Grad 10-min Competition: P-IE, Ecology

Moderator(s)

• 

  Rishi Bhandari

  Postdoctoral Fellow
  BCIRL
  USDA-ARS
  Columbia, Missouri
• KC

  Katlyn Catron (she/her/hers)

  Postdoctoral Associate
  Department of Entomology
  Virginia Tech
  Richmond, Virginia

Presentations:

• 10:30 AM – 10:42 AM MST

  Assessing the community-level impacts of neonicotinoids on plants and arthropods in restoration prairie ecosystems
  

  Presenting Author: Jonathan Rice Tetlie – University of Illinois

  Co-Author: Alexandra Harmon-Threatt – University of Illinois
• 10:42 AM – 10:54 AM MST

  Do herbivores use chemical camouflage against their plant prey?
  

  Presenting Author: Eirette Santiago (she/her/hers) – University of Rhode Island
• 10:54 AM – 11:06 AM MST

  Herbivore diet and plant damage-associated-compounds alter seed germination, growth, and herbivory
  

  Presenting Author: Katherine Overstrum (she/her/hers) – University of Rhode Island

  Co-Author: Eirette Santiago (she/her/hers) – University of Rhode Island

  Co-Author: Brooke Pellegrini – University of Rhode Island

  Co-Author: Evan Preisser (he/him/his) – University of Rhode Island
• 11:06 AM – 11:18 AM MST

  Influence of groundcover substrate below urban trees on ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) establishment and mutualistic interactions with soft scales (Hemiptera: Coccidae)
  

  Presenting Author: Zoë K. York – University of Kentucky

  Co-Author: Caleb J. Wilson – University of Kentucky
• 11:18 AM – 11:30 AM MST

  Nicotine influences Manduca sexta performance and gut microbiota composition
  

  Presenting Author: Danilo Ferreira Borges dos Santos – The Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Monica Kersch-Becker – The Pennsylvania State University
• 11:30 AM – 11:42 AM MST

  Potential impacts of the invasive Joro spider in Southern US
  

  Presenting Author: Brittany Barnes – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Matt Elliot – Georgia Department of Natural Resources

  Co-Author: Rhys Eshleman – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Erin Grabarczyk – Valdosta Univesity

  Co-Author: Colton Meinecke – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Jason M. Schmidt – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Caterina Villari – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Kamal J.K. Gandhi – University of Georgia
• 11:42 AM – 11:54 AM MST

  Presence of disease vector Bursaphelenchus xylophilus in Monochamus beetles as a function of spatial and temporal distance to fire
  

  Presenting Author: Hailee Amethyst Nolan – Colorado State University

  Co-Author: Seth Seth Davis – Colorado State University
• 11:54 AM – 12:06 PM MST

  Reforestation strategies to expand the urban forest in a legacy city
  

  Presenting Author: Erika Wright (she/her/hers) – The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Chris Riley – Bartlett Tree Experts

  Co-Author: Ellen Danford – The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Kayla I. Perry (she/her/hers) – The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Mary Margaret Gardiner (she/her/hers) – The Ohio State University
• 12:06 PM – 12:18 PM MST

  The influence of early season stimuli on late season communities in Solidago altissima
  

  Presenting Author: Alexela Hoyt (she/her/hers) – The Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: John F. Tooker – The Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Eric C. Yipp – The Pennsylvania State University
• 12:18 PM – 12:30 PM MST

  The influence of interdecadal variation of temporally variable demographic drivers on population dynamics
  

  Presenting Author: Laurent Duverglas – University of South Carolina

  Co-Author: Carol L. Boggs – University of South Carolina