Session: Herbivory (101st ESA Annual Meeting (August 7 -- 12, 2016))

8:00 AM

COS 45-1

The evolution of herbivore impact in novel plant-insect systems
Stephen B. Heard, University of New Brunswick; Zoryana Shibel, University of New Brunswick

8:20 AM

COS 45-2

Assessing white-tailed deer impacts on functional trait distributions in plant communities
Alison K. Paulson, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Katie L. Frerker, USDA Forest Service; Donald M. Waller, University of Wisconsin

8:40 AM

COS 45-3

A framework for predicting intraspecific variation in plant growth and defense across resource gradients
Philip G. Hahn, University of Montana; John L. Maron, The University of Montana

9:00 AM

COS 45-4

Trade-off between early germination and herbivore susceptibility limits exotic success in an experimental California annual community
Joseph Waterton, University of California San Diego; Elsa Cleland, University of California San Diego

9:20 AM

COS 45-5

Experimental evolution of spider mites and fitness trade-offs among phylogenetically related host plants
Daniel J. Zydek, University of South Florida; Marc J. Lajeunesse, University of South Florida

9:40 AM

COS 45-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 45-6

Inherent conditions determine collapses: Nutrient regimes define the grazing resilience of macroalgal communities
Jordi Boada, Spanish Council for Scientific Research; Rohan Arthur, Nature Conservation Foundation, Spanish Council for Scientific Research; David Alonso, Center for Advanced Studies of Blanes (CEABâ€CSIC), Spanish Council for Scientific Research; Jordi Pages, Bangor University, Spanish Council for Scientific Research; Giulia Ceccherelli, UniversitÃ di Sassari; Luiggi Piazzi, UniversitÃ di Sassari; Albert Pessarrodona, Spanish Council for Scientific Research; Silvia Oliva, UniversitÃ di Sassari; Javier Romero, Universitat de Barcelona; Teresa Alcoverro, Spanish Council for Scientific Research, Nature Conservation Foundation

10:10 AM

COS 45-7

Effects of prescribed fire on aspen and grassland restoration in an elk, wolf, aspen grassland system in Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta
Cristina Eisenberg, Earthwatch Institute; David E. Hibbs, Oregon State University; Daniel C. Donato, Washington State Department of Natural Resources

10:30 AM

COS 45-8

Experimental warming changes herbivore population composition, instead of population size, and consequently impedes herbivore colonization in an agroecosystem
Ying-Jie Wang, National Taiwan University; Takefumi Nakazawa, National Cheng Kung University; Chuan-Kai Ho, National Taiwan University

10:50 AM Cancelled

COS 45-9

Drought interacts with insect density to determine the effects of climate change on a major forest defoliator in Atlantic Canada (widthdrawn)
Eric R. D. Moise, Natural Resources Canada - Canadian Forest Service; Mike B. Lavigne, Natural Resources Canada - Canadian Forest Service; Rob C. Johns, Natural Resources Canada - Canadian Forest Service

COS 45 - Herbivory