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

CONCURRENT SESSION III

Sunday March 13: 10:00am-11:30am

Evolution/Phylogenetics - Community Ecology II - Population Biology/Ecology III
Ecosystem Ecology - Behavioral Ecology/Evolution III

Awarded talks

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Evolution / Phylogenetics
Room 103A
Moderator: Josh Der
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10:00

PHYLOGENY AND POPULATION ANALYSIS OF AN ENDANGERED TROPICAL TREE (Guaiacum spp.)
Dertien, J.R., Duvall, M.R., and Beck, H.T.

 
10:15

MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY AND CLASSIFICATION OF SANTALACEAE
Der, J.P. and Nickrent, D.L.

   
10:30

FUNCTIONAL CONSTRAINT UNDERLIES 60 MILLION YEAR STASIS OF DROSOPHILID TESTIS-SPECIFIC BETA TUBULIN
Nielsen, M

   
10:45

THE INFLUENCE OF GENOTYPE ON ATLANTIC SALMON SURVIVORSHIP
Turner, S.M. and DeWoody, J.A.

   
11:00

CROSSING BARRIERS: WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM THE MULTIPLE HYBRIDIZATIONS WITHIN THE PHRYNOCEPHALUS PRZEWALSKII COMPLEX?
Urquhart, J.W., Gozdzik, A., Bi, K., and Fu, J.F.

   
11:15

POST-PLEISTOCENE GLACIAL RETREAT, COLONIZATION ROUTES, AND GEOGRAPHIC VARIATION OF THE NORTHERN WATERSNAKE, NERODIA SIPEDON, IN THE GREAT LAKES REGION
Robinson, J.W., King, R.B., Duvall, M.R., Burghardt, G.M., Casper, G.S., and Placyk, Jr, J.S.

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Community Ecology II
Room 116
Moderator: Laura Csoboth
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10:00

HABITAT FRAGMENTATION ALTERS FOOD WEB STRUCTURE
Ryberg, W.A., Östman, Ö., and Chase, J.M.

   
10:15

TREES GET DIBS: FOREST ARCHITECTURE AND SPECIES-ENERGY RELATIONSHIPS IN NORTH AMERICA
Oberle, B.J. and Chase, J.M.

   
10:30

TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL VARIATION TO ANT OMNIVORY IN PINE FORESTS
Tillberg, C.V. and Mooney, K.A.

   
10:45

CONTEXT-DEPENDENT DECISION MAKING IN AMERICAN TOAD (Bufo americanus) TADPOLES
Kamm, T. and Gonser, R.

   
11:00

THE TWELVE YEARS OF MAPS RESULTS FROM THE CHICAGOLAND BIRD OBSERVATORY OF THE WATERFALL GLEN FOREST PRESERVE, DUPAGE COUNTY, ILLINOIS
Kanekawa, F., Gabanski, G., and DeCourcey, D.

   
11:15

MALLARD AND LESSER SCAUP FOOD SELECTION DURING SPRING MIGRATION ON SWAN LAKE, IL
Smith, R.V. and Eichholz, M.

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Population Biology / Ecology III
Room 118
Moderator: Diane Zeman
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10:00

DIFFERENCES IN GENERALIST AND SPECIALIST RESPONSES: BACK TO FIRST PRINCIPLES
Steury, T.D. and Murray, D.L.

   
10:15

COMPARATIVE PERFORMANCE OF LANDSCAPE-LEVEL HABITAT MODELS FOR NORTHERN BOBWHITE IN ILLINOIS
Dzimiela, J.J., Woolf, A., Schauber, E.M., and Roseberry, J.R.

   
10:30

EFFECTS OF ASYNCHRONOUS HATCHING AND POPULATION DENSITY ON LIFE-HISTORY TRAITS OF MELANOPLUS SANGUINIPES
Laws, A.N.

   
10:45

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF THE SOUTHERN PINE BEETLE USING THE CHECKERED BEETLE Thanasimus dubius
Costa, A.

   
11:00

FOOD LIMITATION AND COMPLEX DYNAMICS IN HERBIVOROUS INSECTS
Abbott, K.C.

   
11:15

FOREST MATRIX PERMEABILITY TO BUTTERFLY MOVEMENT IN A FRAGMENTED PRAIRIE LANDSCAPE IN SOUTH-CENTRAL OHIO
Stasek, D.J. and Crist, T.O.

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Ecosystem Ecology
Room 111
Moderator: Clint Meyer
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10:00

THE EFFECTS OF BURNING AND MOWING ON DETRITUS AND SOIL FAUNA OF A TALLGRASS PRAIRIE
Larimer, A., Mitros, C., Wang, H., and Brown, J.

   
10:15

BOREAL PEATLAND INITIATION IN WESTERN CANADA
Bloise, R.E.

   
10:30

VARIATION AMONG FISH SPECIES IN THE STOICHIOMETRY OF NUTRIENT EXCRETION
Torres, L.E. and Vanni, M.J.

   
10:45

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERAL ASSEMBLAGE DATA: TOWARD A PREDICTIVE MODEL OF ECOSYSTEM CHANGE, BISCAYNE BAY, FLORIDA
Williams, C.P. and Ishman, S.E.

   
11:00

NATURAL NITROGEN ABUNDANCE AND POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF INCREASING N DEPOSITION ON BOREAL PEAT BOGS IN THE OIL SAND REGION OF ALBERTA, CANADA
Xu, Bin.

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Behavioral Ecology / Evolution III
Room 108
Moderator: Juan Carlos Villarreal
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10:00

ENDOCRINE-IMMUNE INTERACTIONS IN MALE SCELOPORUS LIZARDS: TESTING AN ASSUMPTION OF THE IMMUNOCOMPETENCE HANDICAP HYPOTHESIS
Chakraborty, M. and Hews, D.K.

   
10:15

EFFECTS OF TESTOSTERONE AND IMMUNE CHALLENGE ON WHITE BLOOD CELL COUNTS IN MALE SCELOPORUS UNDULATUS LIZARDS
Kabange, S.Z. and Hews, D.K.

   
10:30

SIZE MATTERS, BUT BIGGER IS NOT ALWAYS BETTER: FEMALES, PREDATORS AND GENITAL EVOLUTION
Langerhans, R.B., Layman, C.A., and DeWitt, T.J.

   
10:45

ALL THE RIGHT MOVES: PHYLOGENETICALLY WIDESPREAD NATRICINE PROMISCUITY
Wusterbarth, T.L., King, R.B., Duvall, M.R., Grayburn, W.S., and Burghardt, G.M.

 

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