Graduate Student Poster Display Competition, P-IE: Ecology

Monday, December 13, 2010: 8:00 AM-6:00 PM
Grand Exhibit Hall (Town and Country Hotel and Convention Center)
Large body size enables front-loaded reproductive effort in Coleomegilla maculata
German Vargas, Colombian Sugarcane Research Center; J. P. Michaud, Kansas State University; Jim Nechols, Kansas State University
Testing the interference competition hypotheses for native lady beetle decline
Chelsea A. Smith, The Ohio State University; Mary M. Gardiner, The Ohio State University
Effects of temperature on reproductive parameters of the psocid Liposcelis rufa (Broadhead)
Sandipa G. Gautam, Oklahoma State University; G. P. Opit, Oklahoma State University; K. L. Giles, Oklahoma State University
Survival and reproductive outcomes of arsenic and phosphorus exposure in Chironomus riparius Meigen (Diptera: Chironomidae)
Christina Mogren, University of California, Riverside; John T. Trumble, University of California
Habitat associations of Plecoptera larvae:  Environmental parameters in Ozark streams
Rachel L.S. Heth, University of Missouri; Robert W. Sites, University of Missouri
Forecasting model of spring hatch of overwintered eggs of Lycorma delicatula (White) (Hemiptera: Fulgoridae)
Marana Park, Seoul National University; Se-Jin Kim, Seoul National University; Yong-Joon Kown, Seoul National University; Joon-Ho Lee, Seoul National University
Temperature-dependent development and oviposition models of Spodoptera exigua Hübner (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
Ju-Won Yoo, Seoul National University; Chang-Gyu Park, National Academy of Agricultural Science; Joon-Ho Lee, Seoul National University
The Malagasy wild silkworm Antherina suraka and its foodplants
Maminirina Randrianandrasana, University of Illinois; Mamy Ratsimbazafy, CPALI; Nomenjanahary S. Ramiliarijaona, University of Antananarivo; Herisoa Rakotondrandriambeloson, University of Antananarivo; R. Rakotoarisoa, University of Antananarivo; Lala H. Ravaomanarivo, University of Antananarivo; May R. Berenbaum, University of Illinois
Arthropod diversity and abundance in tall fescue pastures containing novel endophytes
Craig P. Keathley, USDA, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Horticultural Research Laboratory (USHRL); Daniel A. Potter, University of Kentucky
Nutrition- and density-dependent polyphenism in a non-model locust, the Chinese band-winged grasshopper Oedaleus asiaticus
Arianne J. Cease, Arizona State University; James Elser, Arizona State University; S. Hao, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Jon Harrison, Arizona State University; Le Kang, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Effects of host plant (horsenettle) genetic diversity and inbreeding on feeding preference and oviposition behavior of specialist herbivore (tobacco hornworm)
Rupesh kariyat Ramachandran, The Pennsylvania State University; Sarah Scanlon, The Pennsylvania State University; Ryan Moraski, The Pennsylvania State University; Consuelo M. De Moraes, Pennsylvania State University; Mark Mescher, Pennsylvania State University; Andrew Stephenson, Pennsylvania State University