Session: Predation And Predator-Prey Interactions I (98th ESA Annual Meeting (August 4 -- 9, 2013))

1:30 PM

Dangerous neighbors: Factors influencing cannibalism in antlion larvae
Erez Barkae, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev; Ohad Golan, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev; Zvika Abramsky, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev; Ofer Ovadia, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

1:50 PM

COS 113-2

Surviving in a dangerous world: African ungulates balance strategies to minimize predation risk from multiple predators
Maria Thaker, Indian Institute of Science; Abi Tamim Vanak, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment; Rob Slotow, University of KwaZulu-Natal

2:10 PM

COS 113-3

Encounters with predators have a larger influence on the spatial distribution and movement of their prey than expected
Frank Van Langevelde, Wageningen University; Arthur Van Woersem, Wageningen University; Willem Frederik De Boer, Wageningen University; Steven De Bie, Wageningen University; Rob Slotow, University of KwaZulu-Natal; André Burger, Welgevonden Game Reserve; Jonathan Swart, Welgevonden Game Reserve; Herbert Prins, Wageningen University

2:30 PM

COS 113-4

Can allometric growth by juvenile marine turtles thwart gape-limited predators? (A morphological test of that hypothesis)
Joshua P. Scholl, University of Arizona; Michael Salmon, Florida Atlantic University

2:50 PM

COS 113-5

Predator body size variation may be a signature of spatial niche differences
Susanna M. Messinger, Yale University

3:10 PM

COS 113-

Break

3:20 PM

COS 113-6

What do food choice experiments measure? Differences in prey behavior and traits constrain consumption for a generalist predator
Edwin Cruz-Rivera, The American University in Cairo; Rachel V. Parker, Scottish Association for Marine Science; Mark Beeston, Sparsholt College

3:40 PM

COS 113-7

Boreal predator-prey dynamics: Evaluating and mitigating the effects of human activities
Philip D. DeWitt, Matrix Solutions Inc.; Jonah L. Keim, Matrix Solutions Inc.

4:00 PM

COS 113-8

Prey vulnerability determines the lethal and non-lethal effects of a predator
Clifton Ruehl, Columbus State University; Heather Vance-Chalcraft, East Carolina University; David R. Chalcraft, East Carolina University

4:40 PM Cancelled

COS 113-9

Predation and landscape characteristics independently affect reef fish community organization (widthdrawn)
Adrian Stier, Northwest Fisheries Science Center; Kate M. Hanson, American Museum of Natural History; Sally Holbrook, University of California, Santa Barbara; Russ Schmitt, University of California, Santa Barbara; Andrew Brooks, University of California, Santa Barbara

4:20 PM

COS 113-10

Empirical evidence for a stabilizing “Type 1.5” functional response
Caolan Kovach-Orr, McGill University; Gregor F. Fussmann, McGill University; Matthijs Vos, Universitat Potsdam, Institute for Biochemistry and Biology

COS 113 - Predation And Predator-Prey Interactions I