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Saturday, March 27, 2010
Oral Presentations
Concurrent Session I, II, III, & IV
8:00 - 10:00 am
I. COMMUNITY ECOLOGY
Location: Cardinal Room, Memorial Union 2nd floor ooModerator: Dawn Reding
8:00 am
Effects of forest edges on population dynamics in a successional system - ABSTRACT
Lang KA1 and Meiners SJ1
1Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Illinois
8:15 am
Comparison of two insect orders in contiguous successional communities of a tropical forest - ABSTRACT
Hamilton B1 and Gerke B1, and Brandt L1
1State Fair Community College, Sedalia, MO
8:30 am
The role of rodents in affecting tropical forest regeneration: Seed dispersal and seed predation - ABSTRACT
Dittel JW1, Adler GH1, and Lambert TD2
1University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh, Fond du Lac, WI; 2Frostburg State University, Frostburg, MD
8:45 am
Effects of forest composition on mast production and small-mammal density in Southern Illinois - ABSTRACT
Gillen CA1 and Hellgren EC1
1Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
9:00 am
Does evolutionary exposure mediate allelopathic effects? - ABSTRACT
Pisula NL1 and Meiners SJ1
1Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL
9:15 am
Distribution and abundance of secretive marsh-birds in Iowa - ABSTRACT
Harms TM1 and Dinsmore SJ1
1Iowa State University, Ames, IA
9:30 am
Shifts in dependence of fitness on habitat with shifts in geographic range - ABSTRACT
Stanton-Geddes J1, Shaw R1, and Tiffin P1
1University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
9:45 am
Relative abundance and habitat use of two larval salamanders in Western Kentucky - ABSTRACT
Anderson T1 and Whiteman H1
1Murray State University, Murray, KY
II. CONSERVATION BIOLOGY/GLOBAL CHANGE
Location: Gold Room, Memorial Union 2nd flooroooooModerator: Jeanine Refsnider
8:00 am
Nest-site choice and climate change in reptiles with temperature-dependent sex determination - ABSTRACT
Refsnider JM1 and Janzen F1
1Iowa State University, Ames, IA
8:15 am
Physiological predictors of successful coral bleaching - ABSTRACT
Parrin AP1, Netherton SE1, and Blackstone NW1
1Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL
8:30 am
Fitness consequences of righting ability and body size of hatchling turtles - ABSTRACT
Mitchell T1, McGaugh S2, Myers E3, and Tucker J4
1Iowa State University, Ames, IA; 2Duke University, Durham, NC; 3University of Houston, Houston, TX; 4University of Illinois, Champaign, IL
8:45 am
Thermal effects on reptile reproduction: Adaptation and phenotypic plasticity in a montane lizard - ABSTRACT
Telemeco RS1, Radder RS2, Baird TA3, and Shine R2
1Iowa State University, Ames, IA; 2University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia; 3University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, OK
9:00 am
The effect of declining environmental pH on coral microstructure and morphology - ABSTRACT
Tibbits M1
1University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
9:15 am
Atrazine during pregnancy: Its impacts on viviparous reptile mothers and young - ABSTRACT
Neuman-Lee L1, Mullin SJ1, and Gaines KF1
1Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL
9:30 am
Presentation Title: Mercury assessment in wild primate population at the Brownsberg Nature Park, Suriname - ABSTRACT
Vreedzaam A1
1Kent State University, Kent, OH
9:45 am
Leaf nitrogen concentration and the carbon capture rates of two tropical tree species - ABSTRACT
Koenig A1, Comes J1, Russo S1, and Ledder G1
1University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
III. ANIMAL BEHAVIOR/PRIMATOLOGY
Location: Pioneer Room, Memorial Union 3rd flooroooModerator: Stacy Lindshield
8:00 am
Functional importance of plumage characteristics (design and costs) as intraspecific signals in mountain white-crowned sparrows (Zonotrichia leucophrys oriantha) - ABSTRACT
Laubach Z1, Fofopoulos J1, Blumstein D2, Low B1, and Sampson G1
1University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; 2University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
8:15 am
