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Ten-Minute Papers, P-IE Section: Ecology

Wednesday, November 18, 2015: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
200 G (Convention Center)
Moderators:
Jennifer A. White
Emily Mohl


8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:14 AM
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8:26 AM
Does exposure to stress elevate mutation rates in aphid endosymbionts?
Laramy Enders, University of Nebraska ; Nicholas Miller, University of Nebraska
8:38 AM
Monitoring the recovery of streams in the San Gabriel mountains (CA) following the largest wildfire in Los Angeles county history: Station fire - 2009
Wendy L. Willis, Aquatic Bioassay and Consulting Laboratory ; Karin Patrick, Aquatic Bioassay and Consulting Laboratories, Inc. ; Scott Johnson, Aquatic Bioassay & Consulting Laboratories, Inc.
8:50 AM
Long-term changes in aphidophagous coccinellid communities explained by native species niche shifts
Matthew J. Petersen, Roanoke College ; Wilson Farthing, Roanoke College ; Caroline Peterson, Roanoke College ; John Losey, Cornell University
9:02 AM
Can predation explain variation in plant defense?: Considering the key assumptions in a tri-trophic model of optimal defense
Emily Mohl, St. Olaf College ; Grant Kern, St. Olaf College ; George Heimpel, University of Minnesota
9:26 AM
Temporal changes in skipper caterpillar performance across multiple host plants explained by weather and leaf nutrient content
Eric Lind, University of Minnesota ; John T. Lill, George Washington University ; Martha Weiss, Georgetown University
9:38 AM
Poisoning the multicolored Asian lady beetle: ecological effects of a defensive aphid phenotype
Paul A. Lenhart, University of Kentucky ; Jennifer A. White, University of Kentucky
9:50 AM
Break
10:00 AM
Diversity of bacterial microflora in thrips belonging to multiple feeding guilds
Rajagopalbabu Srinivasan, University of Georgia ; Sivamani Sundaraj, Coastal Plains Experiment Station ; Bhabesh Dutta, University of Georgia ; Ron Gitaitis, University of Georgia ; Stan Diffie, University of Georgia ; Saioa Legarrea, University of Georgia
10:12 AM
Habitat selectivity of the endangered Laguna Mountains skipper in a montane meadow with and without cattle grazing
Daniel A. Marschalek, San Diego State University ; Douglas H. Deutschman, San Diego State University
10:24 AM
Beetle and predator behavior altered at increased temperature determining rates of predation and herbivory
Jamin Dreyer, University of Kentucky ; Orsolya Beleznai, Hungarian Academy of Sciences ; Mark A. Williams, University of Kentucky ; James D. Harwood, University of Kentucky
10:36 AM
Multiple symbiont infection is common and variable in spider populations
Alex Styer, University of Kentucky ; Meghan M. Curry, University of Kentucky ; Eric G Chapman, University of Kentucky ; James D. Harwood, University of Kentucky ; Jennifer A. White, University of Kentucky
10:48 AM
Plant plasticity in response to insect herbivory differs between native and introduced populations of Verbascum thapsus
Stacy Endriss, Colorado State University ; Andrew P. Norton, Colorado State University ; Ruth A. Hufbauer, Colorado State University ; Christina Alba, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
11:00 AM
Facultative endosymbionts mediate dietary breadth in a polyphagous herbivore
Jennifer A. White, University of Kentucky ; Steven M. Wagner, University of Kentucky ; Adam J. Martinez, University of Georgia ; Yong-Ming Ruan, Zhejiang Normal University ; Kyungsun Kim, University of Georgia ; Paul A. Lenhart, University of Kentucky ; Allison Dehnel, University of Kentucky ; Kerry M. Oliver, University of Georgia
11:12 AM
Laser ablation tomography: vaporizing insects with 1 million watts to quantify fitness
Kevin Rice, Pennsylvania State University ; Benjamin Hall, L4iS | Lasers for Innovative Solutions, LLC ; Andrew Yanders, L4iS | Lasers for Innovative Solutions, LLC ; Brian Reinhardt, L4iS | Lasers for Innovative Solutions, LLC ; Shelby J. Fleischer, Pennsylvania State University ; John Tooker, The Pennsylvania State University
11:36 AM
Effects of habitat restoration on the morphology and life history traits of a rare wetland butterfly
Frances S. Sivakoff, The Ohio State University ; Brian R. Hudgens, Institute for Wildlife Studies ; William F. Morris, Duke University ; Erik T. Aschehoug, North Carolina State University ; Nick M. Haddad, North Carolina State University