COS 1
Agriculture I

Monday, August 5, 2013: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
L100I, Minneapolis Convention Center
1:30 PM
 Capacity building for a sustainable development
Jennifer E. Taylor, Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University
1:50 PM
 Recent land use change in the Western Corn Belt threatens grasslands and wetlands
Christopher K. Wright, South Dakota State University; Michael C. Wimberly, South Dakota State University
2:10 PM Cancelled
 The effect of tree identity and aggressive ants on arboreal spider diversity in coffee agroecosystems
Linda Marín, University of Mchigan; Aaron Iverson, University of Michigan; David J. Gonthier, University of Michigan; Guillermo Ibarra-Nuñez, ECOSUR
2:30 PM
 Understanding endophyte communities of Echinacea purpurea to resolve plant medicinal efficacy
Martina Oberhofer, University of North Carolina Greensboro; Stanley H. Faeth, University of North Carolina Greensboro; Nadja Cech, University of North Carolina Greensboro
3:10 PM
3:20 PM
 Comparing sources of variability in agronomic weed seed predation: Time, space, and habitat
Sonja K. Birthisel, University of Maine; Eric R. Gallandt, University of Maine; Randa Jabbour, University of Wyoming; Frank A. Drummond, University of Maine
3:40 PM
 Can we feed the world and not destroy the environment?
Deepak Ray, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities; Jonathan Foley, University of Minnesota
4:00 PM
 Grassland bird communities in potential bioenergy crop fields in southern Wisconsin
Peter J. Blank, University of Wisconsin; Monica G. Turner, University of Wisconsin, Madison; David W. Sample, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
4:20 PM
 How cost-effective are nitrogen-removal best management practices in agricultural landscapes?
Sarah S. Roley, Michigan State University; Jennifer L. Tank, University of Notre Dame; Molly Lipscomb, University of Virginia; Jonathan D. Witter, The Ohio State University
4:40 PM
 Cropping biodiversity effects on decomposition of dual-labeled (13C and 15N) wheat residue
Marshall D. McDaniel, University of New Hampshire; A. Stuart Grandy, University of New Hampshire