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Title: Worse Off Together: Consequences of Microsporidian and Virus Co-Infection for Parasite Dynamics and Bumble Bee Host Health
Author(s); Institution: Elyse C. McCormick, Ben M. Sadd; Illinois State University
Title: Influence of soil and land cover on chronic wasting disease prevalence in white-tailed deer and mule deer across North America
Author(s); Institution: Madison Miller, Maarten Vonhof; Western Michigan University
Title: Disturbing the gut feeling: infection and a healthy gut microbiota
Author(s); Institution: Bryan Sierra-Rivera, Logan A. Sauers, Ben M. Sadd; Illinois State University
Title: TICKS & TICK-BORNE DISEASE DYNAMICS ACROSS NEON SITES
Author(s); Institution: Ana Sofia Rivera, Jessica Barton, Courtenay Strong, Benjamin Zuckerberg, Jalene M. LaMontagne; DePaul University
Title: Differences in Disease Incidence across Species Richness and Phylogenetic Dispersion Gradients
Author(s); Institution: Audrey Nelson, Haley Burrill, James Bever; University of Kansas
Title: Functional profiling of soil microbiome for elucidating maize heterosis
Author(s); Institution: Tokee M. Tareq, Maggie R. Warner; University of Kansas
Title: Plant-microbe symbioses shift in unexpected ways under climate change
Author(s); Institution: Laura Fehling, Hank Stevens, Jonathan Bauer; Miami University
Title: Restoring mutualisms to reintroduce rare legumes
Author(s); Institution: Emily Galloway, Paul A. Price, Emily Grman, Jonathan T. Bauer
Title: Are Big Bluestem Ecotypes Locally Adapted to Their Rhizosphere Microbes Across a Precipitation Gradient of the US Great Plains?
Author(s); Institution: Eli Hartung, Soumyadev Sarkar, Kian Fogarty, Anna Kazarina, Jack Sytsma, Kierra Holloman, Nassima Amiar, Kori Howe, Ari Jumpponen, Sonny Lee, Loretta Johnson; Kansas State University
Title: Predicting plant abundance in a restored prairie
Author(s); Institution: Karly Cazzato, Alex Bowers, Jonathan Bauer; Miami University
Title: The influence of plant functional diversity on pollinator functional diversity in a restored prairie ecosystem
Author(s); Institution: Lizzy Small, Holly P. Jones; Northern Illinois University
Title: Pollinator Fidelity in Burned and Unburned Remnant Prairies
Author(s); Institution: Maris Woldin, Jennifer Ison; College of Wooster
Title: Honey Bee Hive Presence Decreases Native Bee Visitation to Native Plant Gardens
Author(s); Institution: Ren M. Johnson, Jennifer L. Ison, Reed M. Johnson; The College of Wooster
Title: Elaiosome Preference in Seed Dispersing Ants
Author(s); Institution: Maddie Brown, Chloe Lash; University of St. Francis
Title: Patterns of native bee abundance across a prairie & agriculture landscape 2004-2019
Author(s); Institution: Mia Stevens, Alex Carroll, Zach Portman, Stuart Wagenius; Chicago Botanic Garden and University of Minnesota
Title: Reclamation and Conservation of a Strip-mine Lake
Author(s); Institution: Sarah Romy, Chloe Lash; University of St. Francis
Title: What role do graminoids play in prairie ecosystem functioning?
