Thursday, August 9, 2007: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
San Carlos I, San Jose Hilton
COS 136 - Plant-insection interactions: Defenses against herbivory
1:30 PMCOS 136-1Leaf trait trade-offs and their implications for ecosystem dynamics in Hawaiian and continental floras
Sandra Díaz, Instituto Multidisciplinario de biología Vegetal, Peter M. Vitousek, Stanford University
1:50 PMCOS 136-2Spatial variation in plant resistance and tolerance in successional habitats
Alyssa S. Hakes, Louisiana State University, James T. Cronin, Louisiana State University
2:10 PMCOS 136-3Grasses bite back: Experimental demonstration of the effects of silica on foliar digestibility, insect mandible wear, and herbivore growth rates
Sue E. Hartley, University of Sussex, Fergus P. Massey, University of Sussex
2:30 PMCOS 136-4Costs of sequestration in the buckeye caterpillar (Junonia coenia)
Angela M. Smilanich, Tulane University, Lee A. Dyer, Tulane University, M. Deane Bowers, University of Colorado, Jeff Q. Chambers, Tulane University, Grant L. Gentry, Tulane University
2:50 PMCOS 136-5Stem dimorphism and herbivory in goldenrod: Recurved (“candy-cane”) stems as a resistance mechanism against galling insects
Michael J. Wise, Bucknell University, Warren G. Abrahamson, Bucknell University
3:10 PM Break
3:20 PMCOS 136-6Synchronous flowering increases seed predation in small Silene latifolia patches: A field experiment
Giorgina Bernasconi, University of Lausanne, Jelmer A. Elzinga, University of Lausanne
3:40 PMCOS 136-7Feeding of the coccinellid beetle, Curinus coeruleus, on extra-floral nectaries of Hibiscus brackenridgei as a mechanism for defense
Kyra Krakos, Washington University, Gary Booth, Brigham Young University, John Gardner, Brigham Young University
4:00 PMCOS 136-8Changing hiding patterns in sago pondweed tubers in response to predation by tundra swans
Bert Hidding, NIOO-KNAW, Bart A. Nolet, NIOO-KNAW, Marcel Klaassen, NIOO-KNAW
4:20 PMCOS 136-9Associational resistance and susceptibility: Having right or wrong neighbors
Pedro Barbosa, University of Maryland, Ian Kaplan, University of Maryland, Zsofia Szendrei, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Adrianna Szczepaniec, University of Maryland, Jessica Hines, University of Maryland, Holly Martinson, University of Maryland

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