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

Monday, August 3, 2009: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM

Grand Pavillion V, Hyatt

Presider:

William Tonn, University of Alberta

1:30 PM

COS 14-1

Impacts of stocked trout on prey communities in small boreal foothills lakes
William Tonn, University of Alberta; Leslie Nasmith, University of Alberta; Candra Schank, University of Alberta; Cynthia Paszkowski, University of Alberta; Justin Hanisch, University of Alberta; Garry Scrimgeour, University of Alberta

1:50 PM

COS 14-2

Molecular tracking of diptera predation in a wolf spider
Jason M. Schmidt, Miami University; James D. Harwood, University of Kentucky; Ann L. Rypstra, Miami University

2:10 PM

COS 14-3

Interspecific differences in temperature preference and use of temperature as a predation refuge in tadpoles
Jeff D. Arendt, University of California at Riverside; Brian L. Storz, Florida State University

2:30 PM

COS 14-4

Non-native predator Cichla kelberi: Direct and indirect effects and recognition by native prey
Katya E. Kovalenko, University of Windsor; Eric Dibble, Mississippi State University; Angelo Agostinho, Universidade Estadual de Maringá; Geuza Cantanhêde, Universidade Estadual de Maringá; Rosemara Fugi, Universidade Estadual de Maringá; Fernando Pelicice, Universidade Federal do Tocantins; Sidinei Thomaz, Universidade Estadual de Maringá

2:50 PM

COS 14-5

Small seeds may be less vulnerable to rat (Rattus rattus) predation in Hawaiian forests
Aaron Shiels, USDA, APHIS, National Wildlife Research Center; Donald R Drake, University of Hawaii

3:10 PM

COS 14-

Break

3:20 PM

COS 14-6

Larval defenses protect slug caterpillars from multiple generalist predators
Shannon M. Murphy, University of Denver; Susannah Leahy, George Washington University; Laila Williams, George Washington University; John T. Lill, George Washington University

3:40 PM

COS 14-7

Caterpillars circumvent the growth-defense trade-off by increasing their digestive efficiency under predation risk
Ian Kaplan, Purdue University; Jennifer Thaler, Cornell University

4:00 PM

COS 14-8

Coyote foraging ecology and selection for white-tailed deer fawns
Christina L. Boser, The Nature Conservancy; Jacqueline L. Frair, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry; Robin Holevinski, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry; Gordon Batcheller, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

4:20 PM

COS 14-9

Predatory senescence in aging wolves
Daniel MacNulty, University of Minnesota; Craig Packer, University of Minnesota; Douglas Smith, Yellowstone Center for Resources; John A. Vucetich, Michigan Technological University; L. David Mech, US Geological Survey; Daniel Stahler, Yellowstone Center for Resources

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