94th ESA Annual Meeting (August 2 -- 7, 2009)

Tuesday, August 4, 2009: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM

Grand Pavillion VI, Hyatt

Presider:

William F. Morris, Duke University

8:00 AM

COS 31-1

Benefit and cost curves for typical pollination mutualisms
William F. Morris, Duke University; Diego P. Vázquez, Centro Científico y Tecnológico Mendoza; Natacha P. Chacoff, Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas

8:20 AM

COS 31-2

Selenium accumulation in the floral tissues of two Brassicaceae plant species: Implications for plant-pollinator interactions
Kristen R. Hladun, University of California - Riverside; John T. Trumble, University of California - Riverside

8:40 AM

COS 31-3

Urbanization shaping plant-insect interactions
Lynn S. Adler, University of Massachusetts; Rebecca E. Irwin, Dartmouth College; Paige S. Warren, University of Massachusetts

9:00 AM

COS 31-4

Community heritability, repeatability and stability of a dominant tree species: from the common garden to natural stands
Art R. Keith, Northern Arizona University; Thomas Whitham, Northern Arizona University

9:20 AM

COS 31-5

Changes in abiotic factors alter the strength and relative contribution of antagonistic and mutualistic interactions
Nicole L. Soper Gorden, University of Minnesota; Lynn Adler, University of Massachusetts

9:40 AM

COS 31-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 31-6

Chemical mimicry allows parasitism of an ant-Acacia mutualism by a coreid bug (Mozena sp.: Coreidae)
Andre Kessler, Cornell University; Katja Poveda, Cornell University; Joe Sapp, University of California Santa Cruz; Ellen M. Reid, Louisiana State University; Susan Whitehead, University of Colorado, Boulder; Amanda Posto, Indiana University; Anne M. Royer, Michigan State University

10:10 AM

COS 31-7

Indirect effects of hemipterans on ant-defended plants
Elizabeth G. Pringle, University of Michigan; Deborah M. Gordon, Stanford University; Rodolfo Dirzo, Stanford University

10:30 AM

COS 31-8

Advantage of specialist over generalist temperate forest caterpillars at avoiding bird predation
Michael S. Singer, Wesleyan University; Timothy E. Farkas, University of Sheffield; Kailen A. Mooney, University of California, Irvine

10:50 AM

COS 31-9

Nutrient availability and life stage of Cirsium altissimum affects community interactions
Michael Mellon, University of Nebraska at Lincoln; Svata Louda, University of Nebraska

11:10 AM

COS 31-10

Invertebrate detritivores, not herbivores, affect plant growth in a rainforest understory
Chelse M. Prather, Radford University; Gary E. Belovsky, University of Notre Dame

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