VINAUGER, C*; Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA vinauger@vt.edu http://www.vinaugerlab.com Mosquitoes are the deadliest animals on earth and the diseases they transmit, such as zika, chikungunya and malaria, are responsible for at least one million deaths each year. […]
Neural processing in distributed visual systems – many eyes, many solutions
Meeting Abstract 51-2 Sunday, Jan. 5 10:30 – 10:45 Neural processing in distributed visual systems – many eyes, many solutions CHAPPELL, DR*; SPEISER, DI; University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC; University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC danielrc@email.sc.edu Most research on visual systems has focused on animals with paired cephalic eyes; however, some animals have distributed visual systems […]
Navigating Towards Defensive Hosts Mosquito Visual Avoidance Behavior
Meeting Abstract 51-1 Sunday, Jan. 5 10:15 – 10:30 Navigating Towards Defensive Hosts: Mosquito Visual Avoidance Behavior WYNNE, NE*; FRYZLEWICZ, LH; VINAUGER, C; Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA; Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA; Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA nwynne@vt.edu In order to produce progeny female mosquitoes require proteins […]
Multimodal sensory responses from descending neurons in Squilla stomatopod crustaceans
Meeting Abstract 51-3 Sunday, Jan. 5 10:45 – 11:00 Multimodal sensory responses from descending neurons in Squilla stomatopod crustaceans FELLER, KD*; SUPPLE, J; GONZALEZ-BELLIDO, PT; Univ of Minnesota; Univ of Cambridge; Univ of Minnesota kfeller@umn.edu Though stomatopods (commonly known as mantis shrimp) possess one of the world’s most complex visual sensors, we know very little about how […]
How Do Seabirds See Light Visual sensitivity and light attraction in Hawaiian seabirds
Meeting Abstract 51-5 Sunday, Jan. 5 11:15 – 11:30 How Do Seabirds See Light? Visual sensitivity and light attraction in Hawaiian seabirds MOON, H*; ANDERSON, T; TRAVERS, M; LOEW, E; PORTER, M; University of Hawaii at Manoa; Kauai Endangered Seabird Recovery Project; Cornell University; University of Hawaii at Manoa hmoon@hawaii.edu Artificial lights at night cause high mortality […]
Fruit Flies Respond to Ventral Parallax During Strong Sideslip Disturbances
Meeting Abstract 51-7 Sunday, Jan. 5 11:45 – 12:00 Fruit Flies Respond to Ventral Parallax During Strong Sideslip Disturbances RUIZ, CA*; THEOBALD, JC; Florida International University; Florida International University cruiz093@fiu.edu http://faculty.fiu.edu/~theobald/people/ Flies and other insects use incoherent motion (parallax) to the front and sides to measure distances and identify obstacles during translation. Although additional depth information could […]
Drosophila melanogaster uses its regional attention to maxamize spatial information during flight
Meeting Abstract 51-4 Sunday, Jan. 5 11:00 – 11:15 Drosophila melanogaster uses its regional attention to maxamize spatial information during flight. PALERMO, NA*; SIDDIQUI, SG; THEOBALD, JC; Florida International University; Florida International University; Florida International University npale005@fiu.edu Fruit flies rely heavily on their visual field to stabilize flight. The images projected onto their retinas are only as […]
Swimming Performance Informs Patterns of Evolutionary Ecomorphology Among Triggerfishes and Filefishes (Superfamily Balistoidea)
Meeting Abstract 50-3 Sunday, Jan. 5 10:30 – 10:45 Swimming Performance Informs Patterns of Evolutionary Ecomorphology Among Triggerfishes and Filefishes (Superfamily: Balistoidea) GEORGE, AB*; WESTNEAT, MW; University of Chicago; University of Chicago abgeorge@uchicago.edu Triggerfishes and filefishes (superfamily Balistoidea) exhibit a wide range of morphological diversity including median fins that lie on a continuum from high to low […]
