Grad SysEB: Pollinators and Conservation

Moderator(s)

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  Nigel Raine

  Professor
  University of Guelph
  Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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  Shannon Summers

  Graduate Student
  Biology
  San Francisco State University
  San Francisco, California

Presentations:

• 10:30 AM – 10:42 AM PT

  Antibiotics disrupt thermoregulation in honey bees
  

  Presenting Author: Justine B. Nguyen – Marquette University

  Co-Author: Chelsea Cook – Marquette University
• 10:42 AM – 10:54 AM PT

  Beyond body size: Using honey bee queen behaviour to predict queen quality and colony success
  

  Presenting Author: Tracey Smith – University of Alberta

  Co-Author: Shelley Hoover – University of Lethbridge

  Co-Author: Renata Labuschagne – Alberta Beekeepers Commission

  Co-Author: Stephen F. Pernal – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

  Co-Author: Olav Rueppell – University of Alberta
• 10:54 AM – 11:06 AM PT

  Do habitat restorations actually increase bumble bee populations? A population genetics approach to evaluating restoration success
  

  Presenting Author: Jade M. Kochanski (she/her/hers) – University of Wisconsin

  Co-Author: Claudio Gratton – University of Wisconsin

  Co-Author: Stephanie L. McFarlane – University of Wisconsin

  Co-Author: Ellen I. Damschen – University of Wisconsin
• 11:06 AM – 11:18 AM PT

  Effects of clearcutting on fitness and survival in ground beetle species Pterostichus pensylvanicus and Pterostichus coracinus
  

  Presenting Author: Lauren Egli – Université du Québec

  Co-Author: Timothy Work – Université du Québec
• 11:18 AM – 11:30 AM PT

  Factors impacting occupancy and abundance of beetles in Alabama's black belt prairies
  

  Presenting Author: Thomas P. Franzem – University of Alabama

  Co-Author: Paige Ferguson – University of Alabama
• 11:30 AM – 11:42 AM PT

  Introduced mason bee species have comparable thermal tolerances to a native species
  

  Presenting Author: Grace Gutierrez – Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Laura Jones – Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: T'ai Roulston – University of Virginia

  Co-Author: Margarita M. Lopez-Uribe (she/her/hers) – Pennsylvania State University
• 11:42 AM – 11:54 AM PT

  It’s getting hot out here: Thermal traits of bumble bee species in the face of climate change
  

  Presenting Author: Erika Ibarra-Garibay – Iowa State University

  Co-Author: Colton Poore – Iowa State University

  Co-Author: Eric Riddell – Iowa State University

  Co-Author: Amy Toth – Iowa State University
• 11:54 AM – 12:06 PM PT

  Multimodal signaling by queens regulates mating behavior in the bumble bee Bombus impatiens
  

  Presenting Author: Sarah K. Spence – Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Etya Amsalem – Pennsylvania State University
• 12:06 PM – 12:18 PM PT

  Not haploid after all: the patterns and processes generating somatic mutations across honey bee (Apis mellifera) males
  

  Presenting Author: Riley R. Shultz (she/her/hers) – Purdue University

  Co-Author: Brock Harpur – Purdue University
• 12:18 PM – 12:30 PM PT

  Polyandry in the common eastern bumble bee (Bombus impatiens) and its implications for conservation
  

  Presenting Author: Sydney A. Bird – Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Nathaniel Pope – Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Carley McGrady – Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Shelby J. Fleischer – Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Margarita M. Lopez-Uribe (she/her/hers) – Pennsylvania State University
• 12:30 PM – 12:42 PM PT

  The effects of landscape and habitat quality on bumble bee pathogen prevalence and diversity
  

  Presenting Author: Elena M. Gratton – Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Heather M. Hines – Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Christina M. Grozinger – Pennsylvania State University