P-IE9 Ten-Minute Papers, Plant-Insect Ecosystems

Sunday, November 16, 2008: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room A10, First Floor (Reno-Sparks Convention Center)
Moderators:
Lynne K. Rieske-Kinney
Lee A. Dyer
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:05 AM
8:17 AM
Impact of fertilization and thinning on tree resistance to mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) and associated fungi
Stephen P. Cook, University of Idaho; Brian M. Shirley, University of Idaho; Paul J. Zambino, USDA-Forest Service
8:29 AM
Reproductive isolation mechanisms in two sympatric bark beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae): Chemical signals
Deepa S. Pureswaran, Natural Resources Canada; Brian T. Sullivan, USDA, Forest Service; Richard W. Hofstetter, Northern Arizona University; David Dunn, Arts and Science Laboratory
8:41 AM
Reproductive isolation mechanisms in two sympatric bark beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae): Acoustic signals
David Dunn, Arts and Science Laboratory; Richard W. Hofstetter, Northern Arizona University; Deepa S. Pureswaran, Natural Resources Canada; Brian T. Sullivan, USDA, Forest Service
8:53 AM
Catching Ips duplicatus with pheromone-baited traps: Effect of trap types, colors, heights and distances
Guofa Chen, State Forestry Administration; Qing-He Zhang, Sterling International, Inc; Yanjun Wang, Station of Forest Pest Control, Keshiketeng Qi; Yang Liu, Baiyinaobao National Natural Preserve; Yongan Bai, Baiyinaobao National Natural Preserve; Chang-ying Niu, Forest Pest Control Station of Chifeng City
9:05 AM
Dispersal and edge behavior in a bark beetle and its predator
Arnaud Costa, Southern Illinois University; John D. Reeve, Southern Illinois University; Kenneth F. Raffa, University of Wisconsin; Min A, Southern Illinois university
9:17 AM
Problems with defining pheromone function in bark beetles
Brian T. Sullivan, USDA, Forest Service
9:29 AM
Intrinsic dispersal capacity of the Mediterranean pine engraver, Orthotomicus erosus, an invasive bark beetle
Deguang Liu, University of California; Robert C. Venette, University of Minnesota; Steve Munson, USDA - Forest Service; Beverly Bulaon, USDA Forest Service; Mary Louise Flint, University of California; Steven Seybold, USDA - Forest Service
9:53 AM
Break
10:44 AM
Complex pattern of indirect interaction between butterflies due to shared parasitoids
Saskya van Nouhuys, University of Helsinki; Thomas Stein Kraft, Cornell University
10:56 AM
Symbiosis in a non-native context: Dactylis glomerata - Epichloe typhina – Botanophila lobata interaction in the Willamette Valley, Oregon
Joe M. Kaser, University of Minnesota; Sujaya Rao, Oregon State University; Steve C Alderman, ARS, USDA
11:08 AM
Influence of ploidal diversity of host plants on community structure of phytophagous insects
Matthew L. Richardson, USDA - ARS; Lawrence M. Hanks, University of Illinois
11:20 AM
Detecting spatial interactions in the ragweed (Ambrosia artemissifolia L.) and the ragweed beetle (Ophraella communa LeSage) populations
Takehiko Yamanaka, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization; Fumio Tanaka, National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, JP; Akira Otuka, National Agricultural Research Center; Ottar Bjørnstad, Pennsylvania State University
11:32 AM
11:44 AM
Intra-annual analysis and prediction of a benthic macroinvertebrate community
Ely Kosnicki, University of Missouri; Robert W. Sites, University of Missouri