Does area-restricted search lead to density-dependent foraging? - ABSTRACT
Hinkelman T1 and Tenhumberg B1
1University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
8:30 am
Influence of pond canopy cover during larval development on post-metamorphic dispersal ability of a toad - ABSTRACT
Charbonnier J1, Gerald G2, Purrenhage J3, and Schaeffer P3
1University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; 2Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE; 3Miami University, Oxford, OH
8:45 am
Intermediate forms of morality in non-human animals: Looking beyond primate - ABSTRACT
Adams LL1 and Hunt J1
1Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI
9:00 am
Spatial and temporal changes in howler monkey (Alouatta palliata) vocalizations in a noisy habitat - ABSTRACT
Kilian R1 and Lindshield S2
1Baker University, Baldwin City, KS; 2Iowa State University, Ames, IA
9:15 am
Communicating with Great Apes - ABSTRACT
Draiss J1 and Stumpf J1
1Simpson College, Indianola, IA
9:30 am
Matching and categorization by Bonobos, Pan paniscus, in a match-to-sample paradigm - ABSTRACT
Pedersen J1
1Iowa State University, Ames, IA
9:45 am
Natural history, behavior, and conservation of the Yellow-Tailed Woolly Monkey (Oreonax flavicauda) - ABSTRACT
Keeley K1, Shanee S2, and Shanee N2
1Community Conservation; 2Neotropical Primate Conservation
IV. MORPHOLOGY
Location: Oak Room, Memorial Union 2nd floorooooooModerator: Alvin Alejandrino
8:00 am
Ontogeny and convergence in mangrove “oysters” (Isognomonidae: Bivalvia) - ABSTRACT
Wilk JA1, Ashley M1, and Bieler R2
1University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL; 2The Field Museum, Chicago, IL
8:15 am
Justifying the use of captive Crocodilians as proxies in bite mark analyses - ABSTRACT
Drumheller SK1
1University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
8:30 am
What determines body shape in the Fundulidae family of fish? - ABSTRACT
Welsh DP1
1University of Illinois, Champaign, IL
8:45 am
Examining ecosystem structure and disparity through time using geometric morphometrics - ABSTRACT
Grass A1
1University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
9:00 am
Application of modern geometric morphometrics to quantify shell shape and detect convergence - ABSTRACT
Alejandrino A1, Serb JM1, Otarola-Castillo E1, and Adams DC1
1Iowa State University, Ames, IA
9:15 am
How horned dinosaurs grow up: Craniofacial ontogeny in Pachyrhinosaurus lakustai - ABSTRACT
Frederickson JA1
1University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
9:30 am
Behavioral differences between color phases of the Eastern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) - ABSTRACT
Brewer B1, Booher A1, and Hoehnle T1
1Hiram College, Hiram, OH
9:45 am
Modulation of neophobia by color phase in the eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) - ABSTRACT
Morales S1 and Koehnle T1
1Hiram College, Hiram, OH
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10:00 - 10:30 am Coffee Break |
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Concurrent Session I, II, III, & IV
10:30 am - 12:00 pm
I. COMMUNITY ECOLOGY II/AGROECOLOGY
Location: Cardinal Room, Memorial Union 2nd floorooModerator: Todd Ontl
10:30 am
The wild west of ecology: Plants and pollinators in British Columbia's tundra - ABSTRACT
Reid A1
1York University, Toronto, ON, Canada
10:45 am
Disturbance history and dominant invaders affect exotic-native plant diversity in a grassland system - ABSTRACT
McGranahan DA1, Engle DM2, Wilsey B1, Fuhlendorf SD2, Miller JR3, and Debinski DM1
1Iowa State University, Ames, IA; 2Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK; 3University of Illinois, Champagne, IL
11:00 am
Variation in Microbial Diversity between Soil Samples Exposed to Different Levels of CO2 - ABSTRACT
Reynoso V1, Kelly J1, Tuchman N1, Alcantara AM2, Fofanov Y2, and Putonti C1
1Loyola University, Chicago, IL; 2University of Houston, Houston, TX
11:15 am
Growth analyses of prairie and corn biomass cropping systems - ABSTRACT
Jarchow ME1 and Liebman M1
1Iowa State University, Ames, IA
11:30 am