Author(s); Institution: Samantha Berk, Holly Jones, Nicholas Barber, Regina Mae Francia, Lizzy Small; Northern Illinois University
Title: Natural interannual variability in precipitation complicates revealing drought effects on restored communities
Author(s); Institution: Katie Eckhoff, Sara G. Baer; University of Kansas
Title: Effects of Disturbance on the Population of Millipedes and Isopods in Restored Tallgrass Prairies
Author(s); Institution: Minal J. Patel, Sheryl C. Hosler, Holly P. Jones, Nicholas A. Barber; University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)
Title: The incidence of a specialist aphid on Echinacea angustifolia, a long-lived perennial, in burned and unburned prairie remnants
Author(s); Institution: Allison Radin, Wyatt Mosiman, Mia Stevens, Stuart Wagenius; Binghamton University, Northwestern University, Chicago Botanic Garden, University of Minnesota
Title: Arthropod community responses to bison and prescribed fire management in tallgrass prairies
Author(s); Institution: Samantha Padilla, Maricela Alaniz, Nicholas Barber; San Diego State University
Title: Arbuscular Mycorrhizal fungi root colonization response to enriched atmospheric CO2 and six Asclepias species
Author(s); Institution: Madison Tunnell, James Bever, Rondy Malik; University of Kansas
Title: Warming and elevated CO2 impact black spruce cone morphology
Author(s); Institution: Teodora Stoycheva, Beth Lawrence, Abigail C. Leeper, Kyle J. Pearson, Jana. R. Phillips, Paul J. Hanson, Jalene M. LaMontagne; DePaul University
Title: Adding soil water status improves species distribution models of an arid-land plant
Author(s); Institution: Will Bebee, Vincent Eckhart; Grinnell College
Title: Cold tolerance of Introduced Shrubs, Native Shrubs, and Native Forbs in Tallgrass Prairie
Author(s); Institution: Cailee S. Peterson, Katherine T. Charton, Ellen I. Damschen; University of Wisconsin - Madison
Title: Assessing the Relationship between Anthocyanin Content and Herbivory
Author(s); Institution: Marie Spehlmann, Rose Keith; DePauw University
Title: Community Level Synchrony in Forest Tree Seed Production
Author(s); Institution: Jason Hebblethwaite, Jillian Sterman, Ana Sofia Rivera, Jalene M. LaMontagne; DePaul University
Title: Evolution of floral pigment intensity in Penstemon
Author(s); Institution: Haylee J Nedblake, Carrie A Wessinger, Lena C Hileman; University of Kansas
Title: The Effects of Mating Systems on Floral Organ Variation in the Genus Leptosiphon
Author(s); Institution: Madison Stessman, Eric Lopresti; Oklahoma State University
Title: Genetics of host plant preferences in the Common emigrant butterfly Catopsilia pomona
Author(s); Institution: Tusheema Dutta, Dr Ullasa Kodandaramaiah; IISER Thiruvananthapuram
Title: A new Mid-Cenomanian fish fauna from southeastern Nebraska, U.S.A.
Author(s); Institution: John Juranek, Kenshu Shimada; DePaul University
Title: Marine Vertebrate Fauna of the Upper Cretaceous Tarrant Formation in Tarrant County, Texas, U.S.A.
Author(s); Institution: Aaron Johnson, Kenshu Shimada; DePaul University
Title: Diverse fossil marine vertebrate assemblage from the Juana Lopez Member of the Upper Cretaceous Carlile Shale (late Turonian), southeastern Colorado, USA
Author(s); Institution: Jake Wood, Bruce A. Schumacher, Kenshu Shimada; DePaul University
Title: The Effect of Daily Temperature Fluctuations on the Sex Ratio of the Atlantic silverside, a Species with Temperature-Dependent Sex Determination
Author(s); Institution: Grace Hancock, Santiago Salinas; Kalamazoo College
Title: Natural history and trophic ecology of three populations of the Mexican cavefish, Astyanax mexicanus
Author(s); Institution: Libby Wilson, Michael Tobler, Rüdiger Riesch, Lizeth Martínez-García, Francisco Javier García-De León; Kansas State University
Title: Investigation of Microplastics in Freshwater Fish Caught in Northeastern Ohio
Author(s); Institution: Blake Erman, Henry Schwendler; Hiram College
Title: Niche overlap between sympatric species of the genus Rocio (Teleostei: Cichlidae) in Guatemala
Author(s); Institution: César Fuentes, Windsor Aguirre, Caleb McMahan; DePaul University
Title: Calling out for love: effects of varying sexual selection intensities on reproductive effort
Author(s); Institution: Jack McKermitt, Jack McKermitt, Ben Sadd, Scott Sakaluk; Illinois State University
Title: Forest Maturity and Cover Board Type Influence Terrestrial Salamander Diversity
Author(s); Institution: Henry Schwendler, Andrew Runyon and Nicole Ryman; Hiram College
Title: Influence of prior experience on the decision-making of Callosobruchus maculatus
Author(s); Institution: Sera Todwong, Rodrigo Mercader; Washburn University
Title: An Assessment of Combined Sewer Overflow and Channelization Impacts on an Urban Stream Ecosystem
Author(s); Institution: Samantha Hawkins, Payton Wood; Xavier University