Dormancy and Changing Environments: Characterizing Responses to Temperature and Other Stressors

Organizer(s)

• 

  Julia Bowsher

  Associate Professor
  Department of Biological Sciences
  North Dakota State University
  Fargo, North Dakota
• 

  Kendra Greenlee

  Professor and Chair
  Biological Sciences
  North Dakota State University
  FARGO, North Dakota
• JC

  Jacob Campbell

  North Dakota State University
  Fargo, North Dakota
• TR

  Travis Rusch

  University of Wyoming
  Laramie, Wyoming

Understanding dormancy is critical for predicting whether an insect species can adapt to anthropogenic climate change. This symposium will examine aspects of insect dormancy and stress biology from molecular approaches to ecological modeling.

View our on-demand presentations, then join us in-person for live presentations and discussion.

Presentations:

• 1:30 PM – 1:45 PM MT

  The effects of oxidative stress on the development and overwintering success of the alfalfa leafcutting bee, Megachile rotundata
  

  Presenting Author: Jacob B. Campbell – North Dakota State University

  Co-author: Joseph P. Rinehart – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Bob Francois – Mississippi Valley State University

  Co-Author: Kendra J. Greenlee – North Dakota State University

  Co-Author: Julia Bowsher – North Dakota State University
• 1:45 PM – 2:00 PM MT

  Where do pollinators go in the winter? Stressors affecting bumble bee health during the solitary phase
  

  Presenting Author: Etya Amsalem – Pennsylvania State University
• 2:00 PM – 2:15 PM MT

  Modeling the costs of overwintering bumblebee queens
  

  Presenting Author: Travis W. Rusch – University of Wyoming

  Co-author: Craig S. Garzella – University of Wyoming

  Co-author: Sarah Waybright – University of Wyoming

  Co-author: Michael E. Dillon – University of Wyoming
• 2:15 PM – 2:30 PM MT

  Break
• 2:30 PM – 2:45 PM MT

  Diurnal and seasonal patterns in bee activity reveal climate and vegetation cover interactively influence native-pollinator diversity of the Chihuahuan Desert
  

  Presenting Author: Matthew Tryc – New Mexico State University

  Co-Author: Scott Ferrenberg – New Mexico State University

  Co-author: Brook Milligan – New Mexico State University
• 2:45 PM – 3:00 PM MT

  The effects of urban pollutants on mosquito dormancy and disease risk
  

  Presenting Author: Lydia Fyie – The Ohio State University

  Co-author: Mary Margaret Gardiner – The Ohio State University

  Co-author: Megan Elizabeth Meuti – The Ohio State University
• 3:00 PM – 3:15 PM MT

  Transcriptomic and genomic evidence for rapid evolution of seasonality mediated by diapause development rate
  

  Presenting Author: Gregory Ragland – University of Colorado

  Co-Author: Edwina Dowle – University of Otago

  Co-Author: Thomas H. Powell – Binghamton University

  Co-Author: Meredith M. Doellman – University of Chicago

  Co-Author: Peter Meyers – University of Notre Dame

  Co-Author: McCall Calvert – University of Pennsylvania

  Co-Author: Kimberly Walden – University of Illinois

  Co-Author: Hugh Robertson – University of Illinois

  Co-Author: Stewart Berlocher – University of Illinois

  Co-Author: Jeffrey Feder – University of Notre Dame

  Co-Author: Daniel A. Hahn – University of Florida