Tuesday, August 3, 2010: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
411, David L Lawrence Convention Center
COS 27 - Herbivory
8:00 AMCOS 27-1Grazing effects of sea urchin diversity in a natural subtidal habitat of the Galapagos Islands
Margarita Brandt, Brown University, Jon D. Witman, Brown University, Angel I. Chiriboga, Brown University
8:20 AMCOS 27-2Evolution of specialization: a phylogenetic study of host range in the red milkweed beetle (Tetraopes tetraophthalmus)
Sergio Rasmann, Cornell University, Anurag A. Agrawal, Cornell University
8:40 AMCOS 27-3Ant-aphid interactions are mediated by host plant sex and ant colony nutritional status
William K. Petry, Truman State University, Kayla I. Perry, Baldwin-Wallace College, Kailen A. Mooney, University of California at Irvine
9:00 AMCOS 27-4Glucosinolate hydrolysis products in arabidopsis thaliana and their effects on insect performance and herbivory
M. Gabriela Bidart-Bouzat, Bowling Green State University
9:20 AMCOS 27-5Sex, bugs, & cuke ‘n' poll: aboveground seeds and belowground deeds
Nicholas A. Barber, University of Massachusetts - Amherst, Lynn S. Adler, University of Massachusetts
9:40 AM Break
9:50 AMCOS 27-6Rhizosphere interactions, carbon allocation, and nitrogen acquisition of Bouteloua gracilis and Pascopyrum smithii  in response to defoliation and elevated atmospheric CO2
David J. Augustine, USDA-ARS, Feike A. Dijkstra, USDA-ARS, E. William Hamilton III, Washington and Lee University, Jack A. Morgan, USDA-ARS
10:10 AMCOS 27-7Plant diversity effects on herbivore induced nutrient input with throughfall and response of the microbial community
Norma Nitschke, Institute of Ecology, Friedrich-Schiller-University, Kerstin Wiesner, Institute of Ecology, Friedrich-Schiller-University, Nico Eisenhauer, Georg-August-University, Yvonne Oelmann, University Koblenz - Landau, Stefan Scheu, University of Goettingen, Wolfgang Wilcke, Universität Bern, Wolfgang W. Weisser, Institute of Ecology, Friedrich-Schiller-University
10:30 AMCOS 27-8The lesser of two weevils: Physiological response of spotted knapweed (Centaurea stoebe) to above and belowground herbivory
Stuart C. Wooley, California State University, Stanislaus, David G. Knochel, University of Colorado at Boulder, Bonnie Smith, California State University, Stanislaus, Chad King, California State University, Stanislaus, Timothy R. Seastedt, University of Colorado at Boulder
10:50 AMCOS 27-9Top-down, bottom-up, and horizontal mortality in a herbivorous adapted to different hosts
Angela R. Amarillo-Suárez, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
11:10 AMCOS 27-10Interactive effects of grazing and nitrogen deposition in serpentine grasslands
Daniel L. Hernandez, Carleton College, Jae Pasari, University of California, Santa Cruz, Paul C. Selmants, University of California, Santa Cruz

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