Session: Student Competition for the President's Prize, Section SEB4. Systematics, Evolution, and Biodiverstiy (2008 ESA Annual Meeting, November 16-19, 2008)

Monday, November 17, 2008: 8:30 AM-12:00 PM

Room D6, First Floor (Reno-Sparks Convention Center)

Moderators:

Ashley PG. Dowling
Geoff Morse

8:30 AM

Introductory Remarks

8:35 AM

0528

Dear Enemy Phenomenon in two invasive ant species, the Argentine ant and the giant needle ant

Eleanor Spicer, North Carolina State University; Jules Silverman, North Carolina State University

8:47 AM

0529

Reproductive soldiers of Zootermopsis nevadensis (Isoptera: Termopsidae): Morphology, development, behavior, and evolution

Susan Johnson, University of Maryland, College Park; Barbara L. Thorne, University of Maryland; Nancy L Breisch, University of Maryland, College Park

Audio File

8:59 AM

0530

Consequences of a cryptic invasive ant (Pachycondyla chinensis): Local extinctions mediated by behavior?

Benoit Guenard, University of Hong Kong; Rob R. Dunn, North Carolina State University; Jules Silverman, North Carolina State University

9:11 AM

0531

The effect of termite soldier number on Pachycondyla chinensis predation

David M. Bednar, North Carolina State University; Jules Silverman, North Carolina State University

Audio File

9:23 AM

0532

Colonization potential of caddisflies (Trichoptera) in an urban headwater stream

Robert F. Smith, University of Maryland; William Lamp, University of Maryland

Audio File

9:35 AM

Break

9:47 AM

0533

The distribution of intestinal gregarine parasites (Apicomplexa: Eugregarinorida) in dragonflies of central Texas, USA

Jason L. Locklin, Baylor University; Darrell S. Vodopich, Baylor University

Audio File

9:59 AM

0534

Trailing behavior of Caribbean crazy ants (Paratrechina pubens) and big-headed ants (Pheidole megacephala)

Ricardo Vazquez, University of Florida; Philip G. Koehler, University of Florida; Roberto M. Pereira, University of Florida

Audio File

10:11 AM

0535

The inheritance of song and preference in hybrids between Chrysoperla carnea and C. agilis green lacewings

Suegene Noh, University of Connecticut

Audio File

10:23 AM

0536

Measuring the silk footprint of embiids (Embioptera): Does one size fit all?

Whitney Evans Knott, Santa Clara University; Janice Edgerly-Rooks, Santa Clara University

Audio File

10:35 AM

0537

Temporal dynamics of acoustical signatures associated with alternative managment and natural ecosystems

Marisol A. Quintanilla Tornel, Michigan State University; Stuart H. Gage, Michigan State University; George W. Bird, Michigan State University

Audio File

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