COS 69 - Herbivory: Patterns and population responses

Wednesday, August 8, 2007: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Blrm Salon V, San Jose Marriott
8:00 AM
 Bergmann’s Rule and latitudinal variation in herbivore body size
Chuan-Kai Ho, National Taiwan University; Steven Pennings, University of Houston
8:20 AM
 Latitudinal variation in herbivore pressure in Atlantic Coast salt marshes
Steven Pennings, University of Houston; Chuan-Kai Ho, National Taiwan University; 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 Michigan
9:00 AM
 Too 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 AM
 Host plant quality affects nutrient regulation and performance of a mixed-feeding insect herbivore
Jayne L. Jonas, Colorado State University; Anthony Joern, Kansas State University
9:40 AM
9:50 AM
 Freeze and folivory together affect oak woody growth
John M. Landosky, Western Michigan University; Robert J. Marquis, University of Missouri - St. Louis
10:10 AM
 Early folivory can magnify the impact of late frugivory
T'ai H. Roulston, University of Virginia
10:30 AM
 Effects of florivory on insect herbivors: A case study of leafminers of the blue iris
H. George Wang, Smithsonian Institution; Susan Mopper, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
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