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SS23 Avian Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology in the New Millennium


Session Organizer(s):
Andrew E. McKechnie
Scott McWilliams
Blair O. Wolf

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Oral Presentations

14:00
Yosef, R ; Wojciechowski, M S ; Carmi, K ; Pinshow, B REFUELING DURING MIGRATORY STOPOVER IN THE BLACKCAP (SYLVIA ATRICAPILLA), A LONG DISTANCE PALEARCTIC MIGRANT.

14:15
Pearson, S F ; Levey, D J ; Greenberg, C H DIET CHANGES IN RESIDENT AND OVERWINTERING MIGRANTS

14:30
Swanson, D L SEASONAL PHENOTYPIC FLEXIBILITY IN SMALL PASSERINE BIRDS

14:45
McKechnie, A E THE CONTRIBUTION OF PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY TO AVIAN PHYSIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY: INSIGHTS FROM BASAL METABOLIC RATE

15:00
Wolf, B O ; McKechnie, A E THE FUNCTIONAL IMPORTANCE OF COLUMNAR CACTI AS RESOURCES FOR A DESERT BIRD COMMUNITY; AN ASSESSMENT USING STABLE ISOTOPES

15:15
McWilliams, S R ; Podlesak, D W DIET QUALITY AND METABOLIC ROUTING OF DIETARY NUTRIENTS IN MIGRATORY BIRDS: NOVEL APPLICATIONS OF STABLE ISOTOPES

16:00
Hobson, K A ; Wassenaar, L I HYDROGEN ISOTOPE HETEROGENEITY IN FEATHERS: ISOTOPE-RATIO MASS SPECTROMETRY AND MIGRATORY BIRD SAMPLING STRATEGIES

16:15
Rintoul, D A ; Podlesak, D W ; Bowen, G ; Ehleringer, J SEASONAL INFLUENCES ON FEATHER STABLE-ISOTOPE SIGNATURES OF GRASSLAND BIRDS

16:30
Muñoz-Garcia, A ; Williams, J B THE INFLUENCE OF LIPID COMPOSITION IN THE STRATUM CORNEUM ON CUTANEOUS WATER LOSS IN BIRDS FROM MESIC AND ARID ENVIRONMENTS

16:45
McWhorter, T J ; Hartman Bakken, B ADVANCES IN UNDERSTANDING THE WATER BALANCE OF NECTAR-FEEDING BIRDS

17:00
Schondube, J E AZUCAR! UNDERSTANDING THE SUGAR PREFERENCES OF BIRDS

17:15
Witt, C C ; Fernández, M J ; Dudley, R ; McGuire, J A HEMOGLOBIN EVOLUTION AND METABOLIC PERFORMANCE IN HIGH-ALTITUDE HUMMINGBIRDS