93rd ESA Annual Meeting (August 3 -- August 8, 2008)
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COS 59 - Plant-Insect Interactions: Pollination

Wednesday, August 6, 2008: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
101 A , Midwest Airlines Center
8:00 AM
COS 59-1
Seek and deliver: A shift from wind to insect pollination in the sedges (Cyperaceae) mitigates an Allee effect
Peter D. Wragg, University of Minnesota; Steven D. Johnson, University of KwaZulu-Natal
8:20 AM
COS 59-2
The effect of pollinator type and plant spatial structure on patterns of pollen-mediated gene dispersal in Aquilegia coerulea
Karsten G. Holmquist, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Johanne Brunet, Dept. of Entomology
8:40 AM
COS 59-3
Pollen limitation and population establishment in wild cabbage (Brassica oleracea)
Claire L. Hutchins, University of Leeds; James M. Bullock, Centre for Ecology & Hydrology; James E. Cresswell, University of Exeter; Matthias C. Wichmann, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
9:00 AM
COS 59-4
Antimicrobial properties of putatively toxic nectar: Why consuming nectar alkaloids may be beneficial for foragers
Jessamyn S. Manson, University of Alberta; Michael C. Otterstatter, University of Toronto; James D. Thomson, University of Toronto
9:20 AM
COS 59-5
Floral scents as defensive traits against antagonists
Robert R. Junker, University Salzburg; Nico Blüthgen, TU Darmstadt
9:40 AM
COS 59-
Break
9:50 AM
COS 59-6
Pollinator visitation behavior in an ecological context
Suann Yang, Presbyterian College; Matthew J. Ferrari, Penn State University; Katriona Shea, The Pennsylvania State University
10:10 AM
COS 59-7
Changes in pollination webs across an elevation gradient on Hawai‘i Island
Heather F. Sahli, University of Hawai'i at Hilo; Donald R. Drake, University of Hawai'i at Manoa; Andrew T. Taylor, University of Hawai'i at Manoa; Tadashi Fukami, Stanford University; Elizabeth A. Stacy, University of Hawai'i at Hilo
10:30 AM
COS 59-8
Flower preferences in Mediterranean butterflies: Factors influencing their degree of generalism
Anna Traveset, IMEDEA (CSIC-UIB); Constantí Stefanescu, Butterfly Monitoring Scheme
10:50 AM
COS 59-9
Effects of pollinator behavior and pollen carryover on patterns of multiple paternity within fruits
Randall J. Mitchell, University of Akron; William G. Wilson, Duke University; Karsten G. Holmquist, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Jeffrey D. Karron, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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