Monday, August 2, 2010: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
334, David L Lawrence Convention Center
COS 5 - Behavior
1:30 PMInnate color preferences, behavioral plasticity, and constraints on color learning in the monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus (Nymphalidae)
Douglas Blackiston, Georgetown University, Martha R. Weiss, Georgetown University
1:50 PMFungal mediated multitrophic interactions: Grass endophytes protect voles from predators
Susanna Saari, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Janne Sundell, Konnevesi Research Station, Otso Huitu, Finnish Forest Research Institute, Marjo Helander, University of Turku, Elise Ketoja, MTT Agrifood Research Finland, Hannu Ylönen, Konnevesi Research Station, Kari Saikkonen, MTT Agrifood Research Finland
2:10 PMAntioxidant defenses and sperm swimming behavior in barn swallows from Chernobyl
Andrea Bonisoli Alquati, Università degli Studi di Milano, Anders Pape Møller, Université Paris-Sud, Geir Rudolfsen, Environmental Unit, Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority, Shanna Ostermiller, University of South Carolina, Nicola Saino, Università degli Studi di Milano, Manuela Caprioli, Università degli Studi di Milano, Timothy A. Mousseau, University of South Carolina
2:30 PMThe impact of burning on lion (Panthera leo) habitat choice in an African savanna
Stephanie L. Eby, Syracuse University, Mark E. Ritchie, Syracuse University
2:50 PMBehavior in a changing world: Uniting models and data
David J. Harris, UC Davis, Maud C.O. Ferrari, University of California, Andrew Sih, UC Davis
3:10 PMBreak
3:20 PMCANCELLED - Wilson’s plovers exhibit plasticity in habitat use and foraging behavior without costs to productivity in response to an Atlantic Coast sea-level anomaly in southeastern, North Carolina
Sarah M. Karpanty, Virginia Tech, Kacy L. Ray, Virginia Tech, James D. Fraser, Virginia Tech
3:40 PMForaging, community structure, and landscape ecology of South African granivore communities
Mohammad A. Abu Baker, University of Illinois at Chicago, Joel S. Brown, University of Illinois at Chicago
4:00 PMStress and Invasion: Factors influencing the escape behavior of native fence lizards in response to introduced fire ants
Tracy Langkilde, Penn State University
4:20 PMFunctional importance of plumage characteristics (design and costs) as intraspecific signals in Mountain White-crowned Sparrows (Zonotrichia leucophrys oriantha)
Zach Laubach, University of Michigan
4:40 PMA test of the phenotype-linked fertility hypothesis in gray tree frogs (Hyla versicolor): Ejaculate characteristics and call duration
Jacqueline M. Doyle, Purdue University

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