94th ESA Annual Meeting (August 2 -- 7, 2009)

COS 29 - Herbivory: Plant Defenses I

Tuesday, August 4, 2009: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Grand Pavillion IV, Hyatt
Presider:
VĂ­ctor M. Rosas-Guerrero
8:00 AM
The effects of plant-induced defenses on herbivore disease dynamics for the gypsy moth Lymantria dispar
Bret D. Elderd, Louisiana State University; Brian Rehill, U.S. Naval Academy; Greg Dwyer, University of Chicago
8:20 AM
The role of seismonasty in reducing Eurema lisa (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) oviposition on Mimosa pudica.
Nathan J. Abrahamson, University of New Mexico; Diane L. Marshall, University of New Mexico
8:40 AM
Impacts of Quercus alba foliage quality on herbivorous insect attack and bird predation
Nicholas A. Barber, Northern Illinois University; Robert J. Marquis, University of Missouri - St. Louis
9:00 AM
Effects of elevated CO2 on growth and induction of chemical defenses by two herbivore species on Asclepias syriaca
Rachel L. Vannette, Stanford University; Mark D. Hunter, University of Michigan
9:20 AM
Changes in plant quality and defenses as a function of plant ontogeny
Carolina Quintero, University of Colorado at Boulder; Deane Bowers, University of Colorado
9:40 AM
10:10 AM
Ant-plant interactions in Erythrina flabelliformis: investigation of a mutualism
Galen V. Priest, University of Missouri - St. Louis; Marilyn D. Loveless, The College of Wooster
10:50 AM
Is extrafloral nectar production induced by herbivores or ants in a tropical facultative ant-plant system?
Ryan J. Bixenmann, Montana State University; Phyllis D. Coley, University of Utah; Thomas A. Kursar, University of Utah