Grad MUVE and P-IE: Biodiversity and Ecology

Moderator(s)

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  Monica Farfan

  Postdoctoral Researcher
  School of Global Environmental Sustainability
  Colorado State University
  Fort Collins, Colorado
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  Daniel Gruner

  Associate Professor
  Entomology
  University of Maryland
  College Park, Maryland

Presentations:

• 10:30 AM – 10:42 AM PT

  Cross-species infection in milkweed butterflies: Host resistance, tolerance, and immune defense to a protozoan parasite
  

  Presenting Author: Maria L. Muller Theissen – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Maria L. Muller Theissen – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Sonia M. Altizer – University of Georgia
• 10:42 AM – 10:54 AM PT

  Diverse effects of surrounding landscapes on citrus pests: Lessons from the San Joaquin Valley
  

  Presenting Author: Mia K. Lippey – University of California

  Co-Author: Emily Meineke – University of California

  Co-Author: Jay A. Rosenheim – University of California
• 10:54 AM – 11:06 AM PT

  Does tolerance to metal pollution facilitate the dominance of the wolf spider Pardosa milvina in cities?
  

  Presenting Author: Lucy Guarnieri – The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Leo Taylor – The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Mary Margaret Gardiner – The Ohio State University
• 11:06 AM – 11:18 AM PT

  Dung beetle biodiversity in cattle pastures and forested habitats in northeast Arkansas
  

  Presenting Author: Becca L. Lett (they/them/theirs) – Arkansas State University

  Co-Author: Tanja McKay – Arkansas State University
• 11:18 AM – 11:30 AM PT

  Impacts of microsporidia on development, survivorship, and immune responses in the blue orchard bee (Osmia lignaria Say, Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)
  

  Presenting Author: Mary-Kate F. Williams – Utah State University

  Co-Author: Diana Cox-Foster – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Diane Alston – Utah State University
• 11:30 AM – 11:42 AM PT

  Landscape simplification alters insect pollinator and herbivore communities with cascading consequences for wild plant evolution
  

  Presenting Author: Hayley A. Schroeder – Cornell University

  Co-Author: Katja Poveda – Cornell University

  Co-Author: Annika Salzberg – Cornell University
• 11:42 AM – 11:54 AM PT

  Optimizing a trapping scheme to detect and characterize the flight period of baldcypress leafroller
  

  Presenting Author: Kristy M. McAndrew – Mississippi State University

  Co-Author: Samuel F. Ward – Mississippi State University

  Co-Author: Brian Sullivan – USDA-Forest Service
• 11:54 AM – 12:06 PM PT

  The functional diversity of urban ground arthropods in Prince George, British Columbia
  

  Presenting Author: Claire A. Paillard – University of Northern British Columbia

  Co-Author: Lisa M. Poirier, BCE – University of Northern British Columbia

  Co-Author: Dezene P. Huber – University of Northern British Columbia