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

Wednesday, August 6, 2008: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM

101 A , Midwest Airlines Center

8:00 AM

COS 59-1

Seek and deliver: A shift from wind to insect pollination in the sedges (Cyperaceae) mitigates an Allee effect
Peter D. Wragg, University of Minnesota; Steven D. Johnson, University of KwaZulu-Natal

8:20 AM

COS 59-2

The effect of pollinator type and plant spatial structure on patterns of pollen-mediated gene dispersal in Aquilegia coerulea
Karsten G. Holmquist, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Johanne Brunet, Dept. of Entomology

8:40 AM

COS 59-3

Pollen limitation and population establishment in wild cabbage (Brassica oleracea)
Claire L. Hutchins, University of Leeds; James M. Bullock, Centre for Ecology & Hydrology; James E. Cresswell, University of Exeter; Matthias C. Wichmann, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology

9:00 AM

COS 59-4

Antimicrobial properties of putatively toxic nectar: Why consuming nectar alkaloids may be beneficial for foragers
Jessamyn S. Manson, University of Alberta; Michael C. Otterstatter, University of Toronto; James D. Thomson, University of Toronto

9:20 AM

COS 59-5

Floral scents as defensive traits against antagonists
Robert R. Junker, University Salzburg; Nico Blüthgen, TU Darmstadt

9:40 AM

COS 59-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 59-6

Pollinator visitation behavior in an ecological context
Suann Yang, Presbyterian College; Matthew J. Ferrari, Penn State University; Katriona Shea, The Pennsylvania State University

10:10 AM

COS 59-7

Changes in pollination webs across an elevation gradient on Hawai‘i Island
Heather F. Sahli, University of Hawai'i at Hilo; Donald R. Drake, University of Hawai'i at Manoa; Andrew T. Taylor, University of Hawai'i at Manoa; Tadashi Fukami, Stanford University; Elizabeth A. Stacy, University of Hawai'i at Hilo

10:30 AM

COS 59-8

Flower preferences in Mediterranean butterflies: Factors influencing their degree of generalism
Anna Traveset, IMEDEA (CSIC-UIB); Constantí Stefanescu, Butterfly Monitoring Scheme

10:50 AM

COS 59-9

Effects of pollinator behavior and pollen carryover on patterns of multiple paternity within fruits
Randall J. Mitchell, University of Akron; William G. Wilson, Duke University; Karsten G. Holmquist, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Jeffrey D. Karron, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

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COS 59 - Plant-Insect Interactions: Pollination