94th ESA Annual Meeting (August 2 -- 7, 2009)

COS 17 - Behavior: Foraging and Diet

Tuesday, August 4, 2009: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM

Ruidoso, Albuquerque Convention Center

Presider:

John W. Laundré, SUNY Oswego

8:00 AM

COS 17-1

Foraging behavior, diversity and ecosystem services of bats in a pecan agroecosystem in Texas
Elizabeth C. Braun de Torrez, Boston University; Thomas H. Kunz, Boston University

8:20 AM

COS 17-2

Identifying bat echolocation calls at both species and individuals level: application of a blind source separation method
Lionel Humbert, Université du Québec à Montréal; François Fabianek, Université du Québec à Montréal

8:40 AM

COS 17-3

Sharing the ecological pie: Community-level differences in prey specialization among African carnivores throughout the 20th century
Justin D. Yeakel, Simon Fraser University; Paul L. Koch, University of California; Nathaniel J. Dominy, University of California, Santa Cruz

9:00 AM

COS 17-4

Effect of prey quality on predator searching behavior
Travis M. Hinkelman, University of Nebraska; Brigitte Tenhumberg, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

9:20 AM

COS 17-5

Behavioral response race, ecology of fear, and patch use of a large predator and its ungulate prey
John W. Laundré, SUNY Oswego

9:40 AM

COS 17-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 17-6

Interaction between nutrition and interference competition on the success of Argentine ants
Adam D. Kay, University of St. Thomas; Taylor Zumbusch, University of St. Thomas; Justa Heinen, University of St. Thomas; Tom Marsh, University of St. Thomas; David Holway, University of California, San Diego

10:10 AM

COS 17-7

Resource use in changing environments: The use of non-native floral resources by native Bombus
Alexandra N. Harmon-Threatt, Washington University in St.Louis; Claire Kremen, University of California, Berkeley

10:30 AM

COS 17-8

The interactive effects of body size and plant biomechanical properties on nutrition
Fiona J. Clissold, The University of Sydney; Stephen J. Simpson, The University of Sydney

10:50 AM

COS 17-9

Reversal learning and risk-averse foraging behavior in the Monarch Butterfly, Danaus plexippus (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)
Daniela Rodrigues, Georgetown University and Universidade Estadual de Campinas; Bradley W. Goodner, Hiram College; Martha R. Weiss, Georgetown University

11:10 AM

COS 17-10

The influence of movement dynamics on ecosystem structure: Suckers as ecosystem engineers
Michael T. Booth, Cornell University; Alexander S. Flecker, Cornell University; Nelson G. Hairston Jr., Cornell University

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