Wednesday, August 8, 2007: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Blrm Salon V, San Jose Marriott
COS 69 - Herbivory: Patterns and population responses
8:00 AMCOS 69-1Bergmann’s Rule and latitudinal variation in herbivore body size
Chuan-Kai Ho, University of Houston, Steven C. Pennings, University of Houston
8:20 AMCOS 69-2Latitudinal variation in herbivore pressure in Atlantic Coast salt marshes
Steven C. Pennings, University of Houston, Chuan-Kai Ho, University of Houston, Cristiano Salgado, University of Houston, Kazimierz Wieski, University of Houston, Nilam Dave, University of Houston, Amy E. Kunza, University of Houston, Elizabeth L. Wason, University of Houston
8:40 AMCOS 69-3The effects of velocity and competition on riverine zooplankton food selection
Tamara Sluss, Kentucky State University
9:00 AMCOS 69-4Too much nitrogen: The paradoxical effects of nutrient ratios and supply rates on an outbreaking insect herbivore
Fiona J. Clissold, The University of Sydney, Stephen J. Simpson, The University of Sydney
9:20 AMCOS 69-5Host plant quality affects nutrient regulation and performance of a mixed-feeding insect herbivore
Jayne L. Jonas, Kansas State University, Anthony Joern, Kansas State University
9:40 AM Break
9:50 AMCOS 69-6Freeze and folivory together affect oak woody growth
John M. Landosky, University of Missouri - St. Louis, Robert J. Marquis, University of Missouri - St. Louis
10:10 AMCOS 69-7Early folivory can magnify the impact of late frugivory
T'ai H. Roulston, University of Virginia
10:30 AMCOS 69-8Effects of florivory on insect herbivors: A case study of leafminers of the blue iris
H. George Wang, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Susan Mopper, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
10:50 AMCOS 69-9Two Arctic graminoids growing with increased soil nutrients recover differently from mammalian herbivory
David R. Johnson, University of Texas at Arlington

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