Wednesday, 17 November 2004: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

150 G (Salt Palace L-1)

Section A Symposium: Arthropod Diversity at La Selva Biological Station: Results from Project ALAS

Organizer(s): John T. Longino, longinoj@evergreen.edu
8:00 AMIntroductory Remarks
8:10 AM0127Historical and methodological overview of the ALAS Project  [ Recorded presentation ]
John T. Longino, longinoj@evergreen.edu
8:30 AM0128Biodiversity of katydids at La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica  [ Recorded presentation ]
Piotr Naskrecki, p.naskrecki@conservation.org
8:50 AM0129Contrasts in richness and composition of tortricid moth faunas in tropical Costa Rican and coastal Californian reserves (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)  [ Recorded presentation ]
Jerry A. Powell, powellj@nature.berkeley.edu, John W. Brown, jbrown@sel.barc.usda.gov
9:10 AM0130The lepidopteran fauna of La Selva  [ Recorded presentation ]
David Wagner, david.wagner@uconn.edu
9:30 AMBreak
9:40 AM0131Biodiversity of tropical rainforest bark beetles and timber borers: results from the ALAS project  [ Recorded presentation ]
Lawrence R. Kirkendall, lawrence.kirkendall@zoo.uib.no
10:00 AM0132The conoderine weevils of La Selva: The diversity of diversity
Henry Hespenheide, henryh@biology.ucla.edu
10:20 AM0133A thorough faunal inventory and web-based identification guide for Alabagrus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)
Jason W. Leathers, leatherj@science.oregonstate.edu, Michael J. Sharkey, msharkey@uky.edu
10:40 AM0134Putting phorid flies into context: Malaise trap catches and La Selva vs other Neotropical sites  [ Recorded presentation ]
Brian V. Brown, bbrown@nhm.org
11:00 AM0135Assessing rainforest arthropod biodiversity: Synthesis and summary  [ Recorded presentation ]
John T. Longino, longinoj@evergreen.edu, Robert K. Colwell, colwell@uconnvm.uconn.edu
11:20 AMConcluding Remarks
11:30 AMPublication Planning Meeting

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