COS 137 - Predation And Predator-Prey Interactions 3

Presentations:

• 8:00 AM – 8:15 AM EDT

  Eco-evolutionary dynamics of autotomy
  

  Presenting Author: Rohan S. Mehta – Emory University

  Coauthor: Julie Kraus – Georgia Institute of Technology
• 8:15 AM – 8:30 AM EDT

  The evolution of social learning by predators in a predator-prey system
  

  Presenting Author: Talia M. Borofsky – Stanford University

  Coauthor: Marcus Feldman – Stanford University
• 8:30 AM – 8:45 AM EDT

  CANCELLED - Body shape, growth rate, and off-plane phenotypes induced in mosquitofish by the functionally distinct predators bluegill sunfish and dragonfly naiads
  

  Presenting Author: Thomas J. DeWitt – Texas A&M University
• 8:45 AM – 9:00 AM EDT

  Müllerian mimicry in camouflaged species: a case study using Gray treefrogs (Dryophytes versicolor) and pickerel frogs (Lithobates palustris)
  

  Presenting Author: Eric Guerra-Grenier – Redpath Museum, McGill University

  Coauthor: Alexandra Angers – Redpath Museum, McGill University

  Coauthor: James B. Barnett – McMaster University

  Coauthor: David M. Green, PhD – McGill University
• 9:00 AM – 9:15 AM EDT

  Variation in body size drives spatial and temporal variation in lobster-urchin interaction strength
  

  Presenting Author: Bartholomew P. DiFiore – University of California, Santa Barbara

  Coauthor: Adrian C. Stier – University of California, Santa Barbara
• 9:15 AM – 9:30 AM EDT

  High rate of unsuccessful predation attempts by brown treesnakes offers insight into the risks and rewards of consuming large prey
  

  Presenting Author: Martin Kastner – Iowa State University

  Coauthor: Scott Goetz – United States Geological Survey

  Coauthor: Kayla Baker – Iowa State University

  Coauthor: Melia Nafus – United States Geological Survey

  Coauthor: Eben Paxton – United States Geological Survey

  Coauthor: Shane Siers – United States Department of Agriculture

  Coauthor: Haldre Rogers – Iowa State University