The annual meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) is here! From January 3-7 biologists will convene in Austin, Texas to share the latest and greatest from a broad range of research areas. Urban evolution talks have a strong showing at the meeting this year, and we would like to hear about all of the urban talks and posters if possible so that those of us not attending the meeting can follow along.
But we can’t do it without your help. We’re looking for new contributors who will be attending the meeting to be our eyes and ears and report back. If you are attending the meeting and are interested in becoming a contributor to the blog, please email Kristin and she will provide you with the details you need. Here’s our list of what look like great talks on urban organisms. Let us know if we missed any!
| listing | date | time | title | authors |
| P1-164 | Saturday, Jan. 4 | poster session | Oyster toadfish calling in noisy NYC waters | HOM, KN*; TERRAZAS, M; FORLANO, PM |
| P1-85 | Saturday, Jan. 4 | poster session | The Effects of Light Pollution on Nesting Behavior in Eastern Bluebirds and Tree Swallows | UTT, DJ*; FOLTZ, SL |
| P1-49 | Saturday, Jan. 4 | poster session | Land Use Conversion Affects Stress Physiology and Life-History of Western Mosquitofish | GUZMAN, A*; KOLONIN, A; ASPBURY, A; GABOR, C |
| P1-246 | Saturday, Jan. 4 | poster session | Ambient Light at Night (ALAN) and the Stress Response of Green Anoles | MCGRATH, MR*; HOWEY, CAF |
| 41-4 | Sunday, Jan. 5 | 09:00 – 09:15 | Urban residency, host immunity, and infectious disease dynamics in a traditionally migratory songbird | BECKER, DJ*; SCHULTZ, EM; ATWELL, JW; HALL, RJ; KETTERSON, ED |
| 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 |
| P2-175 | Sunday, Jan. 5 | poster session | Metabolic Rates of City Anoles | D’ALESSANDRO, MN*; HOWEY, CAF |
| 57-5 | Sunday, Jan. 5 | 11:15 – 11:30 | Environmental Variation From Land Use Conversion Affects Stress in Tadpoles | GABOR, CR*; ASPBURY, AS; UJHEGY, N; BóKONY, V |
| 69-5 | Sunday, Jan. 5 | 14:30 – 14:45 | Urbanization lowers hippocampal glucocorticoid receptor expression but not clearance of glucocorticoids in male Song Sparrows | LANE, S/J*; EMMERSON, M/G; VANDIEST, I/J; HUCUL, C; BECK, M/L; DAVIES, S; GILBERT, E/R; SEWALL, K/B |
| 55-1 | Sunday, Jan. 5 | 10:30 – 10:45 | Relationships Among Neuropeptides, Territorial Aggression, and Urbanization in Male Song Sparrows | SEWALL, KB*; DAVIES, S; BECK, ML |
| P3-55 | Monday, Jan. 6 | poster session | Effects of Urbanization on Extra-pair Paternity in the Song Sparrow | BREWER, VN*; LANE, SJ; SEWALL, KB; MABRY, KE |
| P3-29 | Monday, Jan. 6 | poster session | Urbanization and parental investment in a free-living songbird | HEPPNER, JJ*; OUYANG, JQ |
| P3-244 | Monday, Jan. 6 | poster session | Adapting to Urban Habitats: How Toe Pad Shape Varies in Puerto Rican Anoles | HOWELL, BK*; HAGEY, TJ; WINCHELL, KM |
| P3-76 | Monday, Jan. 6 | poster session | The Perfect Home: What Nestbox Features and Environmental Conditions Do Eastern Bluebirds and Tree Swallows Prefer? | HOWERIN, HM*; FOLTZ, SL |
| P3-47 | Monday, Jan. 6 | poster session | Ambient Light at Night and Effects on the Immune Response of Anoles | KENNY, E*; HOWEY, CAF |
| P3-176 | Monday, Jan. 6 | poster session | Western Mosquitofish Social Behavior Varies with Levels of Land Use Conversion | MOLINA, R*; KOLONIN, A; ASPBURY, A/S; GABOR, C/R |
| P3-8 | Monday, Jan. 6 | poster session | Using buccal cells to estimate DNA damage associated with urbanization | SMITH, TR*; MOORE, IT; HERNANDEZ, J |
| P3-50 | Monday, Jan. 6 | poster session | Comparisons of egg yolk physiology and hatchling quality between urban and rural Side-blotched lizards (Uta stansburiana) | VIRGIN, EE*; KEPAS, ME; HUDSON, SB; FRENCH, SS |
| 94-4 | Monday, Jan. 6 | 11:15 – 11:30 | Effects of artificial light at night and predator presence on the development, growth, and physiology of Rana berlandieri | FORSBURG, ZR |
| P3-171 | Monday, Jan. 6 | poster session | Artificial Light At Night (ALAN): An Anthropogenic Challenge for Urban Lizard Behavior and Physiology | TAYLOR, LA*; PERTUIT, OR; CARSON, IR; TANG, C; DENNIS, AJ; THAWLEY, CJ; JOHNSON, MA |
Assistant Professor at New York University
Co-founder of LITC along with E. Carlen and L. Miles. I'm an Assistant Professor in the Biology department at New York University. I study urban evolution from a functional morphological perspective. I like herps.
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