North Central Branch Annual Meeting Online Program

B.S. Systematics, Evolution, and Biodiversity

Monday, June 4, 2012: 8:00 AM-6:00 PM
Regents C (Embassy Suites)


D09
Simplified methods for RNA interference in western corn rootwom
Kathryn M. O'Brien, University of Nebraska-Lincoln ; Haichuan Wang, University of Nebraska-Lincoln ; Nicholas J. Miller, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
D10
Does sound matter? The influence of stridulation in competition for carrion resources in burying beetles (Silphidea: Nicrophorus)
Adrienne L. Conley, Augustana College ; Carrie L. Hall, Augustana College ; Daniel R. Howard, Augustana College ; Andrew C. Mason, University of Toronto at Scarborough ; Rosemary J. Smith, Idaho State University
D11
Burning issues in conservation biology: The effect of reproductive season prescribed fire on an endangered insect species
Morgan D. DePerno, Augustana College ; Brian D. Hokeness, Augustana College ; Nicole L. Lindsey, Augustana College ; Daniel R. Howard, Augustana College ; Carrie L. Hall, Augustana College
D12
The effect of wind-turbine induced vibration on the reproductive behavior of the endangered American burying beetle (Nicrophorus americanus)
Courtney L. Moore, Augustana College ; Christina H. Johnson, Augustana College ; Carrie L. Hall, Augustana College ; Daniel R. Howard, Augustana College
D13
Reproductive trade-offs in the burying beetle Nicrophorus marginatus: does parental competitive environment influence offspring sex ratio or brood size dynamics?
Brooke K. Woelber, Augustana College ; Anna B. Bahnson, Augustana College ; Carrie L. Hall, Augustana College ; Daniel R. Howard, Augustana College
D14
Deliberate alteration of the elytra of Nicrophorus americanus Olivier (Coleoptera: Silphidae) during field surveys alters acoustic characters: Consequences for reproduction and conservation
Nicole L. Lindsey, Augustana College ; Daniel R. Howard, Augustana College ; Carrie L. Hall, Augustana College
D15
Seismic signaling in the New Zealand Deinacrida: substrate-borne vibration mediates agonistic interactions in the Cook Strait giant weta (D. rugosa)
Ashley P. Schmidt, Augustana College ; Claire E. Bestul, Augustana College ; Courtney L. Moore, Augustana College ; Andrew C. Mason, University of Toronto at Scarborough ; Carrie L. Hall, Augustana College ; Daniel R. Howard, Augustana College
D16
Burying beetle bioacoustics: The role of sound in Nicrophorus intraspecific communication
Claire E. Bestul, Augustana College ; Ashley P. Schmidt, Augustana College ; Courtney L. Moore, Augustana College ; Nicole L. Lindsey, Augustana College ; Andrew C. Mason, University of Toronto at Scarborough ; Daniel R. Howard, Augustana College ; Carrie L. Hall, Augustana College
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