Monday, August 3, 2009: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
Picuris, Albuquerque Convention Center
COS 7 - Herbivory
1:30 PMCOS 7-1Non-trophic effect of grazing on plant species in two-phase mosaic
Ofri Gabay, Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben Gurion University, Avi Bar-Massada, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion, Avi Perevolotsky, Agricultural Research Organization, Yohay Carmel, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion, Moshe Shachak, Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben Gurion University
1:50 PMCOS 7-2Impact of invertebrate herbivory on montane European grasslands depends on plant species diversity
Claudia Stein, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Sybille B. Unsicker, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Ansgar Kahmen, UC Berkeley, Markus Wagner, University of Jena, Volker Audorff, University of Jena, Harald Auge, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Daniel Prati, University of Potsdam, Wolfgang Weisser, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
2:10 PMCOS 7-3Herbivores, density, and the population dynamics of the perennial herb Solanum carolinense
Nora Underwood, Florida State University, Stacey L. Halpern, Pacific University, Jessica Hines, Florida State University, Brian D. Inouye, Florida State University
2:30 PMCOS 7-4Gap-, stand-, and landscape-scale factors affecting tree regeneration in harvest gaps
Megan S. Matonis, Michigan State University, Michael B. Walters, Michigan State University, James D. A. Millington, Michigan State University, Jianguo Liu, Michigan State University
2:50 PMCOS 7-5Ecotypic differentiation in regeneratory plasticity
Michal Gruntman, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Ariel Novolpansky, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
3:10 PM Break
3:20 PMCOS 7-6The effects of elevation and climate on oak leaf herbivory: implications for fossil studies
Erin Leckey, University of Colorado, Dena M. Smith, University of Colorado
3:40 PMCOS 7-7Variation in seasonal-site affects on the contribution of root respiration to soil respiration associated with grazing across the Yellowstone grassland ecosystem
Michele A. Thorne, Syracuse University, C. Eric Hellquist, Syracuse University, Douglas A. Frank, Syracuse University
4:00 PMCOS 7-8The influence of fire, vegetation structure, and surface organic matter on the abundance of root feeding Scarabaeidae and Elateridae larvae in a longleaf pine-wiregrass system
Matthew J. Dittler, Virginia Tech, Robert H. Jones, Virginia Tech
4:20 PMCOS 7-9Herbivory and detritivory in the land snail Cepaea nemoralis
Paul J. Mensink, University of Western Ontario, Hugh A.L. Henry, University of Western Ontario

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