Monday, December 10, 2007: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Royal Palm Salon One, Royal Palm Ballroom, First Floor (Town & Country)

C, Session Cd1. Behavior and Ecology

Organizer(s): Gregory P. Walker
Megha N. Parajulee
8:00 AM Introductory Remarks
8:05 AM0386Population structure and genetic variability in the endangered Miami blue butterfly
Emily V. Saarinen
8:17 AM0387Sympatric biotypes of the sweetpotato whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae), harbor distinct symbiont communities
Elad Chiel, Yuval Gottlieb, Murad Ghanim, Moshe Inbar, Einat Zchori-fein
8:29 AM0388Sensory studies of a willow-feeding leaf beetle, Calligrapha verrucosa (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
Mark H. Goodman, Gary M. Booth
8:41 AM0389Female reproductive physiology and seasonal development of Halyomorpha halys (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)
Anne L. Nielsen, Zachary Russo, George C. Hamilton
8:53 AM0390Stridulation behavior of Solenopsis invicta Buren and Solenopsis richteri Forel during non-nestmate interactions
Jake R. Marquess, James B. Anderson, Tom Fink
9:05 AM0391Life history of the wekiu bug and its implications for conservation of this unique alpine species from Hawaii's Mauna Kea Volcano (Lygaeidae: Nysius)
Jesse A. Eiben, Daniel Z Rubinoff
9:17 AM 0392A comparison of insect diversity and abundance in Michigan oak savanna and prairie remnants of varying quality
Anna K. Fiedler, Douglas A. Landis
9:29 AM Break
9:41 AM 0393Host phenology constrains the performance of European pine sawfly larvae: The role of foliar nutrients and chemical defenses
Rodrigo A. Chorbadjian, Daniel A. Herms
9:53 AM 0394Plant-rhizobia mutualism influences aphid abundance on soybean
Jennifer M. Dean, Consuelo M. De Moraes
10:05 AM0395Heritability of lodgepole pine chemical and physical defenses against mountain pine beetle, Dendroctonus ponderosae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) and one of its vectored fungi, Grosmannia clavigera.
Daniel S. Ott, Dezene P. W. Huber, Alvin D. Yanchuk, Kimberly F. Wallin
10:17 AM0396Comparison of chemical defenses against mountain pine beetle attack in populations of lodgepole pine in British Columbia
Erin Clark, Dezene P. W. Huber, Allan Carroll
10:29 AM0397Assessment of imidacloprid and horticultural oil treatments on predators sssociated with eastern hemlock, Tsuga canadensis
Abdul Hakeem, Jerome Grant, P. L. Lambdin, Frank A. Hale, Rusty Rhea
10:41 AM0398Impacts of imidacloprid applications on non-target soil and litter arthropods in eastern hemlock forests
Wm. Nicholas Reynolds, Ernest C. Bernard, Rusty Rhea, J. F. Grant

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