Monday, August 2, 2010: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
333, David L Lawrence Convention Center
COS 4 - Agriculture
1:30 PMAnalyzing data from a split-plot experiment when the observations have overdispersed Poisson distributions
Philip M. Dixon, Iowa State University, Jia Liu, Iowa State University
1:50 PMInvestigating trophic interactions with molecular methods: Insectivory by bats in the coffee agroecosystem
Kimberly Williams-Guillén, University of Washington, Ivette Perfecto, University of Michigan
2:10 PMHybrid vigor in agricultural landscapes: poor water quality and competition with hybrid salamanders reduce fitness of a threatened native salamander and limit maintenance of native alleles
Maureen E. Ryan, University of California, Davis, Jarrett R. Johnson, University of California, Davis, Benjamin M. Fitzpatrick, University of Tennessee, Linda J. Lowenstine, University of California Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, Angela M. Picco, US Fish and Wildlife Service, H. Bradley Shaffer, University of California - Davis, Peter Chesson, University of Arizona
2:30 PMMad cow disease is good for grassland birds: Exploring novel socioeconomic links to wildlife ecology
Joseph J. Nocera, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Hannah M. Koslowsky, Trent University
2:50 PMCO2 fluxes of transitional bioenergy crops: effect of land conversion
Terenzio Zenone, University of Toledo, Jiquan Chen, The University of Toledo, Mike Deal, University of Toledo, Burkhard Wilske, The University of Toledo, Stephen K. Hamilton, Michigan State University, G. Philip Robertson, Michigan State University
3:10 PMBreak
3:20 PMInfluence of land use, water management, and soil properties on dissolved organic carbon fluxes and trihalomethane formation potential from rice-dominated watersheds
Monika Krupa, University of California-Davis, Chris van Kessel, University of California-Davis, Bruce A. Linquist, University of California-Davis, Kenneth W. Tate, University of California-Davis, Johan Six, University of California-Davis, Robert G.M. Spencer, University of California-Davis
3:40 PMPlant-parasitic nematodes, crop yield, and environmental temperature: A probable relationship
Martin Matute, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
4:00 PMAssociations of Verticillium dahliae with host and non-host plants in agricultural fields
Glenna M. Malcolm, Pennsylvania State University, Maria del Mar Jiménez-Gasco, Pennsylvania State University
4:20 PMA functional approach to understanding species utility for conservation biological control : The relative value of six grass species for moderating soil surface temperatures and providing over wintering habitat for generalist predators
Michael C. Russell, Oregon State University

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