Session: Disease Ecology IV (101st ESA Annual Meeting (August 7 -- 12, 2016))

1:30 PM

COS 54-1

The virulence trade-off hypothesis: Is there enough empirical support?
Miguel A. Acevedo, Universidad de Puerto Rico; Bret D. Elderd, Louisiana State University; Forrest P. Dillemuth, Louisiana State University; Andrew J Flick, Louisiana State University; Matthew J. Faldyn, Louisiana State University

1:50 PM

COS 54-2

Predicting the relative role of age groups in pertussis dynamics
A. I. Bento, University of Georgia; Maria A Riolo, University of Michigan; Pejman Rohani, University of Georgia

2:10 PM

COS 54-3

Behavioral predictors of zoonotic disease diversity in the Carnivora
Barbara Han, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies; John M. Drake, University of Georgia; John L. Gittleman, University of Georgia

2:30 PM

COS 54-4

Managing multiple sources of uncertainty: Optimal outbreak response for foot-and-mouth disease
Matthew J. Ferrari, The Pennsylvania State University; Katriona Shea, The Pennsylvania State University; William J. M. Probert, The Pennsylvania State University; Michael J. Tildesley, University of Warwick; Christopher Jewell, Lancaster University; Matt Keeling, University of Warwick; Christopher J. Fonnesbeck, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine; Michael C. Runge, US Geological Survey

2:50 PM

COS 54-5

Environmental transmission of avian influenza A viruses in natural hosts
Susan A. Shriner, USDA National Wildlife Research Center; Clinton B. Leach, Colorado State University; J. Jeffrey Root, USDA National Wildlife Research Center; Jeremy W. Ellis, USDA National Wildlife Research Center; Kevin T. Bentler, USDA National Wildlife Research Center; Nicole L. Mooers, USDA National Wildlife Research Center; Colleen T. Webb, Colorado State University; Kim M. Pepin, USDA

3:10 PM

COS 54-

Break

3:20 PM

COS 54-6

Specificity, durability, and epidemiological consequences of immune priming in a plant-pathogen system
Rachel M. Penczykowski, University of Helsinki; Anna-Liisa Laine, University of Helsinki

3:40 PM

COS 54-7

Nutrient mediation of within-host and among-host plant virus dynamics
Amy E. Kendig, University of Minnesota; Elizabeth T. Borer, University of Minnesota; Eric W. Seabloom, University of Minnesota

4:00 PM

COS 54-8

Ensemble modeling for epidemiological forecasts: A foot-and-mouth disease case study
Lindsay M. Beck-Johnson, Colorado State University; Tom Lindstrom, Linköping University; Michael J. Tildesley, University of Warwick; Colleen T. Webb, Colorado State University

4:40 PM Cancelled

COS 54-9

Exploring the potential for climate change-induced shifts in vector-borne disease risk (widthdrawn)
Erin C Welsh, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Brian F. Allan, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

4:20 PM

COS 54-10

Effects of diversity, topography, and interannual climate variability on pathogen spillover
Whalen W. Dillon, North Carolina State University; Ross K. Meentemeyer, NC State

COS 54 - Disease Ecology IV