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

COS 95 - Plant-Insect Interactions: Foraging, Diet, and Herbivory

Thursday, August 6, 2009: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Grand Pavillion II, Hyatt
Presider:
John T. Lill
8:00 AM
Intraplant movement of generalist caterpillars on alternative host plants
John T. Lill, George Washington University; Shannon M. Murphy, University of Denver; Teresa Stoepler, George Washington University
8:40 AM
Geographic mosaic in host-plant use: Regional variability in host preference and tri-trophic performance of the fall webworm
Peri A. Mason, Wesleyan University; Steven R. Wilkes, George Washington University; John T. Lill, George Washington University; Michael S. Singer, Wesleyan University
9:00 AM
Attractiveness versus facilitation: Responses of naïve hawkmoths to various species of Nicotiana
Rainee Kaczorowski, University of Arizona; Robert A. Raguso, Cornell University
9:20 AM
The influence of plant chemistry and parasitism on host plant selection of a polyphagous caterpillar, Grammia incorrupta
Angela Smilanich, Wesleyan University; Lucy Sprung, Wesleyan University; Tom Chase, Wesleyan University; Mike Singer, Wesleyan University
9:40 AM
9:50 AM
Host-associated immune response and genetic differentiation in generalist species of Lepidoptera
J.Gwen Shlichta, University of Maryland - BEES Program; Pedro Barbosa, University of Maryland
10:10 AM
Indirect effects of climate change on plant-herbivore interactions and community diversity patterns in the eastern Sierra Nevada
Sharon J. Martinson, University of California; Michael Loik, University of California
10:30 AM
Does variation in reproductive effort affect the consequences of floral herbivory for native thistles?
Natalie M. West, University of Illinois; Svata M. Louda, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
10:50 AM
Bottom-up multitrophic effects in resprouting plants
Monica F. Kersch-Becker, Cornell University; Thomas M. Lewinsohn, Universidade Estadual de Campinas