2008 ESA Annual Meeting, November 16-19, 2008: P-IE2 Ten-Minute Papers, Plant-Insect Ecosystems

Fire ants (Solenopsis invicta) and native ants, Part 1: Experimental evidence that fire ants are disturbance specialists
Walter R. Tschinkel, Florida State University; Joshua R. King, Florida State University

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0688

Fire ants and native ants, Part 2: Experimental evidence that disturbance and fire ants reduce native ant abundance and diversity
Joshua R. King, Florida State University; Walter R. Tschinkel, Florida State University

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0689

Variation in recruitment of red imported fire ants, Solenopsis invicta, to carbohydrate resources in their native and invasive ranges
Shawn M. Wilder, Texas A&M University; Micky D. Eubanks, Texas A&M University; Andrew V. Suarez, University of Illinois; David A. Holway, University of California San Diego

0690

Biology of Allomermis solenopsi, a mermithid nematode that parasitizes Solenopsis fire ants in Argentina
Sanford D. Porter, USDA-ARS, CMAVE; Laura Varone, USDA-ARS, SABCL

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0691

Indirect competition causes widespread displacement of one naturalized parasitoid of imported fire ants (Diptera: Phoridae: Pseudacteon) by another
Edward G. LeBrun, University of Texas at Austin; Rob M. Plowes, University of Texas at Austin; Lawrence E. Gilbert, University of Texas at Austin

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0692

Predicting imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta and S. richteri) population density at a field scale
James T. Vogt, USDA, Agricultural Research Service

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0693

The effects of a new d-limonene product on Texas leaf-cutting ants, Atta texana, and their fungus
Rachel Strecker, Louisiana State University; Kaitlin Baudier, Louisiana State University; Linda Hooper-Bui, Louisiana State University

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0694

Determination of Atta texana nest structures and subsurface soil properties using ground penetrating radar
Nikhil Nagendra, Louisiana State Univeristy; Linda Hooper-Bui, Louisiana State Univeristy

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0695

The relative impact of floral visitors on the reproductive success of common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)
Steven J. Stein, Mansfield University; Veronica L. Pistoia, Mansfield University

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0696

Evaluating commercially-reared bumble bees for pollination of highbush blueberry
Julianna Tuell, Michigan State University; Rufus Isaacs, Michigan State University

0697

The effects of an IGR on alfalfa leafcutting bee development
Erin W. Hodgson, Utah State University; Theresa Pitts-Singer, USDA ARS; James D. Barbour, University of Idaho

0698

Comparison of current and historic data indicates declines in bee diversity and abundance on southeastern Massachusetts cranberry bogs
Molly M. Notestine, University of Massachusetts; Anne Averill, University of Massachusetts

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The value of crop pollination by honey bees and native bees in New Jersey and Pennsylvania
Rachael Winfree, Rutgers University; Brian J. Gross, University of California, Berkeley

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0700

Reproductive quality of honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) queens
David R. Tarpy, North Carolina State University; Susan E. Fahrbach, Wake Forest University; Jennifer J. Keller, North Carolina State University; Joel R. Caren, North Carolina State University; Deborah A. Delaney, North Carolina State University

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0701

Effects of brood pheromone modulated foraging behavior on honey bee colony growth
Ramesh Reddy Sagili, Texas A&M University; Tanya Pankiw, Texas A&M University

0702

Evaluation the effectiveness of fumagillin for the control of Nosema ceranae
Stephen F. Pernal, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada; Andony P. Melathopoulos, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada

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0703

Role of botanical smokes in IPM of varroa mites (Varroa destructor) in honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies
J. Zawislak, University of Arkansas; Donald C. Steinkraus, University of Arkansas

0704

Population dynamics of small hive beetles (Aethina tumida) in the southern United States
Lilia I. de Guzman, USDA-ARS; Amanda M. Frake, USDA-ARS; Thomas E. Rinderer, USDA-ARS