Ten-Minute Papers, SEB: Behavior and Evolution

Wednesday, December 16, 2009: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
Room 102, First Floor (Convention Center)
Moderators:
Edward L. Vargo
Floyd W. Shockley


1:35 PM
The semantic web and linked data for entomologists
Peter J. DeVries, University of Wisconsin-Madison
1:47 PM
An update on the tumbling flower beetles of the New World (Coleoptera: Mordellidae)
Christy Jo Geraci, Smithsonian Institution ; Terry Erwin, Smithsonian Institution
2:11 PM
Effect of male mating history on females in Spalangia endius (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae), a parasitoid of house fly pupae
Bethia H. King, Northern Illinois University ; C. Robyn Fischer, Northern Illinois University
2:35 PM
What multiple DNA markers revealed about Coptotermes formosanus population structure
Tracie M. Jenkins, University of Georgia ; Brian Forschler, University of Georgia ; Daniel Suiter, University of Georgia ; Tyler D. Eaton, University of Georgia
2:47 PM
Variation in excavation rate among tunnelers in the Formosan subterranean termite
Paul Bardunias, University of Florida ; Nan-Yao Su, University of Florida
2:59 PM
3:11 PM
Communication signals used in worker-drone interactions in the honey bee, Apis mellifera
Marina Boucher, University of North Carolina-Charlotte ; Stanley S. Schneider, University of North Carolina-Charlotte
3:23 PM
The selective advantage of colony growth in the western harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex occidentalis
Blaine J. Cole, University of Houston ; Diane C. Wiernasz, University of Houston
3:35 PM
Brain scaling in ants: body to brain size ratio
Marc A. Seid, University of Scranton ; Armando Castillo, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute ; Luis Elizondo, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute ; William Wcislo, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
3:47 PM
Hey babies, I'll protect you! Resources and defensiveness in killer bees
Justin Schmidt, Southwestern Biological Institute
3:59 PM
The organization and allocation of foragers in the Florida harvester ant (Pogonomyrmex badius)
Christina Kwapich, The Florida State University ; Walter R. Tschinkel, The Florida State University
4:23 PM
Colony structure of the odorous house ant (Tapinoma sessile)
Sean Menke, North Carolina State University ; Warren Booth, North Carolina State University ; Rob R. Dunn, North Carolina State University ; Jules Silverman, North Carolina State University