2008 ESA Annual Meeting, November 16-19, 2008: Student Competition for the President's Prize, Section P-IE7. Plant-Insect Ecosystems

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

Moderators:
Andrew J. Storer and Matthew D. Ginzel
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
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
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
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
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
Herbivory induced spatial patterns in plant physiology and gene expression under predicted future climate conditions
Paul Nabity, University of Illinois; Michael Hillstrom, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Richard Lindroth, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Evan H. DeLucia, University of Illinois
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
Feedback between invasive belowground herbivores and habitat composition in northern hardwood ecosystems
David R. Coyle, University of Wisconsin; William J. Mattson, USDA Forest Service; Alexander L. Friend, USDA Forest Service; Kenneth Raffa, University of Wisconsin
The use of arthropods as ecological measures of desert spring health classification
Alex M. Johnson, Michigan State University; Mark E. Whalon, Michigan State University