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

COS 95 - Plant-Insect Interactions: Foraging, Diet, and Herbivory

Thursday, August 6, 2009: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM

Grand Pavillion II, Hyatt

Presider:

John T. Lill, George Washington University

8:00 AM

COS 95-1

Intraplant movement of generalist caterpillars on alternative host plants
John T. Lill, George Washington University; Shannon M. Murphy, University of Denver; Teresa Stoepler, George Washington University

8:20 AM

COS 95-2

Native butterfly with native and introduced host plants in a suburban area: Early explorations
Cheryl A. Heinz, Benedictine University

8:40 AM

COS 95-3

Geographic 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 AM

COS 95-4

Attractiveness versus facilitation: Responses of naïve hawkmoths to various species of Nicotiana
Rainee Kaczorowski, University of Arizona; Robert A. Raguso, Cornell University

9:20 AM

COS 95-5

The 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

COS 95-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 95-6

Host-associated immune response and genetic differentiation in generalist species of Lepidoptera
J.Gwen Shlichta, University of Maryland - BEES Program; Pedro Barbosa, University of Maryland

10:10 AM

COS 95-7

Indirect effects of climate change on plant-herbivore interactions and community diversity patterns in the eastern Sierra Nevada
Sharon J. Martinson, University of California; Michael E. Loik, University of California

10:30 AM

COS 95-8

Does variation in reproductive effort affect the consequences of floral herbivory for native thistles?
Natalie M. West, University of Illinois; Svata M. Louda, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

10:50 AM

COS 95-9

Bottom-up multitrophic effects in resprouting plants
Monica F. Kersch-Becker, Sate University of Campinas; Thomas M. Lewinsohn, Universidade Estadual de Campinas

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