Meeting Abstract 129-4  Tuesday, Jan. 7 11:00 – 11:15  Co-evolution of cleaning and feeding morphology in Caribbean and eastern Pacific gobies HUIE, JM*; THACKER, C; TORNABENE, L; University of Washington; Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County; University of Washington jmhuie@uw.edu Cleaning symbioses are mutualistic relationships where cleaners remove and consume ectoparasites from their clients. Cleaning behavior […]

Meeting Abstract 129-2  Tuesday, Jan. 7 10:30 – 10:45  A tale of scales and snails: behaviorally mediated traits drive the evolution of novelty in a radiation of Cyprinodon pupfishes ST. JOHN, ME*; MARTIN, CH; University of California – Berkeley; University of California – Berkeley stjohn3@berkeley.edu Understanding how organisms adapt to novel ecological niches is an outstanding question […]

Meeting Abstract 128-2  Tuesday, Jan. 7 10:30 – 10:45  The Evolution of Sex-Specific Paternal Effects in Threespined Sticklebacks HELLMANN, JK*; BENSKY, M; ZIELINSKI, C; ANDERSON, S; BELL, A; University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign hellmann@illinois.edu https://jehellmann45.wixsite.com/home Sex-specific selection pressures can generate different phenotypic […]

Meeting Abstract 128-5  Tuesday, Jan. 7 11:15 – 11:30  The Effects of Aging: Task Allocation and Inactivity in Two Ant Species ISON, T*; CHARBONNEAU, D; WAUGH, A; LINKSVAYER, T; DORNHAUS, A; University of Arizona, Tucson; Arizona State University, Phoenix; University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; University of Arizona, Tucson tjison@email.arizona.edu Eusocial insects and other colonial […]

Meeting Abstract 128-4  Tuesday, Jan. 7 11:00 – 11:15  Sodium perchlorate causes behavioral changes in developing zebrafish larva MINICOZZI, MR*; AXLID, E; WILSON, T; BUCK, CL; VON HIPPEL, FA; Minnesota State University Mankato; Northern Arizona University Michael.Minicozzi@mnsu.edu Sodium perchlorate (NaClO4) is a strong oxidizing agent with a variety of military and industrial uses. Its widespread use and […]

Meeting Abstract 128-3  Tuesday, Jan. 7 10:45 – 11:00  Parental and personal experience with predation risk interact in shaping phenotypes in a sex-specific manner STEIN, LR*; HOKE, KL; University of Oklahoma; Colorado State University laura.stein@ou.edu http://laurastein.weebly.com Evolutionary history, parental experience, and personal experience provide distinct avenues by which organisms adjust phenotypes based on environment, yet the mechanisms […]

Meeting Abstract 128-6  Tuesday, Jan. 7 11:30 – 11:45  Designed for Comparative Advantage: Body size, Division of Labor, and the Benefits of Worse Workers in Bumble Bees DORNHAUS, A*; KELEMEN, EP; RIVERA, MD; University of Arizona; York University; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign dornhaus@email.arizona.edu http://socialinsectlab.arizona.edu In many complex systems, individual units show diversity in form and function. […]

Meeting Abstract 128-1  Tuesday, Jan. 7 10:15 – 10:30  Behavioral and molecular reaction norms of locust phase polyphenism in a phylogenetic frame work FOQUET, B*; SONG, H; Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University Bert.Foquet@gmail.com Locusts are grasshoppers (Acrididae) that form large migratory swarms or marching bands, and show density-dependent phase polyphenism. This polyphenism consists of two phases, […]

Meeting Abstract 127-1  Tuesday, Jan. 7 10:30 – 10:45  Spatial and Ecological Niche Partitioning in Congeneric Scorpions AARON GOODMAN, AMG*; LAUREN ESPOSITO, LAE; California Academy of Sciences; California Academy of Sciences agoodman@calacademy.org Species in the scorpion genus Centruroides Marx, 1890 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) are good candidates to study ecological niche partitioning due to their habitat plasticity, widespread geographic […]

Meeting Abstract 127-4  Tuesday, Jan. 7 11:15 – 11:30  Molluscs of Anderson County Prairies, a native tallgrass prairie in Eastern Kansas DAVIS-BERG, EC*; WILSON, BA; ARNOLD, C; ALMARIO-KOPP, D; Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL; Liberty Public Schools, Liberty, KS; Prairie State College, Chicago Heights, IL; Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL edavisberg@colum.edu Tallgrass prairies are plant and animal […]