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PARENT SESSION
Wednesday, August 9, 1:30-5:00 pm
COS 72 - Prey preference and prey defense mechanisms
Plantation Room, Cook Convention Center
Presiders: G Wang and S Raghu

1:30 PMRitland, David*,1, 1 Erskine College, Due West, SC, Icons and upstarts in butterfly mimicry.

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1:50 PMBenard, Michael*,1, 1 The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, Local adaptation or phenotypic plasticity? A test with pacific treefrogs.

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2:10 PMHetrick, Stacia*,1, Sieving, Kathryn1, Avery, Michael2, 1 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Gainesville, Florida, USA2 USDA/APHIS/WS/NWRC, Gainesville, Florida, USA, Inter-specific functional reference of eastern tufted titmouse predator alarm calls.

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2:30 PMWieski, Kazimierz*,1, 2, Slusarczyk, Miroslaw2, 1 Agricultural University of Szczecin, Szczecin, Poland2 University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland, Role of alarm substance and predatory kairomone in predator-induced diapause of the freshwater crustacean D. magna.

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2:50 PMvan der Stap, Irene*,1, Vos, Matthijs2, 3, Mooij, Wolf1, 1 Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Nieuwersluis, The Netherlands2 Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Yerseke, The Netherlands3 University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada, Inducible defenses and community dynamics.

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3:10 PM, Break.

3:20 PMFrankfater, Cheryl*,1, Slattery, Marc2, 1 University of Missouri, St. Louis, MO, United States2 University of Mississippi, University, MS, United States, The smell of fear: genetic variation in the defensive chemistry of Papilio caterpillars and the effects on survivorship.

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3:40 PMHultgren, Kristin*,1, Stachowicz, John1, 1 University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, Decoration and color change as alternate strategies of camouflage in the Epialtidae family (kelp crabs).

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4:00 PMRehage, Jennifer*,, Loftus, William, , Assessing the potential impact of African jewelfish Hemichromis letourneuxi in Everglades marshes: prey selectivity and antipredator response by native prey.

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4:20 PMNakajima, Mifuyu*,1, Abrams, Peter2, Yodo, Taiga3, Matsuda, Hiroyuki4, 1 University of Tokyo, Japan, Tokyo, Japan2 University of Toronto, Canada, Toronto, Canada3 Mie University, Japan, Mie, Japan4 Yokohama National University, Japan, Yokohama, Japan, A theoretical model and a behavioral experiment of asymmetric predation.

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4:40 PMTinus, Craig*,1, Cross, Robin1, 1 Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, A straight-forward model to measure habitat and prey preference, and resource complementarities.

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