Tuesday, August 3, 2010: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
333, David L Lawrence Convention Center
COS 19 - Agroecology/Agroforestry
8:00 AMCOS 19-1A mechanism of spatial self organization: Shifts in foraging activity of an arboreal ant, Azteca instabilis, as a result of attack on its mutualistic partner by the fungus Lecanicillium lecanii
Doug Jackson, University of Michigan, Andrew J. MacDonald, University of Michigan
8:20 AMCOS 19-2Resilience of "fertilizer tree" agroforestry systems to drought induced by climate change in Malawi: Evidence from a rainfall manipulation experiment and interannual variability
Amber C. Kerr, UC Berkeley, Festus K. Akinnifesi, World Agroforestry Centre, Margaret S. Torn, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
8:40 AMCOS 19-3Residual effects of land management on wetland communities in an agricultural landscape
Kim A. Medley, University of Central Florida, Elizabeth H. Boughton, University of Central Florida, David G. Jenkins, University of Central Florida, Patrick J. Bohlen, Archbold Biological Station, Pedro F. Quintana-Ascencio, University of Central Florida, John E. Fauth, University of Central Florida
9:00 AMCOS 19-4Pest management and natural enemy arthropod diversity in Michigan apple orchards
Stacy G. Mates, University of Michigan, Ivette Perfecto, University of Michigan
9:20 AMCOS 19-5Habitat temporal complementation: How do beneficial ground beetles survive in a transient mosaic?
Chloé Vasseur, National Institut for Agronomic Research, Sophie Puyo, National Institut for Agronomic Research, Jacques Baudry, National Institut for Agronomic Research
9:40 AM Break
9:50 AMCOS 19-6Parasitoid flies, predatory beetles, and mutualistic ants: How autonomously generated spatial patterns can promote population persistence
Heidi Liere, University of Michigan, John Vandermeer, University of Michigan
10:10 AMCOS 19-7Comparing nitrogen cycling on grain farms in the Mississippi River Basin using a mass balance approach
Jennifer B. Gardner, Cornell University, Laurie E. Drinkwater, Cornell University
10:30 AMCOS 19-8Going green:  Do sustainable growing practices provide refugia for local insect communities
R. Andrew Rodstrom, Washington State University, John J. Brown, Washington State University, John R. Rodstrom, Hope College, Johnny K. Stark, Washington State University, Emma C. Smith, Washington State University
10:50 AMCOS 19-9A total systems approach to modeling and pest management in wheat cropping systems
Ilai N. Keren, Montana State University, Fabian Menalled, Montana State University, David Weaver, Montana State University, Alan Dyer, Montana State University, Jim Robison-Cox, Montana State University
11:10 AMCOS 19-10Engaging a coffee farmer community in the Los Santos region of Costa Rica: Developing tools for farmers to encourage sustainable farming practices
Thomas V. Dietsch, Earthwatch Institute, Mark W. Chandler, Earthwatch Institute, Sebastian Castro Tanzi, University of Vermont, Natalia Urena, Earthwatch Institute, Lucia Vendas Navarro, Earthwatch Institute

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