ESA Annual Meetings Online Program

Social Insects and the Emergence of Novelty: From Local Rules to Global Behavior

Sunday, November 11, 2012: 8:00 AM-12:20 PM
200 B, Floor Two (Knoxville Convention Center)
Organizers:
Zachary Shaffer
Juliana Rangel
Terrence P. McGlynn
Theresa L. Pitts-Singer
Sandra M. Rehan


8:00 AM
Welcoming Remarks
8:09 AM
0013
Swarm intelligence and swarm cognition in mound-building termites
Scott Turner, State University of New York, Syracuse
8:27 AM
0014
Evolution of reproductive systems and pheromonal regulation in termites
Kenji Matsuura, Kyoto University
8:45 AM
0015
Behavioral correlates and markers of oxidative stress in honey bees
Michael Simone-Finstrom, North Carolina State University
9:03 AM
0016
Evolution of eusociality in zootermopsis
Kenneth J. Howard, Sage Colleges
9:21 AM
0017
Are cockroaches rational decision-makers?
Zachary Shaffer, Arizona State University
9:39 AM
0018
Honey bee reproductive behavior: Implications for levels of selection in social insects
David R. Tarpy, North Carolina State University
9:57 AM
0019
Genomics of chemical communication in social insects
Christina M. Grozinger, Pennsylvania State University
10:15 AM
Break
10:30 AM
0020
Optimal colony fissioning in social insects: testing an inclusive fitness model with honey bees
Juliana Rangel, North Carolina State University
10:48 AM
0021
The costs and benefits of sociality in a facultatively social bee
Sandra M. Rehan, University of Pennsylvania
11:06 AM
0022
Social evolution at the plant-insect interface
Patrick Abbot, Vanderbilt University
11:24 AM
0023
Integrating genomics and chemical ecology to illuminate insect social behavior
Neil Tsutsui, University of California, Berkeley
11:42 AM
0024
Integrating social evolution and metabolic ecology
Jonathan Z. Shik, University of Oklahoma
12:00 PM
0025
Collective decision-making in ants
Stephen C. Pratt, Arizona State University
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