96th ESA Annual Meeting (August 7 -- 12, 2011)

Friday, August 12, 2011: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM

9C, Austin Convention Center

8:00 AM

Testing the pulsed stress hypothesis on plant-insect interactions
Warren B. Sconiers, Texas A&M University; Diane L. Rowland, University of Florida; Micky D. Eubanks, Texas A&M University

8:20 AM

How do orchids talk to bees?
Mani Shrestha, Monash University; Martin Burd, Monash University; Adrian Dyer, RMIT University

8:40 AM

Plant-pollinator networks in remnant prairie pathces
Alexandra N. Harmon-Threatt, Washington University in St.Louis; Stephen Hendrix, University of Iowa

9:00 AM

Reduced pollen viability leads to reduced pollen reward for pollinators in Mimulus guttatus
Rebecca Yeamans, University of Virgnia; T'ai H. Roulston, University of Virginia; David E. Carr, University of Virginia

9:20 AM

Sex specific reproductive components and pollination ecology in Fuchsia microphylla (Onagraceae), a subdioecious shrub
Eduardo Cuevas, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo; Raúl Jiménez, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo

9:40 AM

Break

9:50 AM

Ungulate-induced evolution of plant traits changes the plant-associated arthropod community
David Solance Smith, Northern Arizona University; Philip Turk, West Virginia University; Stephen M. Shuster, Northern Arizona University; Thomas G. Whitham, Northern Arizona University

10:10 AM

Insects as stem engineers: Long-term interactions mediated by the twig-girdler Oncideres albomarginata chamela enhance arthropod diversity
Mauricio Quesada, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Nancy Calderon-Cortes, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Luis H. Escalera-Vazquez, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

10:30 AM

Examining the role of volatile compounds in influencing moss-microarthropod transport mutualisms
Todd N. Rosenstiel, Portland State University; Erin E. Shortlidge, Portland State University; Sarah M. Eppley, Portland State University

10:50 AM

CANCELLED - Mycorrhizal interactions and competition with invasive mustard affect arthropod communities on native Deinandra fasciculata
Tadj K. Schreck, University of California, Irvine; Kailen A. Mooney, University of California, Irvine

COS 130 - Plant-Insect Interactions III