Grad 10-min Competition: P-IE, Pollinators and Pollination - Honey Bees and Native Pollinators 1

Moderator(s)

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  Beth Ferguson (she/her/hers)

  Postdoctoral Researcher
  Entomology
  Rutgers University
  Voorhees, New Jersey
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  Shimat Villanasery Joseph

  Associate Professor
  Department of Entomology
  University of Georgia
  Griffin, Georgia

Presentations:

• 8:00 AM – 8:12 AM MST

  Assessing bee movement through varying types of landcover
  

  Presenting Author: Kyle Michael Ruszkowski – Colorado State University
• 8:12 AM – 8:24 AM MST

  Assessing factors that influence pollinator communities and coffee yield among three coffee production systems in Honduras
  

  Presenting Author: Martin Alfredo Murillo, Sr. – Indiana University of Pennsylvania

  Co-Author: Kelly Diaz – Indiana University of Pennsylvania

  Co-Author: Darin J. McNeil, Jr. – University of Kentucky

  Co-Author: Emma Keele – Indiana University of Pennsylvania

  Co-Author: Marcela Cely-santos – Tulane University

  Co-Author: Jeffery Larkin – Indiana University of Pennsylvania
• 8:24 AM – 8:36 AM MST

  Bee community assemblages within a California coastal sage scrub restoration context
  

  Presenting Author: Charles N. Thrift (he/him/his) – University of California

  Co-Author: Charles A. Braman – University of California

  Co-Author: Katja Seltmann – University of California
• 8:36 AM – 8:48 AM MST

  Comparative analysis of pollen viability across hair types on Osmia cornifrons (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)
  

  Presenting Author: Nellie Heitzman – West Virginia University

  Co-Author: Yong-lak Park – West Virginia University
• 8:48 AM – 9:00 AM MST

  Determining the value of common turf forbs as insect pollinator resources in the Southeastern United States
  

  Presenting Author: Sara Scott – Mississippi State University

  Co-Author: JoVonn Hill – Mississippi Entomological Museum

  Co-Author: Jay D. McCurdy – Mississippi State University

  Co-Author: Jeffrey Harris – Mississippi State University
• 9:00 AM – 9:12 AM MST

  Evaluating plant-pollinator interactions under different land management strategies: A networks-based approach
  

  Presenting Author: Avery Pearson (she/her/hers) – University of North Texas

  Co-Author: Elinor M. Lichtenberg – University of North Texas
• 9:12 AM – 9:24 AM MST

  Factors associated with rusty patched bumble bee (Bombus affinis) presence in Central Appalachia: A community analysis approach
  

  Presenting Author: Elizabeth Sakulich – The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Grace Avalos – Smithsonian Institution

  Co-Author: Cameron Garland – University of Minnesota

  Co-Author: Olivia Hager – Appalachian Lab

  Co-Author: Andrew Held – Frostburg State University

  Co-Author: Rodney Richardson – WEST Environmental & Statistical Consultants

  Co-Author: Karen Goodell (she/her/hers) – The Ohio State University
• 9:24 AM – 9:36 AM MST

  Fuel reduction treatments and their ecological impacts on native bees
  

  Presenting Author: Kirstie Kandaris (she/her/hers) – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Kelsey K. Graham – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Larissa Yocom – Utah State University

  Co-Author: Byron Love – USDA-ARS
• 9:36 AM – 9:48 AM MST

  Interspecific variation in floral morphology shapes pathogen transmission dynamics in Bombus impatiens
  

  Presenting Author: Emelia Obodum O. Kusi (she/her/hers) – University of Massachusetts

  Co-Author: Lynn S. Adler – University of Massachussetts
• 9:48 AM – 10:00 AM MST

  Sharing the (fungal) load: Identifying areas of fungal community overlap between bees and flowers in cranberry agroecosystems
  

  Presenting Author: Celeste Curran Huff (she/her/hers) – University of Wisconsin

  Co-Author: Leslie Holland – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Shawn A. Steffan – USDA-ARS