Ten-Minute Papers, SysEB Section: Evolution and Biodiversity

Tuesday, November 12, 2013: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Meeting Room 5 ABC (Austin Convention Center)
Moderators:
Andrea Lucky
Nate Hardy


8:00 AM
Welcoming Remarks
8:02 AM
Does epilithic biofilm community structure affect the mayfly microbiome?
M. Eric Benbow, University of Dayton ; Jennifer M. Lang, University of Dayton ; Jennifer L. Pechal, University of Dayton
8:14 AM
The origin and sequential radiation of the social parasite Tamalia inquilinus (Hemiptera: Aphididae)
Donald Miller, California State University, Chico ; Heather Estby, Vanderbilt University ; Patrick Abbot, Vanderbilt University
8:26 AM
Species diversity of host-alternating aphids correlated with diversity of secondary, not primary, host plants
Nate Hardy, Auburn University ; Carol D. von Dohlen, Utah State University
8:38 AM
Temporal and Spatial Genetic Variability of the Tarnished Plant Bug, Lygus lineolaris (Palisot de Beauvois), Populations in a Small Geographic Area
Omaththage P. Perera, USDA Agricultural Research Service ; Jeff Gore, Mississippi State University ; Gordon Snodgrass, USDA - ARS ; Ryan Jackson, USDA ; Clint Allen, USDA - ARS ; Craig A. Abel, USDA-ARS ; Randall Luttrell, USDA - ARS
8:50 AM
Niche partitioning in a community of aphidophagous ladybeetles (Coccinellidae)
Christie Bahlai, Michigan State University ; Doug A. Landis, Michigan State University
9:02 AM
Cues to the evolution of leaf-cutting ants: Effects on Atta mexicana colonies cultivating fungal symbionts from advanced (Atta) or primitive (Trachymyrmex) ants
Sergio R. Sanchez-Peña, Universidad Autonoma Agraria Antonio Narro ; Ulrich G. Mueller, The University of Texas-Austin
9:14 AM
Ecology, behavior and natural history of Poneroide and Ectatomminoide ants in the Neotropical cerrado savanna
Nadia Espirito-Santo, Universidade Estadual de Campinas ; Vincent Fourcassié, Université de Toulouse III ; Paulo S. Oliveira, Universidade Estadual de Campinas
9:26 AM
Thermal constraints to ant activity in six communities along a latitudinal gradient
Jelena Bujan, University of Oklahoma ; Michael Kaspari, University of Oklahoma
9:38 AM
Break
9:48 AM
Assessing backyard biodiversity across broad spatial scales: The School of Ants citizen science project
Andrea Lucky, University of FL ; Amy Savage, North Carolina State University ; Lauren M. Nichols, North Carolina State University ; Cristina Castracani, Università degli Studi di Parma ; Leonora Shell, NCSU ; Alessandra Mori, Università degli Studi di Parma ; Robert R. Dunn, North Carolina State University
10:00 AM
The uniqueness of Pennsylvania landscape in determining the community composition of native bees delivering pollination services to apples
Mark Otieno, Pennsylvania State University ; David J. Biddinger, Pennsylvania State University, Fruit Research & Extension Center ; Shelby J. Fleischer, Pennsylvania State University ; Neelendra K. Joshi, Pennsylvania State University, Fruit Research & Extension Center ; Edwin Rajotte, Pennsylvania State University
11:00 AM
Population genetic structure of a predatory moth (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) in the Hawaiian Islands
Ryan Caesar, University of Hawaii at Manoa ; Dan Rubinoff, University of Hawaii - Manoa
11:12 AM
Warning signals are seductive: Color outperforms pattern for both predator avoidance and mate attraction in Heliconius butterflies
Susan D. Finkbeiner, University of California, Irvine ; Adriana D. Briscoe, University of California-Irvine ; Robert Reed, Cornell University
11:24 AM
Impact of the mate-finding Allee effect on the competitiveness of diploid versus haplodiploid parasitoids: A theoretical approach
Clara Malouines, UMR7625 Universite Pierre et Marie Curie ; Anaïs Bompard, UMR7625 universite Pierre et Marie Curie ; Thierry Spataro, AgroParisTech ; Isabelle Amat, Université Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR 5558
11:36 AM
Parental diet drives offspring performance: Specialized parental effects in a generalist insect herbivore
Peri A. Mason, University of Colorado Boulder ; Melissa A. Bernardo, Wesleyan University ; Michael S. Singer, Wesleyan University
11:48 AM
Large impacts of vector control on the effective population size (Ne) of malaria vector mosquitoes in Equatorial Guinea
Giridhar Athrey, Texas A&M University ; Theresa Hodges, Texas A&M University ; Kevin C Deitz, Texas A&M University ; Michael R Reddy, Yale University School of Medicine ; Hans J Overgaard, The Norwegian University of Life Sciences ; Abrahan Matias, Medical Care Development International ; Frances Ridl, Medical Research Council ; Immo Kleinschmidt, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine ; Adalgisa Caccone, Yale University ; Michel A. Slotman, Texas A&M University