Session: Joint Symposium: Bugs and Dirt: Four Letter Words That Go Together (Entomology 2015)

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Joint Symposium: Bugs and Dirt: Four Letter Words That Go Together

Tuesday, November 17, 2015: 7:55 AM-12:00 PM

M100 D (Convention Center)

Organizers:

Randall Southard
Ed Lewis
Daniel Hirmas
Rufus Isaacs

Moderators:

Randall Southard
Daniel Hirmas

7:55 AM

Introductory Remarks

8:00 AM

Soil ecology and soil health

Howard Ferris, University of California

8:30 AM

The wondrous habits of ground-nesting bees: Ubiquitous, diverse, but inscrutable

James H. Cane, USDA - ARS

9:00 AM

Mason bees, the union between pollination and soils

Dave Hunter, Crown Bees

9:30 AM

The effect of soil disturbance on a ground nesting bee

Katharina Ullmann, Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

10:00 AM

Break

10:15 AM

Observations on subsurface behaviors and mixing patterns of ants

Alan Halfen, University of Kansas ; Stephen Hasiotis, University of Kansas

10:45 AM

Making a mountain out of an anthill: Ancient Hymenopteran influence on calcrete outcrop expression, Neogene Ogallala Formation, Western Kansas, USA

Brian Platt, University of Mississippi ; Jon Smith, Kansas Geological Survey ; Greg Ludvigson, Kansas Geological Survey ; Joseph Thomasson, Fort Hays State University

11:15 AM

Plasticity of soil-dwelling ant nest architecture and effects on soil properties in environments of contrasting soil texture

Kim Drager, University of Illinois ; Andrew Suarez, University of Illinois

11:30 AM

Discussion

12:00 PM

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