Printed Program (PDF) - Ecological Society of America

PS 30-132 Evans, B and V Borowicz, Illinois State University. Tolerance of
host plants to holoparasites depends on drought conditions.
PS 31 - Plant-Insect Interactions
Exhibit Hall DE, Oregon Convention Center
PS 31-133 Korpita, T1, S Gomez2 and CM Orians1, (1)Tufts University,
(2)University of Rhode Island. Effects of a mutualist and an
antagonist on tomato’s primary metabolism.
PS 31-134 Gonda-King, L, L Radville and EL Preisser, University of
Rhode Island. False ring formation in response to hemlock
woolly adelgid feeding in eastern hemlocks.
PS 31-135 Kjeldgaard, M, K Loewy and SM Murphy, University of
Denver. Local variation in host plant quality affects spatial
distribution of fall webworms (Hyphantria cunea).
PS 31-136 Flansburg, A, KJ Loewy and SM Murphy, University of
Denver. Effects of mid-development host switching on fall
webworm (Hyphantria cunea) larval performance: evidence
for compensatory growth.
PS 31-137 Rios-Casanova, L, G Martinez and H Godinez-Alvarez,
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. Seed removal
in transformed habitats: Pogonomyrmex barbatus and five
cactus species in a semiarid zone of central Mexico.
PS 31-138 Steets, JA, B Luttbeg and EJ Rebek, Oklahoma State
University. The role of multitrophic interactions for mating
system expression in Ruellia humilis.
PS 31-139 Pante, E1, D Johnson2 and KJ Haynes3, (1)Université
de La Rochelle, (2)Virginia Commonwealth University, (3)
University of Virginia. Geographic variation in the effect of
drought on southern pine beetle outbreaks.
PS 31-140 LeCroy, KA, PA Van Zandt and W Shew, Birmingham-
Southern College. An analysis of nocturnal moth visitation
to the flora of the Ketona dolomite glades of Bibb County,
Alabama, USA.
PS 31-141 Piper, FI1 and A Fajardo2, (1)Centro de Investigación
en Ecosistemas de la Patagonia (CIEP), (2)Centro de
Investigacioxn en Ecosistemas de la Patagonia. Leaf habit
relates to herbivory tolerance in two Chilean Nothofagus
species.
PS 32 - Pollination
Exhibit Hall DE, Oregon Convention Center
PS 32-142 Paine, KC1 and TH Roulston2, (1)Blandy Experimental Farm,
(2)University of Virginia. Thieves or friends: Are specialist
bees more efficient at removing pollen than generalists?.
PS 32-143 Gaines, HR and C Gratton, University of Wisconsin -
Madison. Response of native bees to local farm management
and landscape features in a perennial agroecosystem.
PS 32-144 Phifer, C1, E Stacy2, J Price2 and C Giardina3, (1)University
of Hawai‘i at Hilo, (2)University of Hawai’i at Hilo, (3)USDA
Forest Service. Pollination ecology of Broussaisia arguta
(Hydrangeaceae) in a fragmented forest on the Island of
Hawai‘i.
PS 32-145 Faivre, AE1 and CW Weekley2, (1)Cedar Crest College,
(2)Archbold Biological Station. Assessing pollen viability
among genotypes of the federally endangered Florida
ziziphus (Ziziphus celata) Rhamnaceae.
PS 32-146 Alarcón, R, California State University Channel Islands. Are
“generalists” poor quality pollinators?.
PS 32-147 Domic, AI and G Camilo, Saint Louis University. Pollination
biology of a high-altitude wind-pollinated tree species.
PS 32-148 Schroeder, PC1, CS Ferguson1, KR Donham1 and ML
Wineteer2, (1)Southern Oregon University, (2)Bureau
of Land Management. Reproductive strategy of a rare
gynodioecious shrub, Sidalcea hickmannii ssp. novum
(Malvaceae), in southwestern Oregon.
PS 32-149 Straka, JR and BM Starzomski, University of Victoria. On
which mark do they get set? Seed set of alpine plants is
limited by a combination of temperature, seed-predation,
and pollination.
PS 33 - Population Dynamics And Regulation
Exhibit Hall DE, Oregon Convention Center
PS 33-150 Cunnings, AM, University of Calgary. Modelling transport
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and deposition of fluvial dispersed seeds.
