2008 ESA Annual Meeting, November 16-19, 2008: Student Competition for the President's Prize, Section SEB4. Systematics, Evolution, and Biodiverstiy

Student Competition for the President's Prize, Section SEB4. Systematics, Evolution, and Biodiverstiy

Moderators:

Ashley P. G. Dowling and Geoffrey Morse

Introductory Remarks

Dear Enemy Phenomenon in two invasive ant species, the Argentine ant and the giant needle ant
Eleanor Spicer, North Carolina State University; Jules Silverman, North Carolina State University

Reproductive soldiers of Zootermopsis nevadensis (Isoptera: Termopsidae): Morphology, development, behavior, and evolution
Susan Johnson, University of Maryland, College Park; Barbara L Thorne, University of Maryland, College Park; Nancy L Breisch, University of Maryland, College Park

Audio File Recorded presentation

Consequences of a cryptic invasive ant (Pachycondyla chinensis): Local extinctions mediated by behavior?
Benoit Guenard, North Carolina State University; Robert R Dunn, North Carolina State University; Jules Silverman, North Carolina State University

The effect of termite soldier number on Pachycondyla chinensis predation
David M. Bednar, North Carolina State University; Jules Silverman, North Carolina State University

Audio File Recorded presentation

Colonization potential of caddisflies (Trichoptera) in an urban headwater stream
Robert F. Smith, University of Maryland; William O. Lamp, University of Maryland

Audio File Recorded presentation

Break

The distribution of intestinal gregarine parasites (Apicomplexa: Eugregarinorida) in dragonflies of central Texas, USA
Jason L. Locklin, Baylor University; Darrell S. Vodopich, Baylor University

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Trailing behavior of Caribbean crazy ants (Paratrechina pubens) and big-headed ants (Pheidole megacephala)
Ricardo Vazquez, University of Florida; Phil Koehler, University of Florida; Roberto Pereira, University of Florida

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The inheritance of song and preference in hybrids between Chrysoperla carnea and C. agilis green lacewings
Suegene Noh, University of Connecticut

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Measuring the silk footprint of embiids (Embioptera): Does one size fit all?
Whitney Evans Knott, Santa Clara University; Janice Edgerly-Rooks, Santa Clara University

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Temporal dynamics of acoustical signatures associated with alternative managment and natural ecosystems
Marisol A. Quintanilla Tornel, Michigan State University; Stuart Gage, Michigan State University; George W. Bird, Michigan State University

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