COS 8
Herbivory I

Monday, August 11, 2014: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
Regency Blrm C, Hyatt Regency Hotel
1:30 PM
Experimental exclusion of rabbits drives contemporary evolution of plant defenses and decreases plant phylogenetic diversity
Nash Turley, University of Toronto; Michael J. Crawley, Imperial College, London; Marc T. J. Johnson, University of Toronto Mississauga
1:50 PM
Differential effects of mule deer, American elk, and cattle on aspen regeneration after fire
Aaron Rhodes, Brigham Young University; Samuel B. St Clair, Brigham Young University
2:10 PM
Abiotic and multitrophic determinants of geographic distribution in an herbivorous insect
Emily H. Mooney, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts; Joseph S. Phillips, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Chadwick V. Tillberg, Linfield University; Kailen A. Mooney, University of California, Ivine
2:30 PM
Herbivore stress could impair the induced-defense system in plants: A case study with Brassica. sp
Makhdora Almuziny, Clemson University; Vidya Suseela, Clemson University; Nishanth Tharayil, Clemson University
2:50 PM
Mammalian herbivory on fourteen experimentally planted native hardwood tree seedlings of the Kentucky Bluegrass savanna-woodland community
James Shaffer, University of Kentucky; Scott Gleeson, University of Kentucky; John J. Cox, University of Kentucky; John M. Lhotka, University of Kentucky
3:10 PM
3:20 PM
Mechanisms maintaining two feeding strategies in the moth Symmestrischema lavernella
Stephanie Cruz Maysonet, University of Virginia; T'ai H. Roulston, University of Virginia
3:40 PM
Spatiotemporal variation in deer browse throughout the range of a forest herb
Holly R. Prendeville, University of Virginia; Janet C. Steven, Sweet Briar College; Laura F. Galloway, University of Virginia
4:00 PM
Cascading effects of diet induced variation in the immune response of two specialist herbivores
Alyssa Hansen, University of Austin, Texas; Andrea E. Glassmire, University of Nevada, Reno; Lee A. Dyer, University of Nevada; Angela M. Smilanich, University of Nevada, Reno
4:20 PM
Influences of white-tailed deer on plant community assembly in understories of northern temperate forests
Autumn E. Sabo, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Phillip Jones, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Scott Larson, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Xia Lee, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Susan Paskewitz, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Eric L. Kruger, University of Wisconsin-Madison
4:40 PM
Concurrent effects of forest management and white-tailed deer herbivory drive spatial patterning in herbaceous-layer plant communities
Bryan D. Murray, Purdue University; Christopher R. Webster, Michigan Technological University; Michael A. Jenkins, Purdue University; Michael R. Saunders, Purdue University; Scott Haulton, Indiana Department of Natural Resources
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