Thursday, August 9, 2007: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
Blrm Salon II, San Jose Marriott
COS 120 - Agricultural ecology II: Agricultural systems as habitat, diversity
1:30 PMCOS 120-1Effects of plant diversity and width of farm shelterbelts on woodland birds and bats
Cilla M. Kinross, Institute for Land, Water and Society, Charles Sturt University, Geoff M. Gurr, Institute for Land, Water and Society, Charles Sturt University, Ronald S. Bonifacio, The University of Sydney, Sagrario Gámez-Virués, The University of Sydney
1:50 PMCOS 120-2Hedgerows: Enhancing conservation biological control potential in California annual vegetable systems?
Tara L. Pisani Gareau, University of California, Santa Cruz, Carol Shennan, University of California, Santa Cruz, Deborah K. Letourneau, University of California, Santa Cruz
2:10 PMCOS 120-3The habitat use by birds and anurans of active and abandoned cranberry farms in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey
Ai Wen, Rutgers University, David Ehrenfeld, Rutgers University
2:30 PMCOS 120-4Arthropod biodiversity in an intensively managed agricultural landscape
Daniel M. Pavuk, Bowling Green State University, Alan Sundermeier, The Ohio State University
2:50 PMCOS 120-5A harrowing experience: Management effects on a diverse pasture beetle community
A. Andrew M. MacDonald, University of Toronto, Kathleen R. Aikens, McGill University, Sheena M. Townsend, Cape Breton University, Christopher G. Majka, Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History, David B. McCorquodale, Cape Breton University
3:10 PM Break
3:20 PMCOS 120-6Life on the edge: Response of native bees to insect pest management programs
Julianna Tuell, Michigan State University, Rufus Isaacs, Michigan State University
3:40 PMCOS 120-7Effect of the method of transition to organic on naturally occurring soil-dwelling entomopathogenic fungi
Randa Jabbour, The Pennsylvania State University, Andrew G. Hulting, The Oregon State University, Mary E. Barbercheck, The Pennsylvania State University
4:00 PMCOS 120-8Non-target effects of Bacillus thuringiensis transgenic corn on soil microarthropod community
Yiwen Zhao, University of Vermont, Deborah Neher, University of Vermont, Galen P. Dively, University of Maryland
4:20 PMCOS 120-10Biodiversity and sustainability of ancient agroecosystems of southwest India
Ann E. Russell, Iowa State University

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