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P-IE Section Symposium: Insect-Mediated Ecosystem Services: Enhancing Interactions with our Beneficial Partners (IOBC-NRS Symposium)

Tuesday, November 17, 2015: 2:00 PM-5:30 PM
211 D (Convention Center)
Organizers:
Cesar Rodriguez-Saona
Mary M. Gardiner


2:00 PM
Welcoming Remarks
2:05 PM
Conserving and enhancing wild bees for crop pollination: The importance of species identity and community composition
Daniel Cariveau, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey ; Rachael Winfree, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
2:25 PM
Arthropod biodiversity and ecosystem services are decoupled across New York City green spaces
Amy Savage, North Carolina State University ; Elsa Youngsteadt, North Carolina State University ; Rob R. Dunn, North Carolina State University ; Steven Frank, North Carolina State University
2:45 PM
Forest insect effects on ecosystem services
Timothy D. Schowalter, Louisiana State University
3:45 PM
Break
4:00 PM
Dynamic resource landscapes: How landscape-scale spatial and temporal variation in resource availability affects predatory insects and biocontrol
Claudio Gratton, University of Wisconsin-Madison ; Tania Kim, University of Wisconsin ; Brian Spiesman, University of Wisconsin
4:20 PM
4:40 PM
5:00 PM
Insect biodiversity and the suppression of human pathogens
William E. Snyder, Washington State University ; Matthew Jones, Washington State University ; Amanda Jean Meadows, Washington State University
5:20 PM
Concluding Remarks
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