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2020 ESA Annual Meeting – SEEDS Student Presentation List

Aaron Durham – North Carolina State University

Title: Crabitat: Assessing the effective nursery habitat for juvenile blue crabs

Link: https://eco.confex.com/eco/2020/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/84794

Ajisha Alwin – University of Florida

Title: Undergraduate field programs: Intended student outcomes vs. employer expectations

Link: https://eco.confex.com/eco/2020/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/82679

Alec Chiono – University of San Francisco

Title: Testing the climate variability hypothesis in coast-inland systems

Link: https://eco.confex.com/eco/2020/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/85239

Andrew Gordon – Cornell University

Title: Using GPS collared white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) to predict optimal timing for mobile sharpshooting and darting

Link: https://eco.confex.com/eco/2020/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/86500

Bethany Johnson – City College of New York

Title: Estimating the current and future geographic distribution of a threatened cloud forest mammal (Handleyomys chapmani)

Link: https://eco.confex.com/eco/2020/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/86988

Brandon Quintana – University of California, Santa Barbara

Title: Impact of natural disasters on the Ostrea lurida in the Southern California estuary

Link: https://eco.confex.com/eco/2020/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/87526

Cesar Estien – Florida State University

Title: The influence of microplastics on fertilization success and sperm availability in purple sea urchins (Arbacia punctulata)

Link: https://eco.confex.com/eco/2020/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/88806

Courtni Holness – The City College of New York

Title: Improving distribution modeling of Mexican montane forest vegetation to estimate responses to changes in land use

Link: https://eco.confex.com/eco/2020/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/87510

Cristian Sanlatte – University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez

Title: Searching for analgesic degrading bio-prospects using functional metagenomics

Link: https://eco.confex.com/eco/2020/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/86731

Eli Myron – Florida State University

Title: Understanding the role of underwater architecture in a coastal ecosystem: How do the physical characteristics of man-made structures influence benthic communities?

Link: https://eco.confex.com/eco/2020/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/82796

Emily Cook – University of Idaho

Title: Watching the grass grow: Nonlinear growth and implications for greater sage-grouse

Link: https://eco.confex.com/eco/2020/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/86338

Eric Trotman – University of Florida

Title: The effects of habitat management on southeastern American kestrel provisioning rate

Link: https://eco.confex.com/eco/2020/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/85853

Glorimar Sellas-Ramirez – University of Puerto Rico – Mayaguez Campus

Title: Nitrogen and phosphorus limitation of phytoplankton taxa in a eutrophic lake

Link: https://eco.confex.com/eco/2020/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/83639

Haley Hudson – University of California, Davis

Title: Variation in ground fish species responses to marine protected areas

Link: https://eco.confex.com/eco/2020/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/86610

Herby Zephir – University of Florida

Title: Comparing characteristics of nest boxes and natural nests of southeastern American kestrels

Link: https://eco.confex.com/eco/2020/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/85815

Jacob Hornfeldt – University of Florida

Title: The effect of habitat management on vegetation-dwelling arthropods in Florida scrub in Ocala National Forest

Link: https://eco.confex.com/eco/2020/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/86363

Janae White – University of Michigan

Title: Prairie legumes need soil microbes: a species specific approach to successful prairie restorations

Link: https://eco.confex.com/eco/2020/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/87359

Jared Lamb – North Carolina State University

Title: How do butterflies respond to forest type transitions? A pilot study of pollinator response to restoration efforts of a rare longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) ecosystem

Link: https://eco.confex.com/eco/2020/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/83841

Jazmyn Winzer – University of Arizona

Title: Long-term impacts of severe wildfire on riparian vegetation in the Chiricahua Mountains, AZ

Link: https://eco.confex.com/eco/2020/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/87266

Jenna Rosales – Lubbock Christian University

Title: Active transport heat exposure: how heat and UV measurements can benefit human health and ecological processes

Link: https://eco.confex.com/eco/2020/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/83815

Jeremy Collings – SUNY Cortland

Title: Deer herbivory alters plant community dynamics in the Edwards Plateau

Link: https://eco.confex.com/eco/2020/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/83210

Jesse Tabor – Utah State University

Title: Projected climate change amplifies non-native bee invasion in Hawai’i

Link: https://eco.confex.com/eco/2020/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/83456

Judith Santano – Stanford University

Title: Finding myself in unexpected places

Link: https://eco.confex.com/eco/2020/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/81677

Karina Cortijo Robles – University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras Campus

Title: Plant performance is affected by soil communities and temperature

Link: https://eco.confex.com/eco/2020/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/85281

Kathryn Bloodworth – University of North Carolina Greensboro

Title: The role of mutualisms in driving species invasions: A global meta-analysis of legumes and their rhizobial associates

Link: https://eco.confex.com/eco/2020/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/84598

Madaris Serrano Perez – University of Puerto Rico, Humacao Campus

Title: Effects of artificial light at night on the behavior and performance of the monarch butterfly caterpillar, Danaus plexippus

Link: https://eco.confex.com/eco/2020/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/85631

Mahal Bugay – Washington University in St. Louis

Title: Foliar pathogens and drought alter the strength and direction of plant-soil feedbacks in two herbaceous plants

Link: https://eco.confex.com/eco/2020/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/87600

Miyauna Incarnato – The College of Wooster

Title: How do solitary bee taxa in their contribution to the male fitness of a mate-limited prairie perennial, Echinacea angustifolia ?

Link: https://eco.confex.com/eco/2020/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/88067

Monica Velasco – California Baptist University

Title: Rhizobia nodulation delays seedling establishment in wild indigo (Baptisa: Fabaceae) and reduces performance of adapted herbivores

Link: https://eco.confex.com/eco/2020/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/85761

Olivia Vought – University of Vermont

Title: Moss distribution in streams at Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest

Link: https://eco.confex.com/eco/2020/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/88358

Selina Cortes – Lenior-Rhyne University

Title: Ungulate herbivore effects on the insect community diversity in Texas Hill Country

Link: https://eco.confex.com/eco/2020/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/82771

Shannon Dolan – North Carolina State University

Title: Drone aerial mapping: Accuracy and limitations for predicting oyster habitat

Link: https://eco.confex.com/eco/2020/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/83811

Shawna Greyeyes – Northern Arizona University

Title: Witness tree social media project: Can we increase science engagement with a twittering tree?

Link: https://eco.confex.com/eco/2020/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/81719

Sze Wing Yu – Clemson University

Title: Riparian vegetation community response to bison restoration in the Northern Great Plains

Link: https://eco.confex.com/eco/2020/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/88313

Tabitha McFarland – Colorado Mesa University

Title: Predictors of individual-level stress in an isolated population of American pikas (Ochotona princeps)

Link: https://eco.confex.com/eco/2020/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/88370

Tanya Jagdish – Albion College

Title: Quantitative analysis of the effectiveness of herbicide application on invasive elephant ear (Colocasia esculenta) plants

Link: https://eco.confex.com/eco/2020/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/83681

Valeria Paz – Florida International University

Title: Investigating the habitat use of coastal bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in response to a major hurricane

Link: https://eco.confex.com/eco/2020/meetingapp.cgi/Person/77516

Zander Zuniga – University of Idaho

Title: Nesting near ants: Greater sage-grouse habitat preference and ant mound density

Link: https://eco.confex.com/eco/2020/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/87003