Grad SysEB: Behavior and Ecology

Moderator(s)

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  Maydianne Andrade

  University of Toronto
  Scarborough, Ontario, Canada

Presentations:

• 8:00 AM – 8:12 AM PT

  Burrow sites of the “Texas Brown” tarantula in southeastern Colorado
  

  Presenting Author: Jackie Billotte – University of Colorado

  Co-Author: Ruth A. Hufbauer – Colorado State University

  Co-Author: Lorna McCallister – Butterfly Pavilion

  Co-Author: Richard Reading – Butterfly Pavilion
• 8:12 AM – 8:24 AM PT

  Comparative analyses of collective movement in two Schistocerca species that vary in expression of behavioral phase plasticity
  

  Presenting Author: Audélia Mechti – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Gregory Sword – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Kendall C. Walton – Texas A&M University
• 8:24 AM – 8:36 AM PT

  Distribution of ground-dwelling arthropod communities in prairie agroecosystems and grasslands
  

  Presenting Author: Georgiana Antochi-Crihan – University of Saskatchewan

  Co-Author: Sean Michael Prager – University of Saskatchewan

  Co-Author: Samantha Morrice – University of Saskatchewan
• 8:36 AM – 8:48 AM PT

  Horizontal transmission of an obligate symbiont through conspecific frass
  

  Presenting Author: Liam T. Sullivan – University of Arizona

  Co-Author: Martha S. Hunter – University of Arizona

  Co-Author: Suzanne E. Kelly – University of Arizona
• 8:48 AM – 9:00 AM PT

  Mother knows best: Unraveling the chemical identity of the compound responsible for maternal effect in the desert locust
  

  Presenting Author: Vivian A. Peralta Santana – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Hojun Song – Texas A&M University
• 9:12 AM – 9:24 AM PT

  Specificity within bird-parasite-parasitoid food webs: A novel approach for evaluating potential biological control agents of the avian vampire fly
  

  Presenting Author: Ismael E. Ramirez – University of Minnesota

  Co-Author: George E. Heimpel – University of Minnesota
• 9:24 AM – 9:36 AM PT

  The proportion of foraging Coptotermes workers in relation to the number of foraging sites
  

  Presenting Author: Alina Lorenzo – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Sang-Bin Lee – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Nan-Yao Su – University of Florida
• 9:36 AM – 9:48 AM PT

  Uncovering the genetic architecture of locust phase polyphenism using the locust Schistocerca piceifrons and grasshopper Schistocerca serialis cubense
  

  Presenting Author: Alyssa Canova – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Bert Foquet – Illinois State University

  Co-Author: Drew Little – University of Wisconsin

  Co-Author: Jorge H. Medina Duran – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Hojun Song – Texas A&M University
• 9:48 AM – 10:00 AM PT

  As above, not so as below: Above and below ground traps capture different dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) species
  

  Presenting Author: Greg Middleton, Jr. – Oklahoma State University

  Co-Author: William W. Hoback – Oklahoma State University