Session: Parasitism And Host-Parasite Interactions II (2018 ESA Annual Meeting (August 5 -- 10))

1:30 PM

COS 49-1

Influence of immunogenetics, sex, and body condition on the cutaneous microbial communities of two giant salamanders
Obed Hernandez-Gomez, UC Berkeley; Jeffrey T. Briggler, Misouri Department of Conservation; Rod N. Williams, Purdue University

1:50 PM

COS 49-2

Warming can alter host behavior to the same extent as behavior-manipulating parasites
Maureen A. Williams, School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin; Celia V. Holland, School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin; Ian Donohue, Trinity College Dublin

2:10 PM

COS 49-3

Host species diversity leads to shifts in skin microbial communities, pathogen spillover and disease in a direct-developing amphibian
C. Guilherme Becker, University of Alabama; Molly C. Bletz, U Mass Boston; David Rodriguez, Texas State University; Carolina Lambertini, Universidade Estadual de Campinas; Paulo R. Guimarães Jr, Universidade de São Paulo; Ana Paula A. Assis, Universidade de São Paulo; Luis Felipe Toledo, Universidade Estadual de Campinas; Miguel Vences, Braunschweig University of Technology; Celio F. B. Haddad, Universidade Estadual Paulista

2:30 PM

COS 49-4

Are host changes analogous to disturbance effects in symbiotic metacommunities?
Philip McElmurray, Virginia Tech; Spencer S. Bell, University of Alabama, Virginia Tech; Robert P. Creed Jr., Appalachian State University; Bryan L. Brown, Virginia Tech

2:50 PM Cancelled

COS 49-5

The effect of plant chemistry and microbial fecal transplants on disease resistance in monarch butterflies (widthdrawn)
Erica V. Harris, Emory University; Nicole M. Gerardo, Emory University; Jacobus C. de Roode, Emory University

3:10 PM

COS 49-

Break

3:20 PM

COS 49-6

A defensive symbiont may decrease the spread of a fungal plant pathogen through a host population but not within hosts
Kayleigh R. O'Keeffe, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Brandon T. Wheeler, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Charles E. Mitchell, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

3:40 PM

COS 49-7

Drivers of variation in host and parasite performance
Alyssa-Lois Gehman, University of British Columbia, Hakai Institute; Olivia Schaefer, University of British Columbia; Christopher D.G. Harley, University of British Columbia

4:00 PM

COS 49-8

Balancing the positive and negative impacts of climate change: How life-cycle complexity determines parasite fitness in a warming climate
Peter K. Molnar, University of Toronto Scarborough; Sara H. Paull, University of Colorado, Denver

4:20 PM Cancelled

COS 49-9

Divergent sexual traits provide relevant information about local parasite communities (widthdrawn)
Amanda Hund, University of Colorado; Joanna K. Hubbard, Truman State Univeristy; Tomáš Albrecht, Czech Academy of Sciences; Yoni Vortman, Tel Hai Academic College; Pavel Munclinger, Charles University; Rebecca J Safran, University of Colorado

4:40 PM

COS 49-10

Timing the diversification of a mammal parasite, Bartonella
Clifton D. McKee, Colorado State University, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Michael Y. Kosoy, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Colleen T. Webb, Colorado State University

COS 49 - Parasitism And Host-Parasite Interactions II