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Tuesday, November 18, 2008: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM |
Room A8, First Floor (Reno-Sparks Convention Center) |
Ten-Minute Papers, Section P-IE2 Ten-Minute Papers, Plant-Insect Ecosystems |
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| Moderator(s): | J. Zawislak
Erin W. Hodgson
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| 8:00 AM | | | | Introductory Remarks |
| 8:05 AM |  | 0687 | | Fire ants (Solenopsis invicta) and native ants, Part 1: Experimental evidence that fire ants are disturbance specialists
Walter R. Tschinkel, Joshua R. King |
| 8:17 AM | | 0688 | | Fire ants and native ants, Part 2: Experimental evidence that disturbance and fire ants reduce native ant abundance and diversity
Joshua R. King, Walter R. Tschinkel |
| 8:29 AM | | 0689 | | Variation in recruitment of red imported fire ants, Solenopsis invicta, to carbohydrate resources in their native and invasive ranges
Shawn M. Wilder, Micky D. Eubanks, Andrew V. Suarez, David A. Holway |
| 8:41 AM | | 0690 | | Biology of Allomermis solenopsi, a mermithid nematode that parasitizes Solenopsis fire ants in Argentina
Sanford D. Porter, Laura Varone |
| 8:53 AM | | 0691 | | Indirect competition causes widespread displacement of one naturalized parasitoid of imported fire ants (Diptera: Phoridae: Pseudacteon) by another
Edward G. LeBrun, Rob M. Plowes, Lawrence E. Gilbert |
| 9:05 AM | | 0692 | | Predicting imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta and S. richteri) population density at a field scale
James T. Vogt |
| 9:17 AM | | 0693 | | The effects of a new d-limonene product on Texas leaf-cutting ants, Atta texana, and their fungus
Rachel Strecker, Kaitlin Baudier, Linda Hooper-Bui |
| 9:29 AM | | 0694 | | Determination of Atta texana nest structures and subsurface soil properties using ground penetrating radar
Nikhil Nagendra, Linda Hooper-Bui |
| 9:41 AM | | 0695 | | The relative impact of floral visitors on the reproductive success of common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)
Steven J. Stein, Veronica L. Pistoia |
| 9:53 AM | | | | Break |
| 10:08 AM | | 0696 | | Evaluating commercially-reared bumble bees for pollination of highbush blueberry
Julianna Tuell, Rufus Isaacs |
| 10:20 AM | | 0697 | | The effects of an IGR on alfalfa leafcutting bee development
Erin W. Hodgson, Theresa Pitts-Singer, James D. Barbour |
| 10:32 AM | | 0698 | | Comparison of current and historic data indicates declines in bee diversity and abundance on southeastern Massachusetts cranberry bogs
Molly M. Notestine, Anne Averill |
| 10:44 AM | | 0699 | | The value of crop pollination by honey bees and native bees in New Jersey and Pennsylvania
Rachael Winfree, Brian J. Gross |
| 10:56 AM | | 0700 | | Reproductive quality of honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) queens
David R. Tarpy, Susan E. Fahrbach, Jennifer J. Keller, Joel R. Caren, Deborah A. Delaney |
| 11:08 AM | | 0701 | | Effects of brood pheromone modulated foraging behavior on honey bee colony growth
Ramesh Reddy Sagili, Tanya Pankiw |
| 11:20 AM | | 0702 | | Evaluation the effectiveness of fumagillin for the control of Nosema ceranae
Stephen F. Pernal, Andony P. Melathopoulos |
| 11:32 AM | | 0703 | | Role of botanical smokes in IPM of varroa mites (Varroa destructor) in honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies
J. Zawislak, Donald C. Steinkraus |
| 11:44 AM | | 0704 | | Population dynamics of small hive beetles (Aethina tumida) in the southern United States
Lilia I. de Guzman, Amanda M. Frake, Thomas E. Rinderer |
