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

COS 44 - Herbivory: Plant Defenses II

Tuesday, August 4, 2009: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM

Grand Pavillion II, Hyatt

Presider:

Peter A. Hambäck, Stockholm University

1:30 PM

COS 44-1

Mechanisms promoting spatiotemporal variability in plant resistance and tolerance to herbivory
Alyssa Stocks Hakes, Florida State University; James T. Cronin, Louisiana State University

1:50 PM

COS 44-2

Direct and indirect anti-herbivore defenses interact: Redundancy and trade-offs in a polymorphic mangrove
Jonah Piovia-Scott, Washington State University

2:10 PM

COS 44-3

Redundancy between belowground direct and indirect defenses in common milkweed A. syriaca
Sergio Rasmann, University of California at Irvine; Alexis C. Erwin, USAID/Africa Bureau; Anurag A. Agrawal, Cornell University

2:30 PM

COS 44-4

Specificity of induced responses to herbivory in common milkweed: Tests of theory
Robin A. Bingham, Western State Colorado University; Anurag A. Agrawal, Cornell University

2:50 PM

COS 44-5

Hypersensitive-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, University of Notre Dame; James R. Ott, Texas State University-San Marcos

3:10 PM

COS 44-

Break

3:20 PM

COS 44-6

Density mediated interactions between herbivore-induced plant defenses and apparent competition
Ricardo A. Ramirez II, Utah State Univeristy; Micky D. Eubanks, Texas A&M University; Steven D. Frank, North Carolina State University; Caralyn B. Zehnder, Georgia College and State University

3:40 PM

COS 44-7

The 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 PM

COS 44-8

Caterpillar chemical defense: sources of variation and effects on an endoparasitoid
Evan Lampert, University of Colorado; M. Deane Bowers, University of Colorado; Lee A. Dyer, University of Nevada

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