COS 157 - Physiological Ecology 1

Presentations:

• 10:00 AM – 10:15 AM EDT

  Tolerance to heat stress in natural variants and CRISPR gene-edited high oleic acid lines of the oilseed plant pennycress (Thlaspi arvense).
  

  Presenting Author: Nikhil S. Jaikumar – Illinois State University

  Coauthor: Vanessica Jawahir – Danforth Center

  Coauthor: Dmitri Nusinow – Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

  Coauthor: John Sedbrook – Illinois State University
• 10:15 AM – 10:30 AM EDT

  The development and use of gene-expression based biomarkers of animal nutritional stress in ecology
  

  Presenting Author: Paul Frost – Trent University

  Coauthor: Catriona Jones – Trent University

  Coauthor: Nicole Wagner – Oakland University
• 10:30 AM – 10:45 AM EDT

  Interactive effects of drought and erosion push the thermal limits of grasses on the shortgrass steppe
  

  Presenting Author: Scott J. Bradfield – Colorado State University

  Coauthor: Troy Ocheltree – Department of Forest and Rangeland Stewardship, Colorado State University
• 10:45 AM – 11:00 AM EDT

  Using GPS-accelerometry to track energy expenditure in a breeding seabird
  

  Presenting Author: Fred Tremblay – McGill University

  Coauthor: Emily Choy – McGill University

  Coauthor: Scott Hatch, PhD – Institute for Seabird Research and Conservation

  Coauthor: Kyle Elliott – McGill University, Canada
• 11:00 AM – 11:15 AM EDT

  Warming in the land of the midnight sun: breeding birds may suffer greater heat stress at high- vs low-Arctic sites
  

  Coauthor: Ryan O'Connor – Université du Québec à Rimouski

  Coauthor: Audrey Le Pogam – Université du Québec à Rimouski

  Coauthor: Kevin Young – Western University

  Presenting Author: Oliver P. Love – University of Windsor

  Coauthor: Christopher Cox – National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

  Coauthor: Gabrielle Roy – Université du Québec à Rimouski

  Coauthor: Francis Robitaille – Université du Québec à Rimouski

  Coauthor: Kyle Elliott – McGill University, Canada

  Coauthor: Anna Hargreaves – McGill University

  Coauthor: Emily Choy – McGill University

  Coauthor: Grant Gilchrist – Environment and Climate Change Canada

  Coauthor: Dominique Berteaux – Universite du Quebec a Rimouski

  Coauthor: Andrew Tam – Department of National Defence

  Coauthor: François Vézina – Université du Québec à Rimouski
• 11:15 AM – 11:30 AM EDT

  Influence of development temperature on fitness parameters of Aphidoletes aphidimyza (Diptera; Cecidomyiidae) males and on their mating abilities in a context of climate change
  

  Presenting Author: Thierry Hance – UClouvain, Earth and Life Insitute

  Coauthor: Aurore Nicolas – Public Service of Wallonia