Responses to a Changing Climate: Integrating Physiology, Ecology, and Evolution

Organizer(s)

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  Angela Smilanich (she/her/hers)

  Associate Professor
  Biology
  University of Nevada
  Reno, Nevada
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  Anngely Leeds

  Georgetown University
  Washington, District of Columbia
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  Lorrie He (she/her/hers)

  Graduate Student
  University of North Carolina
  Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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  Brendan Graham

  University of Alaska
  Fairbanks, Alaska
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  Katherine Malinski

  Graduate Student
  University of North Carolina
  Chapel Hill, North Carolina

In this session, we explore the many facets of insects' response to climate change. Speakers will highlight their work from both temperate and tropical systems, working with with a range of insects including beetles, mosquitos, butterflies, caterpillars, grasshoppers, and parasitoids and their responses to rising temperatures.

Presentations:

• 8:00 AM – 8:10 AM MST

  Introductory remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Angela M. Smilanich (she/her/hers) – University of Nevada
• 8:10 AM – 8:25 AM MST

  Effects of variant springs on a wetland community
  

  Presenting Author: Mariel Dunn – Smith College

  Co-Author: Mariana Abarca – Smith College
• 8:25 AM – 8:40 AM MST

  Chronic elevated temperatures intensify viral infection and reduce survival following winter diapause in a North American caterpillar
  

  Presenting Author: Nadya Muchoney (she/her/hers) – Emory University

  Co-Author: Victoria Peechatt – University of Nevada. Reno

  Co-Author: Mike Teglas – University of Nevada

  Co-Author: Angela M. Smilanich (she/her/hers) – University of Nevada
• 8:40 AM – 8:55 AM MST

  Host plants and experimental warming impact fitness and infection outcomes in a migratory butterfly
  

  Presenting Author: Isabella G. Ragonese – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Christopher Brandon – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Joselyne Chavez – Brown University

  Co-Author: Jacobus de Roode – Emory University

  Co-Author: Richard Hall – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Sonia M. Altizer – University of Georgia
• 8:55 AM – 9:10 AM MST

  Thermal breakdown in host-parasitoid interactions is driven by a viral symbiont
  

  Presenting Author: Joel Kingsolver (he/him/his) – University of North Carolina

  Co-Author: Katherine Malinski – University of North Carolina

  Co-Author: Christopher Willett – University of North Carolina
• 9:10 AM – 10:10 AM MST

  Poster session
• 9:10 AM – 10:10 AM MST

  Assessing the impact of parental thermal stress on offspring performance in Baltimore checkerspots
  

  Presenting Author: Ruzhuo Chen (she/her/hers) – Smith College
• 9:10 AM – 10:10 AM MST

  Can lower nighttime temperatures facilitate recovery from daytime heat stress in Manduca sexta larvae?
  

  Presenting Author: Lorrie He (she/her/hers) – University of North Carolina

  Co-Author: Joel Kingsolver (he/him/his) – University of North Carolina

  Co-Author: Christopher Willett – University of North Carolina
• 9:10 AM – 10:10 AM MST

  Comparing thermal reaction norms of two buckeye butterfly populations
  

  Presenting Author: Tyler Pereira (he/him/his) – University of North Carolina
• 9:10 AM – 10:10 AM MST

  Elevated temperatures have a greater effect on herbivore survival than a viral pathogen
  

  Presenting Author: Victoria Peechatt – University of Nevada. Reno
• 9:10 AM – 10:10 AM MST

  Monitoring caterpillars and adults to improve our understanding of climate change impacts on Lepidoptera
  

  Presenting Author: Christian Connors – University of Nevada
• 10:10 AM – 10:25 AM MST

  Thermal plasticity of gene expression in response to chronic versus acute temperature exposure in Pieris rapae
  

  Presenting Author: Samantha Sturiale (she/her/hers) – Georgetown University

  Co-Author: Lorrie He (she/her/hers) – University of North Carolina

  Co-Author: Katherine Malinski – University of North Carolina

  Co-Author: Christopher Willett – University of North Carolina

  Co-Author: Joel Kingsolver (he/him/his) – University of North Carolina

  Co-Author: Leslie Ries – Georgetown University

  Co-Author: Peter Armbruster – Georgetown University
• 10:25 AM – 10:40 AM MST

  Exploring thermal ecology in the field
  

  Presenting Author: Louie H. Yang (he/him/his) – University of California
• 10:40 AM – 10:55 AM MST

  Five decades of butterflies and climate across northern California
  

  Presenting Author: Matt Forister (he/him/his) – University of Nevada

  Co-Author: Chris Halsch – State University of New York

  Co-Author: Clare M. Dittemore – Montana State Comparative Bio Risk Lab

  Co-Author: Lee Dyer – University of Nevada

  Co-Author: Zachariah Gompert – Utah State University

  Co-Author: Angela M. Smilanich (she/her/hers) – University of Nevada
• 10:55 AM – 11:10 AM MST

  Using genomic data to inform genetic rescue of endangered butterflies
  

  Presenting Author: Zachary G. MacDonald (he/him/his) – University of California, Los Angeles

  Co-author: Julian Dupuis – University of Kentucky

  Co-author: James Glasier – Calgary Zoo

  Co-author: Robert Sissions – Waterton Lakes National Park

  Co-author: Axel Moehrenschlager – Calgary Zoo

  Co-author: H. Bradley Shaffer – University of California

  Co-author: Felix Sperling – University of Alberta
• 11:10 AM – 11:25 AM MST

  Montane grasshopper fitness constraints in changing environments
  

  Presenting Author: Monica M. Sheffer (she/her/hers) – University of California

  Co-Author: Caroline Williams – University of California

  Co-Author: Lauren Buckley – University of Washington