8:00 AM: Staley, Joanna^*,1, Mortimer, Simon, Morecroft, Mike, Brown, Valerie, ¹ Centre for Agri-Environmental Research, University of Reading, Reading, UK, Impacts of climate change on plant-mediated interactions between foliar and root-feeding insects.

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8:20 AM: Murphy, Shannon¹, ¹ Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, Use of ancestral and novel host plants by the Alaskan swallowtail butterfly (Papilio machaon aliaska): Adult preference and larval performance experiments fail to reveal host races.

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8:40 AM: Stacey, Jocelyn^*,1, Coupe, Malcolm¹, Cahill, James¹, ¹ University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Aboveground insect herbivores suppress root growth in a native grassland.

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9:00 AM: Sezen, Zeynep^*,1, Shea, Katriona ¹, ¹ The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Patch characteristics of Carduus nutans affect movement of the insect herbivore Rhinocyllus conicus.

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9:20 AM: Mooney, Kailen^*,1, Agrawal, Anurag¹, ¹ Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA, Population dynamics of Aphis nerii and A. asclepiadis on milkweed (Asclepias syriaca): Influences of plant resistance traits, mutualists, and predators.

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9:50 AM: McEvoy, Peter^*,1, Fitzpatrick, Greg¹, ¹ Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA, Translating behavior into population dynamics in an insect-plant interaction revealed by biological weed control.

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10:10 AM: Miller, Thomas^*,1, Tyre, Andrew², ¹ School of Biological Sciences, Lincoln, NE, US² School of Natural Resources, Lincoln, NE, US, Plant decisions and population dynamics of a cactus herbivore.

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10:30 AM: Chediack, Ariadna^*,1, Scriber, Mark¹, ¹ Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA, Interactions of birds, arthropods, and sugar maple regeneration, a preliminary study.

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10:50 AM: Auge, Harald^*,1, Brandl, Roland², Schaedler, Martin², ¹ UFZ Centre for Environmental Research, Halle, Germany² Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany, Release from natural enemies and invasion success: An experimental test on goldenrod.

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11:10 AM: Parker, John^*,1, Burkepile, Deron ¹, Hay, Mark¹, ¹ Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, Plant invasions are suppressed by native herbivores but promoted by introduced herbivores.

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