COS 12
Herbivory I

Monday, August 5, 2013: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
L100C, Minneapolis Convention Center
1:30 PM
 Resource dilution increases the effectiveness of a biological control weevil
Gary C. Chang, Gonzaga University; Christine L. Powers, Gonzaga University; Casey P. Collins, Gonzaga University; John Kunthara, Gonzaga University; Ned Fischer, Gonzaga University
2:10 PM
 Contrasting latitudinal herbivory patterns in Oenothera biennis (Onagraceae)
Daniel N. Anstett, University of Toronto; Ilona Naujokaitis-Lewis, University of Toronto; Marc Johnson, University of Toronto
2:30 PM
 Effects of long-term experimental manipulation of biotic and abiotic factors on the phylogenetic structure of plant communities
Nash E. Turley, University of Toronto; T. Jonathan Davies, McGill University; Michael J. Crawley, Imperial College, London; Hanno Schaefer, Technische Universitaet Muenchen
2:50 PM
 Increased temperature alters feeding behavior of a generalist herbivore
Nathan P. Lemoine, Colorado State University; Willem A. Drews, Wabash College; Deron E. Burkepile, Florida International University; John Parker, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
3:10 PM
3:20 PM
 On the strength and timing of fire-grazing interactions in grassland ecosystems
David J. Augustine, USDA-ARS; Justin D. Derner, Rangeland Resources Research Unit
3:40 PM
 Large mammals in subsidies' dark side: contaminant ecology of mammal-mediated aquatic-terrestrial linkages
Brenda Gail Bergman, Michigan Technological University; Joseph Bump, Michigan Technological University
4:00 PM
 High severity burn increases post-fire resistance and resilience of aspen forest against ungulate herbivory
Ho Yi Wan, Brigham Young University; Aaron Rhodes, Brigham Young University; Samuel B. St Clair, Brigham Young University
4:20 PM
 Habitat quality and herbivory interact to have species-specific effects on plant growth
Philip G. Hahn, University of Wisconsin - Madison; John L. Orrock, University of Wisconsin - Madison
4:40 PM
 Small mammals have a legacy effect on an ecosystem that persists following a major disturbance
Leigh C. Moorhead, University of Tennessee; Jaime J. Call, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Aimee Classen, University of Tennessee