Session: Behavior (93rd ESA Annual Meeting (August 3 -- August 8, 2008))

PS 54-20

Nest site selection by red-naped sapsuckers: Influence of willow proximity, aspen heartwood fungus, and other ecological factors
Chris H. Floyd, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire; Matthew J. Troia, Kansas State University; Matthew D. Faust, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point; Rachel S. Schwartz, University of California - Davis; Evan R. Weiher, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire

PS 54-21

Do bumble bees show different responses to conspecific and heterospecific foragers on a novel food source?
Lina G. Kawaguchi, University of Tsukuba; Kazuharu Ohashi, University of Tsukuba; Yukihiko Toquenaga, University of Tsukuba

PS 54-22

Assessing the importance of landscape attributes for livestock distribution within a complex desert environment
H. Raul Peinetti, USDA-ARS, Jornada Experimental Range; Ed L. Fredrickson, USDA-ARS, Jornada Experimental Range; Debra Peters, USDA Agricultural Research Service; J. Octavio Roacho-Estrada, Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, Chihuahua; Andrea S. Laliberte, Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, Chihuahua

PS 54-23

Adaptive plasticity in the use of plant secondary chemicals: A wooly bear caterpillar self-medicates
Kevi C. Mace, Wesleyan University; Michael S. Singer, Wesleyan University

PS 54-24

Daphnia diel vertical migration in response to transparency and fish chemical cues
Jason C. Wolf, Missouri State University; John E. Havel, Missouri State University

PS 54-25

Free water determines trophic structure in a desert riparian forest
Lowell F. Thompson, Arizona State University; Kevin E. McCluney, Bowling Green State University; John L. Sabo, Arizona State University

PS 54-26

Predator handling times differ greatly for two soft-bodied insect prey species
Travis M. Hinkelman, University of Nebraska; Brigitte Tenhumberg, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

PS 54-27

The population-level effects of an ecosystem engineer: Earthworms affect the behavior of a territorial salamander, Plethodon cinereus
Rita I. Cáceres, University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras; Tami S. Ransom, Salisbury University

PS 54-28

Evaluation of the "dear enemy hypothesis" in the ant, Acromyrmex lobicornis, through behavioral and genetic studies
Romina D. Dimarco, IFAB (INTA-CONICET); Alejandro G. Farji-Brener, Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Laboratorio Ecotono; Andrea C. Premoli, Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Laboratorio Ecotono

PS 54-29

The influence of (E)-β-farnesene and (E)-β-caryophyllene on pea aphid behavior
Grit Kunert, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology; Susanne Wolf, Friedrich Schiller University; Jonathan Gershenzon, Max-Planck-Institute for Chemical Ecology; Wolfgang Weisser, Technical University of Munich

PS 54-30

Influence of predation risk, group size, and sex on habitat selection in amphipods (Gammarus pseudolimnaeus)
Sara B. Vosters, Carroll College; Susan E. Lewis, Carroll College

PS 54-31

Habitat selection and genetic diversity in a range-limited population of Blanding's turtles (Emydoidea blandingii)
Crystal Chybowski, Carroll College; Susan E. Lewis, Carroll College; Gary S. Casper, Great Lakes Ecological Services LLC; Rachel Dees, Carroll College; Cynthia J. Horst, Carroll College; Jason Freund, Carroll College; Paul Vastag, Carroll College

PS 54 - Behavior