2008 ESA Annual Meeting, November 16-19, 2008: Metamorphosis by Fusion: Plant-Insect Interactions, Forest Entomology, and the Unifying Contributions of William J. Mattson (On the Occasion of his Retirement).

Metamorphosis by Fusion: Plant-Insect Interactions, Forest Entomology, and the Unifying Contributions of William J. Mattson (On the Occasion of his Retirement).

Organizers:

Daniel A. Herms and Kenneth F. Raffa

Opening remarks and introduction. Raffa KF

Insects as regulators of forest ecosystem processes: Routes of feedback in cybernetic systems
Mark D. Hunter, University of Michigan

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From body plan to population dynamics: The evolutionary foundation for current ecology in tree-feeding insects
Peter W. Price, Northern Arizona University

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Drought stress and insect outbreaks: Beyond the Stress Hypothesis
Andrea F. Huberty, USDA

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Break

Nitrogen and the ecology of plant defense
Daniel A. Herms, Ohio State University - OARDC

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Insects as manipulators of plant resources
Heidi Appel, University of Missouri

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Invasive forest insects and the legacy of the European crucible
Pekka Niemelä, University of Joensuu

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Metamorphosis of a career in forest insect ecology: From cone insects to global change biology
William J. Mattson, USDA Forest Service

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Concluding remarks. Herms DA

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