2018 ESA Annual Meeting (August 5 -- 10)

COS 120 - Herbivory: Plant Defenses I

Thursday, August 9, 2018: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
239, New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
1:30 PM
The role of multiple partners on the strength of spider-plant mutualisms
Monica Kersch-Becker, University of Alabama; Bruno B. Grisolia, University of Sao Paulo (UNESP); Gustavo Q. Romero, State University of Campinas
2:10 PM
Connecting defense-related leaf traits in 20 species of native and invasive woody plants to the growth of two generalist herbivores in a controlled feeding assay
Elise D Hinman, Syracuse University; Jason Fridley, Syracuse University; Dylan Parry, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry
2:30 PM
Genotype and herbivory affect foliar condensed tannin composition in aspen (Populus tremuloides)
Kennedy F. Rubert-Nason, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Phia Yang, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Ke Yuan, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Richard L. Lindroth, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2:50 PM
Differentiation of foliar chemical defenses across tree age: A metabolomics-based study of ontogenetic shifts in chemical phenotype within 5 species of tropical trees
Gerald F. Schneider, Virginia Tech, University of Utah; Thomas A. Kursar, University of Utah; Gordon C Younkin, University of Utah; Dale Forrister, University of Utah; Anthony G. Mills, University of Utah; Phyllis D. Coley, University of Utah
3:10 PM
3:20 PM
Does ontogeny matter?: The effects of ontogeny on the relationships between plant species' characteristics and leaf herbivory of woody species in a diverse temperate forest
Hiroko Kurokawa, Forestry and Forest Product Research Institute; Michio Oguro, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute; Masahiro Aiba, Tohoku University; Rei Shibata, Research Institute of Humanity and Nature; Tohru Nakashizuka, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature
3:40 PM
Population variation, environmental gradients, and the evolutionary ecology of plant defense against herbivory
Philip G. Hahn, University of Montana; Anurag A. Agrawal, Cornell University; John L. Maron, The University of Montana
4:20 PM
Tradeoffs between tree growth, defense, and reproduction: Effects of landscape physiography and weather on resource allocation in pinyon pine
Miranda D. Redmond, Colorado State University; T. Seth Davis, Colorado State University; Andreas P. Wion, Colorado State University; Scott Ferrenberg, New Mexico State University
4:40 PM
Phytochemical diversity and herbivore diet breadth have cascading effects on herbivore immunity and parasitism
Heather Lea Slinn, University of Nevada, Reno; Lora A. Richards, University of Nevada, Reno; Lee A. Dyer, University of Nevada, Reno; Paul Hurtado, University of Nevada, Reno; Angela M. Smilanich, University of Nevada, Reno
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