2018 ESA Annual Meeting (August 5 -- 10)

COS 102 - Herbivory

Thursday, August 9, 2018: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
239, New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
8:00 AM Cancelled
COS 102-1
Vertebrate and invertebrate herbivores interact to control grassland plant performance (widthdrawn)
Xiaofei Li, School of Life Sciences, School of Environment, Northeast Normal University; Zhiwei Zhong, School of Life Sciences, School of Environment, Northeast Normal University; Deli Wang, School of Life Sciences, School of Environment, Northeast Normal University
8:20 AM
Density is more important than drought in driving spruce budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana) performance under outbreak conditions
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
8:40 AM
Herbivory as a continuous state variable in an IPM: Herbivory and clonal reproduction drive population growth rate in Asclepias syriaca
Harmony J. Dalgleish, The College of William and Mary; Sivan S. Yair, College of William and Mary, University of California, Davis; Soren Struckman, College of William and Mary; Abigail A. R. Kula, Mount St. Mary's University; M. Drew LaMar, College of William and Mary
9:00 AM
Local adaptation to insect herbivory along a tropical rainfall gradient
Andrew J. Muehleisen, Yale University; Bettina Engelbrecht, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute; F. Andrew Jones, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute; Eric J. Manzane-Pinzon, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute; Liza S. Comita, Yale University
9:20 AM
Impact of grazing management on plant diversity and homogenization of diversity across western Canada
Jessica S. J. Grenke, University of Alberta; Cameron N. Carlyle, University of Alberta; Edward W. Bork, University of Alberta; Steven Apfelbaum, Applied Ecological Services; Richard R. Teague, Texas A & M University; James F. Cahill Jr., University of Alberta; Mark Boyce, University of Alberta
9:40 AM
10:10 AM Cancelled
COS 102-7
The impact of size-selective herbivore removal on a Caribbean coral reef benthic community (widthdrawn)
Andrew A. Shantz, Pennsylvania State University; Mark C. Ladd, University of California, Santa Barbara; Deron E. Burkepile, University of California, Santa Barbara
10:30 AM
Two galling insects: Competition and facilitation across spatial scales
Theresa Barosh, Colorado State University; Paul J. Ode, Colorado State University
10:50 AM
Tuning the magnet: Drivers of temporal variability in grazer attraction to burned patches in two grasslands affected differently by drought
Devan Allen McGranahan, North Dakota State University; Jonathan Spiess, North Dakota State University; Micayla Lakey, North Dakota State University; Marisol Berti, North Dakota State University; Benjamin Geaumont, Hettinger Research Extension Center; Torre Hovick, North Dakota State University; Ryan Limb, North Dakota State University; Kevin Sedivec, Central Grasslands Research Extension Center
11:10 AM
Sex ratio and host-plant quality: Testing the Red Queen with a haplodiploid pest
Meredith A. Krause, University of South Florida; Marc J. Lajeunesse, University of South Florida
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