93rd ESA Annual Meeting (August 3 -- August 8, 2008)

8:00 AM

COS 28-1

Quality matters: Resources and disease dynamics in a planktonic host-parasite system
Spencer Hall, Indiana University; Claes Becker, Sweco Environment; Christine J. Knight, University of Illinois; Meghan A. Duffy, University of Michigan; Alan J. Tessier, National Science Foundation; Carla E. Cáceres, University of Illinois

8:20 AM

COS 28-2

Mixed infections and the evolution of parasite virulence
Marc Choisy, Génétique & Evolution des Maladies Infectieuses; Jaap C. De Roode, Emory University

8:40 AM

COS 28-3

Interactions between parasitism, competition, and predation risk influence survival and life history characteristics of toad tadpoles (Bufo americanus)
Thomas R. Raffel, Oakland University; Jason T. Hoverman, Purdue University; Neal T. Halstead, University of South Florida; Jason R. Rohr, University of South Florida

9:00 AM

COS 28-4

The role of competition among parasites in driving patterns of disease in lake Daphnia populations
Meghan A. Duffy, University of Michigan; Spencer Hall, Indiana University; Claes Becker, Sweco Environment; Carla E. Cáceres, University of Illinois; Alan J. Tessier, National Science Foundation

9:20 AM

COS 28-5

Hosts, 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, Washington State University; Felicia Keesing, Bard College

9:40 AM

COS 28-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 28-6

Levels 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, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán; 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 AM

COS 28-7

The effect of salinity and nitrogen on a parasitic plant-host plant interaction
Katie A. Griffith, University of California

10:30 AM

COS 28-8

Effects of malathion on embryonic development and latent susceptibility to trematode parasites in ranid tadpoles
Sarah A. Budischak, University of Georgia; Lisa K. Belden, Virginia Tech; William A. Hopkins, Virginia Tech

10:50 AM

COS 28-9

Differential persistence of individual deer mice in a population: The role of disease mediated by environmental stressors
M. Andrea Previtali, Universidad Nacional del Litoral; M. Denise Dearing, University of Utah

11:10 AM

COS 28-10

Effects 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 Athens; Arpat Ozgul, University of Zurich

COS 28 - Parasitism and Host-Parasite Interactions