Thursday, August 9, 2007: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
F1, San Jose McEnery Convention Center
COS 113 - Parasitism: theory, evolution, and ecology
8:00 AMCOS 113-1Rapid evolution and ecological host-parasite dynamics
Meghan A. Duffy, University of Wisconsin, Lena Sivars-Becker, Indiana University
8:20 AMCOS 113-2Effects of host genetic variation on microparasite prevalence
Holly Ganz, University of California, Berkeley, Dieter Ebert, Zoologisches Institut der Universität Basel
8:40 AMCOS 113-3Landscape influence on parasite distribution in wood frogs (Rana sylvatica) in the prairie pothole region of North Dakota
Eric E. Pulis, University of North Dakota, Robert A. Newman, University of North Dakota, Vasyl Tkach, University of North Dakota
9:00 AMCOS 113-4Effects of surrounding land use and wetland spatial position on amphibian parasite communities
Richard B. Hartson, Center for Limnology, Pieter T.J. Johnson, University of Colorado, Vanessa E. Keller, University Wisconsin - La Crosse
9:20 AMCOS 113-5Temperature and host density influence susceptibility of frog eggs to disease
Gregory Russell Ruthig, University of Virginia
9:40 AM Break
9:50 AMCOS 113-6Effects of host migration and aquaculture on disease threats to wild fish populations
Martin Krkosek, University of Alberta
10:10 AMCOS 113-7Two-cycle dynamics of alpine Parnassius smintheus (Papilionidae) butterfly populations: Host-parasitoid or consumer-resource interactions?
Caroline J. Bampfylde, University of Alberta, Jens Roland, University of Alberta
10:30 AMCOS 113-8Eating yourself sicker: Resource ecology of virulence in planktonic and plant systems
Spencer R. Hall, Indiana University, Claes Becker, Indiana University, Joseph Simonis, Florida State University, C. Adam Brown, Indiana University, Roger N. Nisbet, University of California, Santa Barbara, Alan J. Tessier, National Science Foundation, Carla A. Caceres, University of Illinois
10:50 AMCOS 113-9Testing a key assumption of host-pathogen theory: Density-dependent disease transmission
Amy L. Greer, Arizona State University, James P. Collins, Arizona State University

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