Herbivory Through the Ages: Understanding Patterns of Insect Damage Through Space and Time

Organizer(s)

• EM

  Emily Meineke

  Assistant Professor
  Department of Entomology and Nematology
  University of California
  Davis, California
• WW

  William Wetzel

  Assistant Professor
  Department of Entomology
  Michigan State University
  East Lansing, Michigan

Despite the large impacts of herbivores in managed and natural ecosystems, patterns in insect herbivory are poorly understood because of limited data. This symposium focuses on efforts to investigate insect herbivory using novel and diverse approaches, such as mining biological collections, fossilized herbivory, and global network research.

View our on-demand presentations, then join us in-person for live presentations and discussion.

Presentations:

• 1:30 PM – 1:45 PM MT

  Introductory remarks
• 1:45 PM – 2:00 PM MT

  Herbivory through the ages: Bias assessments to aid in widespread use of collections-based data
  

  Presenting Author: Emily Meineke – University of California

  Co-Author: David Eng – UC Davis

  Co-Author: Ian Pearse – United States Geological Survey

  Co-Author: Alison Colwell – University of California
• 2:00 PM – 2:15 PM MT

  Macroevolutionary and global patterns of intraspecific variability in herbivory: Data from the HerbVar Network
  

  Presenting Author: William Wetzel – Michigan State University

  Co-Author: Karen Abbott – Case Western University

  Co-Author: Emilio Bruna – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Ivalú Cacho – Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

  Co-Author: Lee Dyer – University of Nevada

  Co-Author: Phillip G. Hahn – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Brian Inouye – Florida State University

  Co-Author: Moria L. Robinson – Georgia Tech

  Co-Author: Nora Underwood – Florida State University

  Co-Author: Susan Whitehead – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

  Co-Author: Luke N. Zehr – Michigan State University
• 2:15 PM – 2:30 PM MT

  Relative roles of environment, space, host chemotype and competition in the distribution of herbivory on sagebrush
  

  Presenting Author: Adam Pepi – University of California

  Co-Author: Richard Karban – University of California
• 2:30 PM – 2:40 PM MT

  Break
• 2:40 PM – 2:55 PM MT

  The multiple dimensions of diversity and their effect on herbivory
  

  Presenting Author: Lora Richards – University of Nevada

  Co-Author: Ari Grele – University of Nevada

  Co-Author: Lee Dyer – University of Nevada

  Co-Author: Tara Massad – Gorongosa National Park

  Co-Author: Matthew Forister – University of Nevada
• 2:55 PM – 3:10 PM MT

  Drought-induced mechanisms driving tree susceptibility to herbivores: Linking secondary metabolites to spectra for landscape level monitoring
  

  Presenting Author: Amy Trowbridge – University of Wisconsin
• 3:10 PM – 3:25 PM MT

  Multi-scale spatial variation in herbivore damage to plant reproductive organs: Data from the HerbVar Network
  

  Presenting Author: Susan Whitehead – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

  Co-Author: Karen Abbott – Case Western University

  Co-Author: Emilio Bruna – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Ivalú Cacho – Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

  Co-Author: Lee Dyer – University of Nevada

  Co-Author: Phillip G. Hahn – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Brian Inouye – Florida State University

  Co-Author: Moria L. Robinson – Georgia Tech

  Co-Author: Nora Underwood – Florida State University

  Co-Author: Luke N. Zehr – Michigan State University

  Co-Author: William Wetzel – Michigan State University
• 3:25 PM – 3:35 PM MT

  Closing remarks