2008 ESA Annual Meeting, November 16-19, 2008: Student Competition for the President's Prize, Section P-IE8. Plant-Insect Ecosystems

Interspecific interactions among two foundation bark beetles
Thomas Seth Davis, Northern Arizona University; Richard Hofstetter, Northern Arizona University

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0469

Optimization of protein marking and detection system for the study of intercrop movement behavior of Lygus hesperus (Knight)
Ram B. Shrestha, Texas Tech University; Megha N. Parajulee, Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center; Stanley Carroll, Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center

0470

Do turfgrass species influence oviposition site preference in Japanese beetles (Popillia japonica Newman)?
Tara Wood, University of Arkansas; D. C. Steinkraus, University of Arkansas; Daniel A. Potter, University of Kentucky

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0471

Don't like your neighbours? Move!: Evidence of reduced natural enemy assemblages for mountain pine beetle that colonize spruce vs. pine
Fraser R. McKee, University of Northern British Columbia; Brian H. Aukema, Canadian Forest Service & University of Northern British Columbia

0472

Characterizing the settling behavior of T. tabaci (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) on onion foliage
Anitha Chitturi, UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA; David G. Riley, University of Georgia

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0473

Odor discrimination in two conditioned solitary bees, Osmia lignaria and Megachile rotundata (Apidae: Megachilidae)
Cory A. Vorel, Utah State University; Theresa Pitts-Singer, USDA ARS

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0474

Resource competition between two forensically important blow fly species (Diptera: Calliphoridae)
Jennifer Y Rosati, University of Windsor; Sherah L. VanLaerhoven, University of Windsor

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0475

Aphid protection by a native and exotic ant
B. E. Powell, North Carolina State University; Jules Silverman, North Carolina State University

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0476

Male-produced aggregation pheromone of the cerambycid beetle Rosalia funebris
Ann M. Ray, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Ian P. Swift, Placerita Canyon Nature Center; J. Steven McElfresh, University of California - Riverside; James D. Barbour, University of Idaho; Jocelyn G. Millar, University of California - Riverside; Lawrence M. Hanks, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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0477

Seasonal variation in males' response to female sex pheromone in the olive fruit fly, Bactrocera oleae (Gmel.) (Diptera: Tephritidae) in northern California
Soledad C. Villamil, University of California, Davis; Ed Lewis, University of California; Frank G. Zalom, University of California - Davis

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