Wednesday, August 6, 2008: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
102 D, Midwest Airlines Center
COS 62 - Agriculture, Agroecology, and Agroforestry I
1:30 PMCOS 62-1Landscape diversity enhances the biological control of an introduced crop pest in the north-central U.S
Mary M. Gardiner, Michigan State University, Douglas A. Landis, Michigan State University, Claudio Gratton, University of Wisconsin - Madison
1:50 PMCOS 62-2Linking habitat heterogeneity and insect dynamics at multiple spatial scales
M.E. O'Rourke, Cornell University, K. Rienzo-Stack, Cornell University, A.G. Power, Cornell University
2:10 PMCOS 62-3Influence of off-crop natural areas on predation of crop pests in an annual crop at local and landscape scale
Ben P. Werling, University of Wisconsin, Claudio Gratton, University of Wisconsin
2:30 PMCOS 62-4Resilience or rebound? Terrestrial arthropod community response to a catastrophic perturbance in Pacific Northwest poplars
R. Andrew Rodstrom, Washington State University, John J. Brown, Washington State University
2:50 PMCOS 62-5Agroecology at the landscape level: Does natural habitat provide pest control to farms
Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer, University of California, Berkeley, Claire Kremen, University of California, Berkeley
3:10 PM Break
3:20 PMCOS 62-6Modelling effects of pika and livestock herbivory on pastureland of the Tibetan Plateau
Brigitte W. Hogan, Arizona State University, J. Marty Anderies, Arizona State University, Andrew T. Smith, Arizona State University
3:40 PMCOS 62-7Anticipation of different phenological phases of apple using artificial neural network
Hojjatolah Yazdanpanah, University of Isfahan, Delnaz Ohadi, Isfahan meteorological reseach center
4:00 PMCOS 62-8Results of a large-scale experiment assessing the ecological and economic aspects of novel forest management techniques aimed at developing old-growth characteristics
Karl J. Martin, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Brian J. Palik, USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Thomas W. Steele, University of Wisconsin Extension, Mike L. Worland, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Karin S. Fassnacht, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
4:20 PMCOS 62-9Avian communities and vegetation structure in cacao and banana agroforests of Talamanca, Costa Rica
Chad B. Wilsey, University of Washington, Stan Temple, University of Wisconsin-Madison & Aldo Leopold Foundation
4:40 PMCOS 62-10Increasing importance of field boundaries for butterfly diversity in intensively cultivated landscapes
Johan E. Ekroos, University of Helsinki, Mikko P. Kuussaari, Finnish Environment Institute

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