11- Graduate Student Ten-Minute Paper Competition: P-IE

Monday, November 11, 2013: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Ballroom G (Austin Convention Center)
Moderator:
Theresa L. Pitts-Singer


8:00 AM
Pollination in urban yards: Who's there and what socio-ecological variables affect visits to a mobile garden?
David Lowenstein, University of Illinois ; Emily Minor, University of Illinois
8:12 AM
Pollinator diversity and pollination services provided to urban garden and turf-based vacant lot habitats
Scott P. Prajzner, The Ohio State University, OARDC ; Mary M. Gardiner, The Ohio State University
8:24 AM
Pollinator interactions with yellow starthistle (Centaurea solstitialis) across urban, agricultural, and natural landscapes
Misha Leong, University of California ; George Roderick, University of California
8:36 AM
Biotic and abiotic factors guide bumble bee (Bombus impatiens) pollen foraging preferences
Anthony D. Vaudo, Pennsylvania State University ; Christina M. Grozinger, Pennsylvania State University ; David A. Mortensen, Pennsylvania State University ; Harland M. Patch, Pennsylvania State University ; John F. Tooker, Pennsylvania State University
8:48 AM
Small-scale habitat enhancement does not enhance native bee (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) nesting in sunflower fields
Hillary Sardinas, University of California ; Kathleen Tom, University of California ; Claire Kremen, University of California
9:00 AM
Bee contribution to cranberry yield varies with local farm management
Hannah R. Gaines, University of Wisconsin ; Claudio Gratton, University of Wisconsin
9:12 AM
Influence of landscape simplification on pollination services to strawberry
Heather Connelly, Cornell University ; Katja Poveda, Cornell University, Entomology ; Gregory Loeb, Cornell University
9:24 AM
Break
9:36 AM
Effectiveness and importance of wild bees for apple pollination
Mia G. Park, Cornell University ; Robert Raguso, Cornell University ; John E. Losey, Cornell University ; Bryan N. Danforth, Cornell University
10:00 AM
Cover crops as an early-season resource for native bees in temperate annual cropping systems
Katherine Ellis, Pennsylvania State University ; Mary Barbercheck, Pennsylvania State University
10:12 AM
Pollination services provided by wild and managed bees to apple crops of the midwest
Rachel Mallinger, University of Wisconsin ; Claudio Gratton, University of Wisconsin
10:24 AM
Wild bee resource utilization on small, diversified farms
C. Sheena Sidhu, Pennsylvania State University
10:36 AM
Pollinator resource use in rangelands managed with patch burn grazing
Shelly Wiggam-Ricketts, Kansas State University ; Gregory Zolnerowich, Kansas State University ; Brian McCornack, Kansas State University
10:48 AM
Insect pollinators in Iowa cornfields: Community identification and trapping methods analysis
Michael Joseph Wheelock, Iowa State University ; Matthew E. O'Neal, Iowa State University
11:00 AM
Evaluating gene flow facilitated by the alfalfa leafcutting bee, Megachile rotundata, in alfalfa seed production
Natalie Boyle, Washington State University ; Doug Walsh, Washington State University