ESA Annual Meetings Online Program

Graduate Student Ten-Minute Paper Competition, P-IE-10

Monday, November 14, 2011: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Room A17, First Floor (Reno-Sparks Convention Center)
Moderator:
Abigail Walter
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:03 AM
After the introduction: predicting novel plant-herbivore interaction
Ian S. Pearse, University of California, Davis
8:15 AM
Comparison of techniques for modeling mean-proportion relationships with implications for presence-absence sampling
Jesus R. Lara, University of California; Mark S. Hoddle, University of California
8:27 AM
Optimizing buffer strips for insect-derived ecosystem services
Kelly Ann Gill, Iowa State University; Matthew E. O'Neal, Iowa State University; Lisa A. Schulte, Iowa State University
8:39 AM
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8:51 AM
Can pests combined cause yield reduction and sugar quality losses?
José Antonio de Souza Rossato Junior, Universidade Estadual Paulista; Odair A. Fernandes, Universidade Estadual Paulista; Márcia Justino Rossini Mutton, Universidade Estadual Paulista; Leonardo Lucas Madaleno, Universidade Estadual Paulista; Leon G. Higley, University of Nebraska
9:03 AM
Do groups have a larger cognitive capacity than individuals?
Takao Sasaki, Arizona State University; Stephen C. Pratt, Arizona State University
9:27 AM
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9:39 AM
Break
10:03 AM
The effect of native prairie management strategies on bee distribution and abundance
Wayne J. Ohnesorg, University of Nebraska; Marion D. Ellis, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Thomas E. Hunt, University of Nebraska; Robert J. Wright, University of Nebraska
10:15 AM
Foraging site selection behavior by a sit-and-wait predator: the role of biotic and abiotic cues
Kelton D. Welch, USDA-ARS; Kenneth F. Haynes, University of Kentucky; James D. Harwood, University of Kentucky
10:27 AM
Sweet alyssum floral strips and the effects observed on bees and pests in Ohio pumpkin crops
Ben W. Phillips, Ohio State University; Mary M. Gardiner, The Ohio State University
10:51 AM
Competitive impacts of an invasive nectar thief on a pollinator community
Cause Hanna, University of California; Claire Kremen, University of California, Berkeley; David Foote, US Geological Survey
11:03 AM
Change in water infiltration rates created by the ant mound building activities of five ant species in the Tahoe Basin
Joy L. Newton, University of Nevada Cooperative Extension; Matthew Forister, University of Nevada; Patricia N. Manley, Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry
11:15 AM
Manna from heaven: refuse from the arboreal ant, Azteca trigona, connects above- and below-ground processes in a lowland tropical rainforest
Natalie A. Clay, University of Oklahoma; Jane Lucas, University of St. Thomas; Michael Kaspari, University of Oklahoma; Adam Kay, University of St. Thomas
11:27 AM
Concluding Remarks