Monday, 15 November 2004: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
150 D-F (Salt Palace L-1)
Symposium: Applied Taxonomy and Biodiversity: Assessment of Natural and Agricultural Ecosystems
Organizer(s):	Ke Chung Kim, kck@psu.edu Loren Byrne, lbb130@psu.edu David J. Biddinger, djb134@psu.edu
1:20 PM			Applied Taxonomy & Biodiversity   Ke Chung Kim, kck@psu.edu
1:40 PM			Introductory Remarks
1:50 PM	0443		Biodiversity assessment and applied taxonomy: What for?   Ke Chung Kim, kck@psu.edu, Loren B. Byrne, lbb130@psu.edu
2:10 PM	0444		Biodiversity assessments in local and global environments: Methodological challenges and the role of natural history collections   Rudolf Meier, dbsmr@nus.edu.sg
2:30 PM	0445		Challenges in assessing the effects of forest management on insect communities Stephen A Woods, woods@maine.edu, Malcolm Hunter, hunter@umenfa.maine.edu
2:50 PM	0446		Urban biodiversity: Challenges in a heterogeneous landscape   Katalin Szlavecz, szlavecz@jhu.edu
3:10 PM			Break
3:25 PM	0447		Applied taxonomy and biodiversity assessment in agroecosystems for sustainable agriculture David J. Biddinger, djb134@psu.edu
3:45 PM	0448		Conservation biological control and habitat analysis in agroecosystems for integrated pest management   Douglas Landis, landisd@msu.edu
4:05 PM	0449		Challenges in monitoring effects of agricultural practices on insect communities   Richard L. Hellmich, rlhellmi@iastate.edu, Jarrad Prasifka, prasifka@iastate.edu, Galen P. Dively, gd7@umail.umd.edu
4:25 PM			Panel Discussion

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