97th ESA Annual Meeting (August 5 -- 10, 2012)

Wednesday, August 8, 2012: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM

Portland Blrm 258, Oregon Convention Center

8:00 AM

COS 92-1

Linking agricultural practices, mycorrhizal fungi, and traits mediating plant-insect interactions
Nicholas A. Barber, Northern Illinois University; Lynn S. Adler, University of Massachusetts; E. Toby Kiers, Vrije Universiteit; Nina Theis, Elms College; Ruth V. Hazzard, University of Massachusetts Amherst

8:20 AM

COS 92-2

Guild-specific parasitism of forest caterpillars: Size matters
Shannon M. Murphy, University of Denver; Kylee Grenis, University of Denver; Teresa M. Stoepler, George Washington University; John T. Lill, George Washington University

8:40 AM

COS 92-3

Specific impacts of two root herbivores and soil nutrients on plant performance and insect-insect interactions
Alexis C. Erwin, USAID/Africa Bureau; Monica A. Geber, Cornell University; Anurag A. Agrawal, Cornell University

9:00 AM

COS 92-4

Using a bottom-up model of plant-pollinator interaction networks to investigate the role of foraging decisions v.s. topological constraints in determining network structure
Colin J. Olito, University of Calgary

9:20 AM

COS 92-5

Trade-offs in host choice by an herbivorous insect based on parasitism and host plant quality
Katrina J. Loewy, University of Denver; Shannon M. Murphy, University of Denver

9:40 AM

COS 92-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 92-6

Effect of parasitoid host choice on apparent competition between pest and non-pest aphids
Sara G. Prado, North Carolina State University; Steven D. Frank, North Carolina State University

10:10 AM

COS 92-7

Overcompensatory plant responses to insect herbivory: A meta-analysis of the prevalence and conditions
Loriann C. Garcia, Texas A&M University; Micky D. Eubanks, Texas A&M University

10:30 AM

COS 92-8

Pollinator Losses and Plant Reproductive Function
Heather Mae Briggs, University of California, Santa Cruz; Berry J. Brosi, Emory University

10:50 AM

COS 92-9

Pollen-removing ants interfere with pollination of Asclepias ovalifolia (Apocynaceae)
Gregory Nelson, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire; Molly Kreiser, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire; Peter D. Wragg, University of Minnesota; Peter Blum, Appalachian State University; Gretchen Wilbrandt, Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve; Stephanie Erlandson, University of Minnesota

11:10 AM

COS 92-10

Intruders in a pollination mutualism: exploring the impacts of florivores and honeybees on the floral biology of Datura wrightii
Andrew C. McCall, Denison University; Skyler Jordan, Denison University; Judith L. Bronstein, University of Arizona

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COS 92 - Plant-Insect Interactions II