93rd ESA Annual Meeting (August 3 -- August 8, 2008)

COS 90 - Plant-Insect Interactions

Thursday, August 7, 2008: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM

102 A, Midwest Airlines Center

8:00 AM

COS 90-1

Positive plant-aphid interactions: Synergy between induced defense and apparent competition
Steven D. Frank, North Carolina State University; Micky D. Eubanks, Texas A&M University; Caralyn Zehnder, Texas A&M University

8:20 AM

COS 90-2

The role of plant genotypic diversity and defense variability on arthropod community structure differs across trophic levels
Scott H. McArt, Cornell University; Jennifer S. Thaler, Cornell University

8:40 AM

COS 90-3

The importance of genetic diversity in supporting arthropod diversity in natural stands of a foundation tree species
Laura E. Hagenauer, Northern Arizona University; Sharon M Ferrier, Northern Arizona University; Matthew Bowker, Northern Arizona University; Gery J Allan, Northern Arizona University; Thomas G. Whitham, Northern Arizona University

9:00 AM

COS 90-4

Predator-aphid interactions on 16 milkweed species: A phylogenetic perspective on indirect defense
Kailen A. Mooney, University of California, Ivine; Anurag A. Agrawal, Cornell University; Rayko Halitschke, Cornell University; Andre Kessler, Cornell University

9:20 AM

COS 90-5

Neighborhood effects of intraspecific genetic variation and genotypic diversity influence patterns of aphid abundance on Solidago altissima
Mark A. Genung, University of Tennessee - Knoxville; Gregory M. Crutsinger, University of British Columbia; Nathan J. Sanders, The University of Copenhagen; Joseph K. Bailey, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Jennifer A. Schweitzer, University of Tennessee - Knoxville

9:40 AM

COS 90-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 90-6

Does asymmetric specialization differ between mutualistic and trophic networks?
Elisa Thebault, Ecole Normale Superieure; Colin Fontaine, +33 1 40 79 30 81

10:10 AM

COS 90-7

Evaluating the relative contributions of plant morphology, aphid density, nutrient availability and environmental conditions to pea aphid (Acyrthosiphon pisum) reproductive rates
N. Buchman, Ohio University; K. Cuddington, University of Waterloo

10:30 AM

COS 90-8

Enemy-free space advantage of specialist over generalist temperate forest caterpillars
Michael S. Singer, Wesleyan University; Timothy E. Farkas, University of Sheffield

10:50 AM

COS 90-9

Insect growth on Arabidopsis thaliana starch mutants: A model of the effects of elevated CO₂ on plant-insect interactions
Jennie Y. Tang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Arthur R. Zangerl, University of Illinois; Evan H. DeLucia, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

11:10 AM

COS 90-10

Interactions of nutrients, stress, omnivory, and side-to-side effects on community structure - CANCELLED
Juan M. Jiménez, University of Houston; Steven Pennings, University of Houston

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