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TMP's, SysEB Section: Behavior and Life History

Wednesday, November 19, 2014: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
A106 (Oregon Convention Center)
Moderators:
Amanda Whispell Purwar
Patrick Abbot


1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:32 PM
The impact of temperature and relative humidity on tropical termite (Nasutitermes acajutlae) life history
Claire A. Fuller, Murray State University ; Marielle A. Postava-Davignon, Husson University
1:44 PM
The Foundress' Dilemma: Group selection for cooperation among queens of Pogonomyrmex californicus
Zachary Shaffer, Arizona State University ; Stephen Pratt, Arizona State University ; Jennifer H Fewell, Arizona State University ; Brian Haney, Arizona State University
1:56 PM
Copulation-associated colour change in Argia apicalis (Odonata: Coenagrionidae)
Amanda Whispell Purwar, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
2:08 PM
Influence of imidacloprid versus kaolin on honey bee foraging behavior and natural enemy assemblages
Vonny Barlow, University of California ; Joan Leong, California State Polytechnic University
2:20 PM
Multi-modal signal interactions in the ladybeetle, Hippodamia convergens, aposematic system
Christopher Wheeler, Pasteur Institute ; Ring T. Cardé, University of California ; Jocelyn G. Millar, University of California
2:32 PM
Break
2:47 PM
The role of kinship and parental manipulation in facultative eusociality in a tropical sweat bee (Megalopta genalis)
Karen Kapheim, Utah State University ; Peter Nonacs, University of California ; Adam Smith, George Washington University ; Robert K. Wayne, University of California ; William Wcislo, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
2:59 PM
Reactions of the the Collembolan, Sinella curviseta, to chemical stimuli
Ann L. Rypstra, Miami University ; Michael Sitvarin, Miami University ; Muhammad Khalid Mukhtar, Miami University
3:11 PM
Withdrawn
3:23 PM
Do aphid soldiers elicit an immune response in victims?
Patrick Abbot, Vanderbilt University ; Sarah P. Lawson, Vanderbilt University ; Leah T. Sigle, Vanderbilt University ; Andrew W. Legan, Vanderbilt University
3:35 PM
Nurse bee behavior manipulates worker honey bee reproductive development
Ying Wang, Arizona State University ; Osman Kaftanoglu, Arizona State University ; M. Kim Fondrk, Arizona State University ; Robert E. Page Jr., Arizona State University
3:47 PM
The maintenance of caste proportions delays the growth of termite incipient colonies
Thomas Chouvenc, University of Florida ; Nan-Yao Su, University of Florida
3:59 PM
Concluding Remarks