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Student Competition for the President's Prize, SEB: Evolution

Monday, December 14, 2009: 8:00 AM-11:00 AM
Room 103, First Floor (Convention Center)
Moderators:
Eric Chapman
Nick Miller


8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:05 AM
0433
Fitness trade-offs as a mechanism of coexistance within the family Calliphoridae: how to survive in a resource limited community
Jennifer Y Rosati, University of Windsor ; Sherah L. VanLaerhoven, University of Windsor
8:17 AM
0435
Metal mouths: Analytical microscopy methods reveal new morphological characters and physiological properties in beetle mandibles
Nathan P. Lord, University of New Mexico ; Joseph V. McHugh, University of Georgia ; Kelly B. Miller, University of New Mexico
8:29 AM
0436
Effect of group size on incipient colony success in a facultatively polygamous termite
Tamara R. Hartke, Northeastern University ; Casey Hamilton, Towson University ; Rebeca B. Rosengaus, Northeastern University
8:41 AM
0437
The evolutionary history and diversity of weevils
William R. Kuhn, Virginia Tech ; Roger Youngman, Virginia Tech
8:53 AM
Break
9:05 AM
0438
Praying mantids use complex, perceptual algorithms to identify prey objects
Salina Dominguez, Northeastern Illinois University ; Leolin López, Northeastern Illinois University ; Justin Komito, Northeastern Illinois University ; Frederick R. Prete, Northeastern Illinois University
9:17 AM
0439
Using population genetics approaches to trace the origin of the USA invasion of the whitefly Bemisia tabaci biotype Q
Margarita Hadjistylli, University of California-Berkeley ; Judith K. Brown, University of Arizona ; Athena Lam, University of California-Berkeley ; George K. Roderick, University of California, Berkeley
9:29 AM
0440
Foraging biology of the ponerine ant Odontomachus brunneus
Lauren M. Hart, University of Missouri - Columbia ; Walter R. Tschinkel, Florida State University
9:41 AM
0441
Geographic variation and coevolution in a fungus-growing ant (Apterostigma dentigerum) quadripartite symbiosis
Eric Caldera, University of Wisconsin ; Cameron Currie, University of Wisconsin
9:53 AM
0442
Nest architecture influences the survival of termites with different nesting strategies following pathogen exposure
Marielle A. Postava-Davignon, Northeastern University ; Rebeca B. Rosengaus, Northeastern University
10:05 AM
Concluding Remarks
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