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

COS 99 - Behavioral Ecology

Thursday, August 6, 2009: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM

Taos, Albuquerque Convention Center

Presider:

Kate S. Boersma, University of San Diego

1:30 PM

COS 99-1

Chemical mediation of prey recognition by spider-hunting wasps
Divya Uma, University of Maryland; Larry Phelan, Ohio State University; Martha Weiss, Georgetown University

1:50 PM

COS 99-2

Effects of caudal autotomy on the escape behaviors of two Sceloporus lizards, S. jarrovii and S. virgatus
Christopher R. Agard, Howard University; Michael J Cericola, Howard University; Constance Trower, Howard University; Joel Smoot, University of Wisconsin-Madison; George Middendorf, Howard University

2:10 PM

COS 99-3

A test of ground squirrel sociality models in round-tailed ground squirrels (Spermophilus tereticaudus): Insight from microsatellite analysis
Karen E. Munroe, University of Arizona; John L. Koprowski, University of Arizona

2:30 PM

COS 99-4

Intraspecies interactions influence the spatial distribution of giant water bugs in arid headwater streams
Kate S. Boersma, University of San Diego; David A. Lytle, Oregon State University

2:50 PM

COS 99-5

Determining habitat characteristics that predict oviposition site selection in pond-breeding Rana aurora (Northern Red-legged Frog) in Humboldt County, California, USA
Jennifer A. Cary, Humboldt State University; Sharyn B Marks, Humboldt State University

3:10 PM

COS 99-

Break

3:20 PM

COS 99-6

The role of male behavior on female mate choice in Mbuna cichlids
David T. Mellor, Rutgers University; Catherine Tarsiewicz, Rutgers University; Rebecca Jordan, Rutgers University

3:40 PM

COS 99-7

The evolution of group territoriality: The emergence of sociality in a heterogeneous landscape
Anna Mosser, University of Minnesota; Margaret Kosmala, Harvard University; Craig Packer, University of Minnesota

4:00 PM

COS 99-8

Incentives in animal teams: Implications for parental-investment theory
Joan Roughgarden, Stanford University; Zhiyuan Song, University of Michigan

4:20 PM

COS 99-9

Camera-shy wildlife and capture bias: behavioral response to TrailMaster 1550 camera traps
Eric S. Abelson, Stanford University

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