94th ESA Annual Meeting (August 2 -- 7, 2009)

COS 123 - Parasitism and Host-Parasite Interactions

Friday, August 7, 2009: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Sendero Blrm II, Hyatt
8:00 AM
The impact of the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi on white-footed mice: Implications for the ecology of Lyme disease
Lisa E. Schwanz, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies; Dustin Brisson, University of Pennsylvania; Maria Gomes-Solecki, University of Tennessee Health Science Center; Richard S. Ostfeld, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
8:20 AM
Factors affecting parasitism in native bumblebees
Sandra D. Gillespie, Simon Fraser University; Lynn Adler, University of Massachusetts
8:40 AM
Nest failure paradoxically leads to higher fledgling success
Ty Tuff, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History; Chris Ray, University of Colorado; Alexander Cruz, University of Colorado
9:00 AM
Regional variation in tick parasitism on migrating North American songbirds: Implications for the spread of the Lyme pathogen, Borrelia burgdorferi
R. Jory Brinkerhoff, University of Richmond; Corrine Folsom, Yale School of Public Health and Yale School of Medicine; Stephen A. Bent, Yale School of Medicine; Kimberly Tsao, Colorado State University; Maria Diuk-Wasser, Columbia University
9:20 AM
CANCELLED - Spatial dynamics of pertussis in the USA
Marc Choisy, Génétique & Evolution des Maladies Infectieuses; Pejman Rohani, University of Michigan
9:40 AM
9:50 AM
Spatial aggregation of parasites within hosts: Biased distributions of trematode parasites in amphibian kidneys
Sarah A. Orlofske, University of Colorado at Boulder; Pieter T. J. Johnson, University of Colorado-Boulder; Brett Melbourne, University of Colorado; Anna M. Schotthoefer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
10:10 AM
Consequences of variation in disease resistance: Is there a within-species dilution effect
Rachel M. Penczykowski, Georgia Institute of Technology; Meghan A. Duffy, University of Michigan; Spencer Hall, Indiana University
10:50 AM
Impact of climate change on the development, survival, and overwintering potential of a parasitic nematode of barrenground caribou, Ostertagia gruehneri, on the Canadian tundra
Bryanne M. Hoar, University of Calgary; Kathreen Ruckstuhl, University of Calgary; Susan Kutz, University of Calgary