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Student Competition for the President's Prize, Section P-IE7. Plant-Insect Ecosystems

Monday, November 17, 2008: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room A13, First Floor (Reno-Sparks Convention Center)
Moderators:
Andrew J. Storer
Matthew D. Ginzel


8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:05 AM
0455
Characterization of the arthropod community in Nebraska switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.)
Sandra Schaeffer, University of Nebraska-Lincoln ; Frederick P. Baxendale, University of Nebraska-Lincoln ; Tiffany M. Heng-Moss, University of Nebraska-Lincoln ; Gautam Sarath, USDA-ARS ; Robert Mitchell, USDA-ARS
8:17 AM
0456
Random or non-random structure?: What species co-occurrence, spatial and temporal variation reveal about the psocoptera community associated with eastern hemlock in the southern Appalachians
Carla Dilling, University of Tennessee ; P. L. Lambdin, University of Tennessee ; J. F. Grant, University of Tennessee
Audio File Recorded presentation
8:29 AM
0457
Effects of severe inundation on a coastal marsh grass and its associated insect assemblage
Mark S. Fox, Tulane University ; Lee A. Dyer, University of Nevada, Reno ; Michael J. Blum, Tulane University ; Kristen Butcher, Tulane University ; Alex Kolker, Tulane University
Audio File Recorded presentation
8:41 AM
0458
Multi-state comparison of aphid community composition in prairies
Wayne J. Ohnesorg, University of Nebraska-Lincoln ; Thelma T. Heidel, Purdue University ; Matthew E. O'Neal, Iowa State University ; Claudio Gratton, University of Wisconsin ; Cory Straub, University of Wisconsin ; Clifford S. Sadof, Purdue University ; Bob O'Neil, Purdue University
Audio File Recorded presentation
8:53 AM
0459
Ecological effects of an invasive social wasp on Hawaiian Hymenoptera
Erin E. Wilson, University of California San Diego ; David A. Holway, University of California San Diego
Audio File Recorded presentation
9:05 AM
0460
Landscape affects on soybean aphid and natural enemy abundances in Iowa
Nick Schmidt, Iowa State University ; Matthew E. O'Neal, Iowa State University ; Lisa Schulte, Iowa State University
Audio File Recorded presentation
9:17 AM
Break
9:29 AM
0461
Herbivory induced spatial patterns in plant physiology and gene expression under predicted future climate conditions
Paul Nabity, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign at Urbana-Champaign ; Michael Hillstrom, University of Wisconsin - Madison ; Richard Lindroth, University of Wisconsin - Madison ; Evan H. DeLucia, University of Illinois
Audio File Recorded presentation
9:41 AM
0462
Estimating carabid beetle population parameters in field corn to identify potential bioindicator species
Miles Lepping, University of Maryland ; Galen Dively, University of Maryland ; Paula Shrewsbury, University of Maryland
9:53 AM
0463
Feedback between invasive belowground herbivores and habitat composition in northern hardwood ecosystems
David R. Coyle, University of Georgia ; William J. Mattson, USDA Forest Service ; Alexander L. Friend, USDA Forest Service ; Kenneth F. Raffa, University of Wisconsin
Audio File Recorded presentation
10:05 AM
0464
Fire injury increases both host susceptibility and competitor load for the mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins): Implications to population dynamics and outbreaks
Erinn N Powell, University of Wisconsin, Madison ; Kenneth F. Raffa, University of Wisconsin
Audio File Recorded presentation
10:17 AM
0466
The use of arthropods as ecological measures of desert spring health classification
Alex M. Johnson, Michigan State University ; Mark E. Whalon, Michigan State University
Audio File Recorded presentation
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