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[[Image:KDWellsFentonCrop.jpg |thumb|Our fearless leader. Photo by K. Schwenk]]
 
[[Image:KDWellsFentonCrop.jpg |thumb|Our fearless leader. Photo by K. Schwenk]]
 
[[Image:KDWellsDipnetCrop.jpg |thumb|Our fearless leader after unfortunate dipnet accident. Photo by K. Schwenk]]
 
[[Image:KDWellsDipnetCrop.jpg |thumb|Our fearless leader after unfortunate dipnet accident. Photo by K. Schwenk]]
[[Image:SchultzCrayfishEarring.jpg |thumb|Resident ich, Dr. Eric 'Gonopodium" Schultz of UConn attended closely by resident ick of the Fenton River, Dr. 'Pierce Your Ear For You? Crayfish. Photo by K. Hurme]]
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[[Image:SchultzCrayfishEarring.jpg |thumb|Resident ich, Dr. Eric 'Gonopodium' Schultz of UConn attended closely by resident ick of the Fenton River, Dr. 'Pierce Your Ear For You? Crayfish. Photo by K. Hurme]]
  
  
==The Spring 2009 Edition==
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==The Fall 2009 Edition==
January 21<br/>
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September 4<br/>
:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/vertlunch/restricted/Ron_2008_anim_behav.pdf}}
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:Ron, S.R. 2008. The evolution of female mate choice for complex calls in tungara frogs.  Animal Behaviour 76: 1783-1794.<br/>
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September 11<br/>
KW says: I think the attached paper would make a good starting point for vert lunch this Friday, since it is a study by a student at Texas that refutes Mike Ryan’s now widely accepted notion of frog calls evolving through sensory exploitation.
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January 28<br/>
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Rick Blob will do an informal presentation of the work he and colleagues have been doing on the amazing waterfall-climbing gobies of Hawaii.  Suggested/optional preparatory reading is:
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:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/vertlunch/restricted/BlobetalICB2008.pdf}}
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:Blob, R. W., W. C. Bridges, M. B. Ptacek, T. Maie, R. A. Cediel, M. M. Bertolas, M. L. Julius, and H. L. Schoenfuss. 2008. Morphological selection in an extreme flow environment: body shape and waterfall-climbing success in the Hawaiian stream fish Sicyopterus stimpsoni. Integr. Comp. Biol. 48:734-749.
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September 18<br/>
  
February 6<br/>
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September 25<br/>
:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/vertlunch/restricted/voigt_et_al_2007.pdf}}
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:Voigt, S., and D. S. Berman. 2007. First well-established track-trackmaker association of Paleozoic tetrapods based on Ichniotherium trackways and diadectid skeletons from the Lower Permian of Germany. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27:553-570.
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October 2<br/>
  
February 13<br/>
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October 9<br/>
:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/vertlunch/restricted/goldman_1997_comp_biol_biochem.pdf}}
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:Goldman, K. J. 1997. Regulation of body temperature in the white shark, Carcharodon carcharias. Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology 167:423-429.
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October 16<br/>
  
February 20<br/>
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October 23<br/>
:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/vertlunch/restricted/Hendry%20et%20al%202008.pdf}}
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:Hendry, A.P., T.J Farrugia, M.T. Kinnison. 2008. Human influences on rates of phenotypic change in wild animal populations. Molecular Ecology 17:20-29.
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October 30<br/>
  
February 27<br/>
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November 6<br/>
:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/vertlunch/restricted/Honest%20sexual%20signalling%20mediated%20by%20parasite%20and%20testosterone%20effects%20on%20oxidative%20balance.pdf}}
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:Francois Mougeot, Jesuús Martínez-Padilla, Lucy M.I Webster, Jonathan D Blount, Lorenzo Pérez-Rodríguez and Stuart B Piertney. 2009. Honest sexual signalling mediated by parasite and testosterone effects on oxidative balance. Proc. R. Soc. B.  276: 1093-1100.
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November 13<br/>
  
March 6<br/>
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November 27<br/>
:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/vertlunch/restricted/Thaker%20et%20al%202009.pdf}}
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:Thaker, M., Lima S.L., & Hews, D.K. 2009. Alternative antipredator tactics in tree lizard morphs: hormonal and behavioural responses to a predator encounter. Animal Behaviour 77: 395-401.
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March 20<br/>
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December 4<br/>
:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/vertlunch/restricted/snowberg%26benkman2009.pdf}}
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:Snowberg, L. K. & C. W. Benkman.  2009.  Mate choice based on a key ecological performance trait.  Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22: 762-769.
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March 27<br/>
 
:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/vertlunch/restricted/Black%20Bear%20Behavior%2008.pdf}}
 
:Black Bear Behavior 08.pdf
 
 
April 3<br/>
 
:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/vertlunch/restricted/Harbour%20seals%20%28Phoca%20vitulina%29%20can%20steer%20by%20the%20stars.pdf}}
 
:Harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) can steer by the stars.pdf
 
 
April 10<br/>
 
Short and sweet, and it's about tadpoles learning! what could be better?? ;)
 
:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/vertlunch/restricted/Ferrari_2008_Cultural%20learning%20of%20predator%20recognition.pdf}}
 
:Ferrari_2008_Cultural learning of predator recognition.pdf
 
 
April 17<br/>
 
:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/vertlunch/restricted/Snake_Feeding_Specialization_08.pdf}}
 
:Snake_Feeding_Specialization_08.pdf
 
 
April 24<br/>:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/vertlunch/restricted/Telemeco%20et%20al%202009%20Nesting%20lizards.pdf}}
 
:Telemeco et al 2009 Nesting lizards.pdf
 
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May 1<br/>:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/vertlunch/restricted/vertlunch3%28ratspythons%29.pdf}}
 
:Shine and Madsen 1997 Ecology 78: 1078-1086
 
 
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Black racer wagging its tongue like a dog. Photo by T. Landberg
Cooperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix) tongue-flicking. Photo by K. Schwenk and C. Smith.
A helmeted iguana, Corytophanes hernandezii, in Belize. Photo by K. Hurme.
A spoiled domestic dog, Canis lupus familiaris, in Connecticut. Photo by Evan Schultz.
Huge, slimy green reptile accompanied by an iguana. Photo by T. Landberg with K. Schwenk's camera
Tropical treefrog, Agalychnis, with hideous, parasitic growth. Photo by C. Smith
Our fearless leader. Photo by K. Schwenk
Our fearless leader after unfortunate dipnet accident. Photo by K. Schwenk
Resident ich, Dr. Eric 'Gonopodium' Schultz of UConn attended closely by resident ick of the Fenton River, Dr. 'Pierce Your Ear For You? Crayfish. Photo by K. Hurme


The Fall 2009 Edition

September 4

September 11

September 18

September 25

October 2

October 9

October 16

October 23

October 30

November 6

November 13

November 27

December 4