COS 97 - Herbivory

Thursday, August 7, 2008: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
104 C, Midwest Airlines Center
1:50 PM
 The effects of simulated herbivory and vernalization on growth and survivorship in Arabidopsis thaliana
Hannah Larson, University of Bridgeport; Matti Emery, University of Bridgeport; Michele Weir, University of Bridgeport; Kathleen Engelmann, University of Bridgeport
2:10 PM
 Predation and leaf quality shape herbivore community structure on Quercus alba
Nicholas A. Barber, Northern Illinois University; Robert J. Marquis, University of Missouri - St. Louis
2:30 PM
 Death and Taxus: Survival and growth of Canada yew (Taxus canadensis) cuttings four years after planting
Stacie A. Holmes, Michigan Technological University; Christopher R. Webster, Michigan Technological University; David J. Flaspohler, Michigan Technological University
2:50 PM
 Herbivory reduces the positive effects of elevated CO2 on plant growth and reproduction
Jennifer A. Lau, Michigan State University; Peter Tiffin, University of Minnesota
3:10 PM
3:20 PM
 Individual- and population-level consequences of mating system-dependent transgenerational effects of herbivory in Impatiens capensis
Janette A. Steets, Oklahoma State University; Tiffany M. Knight, Washington University in St. Louis; Tia-Lynn Ashman, University of Pittsburgh
3:40 PM
 Specialist and generalist herbivores differentially regulate food and water intake while on diets containing plant secondary compounds
Ann-Marie Torregrossa, University of Utah; Anthony V. Azzara, PRI, Bristol-Myers Squibb; M. Denise Dearing, University of Utah
4:20 PM
 Herbivory impacts inherited variation in herbivore performance via induced changes to plant quality: A case for niche construction
Adam Ehmer, Stony Brook University; Matthew Forister, University of Nevada, Reno; Douglas Futuyma, Stony Brook University
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