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 PMIntroductory Remarks
1:40 PM0591Predicting the rate of spread of the Argentine ant
Deborah M. Gordon
2:00 PM0592The 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 PM0593Ecological plasticity and interspecific competition
Krista K. Ingram
2:40 PM0594Invasive ants as nectar-robbers
Lori Lach
3:00 PM0595Worldwide 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 PMBreak
3:35 PM0596Colony behavior and population dynamics of the fire ant Solenopsis invicta
Eldridge S. Adams
3:55 PM0597Community ecology of fire ants
Lloyd W. Morrison
4:15 PM0598The fire ant Solenopsis invicta: Still unvanquished
Walter R. Tschinkel
4:35 PM0599Caste and ecology of the Apis-Varroa host-parasite relationship
Nicholas W. Calderone
4:55 PM0600The dynamics of introducing exotic subterranean termites (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) to urban centers: A global problem
Brian Forschler
5:15 PM0601The behavioral ecology of invasive Vespidae: What makes them invasive?
Peter J. Landolt, Hal Reed
5:35 PMConcluding Remarks

The ESA 2001 Annual Meeting - 2001: An Entomological Odyssey of ESA