Session: Latebreaking: Plant-Insect Interactions and Herbivory (93rd ESA Annual Meeting (August 3 -- August 8, 2008))

Friday, August 8, 2008: 8:30 AM-10:30 AM

Exhibit Hall CD, Midwest Airlines Center

Indirect effects of domestic and native herbivores on pollinators in an African savanna
Marit L. Wilkerson, University of California Davis; Truman Young, University of California, Davis

PS 85-137

Flower maturation time affects seedling emergence in androdioecious white mangrove
Carol L. Landry, The Ohio State University; Bethany Cawetzka, Eastern Michigan University

PS 85-138

Evaluating relationships among tree relative growth rate, shade-tolerance, and browse-tolerance following disturbance in an eastern deciduous forest
Lisa M. Krueger, University of Tennessee Martin; Chris J. Peterson, University of Georgia; Alejandro A. Royo, USDA Forest Service; Walter P. Carson, University of Pittsburgh

PS 85-139

Selenium accumulation in floral tissues of Brassica juncea: Implications for pollination ecology
Kristen R. Hladun, University of California - Riverside; John T. Trumble, University of California - Riverside

PS 85-140

Do inbred plants exhibit less compensation than outcrossed ones in response to simulated herbivory?
Andrew C. McCall, Denison University; David E. Carr, University of Virginia

PS 85-141

Aphid-induced changes in plant quality protect cotton from more damaging herbivores
Brittany L. DeLoach, Texas A&M University; Caralyn Zehnder, Texas A&M University; Steven D. Frank, North Carolina State University; Jared Ripple, Texas A&M University; Micky D. Eubanks, Texas A&M University

PS 85-142

A macro-ecological analysis of tree-caterpillar interactions
Ellen C. Thompson, Kenyon College; Andrew J. Kerkhoff, Kenyon College

PS 85-143

Generalist herbivores drive unpalatable species decline: Collateral damage of abundant ungulate browsers
Christopher D. Heckel, University of Pittsburgh; Susan Kalisz, University of Pittsburgh

PS 85-144

Effects of large-mammal grazing and arthropod abundance on ecosystem processes
Karen A. Haubensak, Northern Arizona University; Randall D. Jackson, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Claudio Gratton, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Jack Donaldson, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Susan Crane Lubetkin, University of Washington

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