Grad 10-min Competition: SysEB, Behavior 1

Moderator(s)

• 

  Amy Toth

  Professor
  Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology
  Iowa State University
  Ames, Iowa
• JF

  Jennifer Fewell

  Presidents Professor
  Arizona State University
  Tempe, Arizona

Presentations:

• 8:12 AM – 8:24 AM MST

  Effects of thermal stress on ant behavior
  

  Presenting Author: Awanti Milind Shastri – George Washington University

  Co-Author: Sabrina Amador – Smithsonian Institution

  Co-Author: Adam Smith, Ph.D. – George Washington University
• 8:24 AM – 8:36 AM MST

  Exploring the chemical ecology of an orchid bee signaling system
  

  Presenting Author: Marissa Celine Sandoval (she/her/hers) – University of California, Davis

  Co-Author: Janosch Dohrs – Ruhr University Bochum

  Co-Author: Santiago Ramirez – University of California

  Co-Author: Thomas Eltz – Ruhr University Bochum
• 8:36 AM – 8:48 AM MST

  Investigating fire severity effects on soil arthropod prey for the endangered Jemez Mountains salamander (Plethodon neomexicanus)
  

  Presenting Author: Amber Born – Northern Arizona University

  Co-Author: Kara S. Gibson (she/her/hers) – Northern Arizona University

  Co-Author: Derek Uhey – Northern Arizona University

  Co-Author: Anita J. Antoninka, Ph.D. – Northern Arizona University
• 8:48 AM – 9:00 AM MST

  Reconsidering the ecological niche of Euceroptres (Hymenoptera: Figitidae) parasites of oak galls using dissection, micro-CT, and genetic barcoding
  

  Presenting Author: Guerin E. Brown (he/him/his) – University of Iowa

  Co-Author: Andrew A. Forbes – University of Iowa
• 9:00 AM – 9:12 AM MST

  Scanning dual-baseline Scheimpflug insect lidar for pollinator foraging flight pattern measurements
  

  Presenting Author: Yiyun Li – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Alexei V. Sokolov – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Robert Brick – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Marlan Scully – Texas A&M University
• 9:12 AM – 9:24 AM MST

  The fundamental and realized niches of a rare aquatic beetle in an extreme environment
  

  Presenting Author: Audrey Lindsteadt (she/her/hers) – University of Wyoming

  Co-Author: Lusha M. Tronstad, Ph.D. – University of Wyoming
• 9:24 AM – 9:36 AM MST

  The role of bacteria in the Paussus-ant relationship
  

  Presenting Author: Alexandra Lombard – University of Arizona

  Co-Author: Wendy Moore (she/her/hers) – University of Arizona

  Co-Author: Andrea Di Giulio – University of Roma Tre
• 9:36 AM – 9:48 AM MST

  To march or not to march: Quantifying patterns of collective movement across swarming and non-swarming Schistocerca species
  

  Presenting Author: Audélia M.C Mechti (she/her/hers) – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Vishwanath Varma – Max Planck Institute

  Co-Author: Kendall Christine Walton – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Gregory Sword – Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University