Landscape analysis of carbon saturation deficit in an Iowa agroecosystem - ABSTRACT
Ontl T1, Schulte Moore L1, and Kolka R2
1Iowa State University, Ames, IA; 2USDA Center for Research on Ecosystem Change, Grand Rapids, MN
11:45 am
Native, but not exotic, biodiversity promotes ecosystem functioning under intense livestock grazing - ABSTRACT
Isbell FI1 and Wilsey BJ1
1Iowa State University, Ames, IA
II. POPULATION ECOLOGY I
Location: Gold Room, Memorial Union 2nd floorooooooModerator: Justin Rice
10:30 am
Population, habitat use, and diet of bald eagles wintering in Sioux County, Iowa - ABSTRACT
De Ruyter A1
1Dordt College, Sioux Center, IA
10:45 am
The effects of leaf damage on petal and pollen defense in wild radish, Raphanus sativus - ABSTRACT
Robertson H1 and McCall A1
1Denison University, Granville, OH
11:00 am
Population genetics and phylogeography of the Emydoidea blandingii in the Midwestern USA - ABSTRACT
Sethuraman A1 and Janzen F1
1Iowa State University, Ames, IA
11:15 am
Landscape effects on dispersal of female white-tailed deer in an agriculturally dominated matrix - ABSTRACT
Lang K1 and Blanchong J1
1Iowa State University, Ames, IA
11:30 am
The roles of light intensity and genetics in the synthesis of Anthocyanins in Apocynum cannabinum - ABSTRACT
Ross EJ1 and Dudle D1
1DePauw University, Greencastle, IN
11:45 am
Using microsatellite analysis to study genetic diversity of butterfly milkweed in Iowa prairies - ABSTRACT
De Ruyter B1
1Dordt College, Sioux Center, IA
III. MOLECULAR EVOLUTION
Location: Pioneer Room, Memorial Union 3rd flooroooModerator: Andy Kraemer
10:30 am
Mitochondrial control region DNA sequence variation among the subspecies of Sarus cranes - ABSTRACT
Das R1, Ibrahim K1, and Krajewski C1
1Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
10:45 am
Effect of habitat fragmentation on the spatial population genetic structure of Southern Pine Beetle - ABSTRACT
Hailu SG1 and Ibrahim K1
1Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
11:00 am
Sequencing lycopene beta-cyclase homologs from Capsicum and related Solanaceae - ABSTRACT
Mathews G1 and Livingstone K1
1Trinity University, San Antonio, TX
11:15 am
Comparing selection upon compositional properties in coding and non-coding regions - ABSTRACT
Saelens J1, Cox J1, Putonti C1
1Loyola University, Chicago, IL
11:30 am
Codon bias adaptation within bacteriophage phi X174 - ABSTRACT
Cox J1, Saelens J1, Kula A1, Reynoso V1, Travisano M2, and Putonti C11
1Loyola University, Chicago, IL; 2University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
11:45 am
Evolutionary dynamics of transcription factor binding sites in Drosophila - ABSTRACT
He B1, Kreitman M1, and Holloway AK2
1University of Chicago, Chicago, IL; 2J David Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA
IV. MATING SYSTEMS AND SEXUAL SELECTION
Location: Oak Room, Memorial Union 2nd floorooooooModerator: Tonia Schwartz
10:30 am
Population structure and multiple paternity in the Western Terrestrial Garter Snake - ABSTRACT
Manes M1, Schwartz T1, Robert K1, and Bronikowski A1
1Iowa State University, Ames, IA
10:45 am
Queen number and population structure in the ant Camponotus modoc - ABSTRACT
Duvall-Jisha JH1 and Spellman G1
1Black Hills State University, Spearfish, South Dakota
11:00 am
Is all else really equal? Increased mortality in and obligately asexuals v sexual juveniles - ABSTRACT
Baglivi F1 and Neiman M1
1University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
11:15 am
Micro-scale laser surgery reveals precise evolutionary mechanisms in genital spines of D. ananassae - ABSTRACT
Grieshop KH1
1University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
11:30 am
Sequential analysis of aggressive interactions between male dyads of stalk-eyed flies - ABSTRACT
Egge AR1, Brandt Y1, and Swallow JG1
1University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD
11:45 am
Sex-specific Body Growth Plasticity and Sexual Size Dimorphism in Snapping Turtles - ABSTRACT
Ceballos CP1, Valenzuela N1
1Iowa State University, Ames, IA
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12:00 - 1:30 pm Lunch Break
