ESA Annual Meetings Online Program

Graduate Student Ten-Minute Paper Competition, SysEB-5

Monday, November 14, 2011: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Room D7, First Floor (Reno-Sparks Convention Center)
Organizer :
Jason R. Cryan
Moderators:
Cliff Keil
John W. Dooley
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:03 AM
0700
Bees in a box: collective decision-making by the ant Temnothorax rugatulus during foraging
Zachary Shaffer, Arizona State University; Stephen C. Pratt, Arizona State University
8:15 AM
0701
Influence of genetic variation on colony-level foraging behavior of the red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta)
Alison A. Bockoven, Texas A&M University; Craig J. Coates, Texas A&M University; Micky Eubanks, Texas A&M University
8:27 AM
0702
The digging behavior of the red imported fire ant Solenopsis invicta in relation to body size 
Jason Carbaugh, Texas A&M University; S. Bradleigh Vinson, Texas A&M University
8:39 AM
0703
The benefit of being a social butterfly
Susan D. Finkbeiner, University of California; Adriana D. Briscoe, University of California; Robert D. Reed, University of California, Irvine
8:51 AM
0704
Gene flow patterns and parentage in a burying beetle: using molecular genetics to study cryptic hehaviors
Susan B. Parsons, Idaho State University
9:03 AM
0705
Cues in context: differential behavioral responses of termites to the same stimuli
Paul Bardunias, State University of New York; Nan-Yao Su, University of Florida
9:15 AM
0706
Undertaking behavior and its molecular basis in termites
Qian Sun, University of Kentucky; Xiangrui Li, University of Kentucky; Li Tian, University of Kentucky; Xuguo Zhou, University of Kentucky
9:27 AM
0707
Genetic understanding of aggression behavior in the lower termite Reticulitermites flavipes
Li Tian, University of Kentucky; Xiangrui Li, University of Kentucky; Qian Sun, University of Kentucky; Xuguo "Joe" Zhou, University of Kentucky
9:39 AM
Break
9:51 AM
0708
The mating behavior of two congeneric coccinellids, Coccinella novemnotata and Coccinella septempunctata: is hybridization possible?
Leo Stellwag, Cornell University; Eric P. Benson, Clemson University; Eric P. Benson, Clemson University; John Losey, Cornell University
10:03 AM
0709
Behavioral resistance of the western corn rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera) to Bt corn
Stephanie L. Gorski, North Carolina State University; Jen Anderson, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc; Yasmin Cardoza, North Carolina State University
10:15 AM
0710
Lethal and non-lethal effects of the predator Erythemis simplicicollis on Culex quinquefasciatus
Amanda Jean Meadows, Washington State University; Margaret Schoenfeld, Washington State University; Jeb Owen, Washington State University; William E. Snyder, Washington State University
10:27 AM
0711
An inclusive approach to agricultural food webs
Chad Alden Andrews, University of Arkansas
10:39 AM
0712
Impacts of land-use change on bee community distributions and ecology
Misha Leong, University of California
10:51 AM
0713
Evolutionary implications of spatial variation in sexual traits in the Satyrium fuliginosa/semiluna complex (Lycaenidae)
Erik B. Runquist, University of California
11:03 AM
0714
Urbanization impacts aquatic and terrestrial stages of caddisflies (Trichoptera) to reduce richness of larval assemblages headwater streams
Robert F. Smith, University of Maryland; William Lamp, University of Maryland
11:15 AM
0715
Some ecological issues and their impact on termites (Insecta: Isoptera) occurance in Haryana state (India)
Sachin Kumar, Indian Agricultural Research Institute
11:27 AM
Concluding Remarks
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