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TMP's, SysEB Section: Insect Ecology

Tuesday, November 18, 2014: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
A103-104 (Oregon Convention Center)
Moderators:
Nate Hardy
Keith R. Hopper


1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:32 PM
Niche partitioning in Hawaiian web-building Tetragnatha spiders
Susan Kennedy, University of California ; Joanne Clavel, Université Paris 6 ; Rosemary Gillespie, University of California
1:44 PM
Arthropod food-web development during early stages of primary succession
Daniela Sint, University of Innsbruck ; Lorna Raso, University of Innsbruck ; Rebecca Mayer, University of Innsbruck ; Ruediger Kaufmann, University of Innsbruck ; Michael Traugott, University of Innsbruck
2:08 PM
Can a vertical stratification sampling approach uncover functional diversity in cloud forest insect communities?
Guinevere Z. Jones, University of Wyoming ; Timothy Collier, University of Wyoming
2:20 PM
Look before you toss: The importance of by-catch, broadly training students, and other lessons from a project in mass sampling
Michael Skvarla, University of Arkansas ; Ray Fisher, University of Arkansas ; Ashley Dowling, University of Arkansas
2:32 PM
The role of Cardinium-induced cytoplasmic incompatibility and hybrid incompatibilities in the reproductive isolation between two closely related Encarsia (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) species
Marco Gebiola, University of Arizona ; Suzanne E. Kelly, University of Arizona ; Massimo Giorgini, National Research Council of Italy ; Martha S. Hunter, University of Arizona
2:44 PM
First report of the family Micropterigidae (Lepidoptera) from Central America with descriptions of two new genera and five new species
David L. Wagner, University of Connecticut ; Donald R. Davis, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
2:56 PM
Evolutionary ecology of the social parasite Tamalia inquilinus (Hemiptera: Aphididae)
Donald G. Miller, California State University ; Sarah P. Lawson, Vanderbilt University ; Heather Estby, Vanderbilt University ; Patrick Abbot, Vanderbilt University
3:08 PM
Break
3:23 PM
Testing effects of plant community diversity on host breadth evolution in armored scales.
Nate Hardy, Auburn University ; Benjamin Normark, University of Massachusetts ; Daniel Peterson, University of Massachusetts
3:35 PM
The relationship between climate and cooperative breeding in Polistes wasps depends on the scale of analysis
Michael Sheehan, University of California ; Tory Hendry, University of California ; Brian Sedio, University of Michigan ; Elizabeth Tibbetts, University of Michigan
3:47 PM
Epigenetic maternal effects on caste development in paper wasps (Polistes fuscatus)
Jennifer M. Jandt, Iowa State University ; Robert L. Jeanne, University of Wisconsin ; John Hermanson, USDA - Forest Service ; Amy L. Toth, Iowa State University
4:11 PM
Community structure of the parasitic Philornis fly on Trinidad
Mariana Bulgarella, University of Minnesota ; George Heimpel, University of Minnesota
4:23 PM
Consequences for mortality by fire: The effect of pupation location of the frosted elfin, Callophrys irus Godart (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)
Matthew Thom, USDA - ARS ; Jaret C. Daniels, University of Florida ; Leda Kobziar, University of Florida ; Jonathan Colburn, Florida Museum of Natural History
4:35 PM
Withdrawn
4:47 PM
Food protein-carbohydrate ratio affects the trade-off between reproduction and lifespan in the wing-polymorphic cricket Gryllus firmus
Rebecca Clark, Texas A&M University ; Anthony J. Zera, University of Nebraska ; Spencer T. Behmer, Texas A&M University
4:59 PM
Concluding Remarks