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

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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0461

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

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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

0463

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

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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 Raffa, University of Wisconsin

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The use of arthropods as ecological measures of desert spring health classification
Alex M. Johnson, Michigan State University; Mark E. Whalon, Michigan State University

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