| SUNDAY |
| 2:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm | Microbial meddling |
| 7:30 pm - 7:45 pm | Welcome and introduction:
Ellen L. Simms (Chair), Richard L. Lindroth (Vice Chair) |
| 7:45 pm - 8:20 pm | Nancy Moran (U. Arizona)
"Microbial meddling in the lives of herbivores" |
| 8:20 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
| 9:00 pm | Opening Reception |
| MONDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Diets of generalists |
| 9:00 am - 9:10 am | Discussion Leader: William J. Foley (Australian National U.)
Introduction |
| 9:10 am - 9:40 am | Timothy Johns (McGill U.)
"Phytochemical diversity as a mediator of energy metabolism in an omnivorous species: evolutionary insights from human physiology, ecology and genetics" |
| 9:40 am - 10:10 am | Stuart McLean (U. Tasmania)
"Effects of PSMs on mammalian browsing: a pharmacokinetic approach" |
| 10:10 am - 10:40 am | Michael S. Singer (Wesleyan U.)
"The defensive versus nutritional value of foodplants for a generalist caterpillar" |
| 10:40 am - 11:20 am | Coffee Break / Photo |
| 11:20 am - 11:50 am | Peter Lucas (U. Hong Kong)
"Getting physical: How herbivorous primates choose foods" |
| 11:50 am - 12:20 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free of formal activities |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Transgenic (GM) plants: problems and promise |
| 7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Discussion Leader: Joakim Hjalten (Swedish U. Agricultural Sciences)
Introduction |
| 7:40 pm - 8:15 pm | Guy M. Poppy (U. Southampton)
"Assessing the risks of GM plants at a multitrophic level" |
| 8:15 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 9:05 pm | Ramesh Raina (Syracuse University)
"How plants sense the environment: Functional genomics of receptor-like kinases in Arabidopsis" |
| 9:05 pm - 9:20 pm | Discussion |
| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | General discussion and announcements |
| TUESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 11:00 am | New directions |
| 9:00 am - 9:10 am | Discussion Leader: Richard L. Lindroth (U. Wisconsin)
Introduction |
| 9:10 am - 9:40 am | Stuart Wooley (U. Wisconsin)
"What lies beneath: Mycorrhizal links to aboveground herbivory"
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| 9:40 am - 9:50 am | Discussion |
| 9:50 am - 10:20 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:20 am - 10:50 am | Jennifer S. Sorenson (Australian National U.)
"The importance of absorption of plant secondary metabolites by herbivores:
past and future directions"
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| 10:50 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
| 11:00 am - 12:30 pm | Ecological effects of plant-herbivore interactions |
| 11:00 am - 11:10 am | Discussion Leader: Peter A. Hamback (Stockholm U.)
Introduction |
| 11:10 am - 11:35 am | Walter Carson (U. Pittsburgh)
"Predicting when insect herbivores will have strong top-down effects on communities dominated by native or introduced species: moving beyond resource supply theory" |
| 11:35 am - 11:50 am | Discussion |
| 11:50 am - 12:15 pm | William Fagan (U. Maryland)
"Plant and herbivore stoichiometric composition: patterns and dynamics across spatial scales" |
| 12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free of formal activities |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Tackling complexity |
| 7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Discussion Leader: Sharon Strauss (U. California, Davis)
Introduction |
| 7:40 pm - 8:15 pm | Nicole van Dam (NIOO-KNAW)
"Interactions between above and belowground induced plant responses: A multitrophic perspective" |
| 8:15 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 9:05 pm | Carlos M. Herrera (Estacion Biologica de Doñana, CSIC, Sevilla)
"When interactions interact: herbivores, pollinators, and non-additivity of effects" |
| 9:05 pm - 9:20 pm | Discussion |
| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | General discussion and announcements |
| WEDNESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Plant allocation: theory & mechanism |
| 9:00 am - 9:10 am | Discussion Leader: Thomas M. Arnold (Dickinson College)
Introduction |
| 9:10 am - 9:35 am | Julia Koricheva (U. Turku)
"Revisiting the evidence for the carbon-nutrient balance hypothesis" |
| 9:35 am - 9:50 am | Discussion |
| 9:50 am - 10:30 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 am - 10:55 am | Manuel Lerdau (SUNY Stony Brook)
"Radioisotopes and Resource Allocation: New Opportunities in Visualization and Quantification" |
| 10:55 am - 11:10 am | Discussion |
| 11:10 am - 11:35 am | Thomas Roitsch (U. Wuerzburg)
"Extracellular invertase: a central component of assimilate partitioning,
stress response and sugar signalling" |
| 11:35 am - 11:50 am | Discussion |
| 11:50 am - 12:15 pm | Jonathan Gershenzon (Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology)
"Allocation to plant defense: classic theories and recent evidence from plant physiology and molecular biology" |
| 12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free of formal activities |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Host specialization in insects |
| 7:30 pm - 7:35 pm | Discussion Leader: Deane Bowers (U. Colorado)
Introduction |
| 7:35 pm - 8:10 pm | James D. Fry (U. Rochester)
"Towards an evolutionary-genetic understanding of host specialization in insects" |
| 8:10 pm - 8:20 pm | Discussion |
| 8:20 pm - 8:55 pm | Svata Louda (U. Nebraska)
"Host specificity tests vs. ecological interaction outcomes: coincident or not?" |
| 8:55 pm - 9:10 pm | Discussion |
| 9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | Business meeting |
| THURSDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Interactions at multiple spatial & temporal scales |
| 9:00 am - 9:10 am | Discussion Leader: Robert F. Denno (U. Maryland)
Introduction |
| 9:10 am - 9:35 am | Jens K. Nielsen (Royal Veterinary & Agricultural U.)
"Interactions between a flea beetle and a novel host plant: genetics, geography, and evolution" |
| 9:35 am - 9:50 am | Discussion |
| 9:50 am - 10:30 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 am - 10:55 am | Chris C. Mundt (Oregon State U.)
"Spatiotemporal spread of disease as influenced by scale and plant diversity" |
| 10:55 am - 11:10 am | Discussion |
| 11:10 am - 11:35 am | Sabine Eber (Georg-August-U.)
"Population dynamics and density regulation in spatially fragmented plant-herbivore systems" |
| 11:35 am - 11:50 am | Discussion |
| 11:50 am - 12:15 pm | Judith Becerra (U. Arizona)
"Synchronous co-adaptation in an ancient case of herbivory" |
| 12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Free of formal activities |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Looking forward |
| 7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Discussion Leader: Richard L. Lindroth (U. Wisconsin)
Introduction |
| 7:40 pm - 8:15 pm | Nancy Stamp (SUNY Binghamtom)
"What are the messages of plant-herbivore interactions and their implications for future research?" |
| 8:15 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 9:05 pm | Anurag Agrawal (U. Toronto)
"Current and future directions in the study of plant-herbivore interactions" |
| 9:05 pm - 9:20 pm | Discussion |
| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | General discussion and announcements |
| FRIDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am | Depart |
