Session: Predation And Predator-Prey Interactions II (2017 ESA Annual Meeting (August 6 -- 11))

8:00 AM

Interannual variation in nest predation risk influences spatial associations and fitness outcomes in a cavity nesting bird community
James C. Mouton, University of Montana; Thomas E. Martin, Montana Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit

8:20 AM

COS 190-2

Synergistic effects of parental and embryonic exposure to predation risk impact offspring size at emergence in a rocky shore food chain
Sarah C. Donelan, Northeastern University; Geoffrey C. Trussell, Northeastern University

8:40 AM

COS 190-3

What drives drilling? Patterns of prey selectivity among populations of predatory snails
Gina M. Contolini, University of California, Santa Cruz; Eric P. Palkovacs, University of California, Santa Cruz; Peter T. Raimondi, University of California, Santa Cruz

9:00 AM

COS 190-4

Hungry prey get better returns on risky investments: Energy reserves and resource type affect the benefits of foraging under variable predation risk
Catherine M. Matassa, Northeastern University; Geoffrey C. Trussell, Northeastern University

9:20 AM

COS 190-5

Predator-prey densities, body size ratios, and environmental drivers of feeding rates in a freshwater sculpin
Daniel L. Preston, Oregon State University; Jeremy Henderson, Oregon State University; Landon Falke, Oregon State University; Leah Mupas Segui, Oregon State University; Mark Novak, Oregon State University

9:40 AM

COS 190-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 190-6

Infection- and size-based predation risk of juvenile salmon during freshwater migration
Nathan B Furey, University of British Columbia; Arthur L Bass, University of British Columbia; Kristi Miller, Department of Fisheries and Oceans; Scott G. Hinch, University of British Columbia

10:10 AM

COS 190-7

Evolution of signaling behavior in predator-prey interactions using game theory
Divya Ramesh, Indiana State University; William A. Mitchell, Indiana State University

10:30 AM

COS 190-8

Elk selection for vacant predator niches favors coexistence with wolves and cougars in northern Yellowstone National Park
Michel T. Kohl, Utah State University; Toni K. Ruth, Hornocker Wildlife Institute/Wildlife Conservation Society, Salmon Valley Stewardship; Daniel R. Stahler, National Park Service; Matthew C. Metz, National Park Service, University of Montana; Douglas W. Smith, National Park Service; Daniel R. MacNulty, Utah State University

10:50 AM

COS 190-9

Survival expectations in a wolf-elk system: How selective predation and the environment shift elk senescence
Lacy Smith, Utah State University; David N. Koons, Utah State University; Douglas W. Smith, National Park Service; Daniel R. Stahler, National Park Service; P.J. White, National Park Service; Daniel R. MacNulty, Utah State University

COS 190 - Predation And Predator-Prey Interactions II