SysEB: Behavior and Ecology

Moderator(s)

• MP

  Marielle Postava-Davignon (she/her/hers)

  Assistant Professor of Biology
  Biology
  Virginia Wesleyan University
  Virginia Beach, Virginia
• 

  Jens Roland

  Professor Emeritus
  Biological Sciences
  University of Alberta
  Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Presentations:

• 1:30 PM – 1:42 PM PT

  A link between host finding and speciation: do odorant binding proteins in Trissolcus basalis preferentially bind to host semiochemicals?
  

  Presenting Author: Kendall King – The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Norman F. Johnson – The Ohio State University
• 1:42 PM – 1:54 PM PT

  Behavioural effects of an insect endosymbiont on host flies and potential mite vectors
  

  Presenting Author: Collin J. Horn – University of Alberta

  Co-Author: Lien T. Luong – University of Alberta
• 1:54 PM – 2:06 PM PT

  Chemoreception in a highly visual arthropod: Male jumping spiders (Habronattus brunneus) discriminate between female chemical cues depending on female age, mating status, and species
  

  Presenting Author: Ellen Humbel – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Lisa Taylor – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Rebecca T. Kimball – University of Florida
• 2:06 PM – 2:18 PM PT

  Cuticle enhancing symbionts for a durable and waterproof armour: How nutritional symbionts enhance protection against natural enemies and desiccation in grain pest beetles
  

  Presenting Author: Sthandiwe N. Kanyile – Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology

  Co-Author: Tobias Engl – Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology

  Co-Author: Martin Kaltenpoth – Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology
• 2:18 PM – 2:30 PM PT

  Defense syndromes or individual traits: What protects European lowland willows from various insect herbivores?
  

  Presenting Author: Jing V. Leong – Biology Centre Czech Academy of Sciences

  Co-Author: Priscila Mezzomo – Czech Academy of Sciences

  Co-Author: Paola de lima Ferreira – Aarhus University

  Co-Author: Petr Kozel – Czech Academy of Sciences

  Co-Author: Carlo Seifert – Georg-August-University

  Co-Author: Tereza Volfova – Czech Academy of Sciences

  Co-Author: Alexander Weinhold – German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research Halle-Jena-Leipzig

  Co-Author: Brian Sedio – University of Texas

  Co-Author: Juha-Pekka Salminen – University of Turku

  Co-Author: Martin Volf – Czech Academy of Sciences
• 2:30 PM – 2:42 PM PT

  Does warm and old trump young and cool for evading predators in periodical cicadas, Magicicada spp.?
  

  Presenting Author: Michael J. Raupp – University of Maryland
• 2:42 PM – 2:54 PM PT

  Break
• 2:54 PM – 3:06 PM PT

  Exploring extreme size variation and its implications for mating interactions in the mantidfly, Dicromantispa sayi
  

  Presenting Author: Laurel Lietzenmayer (she/her/hers) – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Lauren M. Goldstein – Michigan State University

  Co-Author: Josephine Pasche – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Lisa Taylor – University of Florida
• 3:06 PM – 3:18 PM PT

  Function and form: Evolutionary patterns in traits and habitat use of montane ground beetles, Nebria spp. (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
  

  Presenting Author: Jillian Kristine Schat – University of Wisconsin

  Co-Author: Sean Schoville – University of Wisconsin
• 3:18 PM – 3:30 PM PT

  Insights into the prey of Vespa mandarinia (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in Washington state, obtained from metabarcoding of larval feces
  

  Presenting Author: Telissa Wilson – Washington State Department of Agriculture

  Co-Author: Chris Looney – Washington State Department of Agriculture

  Co-Author: Luke R. Tembrock – Colorado State University

  Co-Author: Sapphitah Dickerson – Washington State Department of Agriculture

  Co-Author: Todd M. Gilligan – USDA-APHIS
• 3:30 PM – 3:42 PM PT

  Mate choice errors in an invasive longhorn beetle
  

  Presenting Author: Jennifer L. Anderson – University of New Brunswick

  Co-Author: Stephen Heard – University of New Brunswick

  Co-Author: Deepa Pureswaran – Canadian Forest Service

  Co-Author: Jon D. Sweeney – Natural Resources Canada
• 3:42 PM – 3:54 PM PT

  Overwinter egg survival drives dynamics of alpine Parnassius smintheus butterflies
  

  Presenting Author: Jens Roland – University of Alberta

  Co-Author: Sherri L. Fownes – University of Alberta

  Co-Author: Stephen F. Matter – University of Cincinnati
• 3:54 PM – 4:06 PM PT

  Break
• 4:06 PM – 4:18 PM PT

  Subterranean nesting behavior of Reticulitermes through vertical arenas of field-collected soil horizons
  

  Presenting Author: Marielle A. Postava-Davignon (she/her/hers) – Virginia Wesleyan University
• 4:18 PM – 4:30 PM PT

  The evolution of alarm pheromones in fungus-growing ants
  

  Presenting Author: Alissa R. Geisse – The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Alison H. Jennings (she/her/hers) – The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Rachelle M. Adams – The Ohio State University
• 4:30 PM – 4:42 PM PT

  The long-term effects of interspecific competition on density dependent emigration
  

  Presenting Author: Aaron Krivchenia – Louisiana State University

  Co-Author: James Cronin – Louisiana State University

  Co-Author: Jerome Goddard – Auburn University

  Co-Author: Ratnasingham Shivaji – University of North Carolina
• 4:42 PM – 4:54 PM PT

  Unwelcome house guests hack the communication systems of insect societies
  

  Presenting Author: Rachelle M. Adams – The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Eduardo G. Fox – Pós-Graduação em Ambiente e Sociedade
• 4:54 PM – 5:06 PM PT

  Vulture bee microbiomes
  

  Presenting Author: Jessica Maccaro – University of California

  Co-Author: Laura L. Figueroa – University of Massachusetts

  Co-Author: Erin Krichilsky – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Doug Yanega

  Co-Author: Quinn McFrederick – University of California
• 5:06 PM – 5:18 PM PT

  Rapid brain development and reduced neuromodulator titres correlate with host shifts in Rhagoletis pomonella
  

  Presenting Author: Hinal Bhupendra Kharva – National Centre For Biological Scinces

  Co-Author: Jeffrey Feder – University of Notre Dame

  Co-Author: Daniel A. Hahn – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Shannon Olsson – National Centre for Biological Sciences