COS 68 - Plant-Insect Interactions I

Tuesday, August 8, 2017: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
E141, Oregon Convention Center
1:30 PM
 Diet breadth modulates preference-performance relationship in a phytophagous insects community
Maud Charlery de la Masselière, University of La Réunion; Benoit Facon, INRA; Abir Hafsi, Institut supérieur agronomique de Chott-Mariem, Laboratoire d'entomolgie et de lutte biologique, University of Sousse; Pierre-François Duyck, CIRAD
2:10 PM
 Scented extrafloral nectar influences ant behavior
Adrienne L. Godschalx, Portland State University; Katie H. Baxter, Portland State University; Todd N. Rosenstiel, Portland State University; Daniel J. Ballhorn, Portland State University
2:30 PM
 Fire induced change in flowering phenology benefits bumble bees
John M. Mola, University of California; Neal M. Williams, University of California
2:50 PM
 Do non-native pollinator friendly plants provide suitable resources for wild native bee communities?
Nicola Seitz, University of Würzburg; Dennis vanEngelsdorp, University of Maryland; Sara Diana Leonhardt, University of Würzburg
3:10 PM
3:20 PM
 Evidence that the sap-feeding guild induces susceptibility of oak trees to dietary generalist caterpillars
Michael S. Singer, Wesleyan University; Mattheau S. Comerford, Wesleyan University; Robert E. Clark, Wesleyan University; Sara Puckett, University of Connecticut; Marcy J. Balunas, University of Connecticut
3:40 PM
 The effects of insect herbivory on the photosynthetic capacity of oak leaves
Kristiina Visakorpi, University of Oxford; Sofia Gripenberg, University of Oxford; Yadvinder Malhi, University of Oxford; Terhi Riutta, University of Oxford
4:00 PM
 Does mom really know best? Examining mason bee development on host and nonhost pollens
Megan K. McAulay, University of Ottawa; Jessica Forrest, Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory
4:20 PM
 Heat waves and the dynamics of plant-herbivore interactions
William C. Wetzel, Michigan State University; Louie H. Yang, University of California, Davis
4:40 PM
 Beyond preference and performance: Host plant selection in monarch butterflies, Danaus plexippus
Patricia L. Jones, Cornell University; Anurag A. Agrawal, Cornell University
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