COS 88
Disease And Epidemiology III

Thursday, August 8, 2013: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
L100D, Minneapolis Convention Center
8:00 AM
 Amphibian abnormalities: understanding relationships between multiple environmental factors and nation-wide patterns of disease
Kim A. Medley, University of Colorado; Mari K. Reeves, US Fish and Wildlife Service; Alfred E. Pinkney, US Fish and Wildlife Service; Pieter T.J. Johnson, University of Colorado
8:20 AM
 Warmer temperatures increase disease transmission and outbreak intensity in a host-pathogen system
Bret D. Elderd, Louisiana State University; James R. Reilly, Rutgers University
9:00 AM
 Host genotype determines the future infection success of a virulent parasite
Catherine L. Searle, University of Michigan; Jessica Housley Ochs, Georgia Institute of Technology; Carla E. Cáceres, University of Illinois; Spencer R. Hall, Indiana University; Ping Lee, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Sarah A. Duple, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Glynn C. Davis, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Meghan A. Duffy, University of Michigan
9:20 AM
 Does infection alter resource consumption by hosts? Trait-mediated indirect effects of disease on resources in a Daphnia-yeast host-parasite system
Rachel M. Penczykowski, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jessica Housley Ochs, Georgia Institute of Technology; Hema Sundar, Georgia Institute of Technology; Marta S. Shocket, Indiana University; Brian C. P. Lemanski, Colgate University; Spencer R. Hall, Indiana University; Meghan A. Duffy, University of Michigan
9:40 AM
9:50 AM
 Beyond frequency and density-dependence: An experimental demonstration of the importance of non-linear transmission dynamics in a host-macroparasite system
Sarah A. Orlofske, University of Colorado at Boulder; Samuel M. Flaxman, University of Colorado at Boulder; Brett A. Melbourne, University of Colorado at Boulder; Pieter T.J. Johnson, University of Colorado
10:10 AM
 Linking manipulative experiments to field data to test the dilution effect
Matthew D. Venesky, Allegheny College; Xuan Liu, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Erin L. Sauer, University of South Florida; Jason R. Rohr, University of South Florida
10:30 AM
 Thiamine deficiency and reproductive failure in Great Lakes and Baltic Sea fishes: Experimental insights regarding an unsolved mystery
Clifford E. Kraft, Cornell University; Esther R. Angert, Cornell University; Jennifer M. Sun, Cornell University; Eric R. Gordon, University of California - Riverside
10:50 AM
 Virus effects on plant chemistry and vector behavior vary with host environment and virus genotype
Kerry E. Mauck, The Pennsylvania State University; Consuelo M. De Moraes, The Pennsylvania State University; Mark C. Mescher, ETH Zurich
11:10 AM
 The role of host community abundance-richness relationships in pathogen transmission
Joseph R. Mihaljevic, University of Colorado at Boulder; Maxwell B. Joseph, University of Colorado; Sarah A. Orlofske, University of Colorado at Boulder; Sara H. Paull, University of California Santa Cruz