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SysEB SS: How the Fossil Record Can Contribute to Our Understanding of Insect Ecology and Evolution

Wednesday, November 19, 2014: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
B110-112 (Oregon Convention Center)
Organizers:
Dena Smith
Sam Heads


8:00 AM
Welcoming Remarks
8:05 AM
Eocene Insects - Innovative Morphologies and Novel Evolutionary Insights
Sonja Wedmann, Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmseum
8:25 AM
Macroevolutionary history of the Coleoptera: A quantitative analysis of fossil occurrences
Dena Smith, University of Colorado ; Jonathan Marcot, University of Illinois
8:45 AM
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8:57 AM
Fossil insects from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil
Sam Heads, University of Illinois ; M. Jared Thomas, University of Illinois
9:29 AM
Rediscovery of the Milton Sanderson Dominican amber collection
M. Jared Thomas, University of Illinois ; Sam Heads, University of Illinois
9:49 AM
Break
9:58 AM
Cretaceous context: understanding fossil ant diversity
Phillip M. Barden, American Museum of Natural History
10:10 AM
Plant-Insect relationships from circa-110-million-year-old amber of Spain
Ricardo Pérez-de la Fuente, Harvard University ; Enrique Peñalver, Instituto Geológico y Minero de España ; Antonio Arillo, Facultad de Biología ; Eduardo Barrón, Instituto Geológico y Minero de España ; Xavier Delclòs, Universitat de Barcelona
10:30 AM
Deep-Time perspective on climate change and Leaf Herbivory in Western North American Oaks
Erin Leckey, University of Colorado ; Dena Smith, University of Colorado
10:50 AM
A preliminary report about the Eocene Plant-Insect associations from South China
Qingqing Xu, National Museum of Natural History ; Conrad Labandeira, National Museum of Natural History ; Jin Jianhua, Sun Yat-Sen University
11:10 AM
Plant-Insect associations of late Cretaceous North America
Augusta Maccracken, University of Maryland ; Conrad Labandeira, National Museum of Natural History ; Charles Mitter, University of Maryland
11:30 AM
What fossil insects can do for you?
Vladimir Blagoderov, The Natural History Museum
11:50 AM
Gypsy moth (Lymantia dispar) refugia in Croatia? - evidence from molecular data
Nikola Lackovic, Croatian Forest Research Institute ; Dimitrios Avtzis, Forest Research Institute ; Milan Pernek, Croatian Forest Research Institute ; Christian Stauffer, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences
12:02 PM
Concluding Remarks
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