8:00 AM: Zaradic, Patricia¹, ¹ Stroud Water Research Center, Avondale, PA, USA, Evaluating predator impact on old growth and logged stream macroinvertebrate diversity.

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8:20 AM: Marshall, Kristin¹, Essington, Timothy¹, ¹ University of Washington, Seattle, Integrating energetics and interaction strengths: A modeling perspective.

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8:40 AM: Grobler, Chris^*,1, ¹ Oxford University, Oxford, UK, Time-lags in parasitoid response to a novel host.

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9:00 AM: Hambäck, Peter^*,1, Stenberg, Johan², Ericson, Lars, ¹ Dept of Botany, Stockholm, Sweden² Dept of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå, Sweden, Asymmetric indirect interactions mediated by a shared parasitoid: A field test of the apparent competition theory.

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9:20 AM: Brassil, Chad^*,1, ¹ Michigan State University, Hickory Corners, MI, Can environmental variation generate positive indirect effects in a model of shared predation?

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9:50 AM: Zanette, Liana^*,1, MacDougall-Shakleton, Elizabeth¹, Clinchy, Michael¹, Smith, James², ¹ University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada² University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, Brown-headed cowbirds skew host offspring sex ratios.

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10:10 AM: Fournier, Valerie ^{*,1, 2}, Hagler, James², Daane, Kent¹, De Leon, Jesse³, Groves, Russell⁴, Akey, David², ¹ University of California, Berkeley, CA² USDA-ARS, Phoenix, AZ³ USDA-ARS, Weslaco, TX⁴ USDA-ARS, Parlier, CA, Using molecular gut analysis to identify key predators of Homalodisca coagulata (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae), a new invasive herbivore in California.

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10:30 AM: Symondson, William^*,1, Harper, Georgina^{1, 4}, King, R. Andrew¹, Harwood, James^{1, 3}, Glen, David², Bruford, Michael¹, ¹ Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK⁴ Now moved to University of Glamorgan, Pontypridd, UK³ Now moved to University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA² Styloma Research & Consulting, Cheddar, UK, Prey choice and the importance of non-pest prey to carabids in arable crops measured by multiplex-PCR.

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10:50 AM: Eubanks, Micky^*,1, Styrsky, John¹, Cooper, Laura¹, Kaplan, Ian², Harvey, Chad³, ¹ Auburn University, Auburn, AL² University of Maryland, College Park³ University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Variation in the ecological consequences of fire ant - aphid mutualisms.

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11:10 AM: Armand, Paraiso^*,1, Agnès, Thomas-Odjo¹, ¹ University of Parakou, Parakou, Bénin, Ecological study of populations of Zonocerus variegatus ( L. ) with special reference to natural enemies in Benin.

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