Markov models reveal host controls of within-host disease dynamics

Tara Stewart
Zoi Rapti, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Carla E. Cáceres, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

SFHB132

9:15 AM - 9:45 AM

Modeling the Influence of El Niño on Parasite Transmission in Sand Crab Populations and Seabird Abundance Along the California Coast

James Peirce, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Olcay Akman, Illinois State University
Abou Seck, Illinois State University

SFHB133

9:15 AM - 9:45 AM

Pathogen Modeling and You! - An Investigation of Parameter Effects on a Bio-Mathematical Model

James Board

SFHB135

9:15 AM - 9:45 AM

Community effects of hemiparasites: Are they predators, intraguild predators, or something else altogether?

Steven A. Juliano, Illinois State University

SFHB145

9:15 AM - 9:45 AM

The Role of Recovery in Disease Spread

Vanessa Rivera-Quinones, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

SFHB132

9:45 AM - 10:15 AM

Implementation of the TickBot: Results and Implications for Modeling

Alexis White, Old Dominion University
Armin Bahrani, Old Dominion University
Amanda DeVleeschower, Old Dominion University
Holly Gaff, Old Dominion University

SFHB133

9:45 AM - 10:15 AM

A Simulation of Anthropogenic Columbian Mammoth Extinction

Alex Capaldi, Valparaiso University

SFHB135

9:45 AM - 10:15 AM

Exploring lethal and Non-Lethal Effects of the Aquatic Predator Toxorhynchites Rutilus on the Dengue and Yellow Fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti

Geoff Ower

SFHB145

9:45 AM - 10:15 AM

Spatio-temporal metapopulation dynamics in a small network of freshwater ponds

Christopher J. Holmes

SFHB132

10:15 AM - 10:45 AM

The role of the avian nesting curve in enzootic West Nile virus transmission

Suzanne Robertson

SFHB133

10:15 AM - 10:45 AM

Modeling the Conservation Impact of Differential Life History Strategies in Tillandsia utriculata & Tillandsia fasciculata -- A Preliminary Report

Erin N. Bodine, Rhodes College

SFHB135

10:15 AM - 10:45 AM

Mosquito Ecology, Arbovirus Dynamics, and Control

Cynthia Lord

SFHB145

10:15 AM - 10:45 AM

A model of dengue transmission with Wolbachia-free and Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes

Iftikhar Ahmed

SFHB132

10:45 AM - 11:15 AM

Food Web Control and Synchronization using a Robust Feedback

Hector Puebla, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana
Mariana Rodriguez-Jara, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana - Azcapotzalco
Cesar S. Lopez-Monsalvo, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana - Azcapotzalco
Eliseo Hernandez-Martinez, Universidad Veracruzana
Alejandra Velasco-Perez, Universidad Veracruzana

SFHB133

10:45 AM - 11:15 AM

The effects of evolution on food web diversity and abundance

Rosalyn Rael, Tulane University of Louisiana

SFHB135

10:45 AM - 11:15 AM

Modeling Evolutionary Games between Predators and Social Prey

Bill Mitchell

SFHB145

10:45 AM - 11:15 AM