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

Monday, August 8, 2011: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM

5, Austin Convention Center

1:30 PM

Forming mixed-species shoals reduces parasite loads in Poecilia reticulata and its sister species Poecilia picta
Felipe Dargent, McGill University; Julian Torres-Dowdall, Colorado State University at Fort Collins; Marilyn E. Scott, McGill University; Cameron Ghalambor, Colorado State University at Fort Collins; Indar Ramnarine, The University of the West Indies; Gregor F. Fussmann, McGill University

1:50 PM

Ant semiochemicals alter herbivore choice and reduce herbivory
David J. Gonthier, University of Michigan

2:10 PM

The hidden cost of safety: Prey refugia increase the negative effect of predation risk in aquatic systems
John L. Orrock, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Evan L. Preisser, University of Rhode Island; Jonathan H. Grabowski, Gulf of Maine Research Institute; Geoffrey C. Trussell, Northeastern University

2:30 PM

Seasonal wetland hydrology drives predator and prey co-occurrence in a subtropical estuary: Implications for predator-prey interactions and trophic dynamics
Jennifer Rehage, Florida International University

2:50 PM

Mixed competition-predation interactions: Potential versus realized interactions
Lennart Persson, Umeå University; André M. de Roos, University of Amsterdam

3:10 PM

Break

3:20 PM

The microbiota of halictid bee nests: Do wild bees use probiotics?
Quinn S. McFrederick, University of California, Riverside

3:40 PM

Regional processes mediate the relative importance of facilitation and keystone predation for the maintenance of coexistence in intertidal communities
Tarik C. Gouhier, Northeastern University; Bruce A. Menge, Oregon State University

4:00 PM

Inter- and intra-specific niche differences among small mammals in an evergreen forest in Taiwan: A stable isotope approach
Pei-Jen L. Shaner, National Taiwan Normal University; Linhua Ke, National Chung Hsing University; Sheng-Hai Wu, National Chung Hsing University

4:20 PM

Using stomach contents, stable isotopes and morphometrics to quantify resource partitioning among fruit-eating fishes in Amazon floodplain habitats
Sandra Bibiana Correa, Texas A&M University; Kirk O. Winemiller, Texas A&M University

4:40 PM

Abiotic and biotic environmental context dependency of plant-microbial interactions
Anna Larimer, Indiana University; Keith Clay, Indiana University; James D. Bever, Indiana University

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