Ten-Minute Papers, SysEB: Interspecies Interactions

Wednesday, December 15, 2010: 1:00 PM-4:05 PM
Windsor (Town and Country Hotel and Convention Center)
Organizer :
Anthony Cognato
Moderators:
Lee A. Dyer
Dennis J. Fielding
1:00 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:29 PM
Survey of bacterial diversity in the giant neotropical bullet ant Paraponera clavata (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) using 454 pyrosequencing
Stefanie Kautz, Field Museum of Natural History; Benjamin E. Rubin, Field Museum of Natural History; Corrie S. Moreau, Field Museum of Natural History
1:41 PM
Break
2:08 PM
Do ants explain litter weevil abundance and diversity? Complementary patterns in the Neotropics
Michael G. Branstetter, University of California, Davis; Robert S. Anderson, Canadian Museum of Nature; John T. Longino, The Evergreen State College
2:20 PM
Effect of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) on ground beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) assemblages following harvesting in central British Columbia
Staffan Lindgren, University of Northern British Columbia; Duncan A. McColl, University of Northern British Columbia; Kendra G. Schotzko, University of Northern British Columbia
2:32 PM
Characterization of mite communities phoretic on Ips pini (Say) in Wisconsin
Jesse A. Pfammatter, University of Wisconsin; Kenneth F. Raffa, University of Wisconsin
2:44 PM
Break
2:59 PM
The effects of recreational trail use on cursorial spider diversity in the Santa Monica Mountains
Wendy L. Willis, Aquatic Bioassay and Consulting Laboratory; Dessie Underwood, California State University; Dennis Miller, California State University, Long Beach
3:11 PM
Exotic brown widows (Latrodectus geometricus) versus native western black widows (Latrodectus hesperus) in urban southern California
Marty Lewis, California State University, Long Beach; Dessie Underwood, California State University
3:23 PM
Invasion of a symbiosis in Georgia, USA: The establishment of a stinkbug, Megacopta cribraria, and its bacteria
Tracie M. Jenkins, University of Georgia; Tyler D. Eaton, University of Georgia
3:47 PM
Concluding Remarks