Session: Student Competition for the President's Prize, SEB: Ecology and Evolution (2009 ESA Annual Meeting, December 13-16, 2009)

Monday, December 14, 2009: 8:00 AM-11:00 AM

Room 116-117, First Floor (Convention Center)

Moderators:

Jerry L. Cook
Julie M. Urban

8:00 AM

Introductory Remarks

8:05 AM

0421

Host associated differentiation in insects feeding on native tree species

Aaron M. Dickey, Texas A&M University ; Raul F. Medina, Texas A&M University

8:17 AM

0422

Research efforts toward the management of the raspberry crazy ant (Paratrechina sp. nr. pubens) in southeastern Texas

Danny McDonald, Texas A&M University ; Bart Drees, Texas A&M University ; Roger Gold, Texas A&M University

8:29 AM

0423

Obligate asexuality in fungus-growing ants

Christian Rabeling, The University of Texas-Austin ; Ulrich G. Mueller, The University of Texas-Austin

8:41 AM

0424

Utility of fluctuating asymmetry in caddisflies (Trichoptera) as an indicator of coastal wetland health in Lake Erie

Jennifer R. Milligan, Cleveland State University ; Joe B. Keiper, Cleveland Museum of Natural History

8:53 AM

0425

Invertebrate signature indicating body movement from urban to rural areas in northeastern Ohio

Krystal R. Hans, Cleveland State University ; Joe B. Keiper, Cleveland Museum of Natural History

9:05 AM

Break

9:17 AM

0426

The role of eastern hemlock on headwater stream processes: benthic and riparian consequences of hemlock woolly adelgid invasion

Joshua K. Adkins, University of Kentucky ; Lynne K. Rieske-Kinney, University of Kentucky

9:29 AM

0427

Differences in prey recognition and eye allometry in three species of praying mantis

Justin Komito, Northeastern Illinois University ; Salina Dominguez, Northeastern Illinois University ; Leolin López, Northeastern Illinois University ; Frederick Prete, Northeastern Illinois University

9:41 AM

0428

Cuticular ultrastructure development in male genitalia of Schistocerca americana (Orthroptera: Acrididae: Cyrtacanthacridinae) during teneral period

Rebecca Buckman, Brigham Young University ; Hojun Song, Brigham Young University

9:53 AM

0430

Influence of container type on larval mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) communities: significance of detritus, microorganisms, and habitat parameters

David Allgood, University of Southern Mississippi ; Kevin A. Kuehn, University of Southern Mississippi ; Jamie M. Kneitel, California State University, Sacramento ; Donald A. Yee, University of Southern Mississippi

10:05 AM

0431

Exclusion of forensically important flies by the red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta) in southeastern Texas

Natalie K. Lindgren, Sam Houston State University ; Alan D. Archambeault, Sam Houston State University ; Jeff D. Kelly, Sam Houston State University ; Melissa S. Sisson, Sam Houston State University ; Brent C. Rahlwes, Sam Houston State University ; Sibyl R. Bucheli, Sam Houston State University ; Joan A. Bytheway, Sam Houston State University

10:17 AM

0432

Insect succession model for human decomposition in southeast Texas in the early spring

Alan D. Archambeault, Sam Houston State University ; Natalie K. Lindgren, Sam Houston State University ; Jeff D. Kelly, Sam Houston State University ; Brent C. Rahlwes, Sam Houston State University ; Melissa S. Sisson, Sam Houston State University ; Sibyl R. Bucheli, Sam Houston State University ; Joan A. Bytheway, Sam Houston State University

10:29 AM

Concluding Remarks

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