8:00 AM CHIVERS, William^*,1, HERBERT, Ric¹, GLADSTONE, William¹, ¹ University of Newcastle, Australia, Newcastle, NSW, Australia Population fluctuations and the importance of variation in a generalized individual-based model of predator-prey interaction.

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8:20 AM van Veen, Frank^*,1, van Holland, Peter ¹, Brandon, Callum¹, Godfray, Hugh¹, ¹ Imperial College London, Ascot, United Kingdom Density- and trait mediated indirect effects facilitate coexistence and stability in experimental and natural insect communities.

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8:40 AM Takimoto, Gaku^*,1, ¹ Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA A novel interpretation of the ratio-dependent and Lotka-Volterra predator-prey models.

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9:00 AM Mitchell, William^*,1, Lima, Steven¹, ¹ Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN, USA Prey management by predators in the predator-prey shell game: An individual based model of predator prey interactions on a large spatial scale.

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9:40 AM Break.

9:50 AM Luttbeg, Barney^*,1, Sih, Andrew², ¹ University of California, Davis, CA, USA² University of California, Davis, CA, USA Predator and prey distributions among patches: The effects of how prey trade-off predation risk and foraging success.

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10:10 AM Kimbrell, Tristan^*,1, Holt, Robert¹, Lundberg, Per², ¹ University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA² Lund University, Lund, Sweden Incorporating vigilance into a theoretical model of intra-guild predation.

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10:30 AM Harmon, Jason^{*,1, 2}, Andow, D², ¹ University of California - Davis, Davis, CA² University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN Probability-based functional response model incorporating predator experience.

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10:50 AM Bolnick, Daniel^*,1, Svanbäck, Richard², ¹ Section of Evolution and Ecology, Davis, CA, USA² Department of Limnology, Uppsala, Sweden Using optimal foraging theory to explain how population density affects the degree of individual specialization.

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