Tuesday, August 5, 2008: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
101 A , Midwest Airlines Center
COS 28 - Parasitism and Host-Parasite Interactions
8:00 AMCOS 28-1Quality matters: Resources and disease dynamics in a planktonic host-parasite system
Spencer R. Hall, Indiana University, Claes Becker, Indiana University, Christine J. Knight, University of Illinois, Meghan A. Duffy, Georgia Institute of Technology, Alan J. Tessier, National Science Foundation, Carla E. Cáceres, University of Illinois
8:20 AMCOS 28-2Mixed infections and the evolution of parasite virulence
Marc Choisy, UMR CNRS-IRD 2724, Jaap C. De Roode, Emory University
8:40 AMCOS 28-3Interactions between parasitism, competition, and predation risk influence survival and life history characteristics of toad tadpoles (Bufo americanus)
Thomas R. Raffel, University of South Florida, Jason T. Hoverman, University of Pittsburgh, Neal T. Halstead, University of South Florida, Jason R. Rohr, University of South Florida
9:00 AMCOS 28-4The role of competition among parasites in driving patterns of disease in lake Daphnia populations
Meghan A. Duffy, Georgia Institute of Technology, Spencer R. Hall, Indiana University, Claes Becker, Indiana University, Carla E. Cáceres, University of Illinois, Alan J. Tessier, National Science Foundation
9:20 AMCOS 28-5Hosts, but not climate, predict blacklegged tick abundance
Richard S. Ostfeld, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Charles D. Canham, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Kelly Oggenfuss, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Jesse Brunner, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Felicia Keesing, Bard College
9:40 AM Break
9:50 AMCOS 28-6Levels of inbreeding in protozoan parasites of the genus Leishmania?
Virginie Rougeron, Institute of Research for Development, Thierry De Meeus, Institute of Research for Development, Mallorie Hide, Institute of Research for Development, Etienne Waleckx, Institute of Research for Development, Alejandro Llanos-Cuentas, Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander von Humboldt, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Alejandro Arevalo, Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander von Humboldt, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Hernan Bermudez, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Mayor San Simon, Jean-Claude Dujardin, Prins Leopold Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde, Simonne De Doncker, Prins Leopold Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde, Dominique Le Ray, Prins Leopold Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde, Anne-Laure Banuls, Institute of Research for Development
10:10 AMCOS 28-7The effect of salinity and nitrogen on a parasitic plant-host plant interaction
Katie A. Griffith, University of California
10:30 AMCOS 28-8Effects of malathion on embryonic development and latent susceptibility to trematode parasites in ranid tadpoles
Sarah A. Budischak, Virginia Tech, Lisa K. Belden, Virginia Tech, William A. Hopkins, Virginia Tech
10:50 AMCOS 28-9Differential persistence of individual deer mice in a population: The role of disease mediated by environmental stressors
M. Andrea Previtali, University of Utah, M. Denise Dearing, University of Utah
11:10 AMCOS 28-10Effects of haemoparasite infections on a mountain population of white-crowned sparrows (Zonotrichia leucophrys)
Johannes Foufopoulos, University of Michigan, Courtney Murdock, University of Michigan, Panayiotis Pafilis, University of Michigan, Arpat Ozgul, University of Florida

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