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

Thursday, August 9, 2007: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM

Blrm Salon II, San Jose Marriott

1:30 PM

COS 120-1

Effects 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 PM

COS 120-2

Hedgerows: Enhancing conservation biological control potential in California annual vegetable systems?
Tara L. Pisani Gareau, Pennsylvania State University; Carol Shennan, University of California-Santa Cruz; Deborah K. Letourneau, University of California-Santa Cruz

2:10 PM

COS 120-3

The habitat use by birds and anurans of active and abandoned cranberry farms in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey
Ai Wen, University of Michigan; David Ehrenfeld, Rutgers University

2:30 PM

COS 120-4

Arthropod biodiversity in an intensively managed agricultural landscape
Daniel M. Pavuk, Bowling Green State University; Alan Sundermeier, The Ohio State University

2:50 PM

COS 120-5

A harrowing experience: Management effects on a diverse pasture beetle community
A. Andrew M. MacDonald, University of British Columbia; 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

COS 120-

Break

3:20 PM

COS 120-6

Life on the edge: Response of native bees to insect pest management programs
Julianna Tuell, Michigan State University; Rufus Isaacs, Michigan State University

3:40 PM

COS 120-7

Effect of the method of transition to organic on naturally occurring soil-dwelling entomopathogenic fungi
Randa Jabbour, University of Wyoming; Andrew G. Hulting, The Oregon State University; Mary E. Barbercheck, The Pennsylvania State University

4:00 PM

COS 120-8

Non-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 PM

COS 120-10

Biodiversity and sustainability of ancient agroecosystems of southwest India
Ann E. Russell, Iowa State University

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