COS 68
Plant-Insect Interactions I

Wednesday, August 13, 2014: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Compagno, Sheraton Hotel
8:00 AM
The role of different enemy regimes in the evolution of North American versus European Verbascum thapsus
Stacy B. Endriss, Colorado State University; Christina Alba, Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic; Deane Bowers, University of Colorado; Ruth A. Hufbauer, Colorado State University; Andrew P. Norton, Colorado State University; Petr Pysek, Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
8:20 AM
Iridoid glycosides in floral nectar alter pollinator behavior and pollen transfer dynamics
Leif L. Richardson, Dartmouth College; Rebecca E. Irwin, Dartmouth College; Deane Bowers, University of Colorado
8:40 AM
Associational effects: Going from individual level interactions to population consequences
Nora Underwood, Florida State University; Brian D. Inouye, Florida State University; Tania N. Kim, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Peter Hamback, Stockholm University
9:20 AM
Varietal differences in leaf functional traits and spider mite susceptibility in almond
Amanda Hodson, University of Califonia Davis; Louise Jackson, University of California, Davis
9:40 AM
9:50 AM
Variation in the response of Artemisia californica populations to nitrogen addition and impacts on associated arthropods
Jessica D. Pratt, University of California, Irvine; Nicole Ho, University of California at Irvine; Kailen A. Mooney, University of California, Ivine
10:10 AM
Constraints on the foraging patterns of sympatric leafcutter ants
Beatriz E. Nobua-Behrmann, Depto. de Ecología, Genética y Evolución, Universidad de Buenos Aires - IEGEBA (CONICET-UBA); Fernando A. Milesi, INIBIOMA (CONICET-UNCo); Javier Lopez de Casenave, Depto. de Ecología, Genética y Evolución, Universidad de Buenos Aires - IEGEBA (CONICET-UBA)
10:30 AM
Quantifying non-additive selection on traits caused by indirect ecological effects among species
Casey P. terHorst, California State University, Northridge; Jennifer A. Lau, Michigan State University; Idelle A. Cooper, James Madison University; Kane R. Keller, Michigan State University; Raffica J. La Rosa, Michigan State University; Anne M. Royer, Michigan State University; Elizabeth H. Schultheis, Michigan State University; Tomomi Suwa, Michigan State University and W.K. Kellogg Biological Station; Jeffrey K. Conner, Michigan State University
10:50 AM
Climate change, mountain pine beetles, and whitebark pine forests of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
Polly C. Buotte, University of Idaho; Jeffrey A. Hicke, University of Idaho; Haiganoush K. Preisler, US Forest Service; Kenneth F. Raffa, University of Wisconsin
11:10 AM
Tradeoffs driving local adaptation in soapberry bugs: quantifying the costs of having the wrong beak length
Meredith L. Cenzer, University of California, Davis; Scott P. Carroll, Institute for Contemporary Evolution & UC Davis
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