2008 ESA Annual Meeting, November 16-19, 2008: Linking Insects, Ecosystem Function, and Ecosystem Services

Organizers:

Anna K. Fiedler , Mary M. Gardiner and Nancy A Schellhorn

Welcoming Remarks

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1033

Insects linking ecosystems and ecosystem functions: An overview of concepts
Sharon Lawler, UC Davis

1034

Bee responses to land-use change: Community structure and ecological function
Berry J. Brosi, Stanford University

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1035

The role of pollinators in restoration of rare habitat plant biodiversity
Anna Fiedler, Michigan State University; Douglas A. Landis, Michigan State University

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1036

Diversity effects on decomposition flow up, not down, food webs
Diane S. Srivastava, University of British Columbia; Bradley J Cardinale, University of California Santa Barbara; Amy L. Downing, Ohio Wesleyan Univesrity; J. Emmett Duffy, The College of William and Mary; Claire Jouseau, Columbia University; Mahesh Sankaran, University of Leeds; Justin P. Wright, Duke University

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Break

1037

Insect ecological services: Estimating economic value to promote and direct conservation efforts
John E Losey, Cornell University; Mace Vaughan, Xerces Society

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1038

Increasing corn for biofuel production decreases biocontrol services in agricultural landscapes
Mary M. Gardiner, Michigan State University; Doug Landis, Michigan State University; Wopke Van der Werf, Wageningen University; Scott Swinton, Michigan State University

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1039

Understanding the impacts of predator diversity loss on the valuable ecosystem service of natural pest suppression
Deborah L. Finke, University of Missouri

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1040

Colonization of natural enemies: Source-sink dynamics in agricultural landscapes
Nancy A Schellhorn, CSIRO Entomology; Felix JJA Bianchi, CSIRO Entomology

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1041

Landsape structure alters the interactions in host-parasitoid food webs
Carsten Thies, Georg-August-Universität; Anne Wilstermann, Georg-August-Universität; Ines Vollhardt, Georg-August-Universität; Teja Tscharntke, Georg-August-Universität

Concluding Remarks

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