1:30 PM: Adams, Jonathan¹, Zhang, Yangjian^*,1, Cincotta, Cristy¹, Bilek, Melissa¹, ¹ Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, U.S., Are there really latitudinal differences in intensity of herbivory.

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1:50 PM: Cronin, Greg¹, ¹ University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO, USA, It is possible to grow and defend, but at what cost?

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2:10 PM: Cipollini, Don^*,1, ¹ Wright State University, Dayton, OH, The functional ecology of methyl jasmonate in Arabidopsis thaliana.

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2:30 PM: Kessler, Andre^*,1, Halitschke, Rayko¹, Baldwin, Ian², ¹ Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA² Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany, Airborne plant-plant signaling between big sage, Artemisia tridentata, and wild tobacco, Nicotiana attenuata in nature.

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2:50 PM: Gianoli, Ernesto^*,1, Molina-Montenegro, Marco ¹, ¹ Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile, Leaf damage induces twining and chemical defenses in a climbing plant.

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3:20 PM: Fincher, Rita^*,1, Dyer, Lee¹, Dodson, Craig², ¹ Tulane Univertiy, N ew Orleans, LA, USA² Mesa State College, Grand Junction, CO, USA, Variation in Piper chemical defense: Environmental and genetic influences.

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3:40 PM: Diner, Brandee^*,1, Berteaux, Dominique^{2, 3}, Lindroth, Rick⁴, Fyles, Jim ¹, ¹ McGill University, Macdonald Campus, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Québec, Canada² Canada Research Chair in Conservation of Northern Ecosystems, Rimouski, Québec, Canada³ Centre d’Etudes Nordiques, Rimouski, Québec, Canada⁴ University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA, From genetics to chemistry to herbivory: Interactions between North American porcupines and trembling aspens.

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