Session: Student Debate: Issues Surrounding Biodiversity (2010 ESA Annual Meeting (December 12-15, 2010))

Katherine A. Parys, USDA - ARS; Jennifer Gordon, University of Kentucky; Sebe Brown, Louisiana State University; B. E. Wilson, Louisiana State University AgCenter

3:12 PM

Cross-examination by CON Team: Topic 1

3:15 PM

0114

CON: Increasing natural enemy diversity among arthropods is compatible with the goals of biological control and IPM

Sonja Brannon, University of Georgia; Shaku Nair, University of Georgia; Whitney E. Boozer, University of Georgia; Rachel Bottjen, University of Georgia; Stephanie Weldon, University of Georgia

3:22 PM

Cross-examination by PRO Team: Topic 1

3:25 PM

First rebuttal by PRO Team: Topic 1

3:27 PM

First rebuttal by CON Team: Topic 1

3:29 PM

Second rebuttal by PRO Team: Topic 1

3:31 PM

Second rebuttal by CON Team: Topic 1

3:33 PM

Judges' questions: Topic 1

3:43 PM

Break 1

3:53 PM

0115

Unbiased introduction: Global climate change will have substantial long-term negative effects on arthropod diversity

Kathleen Schnaars-Uvino, The City College of New York-CUNY-Graduate Center

3:58 PM

0116

PRO: Global climate change will have substantial long-term negative effects on arthropod diversity

Jason Smith, Pennsylvania State University; Thomas Bentley, Pennsylvania State University; C. Sheena Sidhu, Pennsylvania State University; Maggie Douglas, Pennsylvania State University

4:05 PM

Cross-examination by CON Team: Topic 2

4:08 PM

0117

CON: Global climate change will have substantial long-term negative effects on arthropod diversity

Esther Ngumbi, Auburn University; Prithwiraj Das, Auburn University; S. Addison Barden, Auburn University; Charles Stephens, Auburn University

4:15 PM

Cross-examination by PRO Team: Topic 2

4:18 PM

First rebuttal by PRO Team: Topic 2

4:20 PM

First rebuttal by CON Team: Topic 2

4:22 PM

Second rebuttal by PRO Team: Topic 2

4:24 PM

Second rebuttal by CON Team: Topic 2

4:26 PM

Judges' questions: Topic 2

4:36 PM

Break 2

4:46 PM

0118

Unbiased introduction: Transgenic insecticidal crops will conserve arthropod biodiversity

Serena Gross, Purdue University

4:51 PM

0119

PRO: Transgenic insecticidal crops will conserve arthropod biodiversity

Guarav Goyal, University of Florida; Harsimran Gill, University of Florida; Wendy Helmey-Hartman, University of Florida; Margaret Paxson, University of Florida

4:58 PM

Cross-examination by CON Team: Topic 3

5:01 PM

0120

CON: Transgenic insecticidal crops will conserve arthropod biodiversity

Melanie Smith, Columbia University; Isabelle Vea, Richard Gilder Graduate School at the American Museum of Natural History

5:08 PM

Cross-examination by PRO Team: Topic 3

5:11 PM

First rebuttal by PRO Team: Topic 3

5:13 PM

First rebuttal by CON Team: Topic 3