Session: Herbivory: Plant Defenses (94th ESA Annual Meeting (August 2 -- 7, 2009))

PS 55-144

Frequency-dependent selection and host defenses
Luz Llamas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Instituto de Ecología, México, Mexico; Etzel Garrido, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Instituto de Ecología, México, Mexico; Juan Fornoni, Instituto de Ecología. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

PS 55-145

Genetic variation across a geographic cline and induced responses shape resistance to herbivores on Solanum americanum
Nash Turley, University of Toronto; Nash Turley, University of Washington; Joshua J. Tewksbury, Future Earth

PS 55-146

Resin duct production and size predict mortality in ponderosa pine trees in northern Arizona
Jeffrey M. Kane, Humboldt State University; Thomas E. Kolb, Northern Arizona University

PS 55-147

Effects of plant density on tolerance to herbivore damage in Solanum carolinense
Stacey L. Halpern, Pacific University; David W. McNutt, Florida State University; Kahali Barrows, Florida State University; Michael Martinez, Florida State University

PS 55-148

Indirect effects of deer browsing on generalist and specialist insect herbivores of spicebush (Lindera benzoin L.)
Emily Myron, St. Mary's College of Maryland; Eric M. Lind, University of Minnesota; John Parker, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

PS 55-149

Light, nutrients, and presence of microbial mutualist affect patterns of allocation to direct and indirect defenses in lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus)
Alissa Packer, Susquehanna University; Richard J. Bittner, Susquehanna University

PS 55-150

Trichomes in rapid-cycling Brassica rapa do not defend against herbivory by Trichoplusia ni larvae
Rosina H. Bolen, Mount St. Mary's University; Natalee Henry, Mount St. Mary's University; Nicholas J. Ferrari, Mount St. Mary's University; Lauren S. Lang, Mount St. Mary's University; Mary E. Evans, Mount St. Mary's University; Karine E. Posbic, Mount St. Mary's University; Cory M. Riley, Mount St. Mary's University; Aba Assiaw-Dufu, Mount St. Mary's University

PS 55-151

Does drought predispose trees to insect attack
Monica L. Gaylord, Northern Arizona University; Thomas E. Kolb, Northern Arizona University; Nathan G. McDowell, Los Alamos National Laboratory; William T. Pockman, University of New Mexico

PS 55-152

Biogeographic pattern of induced, indirect defense in native and invasive populations of Chinese tallow tree, Triadica sebifera
Juli Carrillo, Rice University; Evan Siemann, Rice University

PS 55-153

Genetic variation for tolerance to insect herbivory in Boechera stricta (Brassicaceae): Influence of type of damage, nature of glucosinolates, and costs
Antonio J. Manzaneda, Duke University; Kasavajhala V Prasad, Duke University; Thomas Mitchell-Olds, Duke University

PS 55-154

Sesquiterpene lactone steriochemistry determines herbivore resistance in Xanthium strumarium (Asteraceae)
Jeffrey R. Ahern, Rice University; Kenneth D. Whitney, Rice University

PS 55-155

Elemental defense in seedlings of a Ni hyperaccumulator, Alyssum murale (Brassicacae)
Alisha Kissell, Ohio Wesleyan University; Mary A. McKenna, Howard University

PS 55 - Herbivory: Plant Defenses