97th ESA Annual Meeting (August 5 -- 10, 2012)

Thursday, August 9, 2012: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM

A103, Oregon Convention Center

1:30 PM

COS 147-1

Moose migrations track summer range phenology: Implications for trophic mismatch
Matthew J. Kauffman, United States Geological Survey, Wyoming Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit

1:50 PM

COS 147-2

Darwin or Einstein, who is making them move?
Monique De Jager, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ); Andrea Kölzsch, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW); Johan Van de Koppel, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ)

2:10 PM

COS 147-3

A case study of impediments to progress in behavioral ecology
Timothy H. Parker, Whitman College

2:30 PM

COS 147-4

Giant panda behavior across a coupled human and natural system
Vanessa Hull, Michigan State University; Jindong Zhang, Michigan State University; Shiqiang Zhou, Wolong Nature Reserve; Jinyan Huang, Wolong Nature Reserve; Zhiyun Ouyang, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Hemin Zhang, Wolong Nature Reserve; Jianguo Liu, Michigan State University

2:50 PM

COS 147-5

Energy subsidies from aphid mutualists fuel establishment of Argentine ant propagules
Jonathan Z. Shik, North Carolina State University; Adam D. Kay, University of St. Thomas; Jules Silverman, NCSU

3:10 PM

COS 147-

Break

3:20 PM

COS 147-6

A comparison of movement ecology and search efficiency between vulture species in Etosha National Park, Namibia
Orr Spiegel, University of California at Davis; Wayne M. Getz, University of California at Berkeley; Ran Nathan, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

3:40 PM

COS 147-7

Soldier deployment in ants: Do colonies respond optimally to changing defensive needs?
Matina C. Donaldson-Matasci, University of Arizona; Scott Powell, The George Washington University; Anna Dornhaus, University of Arizona

4:00 PM

COS 147-8

Behavioral changes as a result of experience: The curious case of the cane toad
Amanda J. Arner, Texas Tech University; Ximena E. Bernal, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and Texas Tech University; Rachel A. Page, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

4:20 PM

COS 147-9

Family ties and fluroescent dyes: Searching for nepotism in Solenopsis invicta
Collin C. McMichael, Texas A&M University; Micky D. Eubanks, Texas A&M University

4:40 PM

COS 147-10

Fine-scale genetic structure and inferred sociality in African forest elephants
Stephanie Schuttler, University of Missouri; Lori S. Eggert, University of Missouri

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COS 147 - Behavior I