SOCIETY FOR INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY 2021 VIRTUAL ANNUAL MEETING (VAM)January 3 – Febuary 28, 2021 Meeting Abstract P24-1 Sat Jan 2 The role of social interactions in iridovirus transmission among terrestrial Isopoda Eley, M*; Gatzke, T; Eastburn, M; Princeton High School, Princeton, NJ meley.1303@gmail.com Viruses of the family Iridoviridae are known to cause mass mortality in […]
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The effect of Mycoplasma gallisepticum infection on feather quality and maintenance in house finches (Haemorhous mexicanus)
SOCIETY FOR INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY 2021 VIRTUAL ANNUAL MEETING (VAM)January 3 – Febuary 28, 2021 Meeting Abstract P24-6 Sat Jan 2 The effect of Mycoplasma gallisepticum infection on feather quality and maintenance in house finches (Haemorhous mexicanus) Alms, DM*; Langager, MM; Weitzman, CL; Hawley, DM; Virginia Tech dma080@vt.edu When organisms, such as songbirds, are faced with […]
Interspecific competition differentially influences disease dynamics via competing mechanisms in a directly transmitted disease system
SOCIETY FOR INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY 2021 VIRTUAL ANNUAL MEETING (VAM)January 3 – Febuary 28, 2021 Meeting Abstract P24-4 Sat Jan 2 Interspecific competition differentially influences disease dynamics via competing mechanisms in a directly transmitted disease system Eleftheriou, A*; Luis, AD; University of Montana, Missoula; University of Montana, Missoula andreas.eleftheriou@umontana.edu The dilution effect hypothesis posits that as […]
Insufferable bookworms and their crabby victims Quantifying the infection intensity of flatworms on horseshoe crab book gills
SOCIETY FOR INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY 2021 VIRTUAL ANNUAL MEETING (VAM)January 3 – Febuary 28, 2021 Meeting Abstract P24-3 Sat Jan 2 Insufferable bookworms and their crabby victims: Quantifying the infection intensity of flatworms on horseshoe crab book gills Piechocki, C*; Liang, N; O’Reilly, S; Brianik, C; Bopp, J; Cerrato, R; Allam, B; Stony Brook University; Stony […]
Estimation of prevalence and qPCR copy number of Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola and Snake Fungal Disease in a snake community in southern Illinois, with notes on detection methods
SOCIETY FOR INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY 2021 VIRTUAL ANNUAL MEETING (VAM)January 3 – Febuary 28, 2021 Meeting Abstract P24-2 Sat Jan 2 Estimation of prevalence and qPCR copy number of Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola and Snake Fungal Disease in a snake community in southern Illinois, with notes on detection methods Smaga, CR*; Allender, MC; Jiménez, FA; Southern Illinois University, […]
Effects of experimental malaria infection on self-maintenance behavior in house sparrows
SOCIETY FOR INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY 2021 VIRTUAL ANNUAL MEETING (VAM)January 3 – Febuary 28, 2021 Meeting Abstract P24-7 Sat Jan 2 Effects of experimental malaria infection on self-maintenance behavior in house sparrows Couvillion, KE*; Kelly, TR; Lattin, CR; Louisiana State University; Louisiana State University; Louisiana State University kcouvi8@lsu.edu Climate change is expected to intensify the transmission […]
Effect of temperature on behavior and contact rates in house finches
SOCIETY FOR INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY 2021 VIRTUAL ANNUAL MEETING (VAM)January 3 – Febuary 28, 2021 Meeting Abstract P24-5 Sat Jan 2 Effect of temperature on behavior and contact rates in house finches Teemer, SR*; Hawley, DM; Virginia Tech steemer@vt.edu Contact rates relevant for pathogen spread are shaped by behavior, and in turn, behaviors of susceptible and […]
