Session: Predation and Predator-Prey Interactions (93rd ESA Annual Meeting (August 3 -- August 8, 2008))

8:00 AM

COS 60-1

Spatial structure, not prey distribution, is the most important determinant of predator foraging success
K. Cuddington, University of Waterloo; N. Buchman, Ohio University

8:20 AM

COS 60-2

Scale-dependent effects of predators in prey metacommunities
Wade A. Ryberg, Texas A&M University; Kevin G. Smith, Washington University in St. Louis; Jonathan M. Chase, Biodiversity Synthesis Laboratory

8:40 AM

COS 60-3

Spatial heterogeneity in parasitoid load increases the impact of enemy-free space in a leafminer, Amauromyza flavifrons
Akane Uesugi, Cornell University

9:00 AM

COS 60-4

Effects of water depth, current velocity, and substrate on habitat-specific predation risk of lotic crayfish (Orconectes obscurus)
Jennifer M. Clark, Hiram College; Mark W. Kershner, Kent State University

9:20 AM

COS 60-5

The influence of alternative prey on interactions among intraguild predators
Jon M. Davenport, University of Montana; David R. Chalcraft, East Carolina University

9:40 AM

COS 60-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 60-6

Trophic cascade strength depends on interaction of tree growth, bird predation, and arthropod community characteristics
William T. Bridgeland, Northern Arizona University; Paul Beier, Northern Arizona University; Thomas E. Kolb, Northern Arizona University; Thomas G. Whitham, Northern Arizona University

10:10 AM

COS 60-7

Morphology influences parasitoid attack on slug caterpillars: Enemy-free space for the third trophic level?
Shannon M. Murphy, University of Denver; John T. Lill, George Washington University

10:30 AM

COS 60-8

Estimating crushing predation through shell fragmentation frequency in intertidal gastropods
Emily S. Stafford, University of Alberta; Lindsey R. Leighton, University of Alberta

10:50 AM

COS 60-9

Temporal shifts in predator-prey interaction strength across an environmental disturbance gradient
Hamish S. Greig, University of Canterbury; Angus R. McIntosh, University of Canterbury

11:10 AM

COS 60-10

Separating consumptive and non-consumptive predator effects in the presence of nutrient enrichment
Clifton Ruehl, Columbus State University

11:30 AM

COS 60-3

Body mass and temperature dependent functional response models - CANCELLED
Olivera Vucic-Pestic, Darmstadt University of Technology; Björn C. Rall, Darmstadt University of Technology; David Ott, Darmstadt University of Technology; Roswitha B. Ehnes, Darmstadt University of Technology; Ulrich Brose, University of Göttingen

11:50 AM

COS 60-7

Sex-specific life-history responses of a wing dimorphic moth, Acentria ephemerella, under fish predation - CANCELLED
Oliver Miler, University of Konstanz; Dietmar Straile, University of Konstanz

COS 60 - Predation and Predator-Prey Interactions