Session: Herbivory II (98th ESA Annual Meeting (August 4 -- 9, 2013))

8:00 AM

COS 27-1

The effects of food macronutrient content on an insect herbivore: a fitness landscape approach
Marion Le Gall, Texas A&M University; Spencer T. Behmer, Texas A&M University

8:20 AM

COS 27-2

Plant ontogeny and the tradeoff between resistance and tolerance to herbivory in Arabidopsis
Shamsul Hoque, University of Winnipeg; Germán Avila Sakar, University of Winnipeg

8:40 AM

COS 27-3

Do opposing components of plant quality interact to influence feeding dynamics in the true armyworm, Pseudaletia unipuncta? A case for nitrogen and silicon
Eric R. D. Moise, University of Western Ontario; Hugh Henry, University of Western Ontario

9:00 AM

COS 27-4

Population-level patterns and host-plant scale processes in a gall-making insect herbivore: density-dependent reproduction, host-plant preferences, and plant chemistry
William C. Wetzel, University of California, Davis; Donald R. Strong, University of California, Davis

9:20 AM

COS 27-5

Variation in phytolith formation in Asteraceae species in Israel: The effects of rain and grazing
Ofir Katz, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev; Simcha Lev-Yadun, University of Haifa – Oranim; Pua Bar (Kutiel), Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

9:40 AM

COS 27-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 27-6

Eavesdropping plants prepare to be attacked: seeds exposed to herbivore kairomones become seedlings that are less palatable to herbivores
John L. Orrock, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Simon Gilroy, University of Wisconsin

10:10 AM

COS 27-7

The ups and “downs” of conifer defense: Linking aboveground herbivory and belowground induced root defenses
Amy M. Trowbridge, Montana State University; Pornsawan Poopat, University of Nevada; Russell K. Monson, University of Arizona; Deane Bowers, University of Colorado

10:30 AM

COS 27-8

Exposure to a putative insect pheromone enhances the anti-herbivore defenses of its host plant
Anjel M. Helms, The Pennsylvania State University; Consuelo M. De Moraes, The Pennsylvania State University; John F. Tooker, The Pennsylvania State University; Mark C. Mescher, ETH Zurich

10:50 AM

COS 27-9

Developmentally-based changes in resistance to insect herbivory in the foliage of sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua)
Brian Rehill, U.S. Naval Academy; Harold B. Hickey, U.S. Naval Academy

11:10 AM

COS 27-10

Root to shoot defense: Indirect plant defenses are affected by rhizobia
Adrienne L. Godschalx, Portland State University; Julie A. Trisel, Portland State University; Stefanie Kautz, Field Museum of Natural History; Daniel J. Ballhorn, Portland State University

COS 27 - Herbivory II