ESA Annual Meetings Online Program

Ten-Minute Papers, SysEB Section, Ecology and Behavior

Tuesday, November 13, 2012: 1:30 PM-4:30 PM
301 D, Floor Three (Knoxville Convention Center)
Moderators:
William R. Kuhn
Dominic Evangelista


1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:33 PM
Bacterial endosymbionts of Sitobion avenae: Transmission and  ecological interactions
Hussein Alkhedir, Georg-August-Universität ; Petr Karlovsky, Georg-August-Universität ; Stefan Vidal, Georg-August-Universität
1:45 PM
Environmental effects on pea aphid (Acyrthosiphon pisum) defensive bacterial symbionts
Andrew H. Smith, Drexel University ; Jacob A. Russell, Drexel University
1:57 PM
Evolution of diet breadth in Melissodes Latreille based on their phylogeny
Karen W. Wright, University of New Mexico ; Kelly B. Miller, University of New Mexico
2:09 PM
Withdrawn
2:21 PM
Genetic variation in populations of two tachinid parasitoids of Diatraea spp (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) on different host plants
Miguel R. Paniagua, Hidroexpo S.A. de C.V ; Jose Miguel Sermeno, University of El Salvador ; Leopoldo Serrano, University of El Salvador ; Andrea L. Joyce, University of California, Merced
2:33 PM
Is parasitoid host specificity dynamic?
Keith R. Hopper, USDA, Agricultural Research Service ; Sean M. Prager, University of California, Riverside ; George E. Heimpel, University of Minnesota
2:45 PM
Multispecies analysis of ecological speciation in Timema stick insects
Daniel J. Funk, Vanderbilt University ; Patrik Nosil, University of Sheffield
2:57 PM
Withdrawn
3:09 PM
Break
3:24 PM
Genotype- by- environment interactions and sexual selection in the leaf-footed cactus bugs, Narnia femorata (Hemiptera: Coreidae)
Christine W. Miller, University of Florida ; Salvador A. Gezen, University of Florida ; Patricio Munoz, University of Florida ; Allen J. Moore, University of Georgia
3:48 PM
How long-term ecological monitoring can inform fundamental questions in ecology and evolution: Abundance and phenology in butterfly mimicry systems
Elizabeth C. Long, University of California, Davis ; Kyle F. Edwards, Michigan State University ; Arthur M. Shapiro, University of California, Davis
4:00 PM
Preferences of four species of Drosophila (Diptera: Drosophilidae) for differents bait types and crop varieties in south-central Washington State, U.S.A
Luz D. Barrantes-Barrantes, Washington State University ; Douglas B. Walsh, Washington State University ; Martin Hauser, California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA)
4:12 PM
Diel rhythm in locomotor activity and antipredator behavior in three species of orb-weaving spiders (Araneae: Araneidae)
Thomas C. Jones, East Tennessee State University ; J. Colton Watts, East Tennessee State University ; T. Chris Brown, East Tennessee State University ; Darrell Moore, East Tennessee State University
4:24 PM
An assessment of the dichotomous flight strategies in corduliid dragonflies
William R. Kuhn, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey ; Jessica L. Ware, American Museum of Natural History
4:36 PM
4:48 PM
Withdrawn
5:00 PM
Concluding Remarks