Odonate Ecology and Evolution I

Session 36 (Special)
Friday, May 31, 1:00 PM-2:45 PM, Cambria
Moderator: Johnson, D.M.

1:00 (243) SEXUAL DIMORPHISM IN ODONATA: CAN LIFE HISTORY OPTIMALITY ACCOUNT FOR MAJOR PATTERNS?
P.H. Crowley¹ and F. Johansson². ¹Center for Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, and T.H. Morgan School of Biological Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506-0225 USA, ²Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Animal Ecology, Umea University, 90187 Umea, Sweden

1:15 (244) FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY, BODY SIZE, REPRODUCTIVE PERIOD AND MATING SUCCESS IN CERCION LINDENI. (SELYS) (ODONATA:COENAGRIONIDAE).
G. Carchini¹, M. Di Domenico¹, F. Chiarotti², C. Tanzilli¹, and T. Pacione¹. ¹Dipartimento di Biologia, Università, ²Laboratorio di Fisiopatologia d'organo e di sistema, Instituto Superiore di Sanità, Roma, Italy

1:30 (245) EXAMINING THE EFFECTS OF AERIAL MIGRATION ON SIZE STRUCTURE AND CANNIBALISM IN DRAGONFLY LARVAE.
P. Crumrine. School of Biological Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506

1:45 (246) CLUTCH SIZE SELECTION AND THE LIMITS TO ADAPTIVE CANNIBALISM IN A GIANT DAMSELFLY (ODONATA:PSEUDOSTIGMATIDAE).
O. Fincke. Department of Zoology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019

2:00 (247) THE CONSPICUOUSNESS OF MALE DAMSELFLY COLORS AS VISUAL SIGNALS IN RELATION TO AMBIENT LIGHT AND VISUAL BACKGROUNDS.
T.D. Schultz, A.M. Bucy, and C.N. Anderson. Department of Biology, Denison University, Granville, OH 43023

2:15 (248) PATTERNS OF WATER MITE PARASITISM IN MINNESOTA DRAGONFLIES BASED ON MUSEUM COLLECTIONS.
T.M. Anderson. Division of Science and Math, University of Minnesota-Morris, Morris, MN 56267

2:30 (249) HABITAT SEGREGATION IN MALE AND FEMALE HINE'S EMERALD DRAGONFLY (HED), SOMATOCHLORA HINEANA, A FEDERALLY ENDANGERED SPECIES.
S.E. Foster^1,2,3 and D.A. Soluk^1,2. ¹Center for Aquatic Ecology, Illinois Natural History Survey, 607 E. Peabody Drive, Champaign, IL 61820, ²Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, ³Department of Zoology, University of Toronto, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada L5L 1C6