Oral Session #15: Parasitoids and Diseases.

Presiding: D.M. Franke, University of California, Irvine.
Sunday, August 6, 2000
1:00 PM to 5:15 PM
Cottonwood Room II - Sports Event Center

1:00 PM	Polyphagous hosts and the stability of host-parasitoid interactions. INOUYE, B.
1:15 PM	Host selection among parasitoids of macrolepidoptera: A matter of host taxa, susceptibility or availability? BARBOSA, P. and A. CALDAS
1:30 PM	A multi-taxa assessment of the effectiveness of caterpillar defenses against parastioids GENTRY*, G. and L. DYER
1:45 PM	The community ecology of tachinid-host interactions. STIREMAN III, J.O.
2:00 PM	Larval competition between two parasitoids in the California red scale system: Implications for coexistence and biological control. BORER, E.T.
2:15 PM	Apparent competition in heterogeneous environments. BONSALL, M. and M. HASSELL
2:30 PM	Host switching: The roles of choice, performance, and host phenology. WHIPPLE, A.V. and M.P. BREMER, W.G. ABRAHAMSON
2:45 PM	The influence of seasonality on parasitoid coexistence and host abundance. BRIGGS, C.J. and J. LATTO
3:00 PM	Break
3:15 PM	Implications of within-host carbon uptake patterns on the distribution and performance of a cynipid gall-former. GALUSKY, P. and J.R. OTT
3:30 PM	The role of parasitoids in determining gall size and success of a host-specific cynipid. REYNOLDS, R.J. and J.R. OTT
3:45 PM	Turning the tides: Gall-insects benefit from plant defense biochemistry. ALLISON, S.D. and J.C. SCHULTZ
4:00 PM	Factors in the control of parasite population that has abundant hosts: Cuscuta salina in the salt marsh. CUMMINS, K. and D.H. DEUTSCHMAN
4:15 PM	Parasitic fungus mediates vegetation change in nitrogen exposed boreal forest. STRENGBOM, J. and A. NORDIN, T. NäSHOLM, L. ERICSON
4:30 PM	Incidence and spread of white pine blister rust: Implications for disease dynamics. MALONEY, P.E. and D.M. RIZZO
4:45 PM	Disease resistance in Arabidopsis increases the probability of long-term ecological success. DAMGAARD, C. and B.D. JENSEN
5:00 PM	Inference from the spatial pattern of disease: Evidence for spore showers of Phytophthora infestans in the highland tropics. GARRETT, K.A. and G.A. FORBES, A.M. SMITH, C.C. MUNDT, L.V. MADDEN, R.J. NELSON