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P-IE SS: Forest Entomology: Beyond Saving Trees

Tuesday, November 18, 2014: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
D133-134 (Oregon Convention Center)
Organizers:
Richard Hofstetter
Kimberly F. Wallin
Nathan Havill
Moderator:
Richard Hofstetter


2:00 PM
The ecology of yeasts in the bark beetle holobiont
Thomas S. Davis, University of Idaho
2:30 PM
Carolina hemlock, hemlock woolly adelgid, and genetic resource conservation: the grand challenge of planning for species restoration under novel environmental conditions
Robert M. Jetton, North Carolina State University ; Lia Campbell, North Carolina State University ; Kevin M. Potter, North Carolina State University ; Albert Mayfield, USDA - Forest Service
3:00 PM
Emerald ash borer: is it all bad news?
Deborah G. McCullough, Michigan State University
3:30 PM
Break
3:30 PM
4:00 PM
Insect biodiversity following windstorm and salvage harvest disturbance in northeastern mixed deciduous forests
Sarah Pears, University of Vermont ; Kimberly F. Wallin, University of Vermont
4:30 PM
The physiology of direct climate stress on tree mortality: where do insects fit in?
Henry Adams, Los Alamos National Laboratory ; Sanna Sevanto, Los Alamos National Laboratory ; Lee Dickman, University of New Mexico ; Monica Gaylord, Northern Arizona University ; Jennifer Plaut, University of New Mexico ; Nathan McDowell, Los Alamos National Laboratory ; William Pockman, University of New Mexico ; David Breshears, University of Arizona ; Travis Huxman, University of California
5:00 PM
The stone cell defense of Sitka spruce against white pine weevil:  Transcriptome and functional analyses
Justin G. A. Whitehill, University of British Columbia ; Hannah Henderson, University of British Columbia ; Macaire Yuen, University of British Columbia ; Matthias Schuetz, University of British Columbia ; Alex Skyba, University of British Columbia ; Jennifer Bryan, University of British Columbia ; A. Lacey Samuels, University of British Columbia ; Shawn Mansfield, University of British Columbia ; Barry Jaquish, British Columbia Ministry of Forests ; Alvin D. Yanchuk, British Columbia Ministry of Forests ; Joerg Bohlmann, University of British Columbia
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