Thursday, August 6, 2009: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Grand Pavillion II, Hyatt
COS 95 - Plant-Insect Interactions: Foraging, Diet, and Herbivory
8:00 AMCOS 95-1Intraplant movement of generalist caterpillars on alternative host plants
John T. Lill, George Washington University, Shannon M. Murphy, George Washington University, Teresa Stoepler, George Washington University
8:20 AMCOS 95-2Native butterfly with native and introduced host plants in a suburban area: Early explorations
Cheryl A. Heinz, Benedictine University
8:40 AMCOS 95-3Geographic mosaic in host-plant use: Regional variability in host preference and tri-trophic performance of the fall webworm
Peri A. Mason, Wesleyan University, Steven R. Wilkes, George Washington University, John T. Lill, George Washington University, Michael S. Singer, Wesleyan University
9:00 AMCOS 95-4Attractiveness versus facilitation: Responses of naïve hawkmoths to various species of Nicotiana
Rainee Kaczorowski, Cornell University, Robert A. Raguso, Cornell University
9:20 AMCOS 95-5The influence of plant chemistry and parasitism on host plant selection of a polyphagous caterpillar, Grammia incorrupta
Angela Smilanich, Wesleyan University, Lucy Sprung, Wesleyan University, Tom Chase, Wesleyan University, Mike Singer, Wesleyan University
9:40 AM Break
9:50 AMCOS 95-6Host-associated immune response and genetic differentiation in generalist species of Lepidoptera
J.Gwen Shlichta, University of Maryland - BEES Program, Pedro Barbosa, University of Maryland - BEES Program
10:10 AMCOS 95-7Indirect effects of climate change on plant-herbivore interactions and community diversity patterns in the eastern Sierra Nevada
Sharon J. Martinson, UC Santa Cruz, Michael E. Loik, University of California
10:30 AMCOS 95-8Does variation in reproductive effort affect the consequences of floral herbivory for native thistles?
Natalie M. West, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Svata M. Louda, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
10:50 AMCOS 95-9Bottom-up multitrophic effects in resprouting plants
Monica F. Kersch-Becker, Cornell University, Thomas M. Lewinsohn, Universidade Estadual de Campinas

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