Call for Papers: We invite submission of abstracts for talks and posters. Abstracts should include: - Title, name, affiliation, email - 1 page abstract plus a page of figures/references - Indicate preference for talk, poster, or either - Please submit abstracts using the template provided. - Abstract submission instructions can be found at https://www.ccd.edu.au/events/conferences/2018/bilingualde
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In 2016, the European Union co-funded 17 new robotics projects from the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme for research and innovation. 16 of these resulted from the robotics work programme, and 1 proje ... Read more
Just past the ancient Roman amphitheater outside the city walls of Chester, England, lies the half-ruined Church of St. John the Baptist. The building is a mixture of Norman and early English Gothic a ... Read more
Abstract Behavioral plasticity induced by maternal effects is crucial in adjusting offspring phenotype to match the environment. In particular, changes in water availability during development may ini ... Read more
Abstract Cannibalism is relatively common in herbaceous insects, but studies looking at life-history traits on conspecific versus herbaceous diets reveal a mix of outcomes. In some taxa, fitness is hi ... Read more
Abstract Competition can have far-reaching consequences for insect fitness and dispersion. Time-lagged interspecific competition is known to negatively affect fitness, yet time-lagged intraspecific co ... Read more
Abstract In natural environments, plants have to deal with a wide range of different herbivores whose communities vary in time and space. It is believed that the chemical diversity within plant specie ... Read more
Abstract The amount of damage that herbivorous insects impose on plants varies as a function of plant ontogenetic trajectories in tissue quality and defenses, and the herbivores’ own developmental tra ... Read more
Abstract Variation in seed availability shapes plant communities, and is strongly affected by seed predation. In some plant species, temporal variation in seed production is especially high and synchr ... Read more