Session: Student Competition for the President's Prize, SEB: Evolution (2009 ESA Annual Meeting, December 13-16, 2009)

Monday, December 14, 2009: 8:00 AM-11:00 AM

Room 103, First Floor (Convention Center)

Moderators:

Eric Chapman
Nick Miller

8:00 AM

Introductory Remarks

8:05 AM

Fitness trade-offs as a mechanism of coexistance within the family Calliphoridae: how to survive in a resource limited community

Jennifer Y. Rosati, University of Windsor; Sherah L. VanLaerhoven, University of Windsor

8:17 AM

0435

Metal mouths: Analytical microscopy methods reveal new morphological characters and physiological properties in beetle mandibles

Nathan P. Lord, University of New Mexico; Joseph V. McHugh, University of Georgia; Kelly B. Miller, University of New Mexico

8:29 AM

0436

Effect of group size on incipient colony success in a facultatively polygamous termite

Tamara R. Hartke, Northeastern University; Casey Hamilton, Towson University; Rebeca B. Rosengaus, Northeastern University

8:41 AM

0437

The evolutionary history and diversity of weevils

William R. Kuhn, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Roger R. Youngman, Virginia Tech

8:53 AM

Break

9:05 AM

0438

Praying mantids use complex, perceptual algorithms to identify prey objects

Salina Dominguez, Northeastern Illinois University; Leolin López, Northeastern Illinois University; Justin Komito, Northeastern Illinois University; Frederick Prete, Northeastern Illinois University

9:17 AM

0439

Using population genetics approaches to trace the origin of the USA invasion of the whitefly Bemisia tabaci biotype Q

Margarita Hadjistylli, University of California-Berkeley; Judith K. Brown, University of Arizona; Athena Lam, California Academy of Sciences; George K. Roderick, University of California

9:29 AM

0440

Foraging biology of the ponerine ant Odontomachus brunneus

Lauren M. Hart, University of Missouri - Columbia; Walter R. Tschinkel, Florida State University

9:41 AM

0441

Geographic variation and coevolution in a fungus-growing ant (Apterostigma dentigerum) quadripartite symbiosis

Eric Caldera, University of Wisconsin; Cameron Currie, University of Wisconsin

9:53 AM

0442

Nest architecture influences the survival of termites with different nesting strategies following pathogen exposure

Marielle A. Postava-Davignon, Northeastern University; Rebeca B. Rosengaus, Northeastern University

10:05 AM

Concluding Remarks

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