PS 33-151 Ganzhorn, SM1, J Lewis1, WW Thomas2 and FA Gaiotto3,
(1)Fordham University, (2)The New York Botanical Garden,
(3)Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz. Genetic diversity
of Manilkara maxima: An ecologically and economically
important tree species from a biodiversity hotspot.
PS 33-152 Wall, WA1, WA Hoffmann2, TR Wentworth2, JB Gray3
and MG Hohmann1, (1)US Army Corps of Engineers
ERDC - CERL, (2)North Carolina State University, (3)
Fort Bragg. Short-term demographic effects of fire on
two endemic plant species of the longleaf pine ecosystem.
PS 33-153 Chu, C1, KM Havstad2, D Peters2 and PB Adler1, (1)Utah
State University, (2)USDA Agricultural Research Service.
Comparison of lifespan and survival for 114 herbaceous
perennials across five ecosystems in the western US.
PS 33-154 Ferguson, JM and JM Ponciano, University of Florida.
Modeling extinction in experimental populations of Daphnia.
PS 33-155 Menges, ES, SA Smith and SM McAllister, Archbold
Biological Station. Post-fire cohort demography of Florida
rosemary, a foundation shrub in Florida scrub.
PS 33-156 Feldman, TS, The University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point.
Demography and population viability of Fassett’s locoweed
(Oxytropis campestris var. chartacea), a rare endemic plant
growing on lake shores in Wisconsin.
PS 33-157 Conway, AL, JP Carroll and SM Hernandez, University of
Georgia. The use of camera traps to estimate occupancy
and describe activity patterns for the pygmy hippopotamus
(Choeropsis liberiensis) on and around Tiwai Island, Sierra
Leone.
PS 33-158 Kellett, KM1 and RP Shefferson2, (1)Odum School of
Ecology, The University of Georgia, (2)University of Georgia.
Well-seasoned demography: The importance of intraannual
variation in populations of a Neotropical milkweed.
PS 33-159 Hinkey, TK, SM Eppley and TN Rosenstiel, Portland State
University. Temperature stress and the sex bias: The
influence of heat-shock events on bryophyte population
dynamics.
PS 34 - Predation And Predator-Prey Interactions
Exhibit Hall DE, Oregon Convention Center
PS 34-160 Wacht Katz, M1, Z Abramsky1, BP Kotler2 and ML
Rosenzweig3, (1)Ben-Gurion University, (2)The Jacob
Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, (3)University of
Arizona. Behavioral games between predators and prey:
Little Egrets and Gold Fish in test environment.
PS 34-161 Sendoya, SF, AVL Freitas and PS Oliveira, State University
of Campinas - Unicamp. Ant-caterpillar interactions in
a neotropical savanna: Defensive strategies against ant
predation in an ant-rich environment.
PS 34-162 Barry, MJ and S Syal, Sultan Qaboos University. Metabolic
responses of tadpoles to diffusible predation cues.
PS 34-163 Rafter, JL and EL Preisser, University of Rhode Island.
Avoidance of prey toxicity by Chinese mantid, Tenodera
sinensis.
PS 34-164 Woltz, JM and DA Landis, Michigan State University. Effect
of transient coccinellid immigration on aphid suppression.
PS 34-165 Whitney, TD and JD Harwood, University of Kentucky.
Tracking predation shifts in forest spiders over the cold
season.
PS 34-166 Crumrine, PW1, S Kawecki2 and L Oquendo Diaz3, (1)
Rowan University, (2)Loyola Marymount University, (3)
University of Puerto Rico Bayamon. Differences in prey
preference among top predators affects the size structure
of prey communities.
PS 34-167 Hembre, LK, T Olson and D Carlson, Hamline University.
Effects of fisheries management and the timing of
stratification on the eutrophication of a Minnesota Lake.
PS 35 - Distributions And Range Limits
Exhibit Hall DE, Oregon Convention Center
PS 35-168 Chick, LD, KL Stuble, DA Fowler and NJ Sanders,
University of Tennessee. The relationship between inter-
and intraspecific variation in critical thermal limits and the
distribution of ant biodiversity, now and (maybe) in the
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