ESA Annual Meetings Online Program

Ten-Minute Papers, SysEB Section, Social Arthropod Ecology and Evolution

Wednesday, November 14, 2012: 8:15 AM-12:00 PM
301 D, Floor Three (Knoxville Convention Center)
Moderators:
Chelsea R. Ross
J. Colton Watts


8:15 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:18 AM
Wood ants prefer neotectonic faults: 50 years of a Formica rufa – supercolony in southwest Germany
Dietrich Klimetzek, University of Freiburg ; Gabriele Berberich, University Duisburg-Essen ; Martin Berberich, Buero Berberich ; Ulrich Schreiber, University Duisburg-Essen
8:30 AM
A red wood ant supercolony as a bioindicator for neotectonic fault structures at the peninsula Bodanrueck (southwest Germany)
Gabriele Berberich, University Duisburg-Essen ; Dietrich Klimetzek, University of Freiburg ; Martin Berberich, Buero Berberich ; Ulrich Schreiber, University Duisburg-Essen
8:42 AM
The evolution of colony structure in the ant genus Linepithema
Jo-anne C. Holley, University of Illinois ; Alexander L. Wild, University of Illinois ; Andrew V. Suarez, University of Illinois
8:54 AM
Ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the diet of a Florida population of eastern narrow-mouthed toads, Gastrophryne carolinensis (Anura: Microhylidae)
Mark A. Deyrup, Archbold Biological Station ; Leif D. Deyrup, University of the Cumberlands ; James Carrel, University of Missouri
9:18 AM
Using historical  and experimental data to uncover warming temperature effects on ant communities
Julian Resasco, University of Florida ; Katharine L. Stuble, University of Tennessee ; Shannon L. Pelini, Bowling Green State University
9:30 AM
Do army ants and their associated arthropods share symbiotic bacteria?
Piotr Lukasik, Drexel University ; Yi Hu, Drexel University ; Sean O'Donnell, Drexel University ; Jacob A. Russell, Drexel University
9:42 AM
Break
10:09 AM
Gut symbionts and the role they play in fungal pathogen suppression of honey bee brood
Svjetlana Vojvodic, University of Arizona ; Kirk E. Anderson, USDA, Agricultural Research Service
10:21 AM
Debunking the myth of termite pleometrosis: Costs and (few) benefits of group foundation in Nasutitermes corniger
Tamara R. Hartke, University of Western Australia ; Rebeca B. Rosengaus, Northeastern University
10:33 AM
Resource competition between two fungal parasites in subterranean termites
Thomas Chouvenc, University of Florida ; Caroline Efstathion, University of Florida ; Nan-Yao Su, University of Florida
10:45 AM
Bacterial community composition in the Asian subterranean termite
Nurmastini Bujang, University of Florida ; Nan-Yao Su, University of Florida ; Nigel Harrison, University of Florida
10:57 AM
Temporal and spatial positioning for foraging optimization in the subsocial spider Anelosimus studiosus (Araneae: Theridiidae)
Chelsea R. Ross, East Tennessee State University ; J. Colton Watts, East Tennessee State University ; Thomas C. Jones, East Tennessee State University ; Michele L. Joyner, East Tennessee State University ; Edith Seier, East Tennessee State University
11:09 AM
Diel rhythms in locomotor activity and antipredator behavior in the subsocial spider Anelosimus studiosus (Araneae: Theridiidae)
J. Colton Watts, East Tennessee State University ; Chelsea R. Ross, East Tennessee State University ; Thomas C. Jones, East Tennessee State University ; Michele L. Joyner, East Tennessee State University ; Edith Seier, East Tennessee State University
11:21 AM
Concluding Remarks