5th congress european sections of the iussi - MDB Enterprise srl
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Thursday 30 – Tuscany Inn Hotel<br />
09.00-10.00 PLENARY LECTURE<br />
From bees to computers - nest-site selection in Apis spp. as inspiration for optimization algorithms<br />
M. Beekman<br />
10.00-10.20 C<strong>of</strong>fee Break<br />
PARALLEL SESSION – ORAL COMMUNICATIONS<br />
TIME FIRENZE Room TIME SIENA Room<br />
BASIC RESEARCH ON HONEYBEES AND APPLICATIVE OUTPUTS<br />
10.20-10.40 Persistence to unrewarding feeding locations by forager honey bees<br />
(Apis mellifera): <strong>the</strong> effects <strong>of</strong> experience, resource pr<strong>of</strong>itability, and<br />
season<br />
H. Al Toufailia, C. Grüter, F.L.W. Ratnieks<br />
10.40-11.00 Seasonal variation in honey bee foraging distance demonstrates critical<br />
gaps in food availability<br />
M. J. Couvillon, F.L.W. Ratnieks<br />
11.00-11.20 Genotype-enviroment interactions in <strong>the</strong> autochthonous Italian<br />
peninsula honey bee subspecies (A.m.ligustica)<br />
C. Costa, M. Lodesani, K. Bienefeld<br />
11.20-11.40 Emulation <strong>of</strong> collective honeybee behaviour by a swarm <strong>of</strong> simple<br />
robots<br />
D. Kengyel, G. Radspieler, F. Wotawa, T. Schmickl<br />
11.40-12.00 Hygienic behavior in honey bees: influencing factors and behavioral<br />
correlates<br />
G. Bigio, R. Schürch, F. L.W. Ratnieks<br />
12.00-12.20 Interspecific within-host competition between Ascosphaera apis and<br />
Aspergillus spp. parasites in honey bee larvae.<br />
K. Foley, S. E. Evison, P. Chappell W. O. H. Hughes<br />
12.20-12.40 The Trojan Hives: Harmful Pollinator Pathogens, Imported and<br />
Distributed in Bee Colonies<br />
P. Graystock, K. Yates, S. Evison, B. Darvill, D. Goulson, W. O. H. Hughes<br />
12.40-13.00 Impact <strong>of</strong> combined pesticide exposure on individual- and colony-level<br />
traits in bees<br />
R. J. Gill, O. Ramos-Rodriguez, N.E Raine<br />
13.00-14.00 Farewell Lunch<br />
10.20-10.40 Group combats in ants: extending <strong>the</strong> Lanchester's laws<br />
G. Santini, F. Frizzi, M. Briffa, F. Bagnoli<br />
10.40-11.00 Dominance hierarchy among highly invasive ants<br />
A. Avril, C. Bertelsmeier, G.M. Luque, F. Courchamp<br />
11.00-11.20 Hot stuff - Impacts <strong>of</strong> climate change on invasive ants<br />
C. Bertelsmeier, G. Luque, B. D. H<strong>of</strong>fmann, F. Courchamp<br />
11.20-11.40 Effects <strong>of</strong> altitudinal gradient on ant community structure in<br />
Alpine ecosystems.<br />
F. Spotti C. Castracani, D.A. Grasso, A. Mori<br />
11.40-12.00 Assessing fragmentation and homogenization in ant<br />
communities <strong>of</strong> sou<strong>the</strong>rn Mediterranean protected areas<br />
(Andalucia, Spain)<br />
X. Cerdá E. Angulo, R. Boulay, F. Ruano, A. Tinaut<br />
12.00-12.20 The influence <strong>of</strong> urban green area management on ant<br />
communities<br />
C. Castracani, F. Spotti, D.A. Grasso, A. Mori<br />
12.20-12.40 Soil properties weakly affect subterranean ant distribution at<br />
small spatial scale<br />
J. Jacquemin, T. Drouet, Y. Roisin, M. Leponce<br />
12.40-13.00 Ant community structure retains <strong>the</strong> past for a while... Ant<br />
community succession (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) on<br />
deciduous forest clear-cuts in Romania<br />
I. Tăuşan, M.R. Trică, L. C. Anghel, A.A. Ştefu, O.T. Bota, A.V. Cravă,<br />
B. Markó
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