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Plant-Insect Ecosystems

Student Competition 10-Minute Paper

Grad P-IE: Ecology 1

Monday, November 1, 2021
8:00 AM – 9:50 AM MT
Location: Colorado Convention Center, Meeting Room 201

In-Person Student Competition

    Moderator(s)

  • Dan Gruner

    Associate Professor
    Entomology
    University of Maryland
    Silver Spring, Maryland

Presentations:

  • 8:00 AM – 8:12 AM MT
    Changes in fuel loads following severe drought and bark beetle outbreaks in the central and southern Sierra Nevada

    Presenting Author: Crystal Homicz – University of California

    Co-Author: Christopher Fettig – USDA-Forest Service

    Co-Author: Leif Mortenson – USDA-Forest Service

    Co-Author: Beverly Bulaon – USDA-Forest Service

  • 8:12 AM – 8:24 AM MT
    Climate change and butterflies: Can we use long-term data to separate direct effects on individuals from plant-mediated indirect effects?

    Presenting Author: Christopher Halsch – University of Nevada

    Co-Author: Arthur Shapiro – University of California

    Co-Author: Adriana Parra – University of Nevada

    Co-Author: James Thorne – University of California

    Co-Author: Matthew Forister – University of Nevada

  • 8:36 AM – 8:48 AM MT
    Exploring climate variability on vector-plant-pathogen interactions: Effects of elevated CO2 on Barley yellow dwarf virus titer and Rhopalosiphum padi (Hemiptera: Aphididae) vector reproduction on wheat and weed host plants

    Presenting Author: Elisabeth Oeller – University of Idaho

    Co-Author: Arash Rashed – University of Idaho

    Co-Author: Xi Liang – University of Idaho

  • 8:48 AM – 9:00 AM MT
    Fight or flight: Evaluating the impacts of diet on the flight performance of painted lady butterflies.

    Presenting Author: Katherine Hernandez – University of Colorado

    Co-Author: Staci Cibotti – Pennsylvania State University

    Co-Author: Andrew Hess – Pennsylvania State University

    Co-Author: Rudolf J. Schilder – Pennsylvania State University

    Co-Author: Jared G. Ali – Pennsylvania State University

    Co-Author: M. Deane Bowers – University of Colorado

  • 9:00 AM – 9:12 AM MT
    Predicting threats to coastal forest ecosystems from the baldcypress leafroller, an emergent pest

    Presenting Author: Kristy M. McAndrew – Mississippi State University

    Co-Author: Samuel F. Ward – Mississippi State University

  • 9:12 AM – 9:24 AM MT
    Seasonal visitation of insects to honeydew on crape myrtle trees in urban landscapes

    Presenting Author: Elijah Carroll – Auburn University

    Co-Author: David Held – Auburn University

  • 9:24 AM – 9:36 AM MT
    Strategies for the conservation and enhancement of Trissolcus japonicus (Ashmead), a parasitoid of the invasive Halyomorpha halys

    Presenting Author: Kate Vivian Richardson – Utah State University

    Co-Author: Diane Alston – Utah State University

    Co-Author: Lori Spears – Utah State University

  • 9:36 AM – 9:48 AM MT
    Olfactory cues from entomopathogenic nematodes vary across species with different foraging strategies, triggering different behavioral responses in prey and competitors

    Presenting Author: John M. Grunseich – Texas A&M University

    Co-Author: Anjel Helms – Texas A&M University