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The Vertlunch page

This page is for use of participants in EEB 6480 Seminar in Vertebrate Biology a.k.a. the Vert Lunch.

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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 Spring 2009 Edition

January 21

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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.

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.

January 28
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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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.


February 6

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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.


February 13

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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.


February 20

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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.


February 27

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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.


March 6

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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.

March 20

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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.

March 27

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Black Bear Behavior 08.pdf

April 3

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Harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) can steer by the stars.pdf

April 10
Short and sweet, and it's about tadpoles learning! what could be better?? ;)

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Ferrari_2008_Cultural learning of predator recognition.pdf

April 17

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Snake_Feeding_Specialization_08.pdf

April 24
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Telemeco et al 2009 Nesting lizards.pdf