COS 86
Herbivory

Wednesday, August 12, 2015: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
325, Baltimore Convention Center
1:30 PM
Is light availability related to Choristoneura fumiferana defoliation effects on seedling storage compounds in the Eastern Canadian boreal forest?
Jorge Monerris-Llopis, Natural Resources Canada, University of Quebec in Montreal; Louis De Grandpré, Natural Resources Canada; Deepa Pureswaran, Natural Resources Canada; Daniel Kneeshaw, Université du Québec à Montréal
1:50 PM
A first look at subcontinental-scale spatial patterns of herbivory on forest landscapes of the Midwest and Northeast US
William H. McWilliams, US Forest Service; James A. Westfall, US Forest Service
2:10 PM
Response of savanna tree cover to the near-extirpation of large mammalian herbivores in Mozambique's Gorongosa National Park, 1977-2012
Joshua Daskin, Princeton University; Marc Stalmans, Gorongosa National Park; Robert M. Pringle, Princeton University
2:30 PM
Plant-herbivore interactions, and their influence on plant invasion rate
Lauren L. Sullivan, University of Minnesota; Brent J. Danielson, Iowa State University; Stan W. Harpole, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research; Allison Shaw, University of Minnesota
3:10 PM
3:40 PM
Understanding the effects of wildfire severity on deciduous browse production and moose habitat use in Interior, Alaska 
Casey Brown, University of Alaska Fairbanks; Knut Kielland, University of Alaska Fairbanks; Eugenie Euskirchen, University of Alaska Fairbanks
4:00 PM
Competition between partial consumers: Interactions between inducible defense and consumer-dependent demography
Charlotte T. Lee, Duke University; Kurt Anderson, University of California, Riverside; Brian D. Inouye, Florida State University; Thomas Miller, Rice University
4:20 PM
The adaptive evolution of herbivory in freshwater systems
Jessica L Sanchez, Florida International University; Joel Trexler, Florida International University
4:40 PM Cancelled
COS 86-10
Green leaf litter alters decomposition dynamics by enhancing the quantity and quality of plant biomass in the litter pool (widthdrawn)
Jane Smith, University of Colorado, New Mexico State Univeristy; Heather L. Throop, New Mexico State University
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