Nutritional Ecology of Social Insects

Wednesday, December 15, 2010: 9:00 AM-11:45 AM
Windsor (Town and Country Hotel and Convention Center)
Organizers:
David Holway
Micky Eubanks
Andrew V. Suarez
9:00 AM
Welcoming Remarks
9:40 AM
Effects of carrion on the ecology of social insect scavenging predators
Erin E. Wilson, University of California San Diego; Elizabeth Wolkovich, University of California San Diego
10:00 AM
Mechanisms of colony level macronutrient regulation in an ant
Spencer T. Behmer, Texas A&M University; Steven C. Cook, Texas A and M University; Micky Eubanks, Texas A&M University; Roger Gold, Texas A and M University
10:20 AM
Break
10:40 AM
Escape from competition for extrafloral nectar and honeydew fuels fire ant invasions
Micky Eubanks, Texas A&M University; Shawn Wilder, Texas A&M University; Andrew V. Suarez, University of Illinois; David A. Holway, University of California; Edward G. Le Brun, University of Texas at Austin Department of Integrative Biolog
11:40 AM
Concluding Remarks
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