96th ESA Annual Meeting (August 7 -- 12, 2011)

1:30 PM

A novel environment drives modification of predator avoidance behavior in invasive rusty crayfish (Orconectes rusticus)
Lindsey W. Sargent, University of Notre Dame; David M. Lodge, University of Notre Dame

1:50 PM

Space-size relative to prey width (Sp/Py) and total cover in an area (Ct/At) influence the habitat choices of desert beetles in the field and laboratory freshwater angelfish Pterophyllum scalare in a similar manner
Aaron Bartholomew, American University of Sharjah; Karim Ebeid, American University of Sharjah

2:10 PM

Manipulating the nutrient content of prey for carnivorous arthropods
Shawn M. Wilder, University of Sydney; Stephen J. Simpson, The University of Sydney

2:30 PM

Resonance of plankton communities with temperature fluctuations
Elisa Benincà, University of Amsterdam; Vasilis Dakos, Estación Biológica de Doñana, CSIC; Egbert H. van Nes, Wageningen University; Jef Huisman, Universiteit van Amsterdam; Marten Scheffer, Wageningen University

2:50 PM

CANCELLED - Evaluating the nonconsumptive effects of predation among large mammals: Wolves and elk in the Greater Yellowstone area
Arthur D. Middleton, Yale University; Matthew J. Kauffman, United States Geological Survey, Wyoming Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit; Douglas E. McWhirter, Wyoming Game and Fish Department; John G. Cook, National Council for Air and Stream Improvement, Forestry and Range Sciences Laboratory; Rachel C. Cook, National Council for Air and Stream Improvement, Forestry and Range Sciences Laboratory; Abigail A. Nelson, Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit; Michael D. Jimenez, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

3:10 PM

Break

3:20 PM

Predation risk independent of direct killing reduces the number of offspring songbirds produce per year
Liana Y. Zanette, University of Western Ontario; Aija F. White, University of Western Ontario; Marek C. Allen, University of Western Ontario; Michael Clinchy, University of Victoria

3:40 PM

Invasion timing determines settlement success in an endogenously oscillating system
Masato Yamamichi, Cornell University; Takehito Yoshida, University of Tokyo; Akira Sasaki, Graduate University for Advanced Studies

4:00 PM

Scaling up phenotypic responses of prey to predators: Impacts over multiple generations in a complex aquatic community
Scott Peacor, Michigan State University; Kevin L. Pangle, Central Michigan University; Luis Schiesari, University of São Paulo (EACH-USP); Earl E. Werner, University of Michigan

4:20 PM

Differential effects of clay turbid and brown colored water on foraging in a visual piscivore
Mikael Jönsson, Lund University; Lynn Ranåker, Lund University; P. Anders Nilsson, Lund University; Christer Brönmark, Lund University

4:40 PM

Nest predation may be responsible for declines of understory insectivores in fragmented Neotropical rainforest
Deborah M. Visco, Tulane Universitry

COS 71 - Predation and Predator-Prey Interactions I