The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology is gearing up for their annual meeting next week. And just like previous years, there are some amazing urban talks and posters that we want to highlight here!
But we can’t do it without your help. We’re looking for 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!
| Day | Time | Session & Room | Title | Authors |
| 2 (Wed) | 10:45 AM | Session 41 West 105B | Widespread Genetic Connectivity of Feral Pigeons Across the Northeastern United States Megacity |
Carlen E; Washington University in St. Louis, Fordham University |
| 2 (Wed) | 2:45 PM | Session 46 West 102A | City Tree Communities Across the USA: Urban Ecology and Biodiversity | McCoy DE, Goulet-Scott B, Meng W, Atahan F, Kiros H, Nishino M, Kartesz J; Stanford University |
| 2 (Wed) | Poster | P2-124 | The impacts of copper contamination on aquatic predator-prey interactions |
Chapman JC; Florida International University, University of Hawaii at Hilo
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| 2 (Wed) | Poster | P2-125 | Relationship between Temperature and Activity Patterns of the Nine-Banded Armadillo Dasypus novemcinctus across Tennessee | Cochran MS, Jorge ML; Vanderbilt University |
| 2 (Wed) | Poster | P2-126 | Behavioral and morphological responses to urbanization in freeliving side-blotched lizards (Uta stansburiana) |
Sermersheim LO, Virgin EE, Furtado AP, French SS; Utah State University, Universidade de Brasília
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| 2 (Wed) | Poster | P2-127 | Heat-induced thermoregulatory behaviors of free-living tree swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) nestlings |
Tsueda SN, Woodruff MJ, Rosvall KA; Indiana University Bloomington
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| 2 (Wed) | Poster | P2-128 | Examining the Effects of Chemical Irritants on the Spotted-Wing Fruit Fly |
Aparicio SG, Scott Chialvo CH, Scott Chialvo P; Appalachian State University
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| 2 (Wed) | Poster | P2-129 | Anthropogenic effects on European starling cholesterol and oxidative stress | Linkous CR, Guindre-Parker S; Kennesaw State University |
| 2 (Wed) | Poster | P2-130 | The effects of habitat fragmentation on mobbing behaviors. | Daniels JT, Chandler CR; Georgia Southern University |
| 2 (Wed) | Poster | P2-131 | City living: Smaller territories and shorter communication distance in urban songbirds |
Simberloff RA, Phillips JN, Danner RM, Derryberry EP; University of Tennessee, Texas A&M University, University of North Carolina
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| 2 (Wed) | Poster | P2-132 | How seasonal thermal variation within the intertidal zone affects the thermal escape behavior and body condition of Petrolisthes cinctipes | Estrada Aguila CO; San Francisco State University |
| 2 (Wed) | Poster | P2-133 | Interspecific variation in butterfly warming tolerances and consequences for population size under recent climate change |
Muzychuk RA, Diamond SE, Medina-Báez OA; Case Western Reserve University
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| 2 (Wed) | Poster | P2-134 | Influence of salinity stress on the histone post-translational modification landscape of Mozambique tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) | Mojica EA, Kültz D; University of California Davis |
| 2 (Wed) | Poster | P2-135 | Light or Flight: Effect of light intensity on settlement behaviors of sea anemones | Kwan MG, Chan KYK; Swarthmore College |
| 2 (Wed) | Poster | P2-136 | Effects of urbanization on life-history traits and hormones of Western mosquitofish | Romero EA, Gabor CR, Aspbury AS; Texas State University |
| 2 (Wed) | Poster | P2-137 | Skull Asymmetry in Urban and Rural Virginia Opossums in Louisiana |
Abazajian KA, Rivera G, Hedrick BP; Tulane University, Creighton University, Louisiana State University
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| 2 (Wed) | Poster | P2-138 | Consequences of anthropogenic noise on behavior and cognitive performance in Acris crepitans | Flanagan MM, Gabor CR; Texas State University |
| 3 (Thurs) | Poster | P3-4 | Impact of habitat variation on the behavioral ecology of Coyotes (Canis latrans): Can coyotes and community coexist? | Gurin KC, Renn S, Michaels J; Reed College |
| 1 (Tues) | 9:45 AM | Session 4-7 West 102B | Uptown Lizard: Examining morphology and performance of an introduced urban lizard, Podarcis muralis |
