Session: Plant-Insect Interactions I (97th ESA Annual Meeting (August 5 -- 10, 2012))

1:30 PM

COS 67-1

The Nutrient Availability Hypothesis: A test of a unifying plant-herbivore hypothesis
Warren B. Sconiers, Texas A&M University; Micky D. Eubanks, Texas A&M University

1:50 PM

COS 67-2

Spatial heterogeneity and host-plant preferences influence the abundances of an insect herbivore
William C. Wetzel, University of California, Davis; Donald R. Strong, University of California, Davis

2:10 PM

COS 67-3

Trait convergence in a plant-pollinator network
Silvia B. Lomáscolo, Universidad de Cuyo; Natacha P. Chacoff, Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas; Rocio Castro-Urgal, Group of population and community ecology, Universitat de Les Illes Balears; Diego P. Vázquez, Centro Científico y Tecnológico Mendoza

2:30 PM

COS 67-4

Comparison of two populations of Cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis) for alkaloid production and the phytochemicals' effects on a specialist weevil seed predator, Cleopmiarus hispidulus
Kristen A. Cummings, Chatham University; Nicholas J. Divjak, Chatham University; Linda MK Johnson, Chatham University

2:50 PM

COS 67-5

Context-dependent benefits from an indirect ant-plant mutualism: Competition for ant attendance limits ant benefits to coffee
Zachary Hajian-Forooshani, University of Michigan; David J. Gonthier, University of Michigan; Aaron Iverson, University of Michigan; Ivette Perfecto, University of Michigan; Stacy M. Philpott, University of California, Santa Cruz; John Vandermeer, University of Michigan

3:10 PM

COS 67-

Break

3:20 PM

COS 67-6

The effect of neighborhood composition on four mechanisms of associational resistance and susceptibility
Tania N. Kim, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Nora C. Underwood, Florida State University

3:40 PM

COS 67-7

Effects of pollinators, seed predators, and vertebrate herbivores on female and hermaphrodite sex morphs and demography of the gynodioecious plant, Polemonium foliosissimum
Gretel L. Clarke, University of Vermont; Alison Brody, University of Vermont

4:00 PM Cancelled

COS 67-8

Effects of parasitism and competition on Asphondylia borrichiae (widthdrawn)
Keith H. Stokes, University of South Florida; Peter Stiling, University of South Florida

4:20 PM

COS 67-9

Patch-level nontarget attack by the biocontrol weevil Mogulones crucifer: A temporary spillover effect requiring host plant presence?
Haley A. Catton, University of British Columbia Okanagan; Rosemarie A. De Clerck-Floate, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada; Robert G. Lalonde, University of British Columbia Okanagan

4:40 PM

COS 67-10

Scale insects: An emergent threat to Southern California salt marshes
Jeremy D. Long, San Diego State University; Laura Porturas, San Diego State University

COS 67 - Plant-Insect Interactions I