P-IE: Ecology – General

Moderator(s)

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  Carol Frost (she/her/hers)

  Assistant Professor
  Renewable Resources
  University of Alberta
  Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
• ER

  Elizabeth Rowen

  Assistant Professor
  Plant and Soil Science
  West Virginia University
  Morgantown, West Virginia

Presentations:

• 1:42 PM – 1:54 PM PT

  Brood X periodical cicada feeding activity: Direct observation and molecular gut content results
  

  Presenting Author: James Hepler – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Tracy C. Leskey – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Liam Dardick – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Christopher Dardick – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Laura J. Nixon – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Michael J. Raupp – University of Maryland

  Co-Author: Paula Shrewsbury – University of Maryland

  Co-Author: Rodney Cooper – USDA-ARS
• 1:54 PM – 2:06 PM PT

  Convergence between ant-mediated seed dispersal and newly discovered gall dispersal
  

  Presenting Author: John F. Tooker – Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Robert Warren, II – The State University of New York College

  Co-Author: Antoine P. Guiguet – Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Chloe Mokadam – The State University of New York College

  Co-Author: Andy Deans – Pennsylvania State University
• 2:06 PM – 2:18 PM PT

  Drought and insect herbivory affect soil nutrients and grass production in a northern mixed grassland
  

  Presenting Author: Dave H. Branson – USDA-ARS
• 2:18 PM – 2:30 PM PT

  Break
• 2:30 PM – 2:42 PM PT

  Effect of macroarthropods on leaf litter decomposition increases with altitude in a Costa Rican Páramo Ecosystem
  

  Presenting Author: Dave H. Branson – USDA-ARS
• 2:42 PM – 2:54 PM PT

  Experimental heat waves disrupt bumble bee foraging through direct heat effects and reduced nectar production
  

  Presenting Author: Jeremy Hemberger – University of California

  Co-Author: Neal M. Williams – University of California

  Co-Author: Nick Rosenberger – University of California
• 2:54 PM – 3:06 PM PT

  Exploring how climate drives hemlock sawfly and blackheaded budworm defoliation across the Pacific coastal temperate rainforest
  

  Presenting Author: Michael Howe – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Kellen Nelson – USDA-ARS
• 3:06 PM – 3:18 PM PT

  Fun with dung: The role of manure in supporting ecosystem services on integrated livestock farms
  

  Presenting Author: Elizabeth K. Rowen – West Virginia University
• 3:18 PM – 3:30 PM PT

  Lightning-damaged trees support unique beetle assemblages in a neotropical forest
  

  Presenting Author: Kane A. Lawhorn – University of Louisville

  Co-Author: Evan M. Gora – Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

  Co-Author: Cesar Gutierrez – Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

  Co-Author: Phillip M. Bitzer – University of Alabama

  Co-Author: Jeffrey C. Burchfield – University of Alabama

  Co-Author: Stephen P. Yanoviak – University of Louisville
• 3:30 PM – 3:42 PM PT

  Break
• 4:06 PM – 4:18 PM PT

  Nematode infection of male fig wasps: Potential benefits for nematodes and consequences for fig-fig wasp communities
  

  Presenting Author: Justin M. Van Goor – University of Maryland

  Co-Author: Derek D. Houston – Western Colorado University

  Co-Author: John D. Nason – Iowa State University

  Co-Author: Eric S. Haag – University of Maryland
• 4:18 PM – 4:30 PM PT

  Transcriptomic analysis of the mycangium from the ambrosia beetle Xylosandrus germanus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
  

  Presenting Author: Christopher M. Ranger – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Nisha Patwa – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Jelmer W Poelstra – The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Maximilian Lehenberger – Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology

  Co-Author: Michael E. Reding – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Peter H. Biedermann – University of Freiburg
• 4:30 PM – 4:42 PM PT

  Two-way plant-mediated interactions between a plant parasitic nematode and a foliar herbivore arthropod
  

  Presenting Author: Lucas Ripa – University of Idaho

  Co-Author: Edwin Lewis – University of Idaho