Poster # 151. Almeida-Cortez, Jarcilene^*,1, Ansseau, Colette², ¹ Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil² Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, Some insect galls of dry tropical forest of northeast of Brazil.

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Poster # 152. Ashton, Isabel ^*,1, Lerdau, Manuel ¹, ¹ State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY, USA, Can tolerance to simulated and real mammal herbivory explain the invasion success of temperate vines?

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Poster # 153. Miguel, Bugalho^*,1, Ibáñez, Inés², Clark, Jim², ¹ Centre for Applied Ecology, Lisbon, Portugal² University Program in Ecology, Durham, North Carolina, USA, Deer herbivory and tree seedling coexistence at two different forest types.

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Poster # 154. Collard, Amélie^*,1, Lapointe, Line¹, Côté, Steeve¹, Crête, Michel², Ouellet, Jean-Pierre³, ¹ Université Laval, Sainte-Foy, Québec, Canada² Société de la faune et des parcs du Québec, Québec, Québec, Canada³ Université du Québec à Rimouski, Rimouski, Québec, Canada, Impacts of white-tailed deer on deciduous forest floor vegetation at the northern periphery of it's range in North America.

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Poster # 155. Eallonardo Jr, Anthony ¹, Yorks, Thad², Leopold, Donald¹, Raynal, Dudley ¹, ¹ SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, New York² Cazenovia College, Cazenovia, New York, The impacts of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) herbivory on nitrogen contents, biomass and diversity of tree and herbaceous species eight years following clearcutting.

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Poster # 157. Kato, Teiko^*,1, Ishida, Kiyoshi², Sato, Hiroaki¹, ¹ Nara women's University, Nara-city, Japan² , Defensive role of stinging hairs of nettles against deer browsing.

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Poster # 158. Graff, Pamela^*,1, Aguiar, Martin¹, Chaneton, Enrique¹, ¹ IFEVA-Department of Ecology. Faculty of Agronomy. University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires., ARGENTINA, Facilitation, competition, and net effects in grass-to-grass interactions: The effect of grazing in Patagonian semiarid steppes.

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Poster # 159. Scogings, Peter^*,1, Mopipi, Keletso², Trollope, Winston², ¹ University of Zululand, Kwadlangezwa, South Africa² University of Fort Hare, Alice, South Africa, Effects of soil resources and grass competition on responses of Acacia karroo to simulated browsing.

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Poster # 160. Gutiérrez, Julio^{*,1, 1}, Squeo, Francisco^{2, 2}, Aguilera, Lorgio, Meserve, Peter, Kelt, Douglas, ¹ Departamento de Biología, La Serena, Chile² Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Zonas Áridas, La Serena, Chile, The effects of shrubs, herbivory and rainfall on the structure and dynamics of ephemeral plants in a coastal semiarid ecosystem of north-central Chile.

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Poster # 161. Brenes-Arguedas, Tania^*,1, Horton, Matthew², Coley, Phyllis¹, Kursar, Thomas¹, ¹ University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT² University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, Changes in secondary chemistry during leaf development in two Inga species with different leaf expansion strategies.

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Poster # 162. Bultman, Thomas, Sullivan, Terrence^*,, Pulas, Christina, Bell, Gregory, , Effects of plant cultivar and fungal endophyte isolate on performance and preference of bird cherry-oat aphid.

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Poster # 163. Chaneton, Enrique¹, Mazía, Noemi^*,1, Kitzberger, Thomas², ¹ Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina² CRUB, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Bariloche, Argentina, Insect herbivory accelerates leaf-litter decomposition in Patagonian deciduous forests.

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Poster # 164. Colasurdo, Nadia ^*,1, Despland, Emma¹, ¹ Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Nutritional effects on survival, fecundity and offspring quality in an outbreaking caterpillar.

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Poster # 165. Eichiner, Florian, , Reproduction success of Hyalopterus pruni Geoffr. on native and introduced genotypes of the invasive plant Phragmites australis in NA.

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Poster # 166. Heinz, Cheryl^*,1, ¹ Benedictine University, Lisle, IL, USA, Suitability and acceptability of native hosts to a native butterfly.

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Poster # 167. Inouye, Brian^*,1, ¹ Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, Oak genotype and leaf chemisty effects on cynipid gall-wasp communities.

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Poster # 168. Lee, Seon Young¹, Nam, Sang Ho², Kwon, Oh Seok³, ¹ Weed Management Division, NIAST, Suwon, 249, Seodun-dong Kweonseon-gu² Dept. of Biology, Daejeon University, Daejeon, 96-3, Yongun-dong, Dong-gu³ Weed Management Division, NIAST, Suwon, 249, Seodun-dong Kweonseon-gu, Insect Communnity Complex of Hibiscus syriacus.

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Poster # 169. Lei, Tom¹, Wilson, Lewis², ¹ Ryukoku University, Otsu, Shiga, Japan² CSIRO Cotton Research Unit, Narrabri, NSW, Australia, Recovery of leaf area through accelerated shoot ontogeny in thrips damaged cotton seedlings.

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Poster # 170. Lentz, Amanda^*,1, Adler, Lynn², ¹ Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA² University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, Nectar amino acids attract antagonists.

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Poster # 171. Mazía, C. Noemí¹, Chaneton, Enrique², Kitzberger, Thomas³, ¹ Facultad de Agronomía - University of Buenos Aires., Buenos Aires, Argentina² Facultad de Agronomía - University of Buenos Aires., Buenos Aires, Argentina³ Universidad del Comahue-, Bariloche, Rio Negro, Argentina, Seasonal patterns of insect herbivory in dry vs. wet southern beech (Nothofagus) Patagonian forests.

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Poster # 172. Cicconetti, Gregory^*,1, James, Kendra¹, Niesenbaum, Richard¹, ¹ Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA, USA, Estimating herbivory: A comparison of digital quantitative estimation and subjective classification of leaf area and how best to deal with zero inflated data.

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Poster # 173. Niesenbaum, Richard^*,1, Cahill, James², Ingersoll, Christine¹, Strollo, Christine ¹, ¹ Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA, USA² University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, The effects of light, wind, competition, and handling on leaf chemistry and herbivory in Apocynum cannabinum.

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Poster # 174. Palomino, Martha^*,, Dirzo, Rodolfo, , Resource allocation and sex-biased herbivory in Cecropia obtusifolia.

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Poster # 175. Underwood, Nora^*,1, White, Amanda¹, Fairbanks, Emily¹, Hopkins, Robin¹, ¹ Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA, The relationship between induced and constitutive resistance across genotypes of tomato.

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Poster # 176. Underwood, Nora¹, Halpern, Stacey^*,1, ¹ Department of Biological Science, Tallahassee, FL, USA, Aphid movement and acclimation to host plant quality: Implications for the effects of host plant variation on herbivore population dynamics.

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Poster # 177. Wells, Lara^*,1, ¹ University of California, Davis, Davis, California, Seedling herbivory on native vs. invasive plant species.

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