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

Tuesday, August 4, 2009: 5:00 PM-6:30 PM

Exhibit Hall NE & SE, Albuquerque Convention Center

PS 36-141

Extrafloral-floral nectar trade-offs or synergies in cotton (Gossypium)
Scott A. Chamberlain, Rice University; Jennifer A. Rudgers, University of New Mexico

PS 36-142

Identification of fungal communities associated with bark beetles in Pinus edulis
Alexander Brian Jenks, University of New Mexico; Paulette L. Ford, USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station; William T. Pockman, University of New Mexico; Nathan G. McDowell, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Don O. Natvig, University of New Mexico; Jennifer A. Plaut, University of New Mexico; Enrico A. Yepez, University of New Mexico; Andrea Porras-Alfaro, Western Illinois University

PS 36-143

Influences of nutrient availability on coffee host plant quality and a complex insect food web in a tropical agroecosystem
David J. Gonthier, University of Michigan; Stacy M. Philpott, University of California, Santa Cruz; Gabriel H. Domínguez, Finca Irlanda Research Station

PS 36-144

Plant defenses modulate predator-prey interactions differently depending on herbivore density
Alexander J. Forde, University of Maryland; Nora C. Underwood, Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory

PS 36-145

Seasonal effects on monoterpene pools in a pinyon pine forest: Implications for tritrophic dynamics and forest health
Amy Watson, University of Colorado at Boulder; R.K. Monson, University of Colorado at Boulder

PS 36-146

Effects of temperature and rainfall manipulation on insect herbivory in Solidago canadensis
Jennifer L. Apple, SUNY Geneseo; Anthony Joern, Kansas State University

PS 36-147

Influence of host plant species identity on herbivore-parasitoid interactions: Disentangling trait-mediated from density-mediated effects
Timothy E. Farkas, University of Sheffield; Michael S. Singer, Wesleyan University

PS 36-148

A dynamic optimization model for plant life cycles in changing herbivore and pollinator environments
Amanda L. Buchanan, University of Maryland; Brian Inouye, Florida State University

PS 36-149

Why does an herbivore crash when its food explodes? The perverse population dynamic of Lema daturaphila (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) on Physalis longifolia (Solanaceae)
T'ai H. Roulston, University of Virginia; Brandon Lingbeek, Calvin College; Alysha Soper, Luther College

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