Program Symposium: Plant-mediated Interactions Among Multiple Players: Making Connections Between Ecological Processes and Mechanisms

Wednesday, November 13, 2013: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Ballroom F (Austin Convention Center)
Organizers:
Roxina Soler
Raul F. Medina
Cesar Rodriguez-Saona


1:30 PM
Welcoming Remarks
1:35 PM
Adding a temporal dimension to aboveground-belowground interactions
Martijn Bezemer, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW)
2:55 PM
Indirect effects of herbivory on predator-prey interactions 
David Crowder, Washington State University
3:35 PM
Break
3:45 PM
Chemical communication in plant-mediated interactions in natural plant communities
Consuelo De Moraes, Pennsylvania State University ; Mark C. Mescher, Associate Professor, Pennsylvania State University
4:05 PM
Plant metabolic links between leaf and root feeding insects: who is running the show?
Matthias Erb, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology
4:25 PM
5:05 PM
Plant-mediated competition or facilitation in insect communities? Feeding styles matter
Roxina Soler, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW)
5:25 PM
Concluding Remarks
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