Talks were ordered according to their subject matter and follow the same order as in the abstract booklet. The talks on this page belong solely to the author(s) and/or their institution(s), and any questions may be directed to them via their contact info in the conference program! These files direct to unlisted YouTube videos that will be available only through these links for at least 6 months after MEEC 2022.
Title: Direct and indirect impacts of restored tallgrass prairie management on small mammals: a preliminary investigation
Author(s); Institution: Erin Rowland-Schaefer, Holly P. Jones; Northern Illinois University
Title: Targeted Grazing to Restore Woody-Encroached Oak Savannas
Author(s); Institution: Austin Yantes, Rebecca Montgomery; University of Minnesota
Title: Playing with fire: A simple and effective control method for ticks that cause Lyme disease
Author(s); Institution: Alex Fulk; Weizhang Huang, Folashade Agusto; University of Kansas
Title: Let’s kill fewer critters … by replacing living dragonflies with their exuviae in stable isotope studies!
Author(s); Institution: Karen H. Gaines; University of Kansas
Title: Dam Effects on Diversity of Functional Feeding Group of Macroinvertebrates
Author(s); Institution: Mary Mahaffee, Kaela Khan, Ethan Fraser, Richie Kaminski, Mollie McIntosh; Xavier University
Title: Pushed to the EDGE: Microbial groups of fine taxonomic resolution drive overall community compositional & functional shift in response to drought in a tallgrass prairie ecosystem
Author(s); Institution: Alex Siggers, Carina Donne; Colorado State University
Title: Floral diversity of Lauraceae from the Late Cretaceous of western North America
Author(s); Institution: Keana Tang, Brian A. Atkinson, Kelly K.S. Matsunaga; University of Kansas
Title: Hazards of Hydractinia: How a colonial cnidarian partitions its venom system across a division of labor
Author(s); Institution: Anna M. L. Klompen, Steven M. Sanders, Paulyn Cartwright; University of Kansas
Title: The Dragon Man Revisited: Hominin Phylogenetic Inference with Rogue Taxa and Incomplete Datasets
Author(s); Institution: Walker Sexton, Michael Landis; Washington University in St. Louis
Title: Great Horned Owl Diversity at Multiple Scales
Author(s); Institution: Emily Ostrow, Lucas H. DeCicco, Robert G. Moyle; University of Kansas
Title: The genomic basis of mating system evolution
Author(s); Institution: Sharifu Tusuubira, John Kelly; University of Kansas
Title: Exploring floral color transitions in snowball sand verbena (Abronia fragrans, Nyctaginaceae)
Author(s); Institution: Sierra Jaeger, Eric LoPresti, Cecilia Girvin, Natalie Demarest; Oklahoma State University
Title: Context dependence of plant response to mycorrhizal fungi: Testing the influence of plant life history, soil phosphorus, and precipitation
Author(s); Institution: Reb Bryant, James D. Bever; University of Kansas
Title: Environmental heterogeneity alters timing and variability of Big Bluestem phenology in restored prairie
Author(s); Institution: Anna Krause, Ashley A. Wojciechowski, Sara G. Baer; University of Kansas
Title: Drought and long-term nutrient availability treatment effects on Big Bluestem phenology in restored prairie
Author(s); Institution: Ashley Wojciechowski, Anna G. Krause, Sara G. Baer; University of Kansas
Title: Dominant Prairie Grass in Reciprocal Gardens Across the Rainfall Gradient of the US Central Grasslands: Decadal Patterns
Author(s); Institution: Jack Sytsma, Kori Howe, Matthew Galliart, Sara G. Baer, Eli Hartung, David Gibson, Loretta Johnson; Kansas State University
Title: Seasonal shifts in diversity and composition of a tallgrass prairie restoration have implications for sampling time
Author(s); Institution: Naomi Betson, Bryan L. Foster; University of Kansas
Title: Changes in tree cavities in a highly urban area
Author(s); Institution: David Hohl, R. Julia Kilgour, Elsa Anderson, Jalene M. LaMontagne; DePaul University
Title: The Surprising Connections Between Canopy Gaps, Deer, and Invasive Earthworms
Author(s); Institution: Sam Reed, Dustin Bronson, Leah Prudent, Jodi Forrester, Anna Yang, Austin Yantes, Lee Frelich, Peter Reich; University of Minnesota
Title: A Phylogenetic Model of Historical Biogeography Incorporating Regional Features
Author(s); Institution: Sarah Swiston, Michael Landis; Washington University in Saint Louis
Title: Phylogenetic Niche Modeling
Author(s); Institution: Sean McHugh, Anahi Espindola, Emma White, Josef Uyeda; Washington University in St. Louis
Title: Phylogenomic investigation of a Neotropical water beetle reveals signatures of connectivity among Amazonian savannas.
Author(s); Institution: Rachel Neff, Stephen Baca, Andrew Short; University of Kansas
Title: Have attempts to prevent accidental poisonings made house fly baits less effective?
Author(s); Institution: Panchalie B. Gunathunga, Bethia H. King; Northern Illinois University
Title: Context-dependent effects of food abundance in the symbiosis between D. discoideum and Paraburkholderia
Author(s); Institution: Trey Scott, David Queller, Joan Strassmann; Washington University in St. Louis