Sunday, 14 November 2004: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
251 F (Salt Palace L-2)
Symposium: Ecology and Biological Control of the Acari
Organizer(s):	David G. James, djames@tricity.wsu.edu Angela M. James, Angela.M.James@aphis.usda.gov
8:00 AM			Introductory Remarks
8:05 AM	0001		Forty-five years of phytoseiids in biological control: Some perspectives James McMurtry, mcmurtry@cmc.net
8:25 AM	0002		HIPPOs and their potential to enhance biological control of spider mites on hops   David G. James, djames@tricity.wsu.edu
8:45 AM	0003		Within-plant distribution and diversity of mites associated with Schinus terebinthifolius (Anacardiaceae), an invasive plant in Florida   Paul D. Pratt, prattp@saa.ars.usda.gov
9:05 AM	0004		Out of sight, but not out of mites: Invasive mites and Australian ecosystems   David Walter, dewmite@shaw.ca
9:25 AM	0005		Volatiles found on Varroa mites using SPME fibers Diana Sammataro, dsammataro@tucson.ars.ag.gov
9:45 AM			Break
9:55 AM	0006		Future prospects for tick control and Lyme disease prevention Joseph Piesman, jfp2@cdc.gov
10:15 AM	0007		Where Lyme disease is absent: Is it the tick, the vertebrate host, or just a matter of time? Uriel Kitron, ukitron@uiuc.edu, Roberto Cortinas, Edward D. Walker
10:35 AM	0008		Tick population ecology: Quantitative basis for control   Sarah Randolph, sarah.randolph@zoology.ox.ac.uk
10:55 AM	0009		Ecologic investigations of Ixodes pacificus nymphs in California Robert S. Lane, blane@nature.berkeley.edu, Miguel A. Peribanez-Lopez, Jeom-Hee Mun, jhmun@nature.berkeley.edu
11:15 AM	0010		Landscape ecology and distribution of the Rocky Mountain wood tick in the United States Angela M. James, Angela.M.James@aphis.usda.gov, Jerome E. Freier, Jerome.E.Freier@aphis.usda.gov, Suzanne Joy, Suzanne.M.Joy@aphis.usda.gov, James Keirans, jkeirans@gasou.edu, Lance Durden, ldurden@gasou.edu, Jack Schlater, James Mertins
11:35 AM	0011		The threat of exotic ticks and tick-borne diseases to cattle and ungulate wildlife in the southern United States: Ecological factors John E. George, jegeorge@ktc.com, Angela M. James, Angela.M.James@aphis.usda.gov, Jerome E. Freier, Jerome.E.Freier@aphis.usda.gov
11:55 AM			Concluding Remarks

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