Downtown Ames/Campustown |
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Concurrent Session I, II, & III
1:30 - 3:00 pm
I. RESTORATION ECOLOGY
Location: Cardinal Room, Memorial Union 2nd floorooModerator: Leanne Martin
1:30 pm
Abiotic effects on species richness and diversity in a newly-created tallgrass prairie - ABSTRACT
Splawski C1 and McCall AC1
1Denison University, Granville, OH
1:45 pm
The effects of prescribed burnings on the flowering and reproductive success of a prairie perennial - ABSTRACT
Reitz DF1,2, Wagenius S2, and Ison JL2,3
1Carleton College, Northfield, MN; 2Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe, IL; 3University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2:00 pm
Maternal effects predominate over local adaptation in seedling recruitment of Echinacea angustifolia - ABSTRACT
Dykstra AB1
1University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
2:15 pm
Hybridization as a potential mechanism for cryptic extinction: A bittersweet (Celastrus spp.) story - ABSTRACT
Zaya DN1, Leicht-Young SA2, Pavlovic NB2, and Ashley MV1
1University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL; 2USGS Great Lakes Science Center, Ann Arbor, MI
2:30 pm
Spotted muskellunge spawning habitat and natural recruitment in Green Bay - ABSTRACT
Battige KD1, Rowe DC2, and Diana JS1
1University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; 2Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
2:45 pm
Vegetative propagation by common reed, Phragmites australis - ABSTRACT
Juneau KJ1 and Tarasoff C1
1Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI
II. POPULATION ECOLOGY II/THEORETICAL ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
Location: Gold Room, Memorial Union 2nd flooroooooModerator: Irma Tapia
1:30 pm
Seasonal home ranges, movement patterns, and genetic structure of an Iowa species of greatest conservation need: The white-tailed jackrabbit - ABSTRACT
Tapia I1, Fairbanks WS1, and Blanchong J1
1Iowa State University, Ames, IA
1:45 pm
Genetic and enviromental effects on expression of life history in an annual plant - ABSTRACT
Signor E1, Harrison K1, Willoughby B1, Ahrendt K1, Ledder G1, and Pilson D1
1University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
2:00 pm
Differences in resource utilization between asexuals vs. sexuals: the density dependence hypothesis - ABSTRACT
Jenkins C1 and Neiman M1
1University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
2:15 pm
Using agent-based models to understand the effect of Gypsy moth feeding behavior on LdNPV infection - ABSTRACT
Eakin L1 and Dwyer G1
1University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2:30 pm
Modeling contact spread of infection in host–parasitoid systems - ABSTRACT
Liu S1, Preedy KF2, Schofield PG2, Matzavinos A1, Chaplain M2, and Hubbard SF2
1Iowa State University, Ames, IA; 2University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom
2:45 pm
Turn-taking in habitat patch selection can be evolutionarily stable - ABSTRACT
Duthie AB1
1Iowa State University, Ames, IA
III. NATURAL SELECTION/PHYLOGENETICS I
Location: Pioneer Room, Memorial Union 3rd flooroooModerator: Chris Chandler
1:30 pm
Viability selection prior to trait expression is essential for understanding natural selection - ABSTRACT
Mojica J1 and Kelly JK1
1University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
1:45 pm
Cryptic intraspecific variation in sex determination in Caenorhabditis elegans revealed by a tempera - ABSTRACT
Chandler C1
1Iowa State University, Ames, IA
2:00 pm
The role of ramosa1 in the evolution of inflorescence branching architecture in grasses - ABSTRACT
Sigmon B1, Reinheimer R2, Kellogg E3, and Vollbrecht E1
1Iowa State University, Ames, IA; 2Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Santa Fe, Argentina; 3University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
2:15 pm
Morphological variation in Lystrosaurus crania - ABSTRACT
Camp J1
1University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
2:30 pm
Systematics of Middle American pocket gophers: genus Orthogeomys (Rodentia: Geomyidae) - ABSTRACT
