8:00 AM: Beals, monica¹, ¹ University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, Assessing determinants of community structure: A data-driven multivariate approach.

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8:20 AM: Burkhart, John^*,1, Smith, Leslie¹, Villalpando, Shawn ², Kegan, Ben¹, Paradise, Chris¹, ¹ Davidson College, Davidson, NC² Appalachian State University, Boone, NC, Scirtid beetles, resource levels, and insect assemblages: Investigating processing chains and community structure in treeholes.

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8:40 AM: Laws, Angela ^*,1, Belovsky, Gary¹, ¹ University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, Effects of temperature and population density on survival, reproduction, and body size of Camnula pellucida .

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9:00 AM: Henry, Lee^*,1, Roitberg, Bernard¹, Gillespie, David ¹, ¹ Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada, Does mother really know best? Host preference reduces reproductive performance in the generalist aphid parasitoid, Aphidius ervi Haliday (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae).

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9:20 AM: Womack, Lee^*,1, Hooper-Bui, Linda², Chamberlain, Michael³, Moser, Barry ⁴, Landry, Keri ⁵, ¹ Wildlife Ecology, Baton Rouge, Louisiana² Fire Ant Entomology and Ecology, Baton Rouge, Louisiana³ Mammalian Ecology, Baton Rouge, Louisiana⁴ Statistician, Baton Rouge, Louisiana⁵ Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Pensacoloa, Florida, Assessing landscape-level impacts of red imported fire ants (Solenopsis invicta Buren) on native faunal communities in pine-dominated forests.

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9:50 AM: Pavuk, Daniel^*,, Purrington, Foster, Bergolc, Melanie, , Carabid beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) diversity in forest fragments of northwestern Ohio.

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10:10 AM: Graham, John^*,1, Krzysik, Anthony², Kovacic, Dave³, Freeman, Carl⁴, Long, William¹, Nutter, Jonathan¹, ¹ Berry College, Mount Berry, GA, USA² Prescott College, Prescott, AZ, USA³ University of Illinois, Champaign, IL, USA⁴ Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA, Intermediate disturbance and ant communities in a forested ecosystem.

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10:30 AM: Sergeev, Michael^{1, 2}, ¹ Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia² Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Novosibirsk, Russia, Long-term dynamics and distribution of the Italian locust in the Eurasian grasslands.

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10:50 AM: Yamasaki, Michimasa^*,1, ¹ Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, Infestation patterns of Platypus quercivorus on four species of Fagaceae.

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11:10 AM: Vamosi, Steven^*,1, ¹ Department of Biological Sciences, Calgary, AB, Canada, Indirect effects of larval competition on adult fitness: a test with bruchid beetles.

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