Vaughn PL, Colwell C, Livingston E, McQueen W, Pettit C, Spears S, Tuhela-Reuning L, Gangloff EJ; Ohio Wesleyan University
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| 1 (Tues) | Session 9-3 West 212 ABC | An integrated physiological perspective to multiple urban stressors in the Gulf Coast Toad (Incilius nebulifer) |
Monroe DJ, Gabor CR, Barny LA, Wu A, Minbiole KPC; Texas State University, Vanderbilt University, Villanova University
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| 1 (Tues) | 11:00 AM | Session 14-5 West 104 AB | How does urbanization impact female song sparrows? A comparison of corticosterone and behavioral recovery from disturbance. |
Lane SJ, VanDiest IJ, Fossett TE, Sewall KB; Virginia Tech |
| 2 (Weds) | 10:15 AM | Session 40-2 West 105 A | The impact of thermal environment on locomotor performance in native and invasive populations of Xenopus laevis. |
Araspin L, Wagener C, Herrel A, Measey J; Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle – Sorbonne Universités (MNHN), Stellenbosch University
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| 2 (Weds) | 10:00 AM | Session 40-1 West 105 A | Effects of thermal behavior and microhabitat selection on melanin evolution in an urban butterfly | Lenard A, Diamond SE; Case Western Reserve University |
| 3 (Thurs) | 8:00 AM | M Session 62-1 West 213 AB | Testing for a reverse luxury effect in an urban pest: black widows on the urban heat island of Phoenix, AZ | Johnson JC, Rusnak J; Az State University |
| 3 (Thurs) | 3:00 PM | Session 74-7 West 103 AB | Lead exposure in the brown anole (Anolis sagrei) in New Orleans, Louisiana |
Blanchette A, Gopal A, Finkelstein ME, Karubian J, Gunderson AR; Tulane University, University of Nevada, University of California Santa Cruz
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| 4 (Fri) | 8:45 AM | Session 87-2 West 102 B | Sex ratios and the city: Parental corticosterone as a mediator of the impact of urbanization on adaptive sex allocation in a common passerine |
Kilgour DAV, Pierson TW, Guindre-Parker S; Kennesaw State University
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| 4 (Fri) | 9:00 AM | Session 87-3 West 102 B | Do urban mothers know best? Hormones and maternal effects in a songbird |
Heppner JJ, Krause JS, Ouyang JQ; University of Nevada Reno
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| 4 (Fri) | 9:30 AM | Session 87-6 West 102 B | Does the development of behavioral and endocrine coping styles differ between urban and rural nestlings? 9:45 am Coffee Break W |
Guindre-Parker S, Kilgour D, Linkous C; Kennesaw State University
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| 4 (Fri) | 11:00 | Session 102-4 West 211 A | Effects of urbanization on host resistance to invasive parasites in the Galapagos Islands |
Knutie SA, Vaziri GJ, Webster C, Chaves J, Wegrzyn J; University of Connecticut, San Francisco State University
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| 1 (Tues) | Poster | P1-24 | Presence of Deer Mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) and Hantavirus Cases Correlated with Human Population Densities in Texas | Maeng AG, Healy J; Austin College |
| 2 (Wed) | Poster | P2-59 | Behavioral responses of cavity-nesting species in relation to nest predation threat | Gray ML, Foltz SL; Radford University |
| 2 (Wed) | Poster | P2-70 | THE EFFECTS OF URBANIZATION ON THE GUT MICROBIOME OF AN URBAN ARTHROPOD PEST, THE WESTERN BLACK WIDOW SPIDER | Asrari H, Johnson JC*; AZ State University |
| 2 (Wed) | Poster | P2-141 | Urban and rural differences in sperm morphology and its associations with male quality in Side-blotched lizards Uta stansburiana |
Virgin EE, Furtado AP, Sermersheim LO, Hudson SB, Smith GD, French SS; Utah State University, Universidade de Brasilia
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| 3 (Thurs) | Poster | P3-7 | Differences in arthropod communities associated with urbanization | VanDiest IJ, Moore CA, Sewall KB; Virginia Tech |
| 3 (Thurs) | Poster | P3-92 | Parrots of New York: positional behavior of feral Quaker parrots (Myiopsitta monachus) |
Granatosky MC, Dickinson E, Young MW, Youlatos D; New York Institute of Technology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
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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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