Smith A1, Demastes J1, Spradling T1, McCarthy T2, and Hafner M3
1University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA; 2Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, PA; 3Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
2:45 pm
Basal crocodyliform relationships and the importance of taxon sampling and outgroup choice - ABSTRACT
Wilberg EW1
1University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
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3:00 - 3:30 pm Coffee Break |
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Concurrent Session I, II, & III
3:30 - 5:00 pm
I. LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY
Location: Cardinal Room, Memorial Union 2nd floorooModerator: Lauren Sullivan
3:30 pm
Corridors influence plant parasite incidence based on dispersal mode - ABSTRACT
Sullivan L1, Johnson B2, Haddad N2, and Brudvig L3
1Iowa State University, Ames, IA; 2North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; 3Washington University, St. Louis, MO
3:45 pm
Assessing bat species composition and relative foraging in a mixed disturbance environment - ABSTRACT
Sewald J1 and Root K1
1Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
4:00 pm
Testing Two Potential Metrics of Ecosystem Quality in Western Ohio Prairies - ABSTRACT
Renner P1
1Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
4:15 pm
Grasshopper Sparrow survival in a working landscape - ABSTRACT
Hovick TJ1, Miller J2, Engle D3, and Debinski D1
1Iowa State University, Ames, IA; 2University of Illinois, Champaign, IL; 3Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
4:30 pm
Relationships between tree-species composition and forest breeding birds in southern Illinois - ABSTRACT
Edmund A1, Nawrot J1, and Hellgren E1
1Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
II. APPLIED ECOLOGY/AGRO-ECOLOGY
Location: Gold Room, Memorial Union 2nd floorooooooModerator: Michelle Balmer
3:30 pm
Hydroid competition: The study of hyperproliferation in cnidarians - ABSTRACT
Harmata K1, Blackstone NW1, Serratos G1, and Netherton SE1
1Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL
3:45 pm
Is aquifer pollution like a forest fire? - ABSTRACT
Livermore J1 and Mattes T1
1University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
4:00 pm
Variation in the bacterial diversity and abundance of three Chicago area Lake Michigan beaches - ABSTRACT
Williams A1, Reynoso V1, Pugliese M1, and Putonti C1
1Loyola University, Chicago, IL
4:15 pm
Modeling the ecological niche of a keystone invader: Impacts of common buckthorn distribution on soybean aphids - ABSTRACT
Petersen J1 and O’Neal M1
1Iowa State University, Ames, IA
4:30 pm
Can selective insecticides control soybean aphid populations without harming natural enemies? - ABSTRACT
Varenhorst A1 and O’Neal M1
1Iowa State University, Ames, IA
4:45 pm
Unintended impacts of valued added plant breeding: Linolenic acid and soybean - ABSTRACT
McCarville M1, Kanobe C1, O’Neal M1, and MacIntosh G1
1Iowa State University, Ames, IA
III. PHYLOGENETICS II
Location: Pioneer Room, Memorial Union 2nd flooroooModerator: Anita Krause
3:30 pm
Cryptic speciation in a widespread North American songbird (Certhia americana) - ABSTRACT
Manthey JD1, Klicka J2, and Spellman GM1
Black Hills State University, Spearfish, SD; University of Nevada – Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
3:45 pm
Ornithischian dinosaur phylogeny and the placement of problematic taxa - ABSTRACT
Spencer MR1
1University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
4:00 pm
Cnidarian tree of life based on mitochondrial genomic data - ABSTRACT
Kayal E1
1Iowa State University, Ames, IA
4:15 pm
Goniopholidid crocodyliforms of the Morrison Formation: Implications for Goniopholis - ABSTRACT
Allen ER1
1University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
4:30 pm
Ecological health and mass extinction in the fossil record: An amphibian phylogenetic perspective - ABSTRACT
McHugh JB1
1University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
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