8:00 AM Knepp, Rachel^*,1, Hamilton, Jason², DeLucia, Evan ¹, ¹ University of Illinois, Urbana, Il, 61801² Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY, 14850 Insect herbivory in a forest community exposed to free-air CO₂ enrichment.

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8:15 AM Hall, Myra ^*,1, Stiling, Peter², Moon, Daniel², Hunter, Mark¹, ¹ University of Georgia, Athens, GA² University of South Florida, Tampa, FL Foliar quality and herbivory as predictors of litter quality under elevated CO₂ conditions in a scrub-oak community.

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8:30 AM Forkner, Rebecca¹, Marquis, Robert¹, Lill, John², ¹ Department of Biology, St. Louis, MO² Department of Biological Sciences, Washington, D.C. Feeny revisited: Condensed tannins and leaf-chewing insect communities of Quercus.

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8:45 AM Karban, Richard^*,1, ¹ University of California - Davis, Davis, CA Deciduous leaf drop reduces herbivory.

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9:00 AM Stevens, Michael^*,1, Lindroth, Richard¹, ¹ University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI Cost of tolerance to herbivory in aspen.

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9:15 AM Franks, Steven^*,1, Kral, Andrea¹, Pratt, Paul¹, ¹ Invasive Plant Research Lab, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA The effects of insect herbivory on seedlings of the invasive tree Melaleuca quinquenervia.

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9:30 AM Break.

9:45 AM Johnson, Scott^*,1, Gregory, Peter¹, ¹ University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom, United Kingdom Root weevil attraction to clover roots − the roles of general and specific signals.

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10:00 AM Frost, Christopher^*,1, Hunter, Mark¹, ¹ University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA Canopy herbivory on red oaks increases soil respiration and soil carbon independent of herbivore-derived inputs.

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10:15 AM Wooley, Stuart ^*,1, Paine, Timothy ¹, ¹ University of California, Riverside, CA Mycorrhizal fungi may increase plant resistance to herbivory, but at a fitness cost.

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10:30 AM Watts, Sean^*,1, Reichman, O. ¹, ¹ University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA The evolutionary response of plants to root herbivory.

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10:45 AM Borowicz, Victoria^*,1, ¹ Illinois State University, Normal, IL, USA Mycorrhizal fungi and plant resistance to herbivory: Does mode of herbivore feeding matter?

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11:00 AM Lill, John^{*,1, 2}, Marquis, Robert², ¹ George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA² University of Missouri-St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA Leaf ties as oviposition sites for forest arthropods.

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