COS 128
Predation And Predator-Prey Interactions II

Friday, August 9, 2013: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
L100I, Minneapolis Convention Center
8:00 AM
 Can consumer effectiveness limit the diversifying effect of intraspecific competition?
Andrew W. Jones, Yale University; David M. Post, Yale University
8:20 AM
 Introduction timing of genetic diversity in eco-evolutionary dynamics
Masato Yamamichi, Cornell University; Takehito Yoshida, University of Tokyo; Akira Sasaki, Graduate University for Advanced Studies
8:40 AM
 Tension between positive and negative feedback determines the dynamics and long-term persistence of consumer-resource interactions
Christopher A. Johnson, University of Arizona; Priyanga Amarasekare, University of California, Los Angeles
9:00 AM
 Do wolf kill-sites reflect prey accessibility or abundance in forested landscapes? A LiDAR based assessment of forest and topographic structure at moose mortality sites on Isle Royale National Park
Luis M. Verissimo, Michigan Technological University; Joseph K. Bump, Michigan Technological University; Michael J. Falkowski, Michigan Technological University; Brenda G. Bergman, Michigan Technological University
9:20 AM
 Interacting prey and predator driven trophic instability in a prairie grassland
Stefan O. Schneider, University of Guelph; Royce Steeves, University of Guelph; Steven Newmaster, University of Guelph; Andrew S. MacDougall, University of Guelph
9:40 AM
9:50 AM
 Lethal and non-lethal effects of predators on Culex mosquitoes
Amanda J. Meadows, Washington State University; Jeb P. Owen, Washington State University; William E. Snyder, Washington State University
10:10 AM
 Is intra-guild predation common?
Kristina K. Prescott, University of Minnesota; David A. Andow, University of Minnesota
10:50 AM Cancelled
 Prey and predator space use: the effects of predator identity and multiple predators
Barney Luttbeg, Oklahoma State University; John I. Hammond, University of New Mexico; Tomas Brodin, Umeå University; Andrew Sih, UC Davis
10:30 AM
 Predicting effects of predator diversity on shared prey
Michael McCoy, East Carolina University; James R. Vonesh, Virginia Commonwealth University; Benjamin M. Bolker, McMaster University
11:10 AM
 Structural refuges and connectivity alter herbivory, prey abundance and impacts of top-predators in mangrove canopies
Alexander J. Forde, University of Maryland; Ilka C. Feller, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center; Daniel S. Gruner, University of Maryland; John D. Parker, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center