Session: Insects in a Changing World: Impacts of Global Climate Change on Insect Populations (2008 ESA Annual Meeting, November 16-19, 2008)

Sunday, November 16, 2008: 9:00 AM-12:00 PM

Room C2/C3, First Floor (Reno-Sparks Convention Center)

Organizer :

Daniel M. Pavuk

9:00 AM

Introductory Remarks

9:05 AM

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Range expansion of the invasive fire ant, Solenopsis invicta Buren, due to climate change

Lloyd Morrison, Missouri State University

Audio File

9:25 AM

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Effects of elevated carbon dioxide on herbivorous insects in soybeans and possible mechanisms

Bridget F. O'Neill, Trinity College

Audio File

9:45 AM

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Landscape assessment of mountain pine beetle mortality in whitebark pine: Natural ecological disturbance, or catastrophic loss?

Jesse Logan, USDA Forest Service (Retired)

Audio File

10:05 AM

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Influence of hydrology, topography, and land use on distributions of montane butterflies in a changing climate

Erica Fleishman, University of California-Santa Barbara

10:25 AM

Break

10:40 AM

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Pushing the limits: Predictions and responses to global changes among Canadian butterflies

Jeremy Kerr, University of Ottawa

11:00 AM

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The impact of global warming on ecological networks

Jane Memmott, University of Bristol

Audio File

11:20 AM

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What can we learn from long term insect time series?

Richard Karban, University of California

11:40 AM

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Herbivores and the world of tomorrow: Aphid-natural enemy dynamics under future atmospheric conditions

Edward Mondor, Georgia Southern University

Audio File

12:00 PM

Concluding Remarks

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