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25th Midwest Ecology & Evolution Conference
SIU, March 11-13 2005

CONCURRENT SESSION II

Sunday March 13: 8:30am-9:45am

Population/Community Genetics - Community Ecology I - Population Biology/Ecology II
Biodiversity - Behavioral Ecology/Evolution II

Awarded talks

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Population / Community Genetics
Room 103A
Moderator: Romina Vidal-Russell
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8:30

HOST GENOTYPE MAY INFLUENCE MISODENDRACEAE INFECTIONS
Vidal-Russell, R.

   
8:45

FIRE MANAGEMENT AND THE EFFECTS OF DRIFT AND GENE FLOW ON THE EASTERN COLLARED LIZARD, (Crotaphytus collaris collaris)
Neuwald, J.L. and Templeton, A.R.

   
9:00

INCORPORATING POPULATION GENETICS IN ECOLOGICAL MODELING: A METHODOLOGY FOR OBTAINING RESISTANCE VALUES IN SUBURBAN POPULATIONS OF RANA SYLVATICA
Crosby, M.K.A.

   
9:15

ANOTHER FISH, ANOTHER TALE: GENETIC STRUCTURE OF SMALLMOUTH BASS, MICROPTERUS DOLOMIEU, IN LAKE ERIE
Borden, W.C.

   
9:30

POPULATION GENETICS OF THE ENDANGERED ILLINOIS CAVE AMPHIPOD, Gammarus acherondytes (GAMMARIDAE)
Venarsky, M.P., Anderson, F.E., Wilhelm, F.M., and Taylor, S.

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Community Ecology I
Room 116
Moderator: Becky Mooneyham
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8:30

EFFECTS OF FOREST THINNING REGIMES ON UNDERSTORY VEGETATION
Mooneyhan, R.E. and Vitt, D.H.

   
8:45

HONEY, WHAT'S FOR DINNER? AN EXPLORATION OF THE EFFECTS OF GARDEN PLANTS ON THE POLLINATION AND REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS OF NATIVE WILDFLOWERS
Smyth, K.N., Knight, T.M., and Chase, J.M.

   
9:00

THE EFFECTS OF EXOTIC ERODIUM CICUTARIUM ON AN ARID ECOSYSTEM
Schutzenhofer, M.R.

   
9:15

FOOD WEB DYNAMICS OF THE INQUILINE COMMUNITY IN THE NORTHERN PITCHER PLANT, SARRACENIA PURPUREA: THE EFFECT OF LATITUDE
Hoekman, D.S.

   
9:30

A COMPARISON OF BEE COMMUNITY COMPOSITION IN NATURAL AND LOGGED CLEARINGS ON HORSE MOUNTAIN, TRINITY COUNTY, CA.
Watrous, K.M.

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 Population Biology / Ecology II
Room 118
Moderator: Bin Xu
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8:30 BREEDING SYSTEM AND POLLINATION OF ABRONIA AMMOPHILA GREEN (NYCTAGINACEAE), A NARROW WYOMING ENDEMIC
Saunders, N.E. and Sipes, S.D.
   
8:45 THE APPLICATION OF METAPOPULATION AND METACOMMUNITY CONCEPTS TO DRY FOREST OPENINGS IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
Delong, M.K. and Gibson, D.J.
   
9:00 THE EFFECTS OF VARYING SPECIALIST APHID HERBIVORE DENSITY ON THE GROWTH AND CHEMICAL DEFENSE OF THE HOST PLANT
Couture, J. and Malcolm, S.
   
9:15 WHY IS FRUIT SET LOW IN ACACIA BREVISPICA?
Marshall, M., Otero Arnaiz, A., and Schnabel, A.
   
9:30 THE IMPORTANCE OF RAINFALL ON THE DYNAMICS OF PLANTS, RODENTS, AND PREDATORS: RESULTS FROM A LONG TERM STUDY OF A SEMIARID COMMUNITY OF NORTH-CENTRAL CHILE
Previtali, M.A., Lima, M., and Meserve, P.L.

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 Biodiversity
Room 111
Moderator: Gretchen Flohr
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8:30 IMPROVED METHOD FOR UTILIZING NITROGEN AS A GREEN ALTERNATIVE FOR INSECT CONTROL IN MAINTAINING SMALL HERBARIUM COLLECTIONS
Van Zant, M.R.
   
8:45 A PROTECTIVE ROLE FOR AVIAN DIVERSITY IN THE UNITED STATES WEST NILE VIRUS EPIDEMIC
Allan, B.F., Ryberg, W.A., Langerhans, R.B., Landesman, W.J., Griffin, N.W., Katz, R.S., Smyth, K.N., Oberle, B.J., Schutzenhofer, M.R., Hernandez, D.E., de St. Maurice, A., Clark, L., McLean, R.G., Crooks, K.R., Ostfeld, R.S., and Chase, J.M.
   
9:00 COMPARING FLORISTIC QUALITY OF NATIVE VERSUS PLANTED GRASSLANDS IN NORTHEAST KANSAS
Jog, S.K., Questad, E.J., Kindscher, K., Foster, B.L., and Loring, H.
   
9:15 TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL VARIATION OF FLORAL RESOURCES FOR PRAIRIE POLLINATORS IN FRAGMENTED LANDSCAPES
Hill, A.F. and Hendrix, S.D.
   
9:30 MACROINVERTEBRATE DIVERSITY, FUNCTIONAL STRUCTURE, AND HABITAT ASSOCIATIONS IN A RESTORED LARGE RIVER FLOODPLAIN SYSTEM
Grulkowski, D.P., Eichholz, M.W., and Whiles, M.R.

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 Behavioral Ecology / Evolution II
Room 108
Moderator: Kurt Regester
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8:30 AN INTERACTION BETWEEN THE DIEL BIORHYTHMIC ACTIVITY PATTERN OF GREEN FROG (RANA CLAMITANS) TADPOLES AND TEMPORAL VARIANCE IN PREDATION RISK ON TADPOLE GROWTH RATES
Fraker, M.E.
   
8:45 COMPARATIVE THERMAL ECOLOGY AND HABITAT USE OF RATSNAKES AND RACERS IN ILLINOIS
Carfagno, G.L.F. and Weatherhead, P.J.
   
9:00 A TEST OF THE HIERARCHICAL MODEL OF HABITAT SELECTION USING EASTERN MASSASAUGA RATTLESNAKES (Sistrurus c. catatenatus)
Harvey, D.S. and Weatherhead, P.J.
   
9:15 MICROHABITAT USE IN ANOLIS LIZARDS: THE IMPORTANCE OF PERCH CHOICE
Johnson, M.A., Kirby, R., and Wang, S.
   
9:30 INFLUENCE OF MICROHABITAT ON TERRITORIAL BEHAVIOR IN THREE PUERTO RICAN LIZARDS
Kirby, R., Johnson, M.A., and Wang, S.

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