Session: Behavior (100th ESA Annual Meeting (August 9 -- 14, 2015))

PS 75-138

Foraging preferences of songbirds at a feeding station
Allison Devenny, West Chester University; Steven M. Aquilani, DCCC

PS 75-139

Brush with death: Assessing the impact of predators and alert cues on the strength of anti-predator behavior in pea aphids
Katharine V. Harrison, University of Rhode Island; Evan L. Preisser, University of Rhode Island

PS 75-140

Body condition dependent dispersal in the semi-aquatic insect, Notonecta undulata
Celina B. Baines, University of Toronto Mississauga; Shannon J. McCauley, University of Toronto Mississauga; Locke Rowe, University of Toronto

PS 75-141

Hefty or wimpy? A biomechanical hypothesis for plant-pollinator species associations
Jennifer C. Geib, Appalachian State University; Kimberly A. Bowman, Appalachian State University; Eric S. Rayfield, Appalachian State University; Peter Marting, Arizona State University

PS 75-142

Predation risk impacts spatial patterns of small mammal seed caching
Peter Guiden, University of Wisconsin-Madison; John Orrock, University of Wisconsin-Madison

PS 75-143

Evolution of bistability and collective fission-fusion dynamics in a population of agents searching a heterogeneous evironment
Andrew M. Hein, Princeton University; Sarah E. Rosenthal, Princeton University; George I. Hagstrom, Princeton University; Andrew Berdahl, Santa Fe Institute; Colin J. Torney, University of Exeter; Iain Couzin, Princeton University

PS 75-144

Interspecific competition in fox (Sciurus niger) and gray squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis)
Rochelle L McElroy, MacMurray College; Christy K Wolovich, MacMurray College

PS 75-145

Mercury reduces avian reproductive success through direct embryotoxicity rather than altered parental behavior
Stephanie Y. Chin, The College of William & Mary; Daniel A. Cristol, College of William & Mary

Cancelled

PS 75-146

Nectaring and oviposition preferences of Manduca sexta on two co-blooming Datura species in the Sonoran Desert (widthdrawn)
Gordon Smith, University of Arizona; Christopher A. Johnson, University of Arizona; Goggy Davidowitz, University of Arizona; Judith Bronstein, University of Arizona

PS 75-147

Bobcat distribution and abundance in a Northern California ecosystem
Amelia Zuckerwise, Stanford University; Rodolfo Dirzo, Stanford University; Eduardo Mendoza, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo

PS 75-148

What’s in a song? A quantitative description of the veery’s (Catharus fuscescens) complex song repertoire
Lorraine E. Dargis, SUNY New Paltz; Kara L. Belinsky, SUNY New Paltz

PS 75-149

Singing on the nest in Mimus polyglottos: An automated approach
Dakota Hawkins, Westminster College; Karina Sanchez, Westminster College; Christine M. Stracey, Westminster College; Shepherd Tricia, St. Edward's University

PS 75-150

Morphological drivers of avian differential migration patterns
William Patrick White, Wright State University; Volker Bahn, Wright State University; Dave Russell, Miami University

PS 75-151

Inter-annual and inter-populational differences in diamondback terrapin diets
Russell L. Burke, Hofstra University; Kayleigh Erazmus, Hofstra University

PS 75-152

Scale-dependent responses to loblolly pine trees in two ground-nesting warblers
Tami S. Ransom, Salisbury University; Melissa Carson, Salisbury University; Jared Lausen, Salisbury University; Jared Novia, Salisbury University; Marshall Boyd, Salisbury University; Eric B. Liebgold, Salisbury University

PS 75-153

Investigating the effect of larval diet quality on adult body size and male horn morphology in the beetle Onthophagus taurus
Adrienne J. Muetterties, James Madison University; Patrice M. Ludwig, James Madison University

PS 75-154

Testing the niche width paradigm: How the trophic ecology of consumer communities is influenced by biodiversity
Brian Hayden, University of New Brunswick; Jorrit Poelen, Encyclopedia of Life

PS 75-155

Complex interactions between predation risk, stress physiology, and extra-pair paternity in a free-living songbird
Kelly K. Hallinger, Cornell University; Maren N. Vitousek, Cornell University; David W. Winkler, Cornell University, Cornell Lab of Ornithology

PS 75-156

Oviposition behavior: Host plant matters more than geographic origin
Lina M. Arcila Hernandez, Cornell University; Anurag A. Agrawal, Cornell University

PS 75-157

Nutrient and demographic characteristics of sagebrush prefentially foraged on by pygmy rabbits (Brachylagus idahoensisi) in Northern Utah
Amber Young, Weber State University; Jennifer Schmalz, Weber State University; Masako Wright, Bureau of Land Management; Michele Skopec, Weber State University

PS 75-158

The role lipids play in blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis) longevity
Justin R. Pool, Fordham University; Richard C. Falco, New York State; Thomas J. Daniels, Fordham University

PS 75-159

Appalachian stream salamander behaviors change following riparian disturbance
Margaret M. Bliss, University of the South; William Noggle, University of the South; Seth Burns, University of the South; Kristen K. Cecala, University of the South

PS 75-160

Estimation of return migration swimming speed of the Sirajo Goby, a Caribbean diadromous fish
Sakshi Handa, North Carolina State University; Jesse R. Fischer, North Carolina Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, North Carolina State University; Augustin C. Engman, North Carolina Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, North Carolina State University; Adriane O. Gill, North Carolina State University; Crystal S. Lee Pow, North Carolina State University; Harry V. Daniels, North Carolina State University; Thomas Kwak, U.S. Geological Survey, North Carolina Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Unit; Jaime Collazo, US Geological Survey

PS 75 Behavior

PS 75
Behavior