PS 75
Behavior

Thursday, August 13, 2015: 4:30 PM-6:30 PM
Exhibit Hall, Baltimore Convention Center
 Foraging preferences of songbirds at a feeding station
Allison Devenny, West Chester University; Steven M. Aquilani, DCCC
 Brush with death: Assessing the impact of predators and alert cues on the strength of anti-predator behavior in pea aphids
Katharine V. Harrison, University of Rhode Island; Evan L. Preisser, University of Rhode Island
 Body condition dependent dispersal in the semi-aquatic insect, Notonecta undulata
Celina B. Baines, University of Toronto Mississauga; Shannon J. McCauley, University of Toronto Mississauga; Locke Rowe, University of Toronto
 Hefty or wimpy? A biomechanical hypothesis for plant-pollinator species associations
Jennifer C. Geib, Appalachian State University; Kimberly A. Bowman, Appalachian State University; Eric S. Rayfield, Appalachian State University; Peter Marting, Arizona State University
 Predation risk impacts spatial patterns of small mammal seed caching
Peter Guiden, University of Wisconsin-Madison; John Orrock, University of Wisconsin-Madison
 Evolution of bistability and collective fission-fusion dynamics in a population of agents searching a heterogeneous evironment
Andrew M. Hein, Princeton University; Sarah E. Rosenthal, Princeton University; George I. Hagstrom, Princeton University; Andrew Berdahl, Santa Fe Institute; Colin J. Torney, University of Exeter; Iain Couzin, Princeton University
 Interspecific competition in fox (Sciurus niger) and gray squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis)
Rochelle L McElroy, MacMurray College; Christy K Wolovich, MacMurray College
 Mercury reduces avian reproductive success through direct embryotoxicity rather than altered parental behavior
Stephanie Y. Chin, The College of William & Mary; Daniel A. Cristol, College of William & Mary
Cancelled
 Nectaring and oviposition preferences of Manduca sexta on two co-blooming Datura species in the Sonoran Desert
Gordon Smith, University of Arizona; Christopher A. Johnson, University of Arizona; Goggy Davidowitz, University of Arizona; Judith L. Bronstein, University of Arizona
 Bobcat distribution and abundance in a Northern California ecosystem
Amelia Zuckerwise, Stanford University; Rodolfo Dirzo, Stanford University; Eduardo Mendoza, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo
 Singing on the nest in Mimus polyglottos: An automated approach
Dakota Hawkins, Westminster College; Karina Sanchez, Westminster College; Christine M. Stracey, Westminster College; Shepherd Tricia, St. Edward's University
 Morphological drivers of avian differential migration patterns
William Patrick White, Wright State University; Volker Bahn, Wright State University; Dave Russell, Miami University
 Inter-annual and inter-populational differences in diamondback terrapin diets
Russell L. Burke, Hofstra University; Kayleigh Erazmus, Hofstra University
 Scale-dependent responses to loblolly pine trees in two ground-nesting warblers
Tami S. Ransom, Salisbury University; Melissa Carson, Salisbury University; Jared Lausen, Salisbury University; Jared Novia, Salisbury University; Marshall Boyd, Salisbury University; Eric B. Liebgold, Salisbury University
 Investigating the effect of larval diet quality on adult body size and male horn morphology in the beetle Onthophagus taurus
Adrienne J. Muetterties, James Madison University; Patrice M. Ludwig, James Madison University
 Testing the niche width paradigm: How the trophic ecology of consumer communities is influenced by biodiversity
Brian Hayden, University of New Brunswick; Jorrit Poelen, Encyclopedia of Life
 Complex interactions between predation risk, stress physiology, and extra-pair paternity in a free-living songbird
Kelly K. Hallinger, Cornell University; Maren N. Vitousek, Cornell University; David W. Winkler, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
 Oviposition behavior: Host plant matters more than geographic origin
Lina M. Arcila Hernandez, Cornell University; Anurag A. Agrawal, Cornell University
 Nutrient and demographic characteristics of sagebrush prefentially foraged on by pygmy rabbits (Brachylagus  idahoensisi) in Northern Utah
Amber Young, Weber State University; Jennifer Schmalz, Weber State University; Masako Wright, Bureau of Land Management; Michele M. Skopec, Weber State University
 The role lipids play in blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis) longevity
Justin R. Pool, Fordham University; Richard C. Falco, New York State; Thomas J. Daniels, Fordham University
 Appalachian stream salamander behaviors change following riparian disturbance
Margaret M. Bliss, University of the South; William Noggle, University of the South; Seth Burns, University of the South; Kristen K. Cecala, University of the South
 Estimation of return migration swimming speed of the Sirajo Goby, a Caribbean diadromous fish
Sakshi Handa, North Carolina State University; Jesse R. Fischer, North Carolina Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, North Carolina State University; Augustin C. Engman, North Carolina Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, North Carolina State University; Adriane O. Gill, North Carolina State University; Crystal S. Lee Pow, North Carolina State University; Harry V. Daniels, North Carolina State University; Thomas Kwak, U.S. Geological Survey, North Carolina Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Unit; Jaime Collazo, US Geological Survey
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