95th ESA Annual Meeting (August 1 -- 6, 2010)

Tuesday, August 3, 2010: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM

333, David L Lawrence Convention Center

Presider:

Martin Matute, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

8:00 AM

COS 19-1

A 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, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service; Andrew J. MacDonald, University of California, Santa Barbara

8:20 AM

COS 19-2

Resilience 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, University of California

8:40 AM

COS 19-3

Residual effects of land management on wetland communities in an agricultural landscape
Kim A. Medley, University of Colorado; Elizabeth H. Boughton, University of Central Florida; David G. Jenkins, University of Central Florida; Patrick J. Bohlen, University of Central Florida; Pedro F. Quintana-Ascencio, University of Central Florida; John E. Fauth, University of Central Florida

9:00 AM

COS 19-4

Pest management and natural enemy arthropod diversity in Michigan apple orchards
Stacy G. Mates, University of Michigan; Ivette Perfecto, University of Michigan

9:20 AM

COS 19-5

Habitat 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, INRA UR 980, SAD-Paysage

9:40 AM

COS 19-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 19-6

Parasitoid flies, predatory beetles, and mutualistic ants: How autonomously generated spatial patterns can promote population persistence
Heidi Liere, University of Wisconsin - Madison; John Vandermeer, University of Michigan

10:10 AM

COS 19-7

Comparing 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 AM

COS 19-8

Going 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 AM

COS 19-9

A 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 AM

COS 19-10

Engaging 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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