93rd ESA Annual Meeting (August 3 -- August 8, 2008)

COS 78 - Agriculture, Agroecology, and Agroforestry II

Thursday, August 7, 2008: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
102 E, Midwest Airlines Center
8:00 AM
Influence of non-crop habitat on weed seed predation within potato crops
Hannah R. Gaines, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Claudio Gratton, University of Wisconsin - Madison
8:20 AM
8:40 AM
Predator cues and an herbicide impact activity, emigration, and survival in a wolf spider
Kerri M. Wrinn, Miami University; Ann L. Rypstra, Miami University; Samuel C. Evans, Miami University
9:00 AM
The species-specific interactive effects of predation and heat shocks on an insect herbivore
Jason P. Harmon, University of Wisconsin; Anthony R. Ives, University of Wisconsin-Madison
9:20 AM
Applied plant ecology in an agricultural landscape: Linking potato production with plant conservation in Wisconsin
D. Leith Nye, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Paul H. Zedler, University of Wisconsin
9:40 AM
9:50 AM
Indirect effects reverse soil C sequestration response to elevated CO2: Isotopic and modeling evidence
Pascal Niklaus, University of Zurich; Andreas Fangmeier, University of Hohenheim; Ellen Kandeler, University of Hohenheim; Sven Marhan, University of Hohenheim; Stephanie Rein, University of Hohenheim
10:10 AM
The legacy effect of competition
Catherine S. Tarasoff, Michigan Technological University; Dan Ball, Oregon State University; Carol A. Mallory-Smith, Oregon State University
10:30 AM
11:10 AM
Endophyte effects on litter decomposition rates and soil carbon pools in southeastern U.S. tall fescue pasture
Jacob Siegrist, University of Kentucky; Rebecca L. McCulley, University of Kentucky