ESA/SER Joint Meeting (August 5 -- August 10, 2007)

Tuesday, August 7, 2007: 5:00 PM-6:30 PM

Exhibit Halls 1 and 2, San Jose McEnery Convention Center

PS 29-58

(De)fences make good neighbors: Reduced herbivory of spicebush (Lindera benzoin) under black walnut (Juglans nigra) canopies
Norris Z. Muth, Juniata College; Richard A. Niesenbaum, Muhlenberg College

PS 29-59

Plant density affects interactions between Solanum carolinense and its insect herbivores: Implications for plant population regulation
Stacey L. Halpern, Pacific University; Nora Underwood, Florida State University; Lauren Brothers, Florida State University; David Bednar, Pacific University; Joseph Simonis, Florida State University

PS 29-60

Trading places: The plasticity of leaf quality and herbivory on Lindera benzoin with light
Richard A. Niesenbaum, Muhlenberg College; Norris Z. Muth, Juniata College

PS 29-61

Selenium protects plants from prairie dog herbivory: Implications for the evolution of selenium hyperaccumulation
Colin F. Quinn, Colorado State University; John L. Freeman, Colorado State University; Miriam L. Galeas, Colorado State University; Erin M. Klamper, Colorado State University; Elizabeth A.H. Pilon-Smits, Colorado State University

PS 29-62

Multifunctional aspects of leaf beetles-induced willow leaf volatiles
Kinuyo Yoneya, Kyoto University; Junji Takabayashi, Kyoto University

PS 29-63

Effects of plant competition and insect herbivory on invasive Cirsium vulgare (Bull thistle)
Tomomi Suwa, Michigan State University and W.K. Kellogg Biological Station

PS 29-64

High levels of direct anti-herbivore defense are associated with low levels of indirect defense in a facultative ant-plant mutualism
Jonah Piovia-Scott, Washington State University

PS 29-65

Stroma-forming endophyte Epichloë glyceriae provides wound-inducible defense to its host grass
David J. Gonthier, University of Michigan; Terrence J. Sullivan, Hope College; Tom L. Bultman, Hope College

PS 29-66

Blue coloration in young leaves of Moutabea gentryi (Polygalaceae) as a possible antiherbivory defense
Constanza Tellez, Universidad de los Andes; Juan Posada, Université du Québec à Montréal; Edward A. G. Schuur, University of Florida; Sylvie Cournier, Universidad de los Andes; Rigoberto Gomez, Universidad de los Andes

PS 29-67

The effects of soil nitrogen availability on the defensive chemistry of an invasive plant species, Linaria dalmatica
Mary A. Jamieson, Oakland University; Deane Bowers, University of Colorado

PS 29-68

An extension of the elemental defense hypothesis: Relatively low levels of Ni defend a metal-tolerant plant against herbivory
Sarah E. Dalrymple, Liverpool John Moores University; Micky D. Eubanks, Texas A&M University; Robert Boyd, Auburn University

PS 29-69

Chemical and morphological responses of an intertidal seaweed to waterborne cues from an herbivorous snail
Alexandra Hart, University of Washington; Kevin H. Britton-Simmons, University of Washington; Kathryn L. Van Alstyne, Western Washington University

PS 29-70

Does selenium hyperaccumulation confer protection from herbivory? A field study
Miriam L. Galeas, Colorado State University; Erin M Klamper, Colorado State University; Lindsay E Bennett, Colorado State University; John L Freeman, Colorado State University; Elizabeth AH Pilon-Smits, Colorado State University

PS 29-71

A phylogenetically-controlled test of habitat effects on plant anti-herbivore defenses: Constitutive and induced resistance
Peter A. Van Zandt, Birmingham-Southern College

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