Tuesday, August 4, 2009: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
Grand Pavillion II, Hyatt
COS 44 - Herbivory: Plant Defenses II
1:30 PMCOS 44-1Mechanisms promoting spatiotemporal variability in plant resistance and tolerance to herbivory
Alyssa S. Hakes, Louisiana State University, James T. Cronin, Louisiana State University
1:50 PMCOS 44-2Direct and indirect anti-herbivore defenses interact: Redundancy and trade-offs in a polymorphic mangrove
Jonah Piovia-Scott, University of California, Davis
2:10 PMCOS 44-3Redundancy between belowground direct and indirect defenses in common milkweed A. syriaca
Sergio Rasmann, Cornell University, Alexis C. Erwin, Cornell University, Anurag A. Agrawal, Cornell University
2:30 PMCOS 44-4Specificity of induced responses to herbivory in common milkweed: Tests of theory
Robin A. Bingham, Western State College, Anurag A. Agrawal, Cornell University
2:50 PMCOS 44-5Hypersensitive-like defense in Live Oak: Discovery and efficiency against a host-specific gall former
Cristina M. Campbell, Texas State University-San Marcos, Glen R. Hood, Texas State University-San Marcos, James R. Ott, Texas State University-San Marcos
3:10 PM Break
3:20 PMCOS 44-6Density mediated interactions between herbivore-induced plant defenses and apparent competition
Ricardo A. Ramirez II, Texas A&M University, Micky D. Eubanks, Texas A&M University, Steven D. Frank, North Carolina State University, Caralyn B. Zehnder, Georgia College and State University
3:40 PMCOS 44-7The induced chemical defenses of Solanum carolinense: Genetic variation in plasticity and its effects on the specialist herbivore Leptinotarsa juncta
David W. McNutt, Florida State University, Nora Underwood, Florida State University
4:00 PMCOS 44-8Caterpillar chemical defense:  sources of variation and effects on an endoparasitoid
Evan Lampert, University of Colorado, Deane Bowers, University of Colorado, Lee A. Dyer, University of Nevada

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