P-IE9 Ten-Minute Papers, Plant-Insect Ecosystems

Sunday, November 16, 2008: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room A10, First Floor (Reno-Sparks Convention Center)
Moderators:
Lynne Rieske-Kinney
Lee A. Dyer


8:17 AM
Impact of fertilization and thinning on tree resistance to mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) and associated fungi
Stephen P. Cook, University of Idaho ; Brian M. Shirley, University of Idaho ; Paul J. Zambino, USDA-Forest Service
8:29 AM
Reproductive isolation mechanisms in two sympatric bark beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae): Chemical signals
Deepa S. Pureswaran, Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service ; Brian T. Sullivan, USDA - Forest Service ; Richard Hofstetter, Northern Arizona University ; David Dunn, Arts and Science Laboratory
8:41 AM
Reproductive isolation mechanisms in two sympatric bark beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae): Acoustic signals
David Dunn, Arts and Science Laboratory ; Richard Hofstetter, Northern Arizona University ; Deepa S. Pureswaran, Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service ; Brian T. Sullivan, USDA - Forest Service
8:53 AM
Catching Ips duplicatus with pheromone-baited traps: Effect of trap types, colors, heights and distances
Guofa Chen, State Forestry Administration ; Qing-He Zhang, Sterling International, Inc ; Yanjun Wang, Station of Forest Pest Control, Keshiketeng Qi ; Guang-Tian Liu, Baiyinaobao National Natural Preserve ; Yongan Bai, Baiyinaobao National Natural Preserve ; Jingfu Niu, Forest Pest Control Station of Chifeng City
9:05 AM
Dispersal and edge behavior in a bark beetle and its predator
Arnaud Costa, Southern Illinois University ; John D Reeve, Southern Illinois University ; Kenneth F. Raffa, University of Wisconsin ; Min A, Southern Illinois university
9:17 AM
Problems with defining pheromone function in bark beetles
Brian T. Sullivan, USDA - Forest Service
9:29 AM
Intrinsic dispersal capacity of the Mediterranean pine engraver, Orthotomicus erosus, an invasive bark beetle
Deguang Liu, University of California, Davis ; Robert C. Venette, USDA - Forest Service ; Steve Munson, USDA - Forest Service ; Beverly Bulaon, USDA Forest Service ; Mary Louise Flint, University of California, Davis ; Steven J. Seybold, USDA - Forest Service
9:53 AM
10:44 AM
Complex pattern of indirect interaction between butterflies due to shared parasitoids
Saskya Van Nouhuys, University of Helsinki ; Thomas Stein Kraft, Cornell University
11:20 AM
Detecting spatial interactions in the ragweed (Ambrosia artemissifolia L.) and the ragweed beetle (Ophraella communa LeSage) populations
Takehiko Yamanaka, National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, JP ; Koichi Tanaka, National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, JP ; Akira Otuka, National Agricultural Research Center ; Ottar Bjørnstad, Pennsylvania State University
11:44 AM
Intra-annual analysis and prediction of a benthic macroinvertebrate community
Ely Kosnicki, University of Missouri ; Robert W. Sites, University of Missouri