Session: 22- Graduate Student Ten-Minute Paper Competition: P-IE, MUVE (2013 ESA Annual Meeting)

22- Graduate Student Ten-Minute Paper Competition: P-IE, MUVE

Monday, November 11, 2013: 8:24 AM-12:00 PM

Meeting Room 17 B (Austin Convention Center)

Moderator:

Michael J. Brewer

8:24 AM

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Microbial community structure in a host-associated grasshopper

Tyler Raszick, University of Central Florida ; Hojun Song, University of Central Florida

8:36 AM

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Lady beetle species have different microbial communities in their alimentary tracts – is it a diet effect?

Julia Tiede, Georg-August University Goettingen ; James Mutschler, University of Wisconsin ; Katherine McMahon, University of Wisconsin ; Claudio Gratton, University of Wisconsin

8:48 AM

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Differential life history traits of long and short winged grasshoppers across an elevation gradient

Richard Levy, University of Colorado ; Cesar Nufio, University of Colorado

9:00 AM

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Latitudinal variation in tritrophic interactions associated with native and exotic genotypes of Phragmites australis

Warwick Allen, Louisiana State University ; Randee Young, Louisiana State University ; Ganesh P. Bhattarai, Louisiana State University ; Jordan Croy, Louisiana State University ; Laura A. Meyerson, University of Rhode Island ; James T. Cronin, Louisiana State University

9:12 AM

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Fear-mediated cascades over four trophic levels affect seed predator function

Carmen K. Blubaugh, Purdue University ; Ian Kaplan, Purdue University

9:24 AM

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Biotic and abiotic factors associated with grape root borer (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) infestations in Virginia vineyards

Jhalendra P. Rijal, Virginia Tech ; Carlyle Brewster, Virginia Tech ; J. Christopher Bergh, Virginia Tech

9:36 AM

Break

9:48 AM

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