Tuesday, December 11, 2001: 1:30 PM-5:45 PM | |||
Pacific Salon 1-2(Convention Center, Level 1) | |||
Section C Symposium: Worldwide Odyssey: The Ecology of Invasive Social Insects | |||
| Session Chair(s): | Terrence McGlynn Nathan J. Sanders | ||
| 1:30 PM | Introductory Remarks | ||
| 1:40 PM | 0591 | Predicting the rate of spread of the Argentine ant Deborah M. Gordon | |
| 2:00 PM | 0592 | The role of abiotic factors in governing susceptibility to invasion: A test with a widespread invasive social insect David A. Holway, Andrew V Suarez, Ted J Case | |
| 2:20 PM | 0593 | Ecological plasticity and interspecific competition Krista K. Ingram | |
| 2:40 PM | 0594 | Invasive ants as nectar-robbers Lori Lach | |
| 3:00 PM | 0595 | Worldwide transport of ants and the role of opportunity in invasion success Andrew V. Suarez, David A. Holway, Alex L. Wild, Phil S. Ward | |
| 3:20 PM | Break | ||
| 3:35 PM | 0596 | Colony behavior and population dynamics of the fire ant Solenopsis invicta Eldridge S. Adams | |
| 3:55 PM | 0597 | Community ecology of fire ants Lloyd W. Morrison | |
| 4:15 PM | 0598 | The fire ant Solenopsis invicta: Still unvanquished Walter R. Tschinkel | |
| 4:35 PM | 0599 | Caste and ecology of the Apis-Varroa host-parasite relationship Nicholas W. Calderone | |
| 4:55 PM | 0600 | The dynamics of introducing exotic subterranean termites (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) to urban centers: A global problem Brian Forschler | |
| 5:15 PM | 0601 | The behavioral ecology of invasive Vespidae: What makes them invasive? Peter J. Landolt, Hal Reed | |
| 5:35 PM | Concluding Remarks | ||
The ESA 2001 Annual Meeting - 2001: An Entomological Odyssey of ESA