Understanding and Responding to Insect Declines

Organizer(s)

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  David Wagner

  Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  University of Connecticut
  Storrs, Connecticut

Presentations:

• 1:30 PM – 1:45 PM MT

  Introductory remarks
• 1:45 PM – 2:15 PM MT

  The evolutionary ecology of insect decline
  

  Presenting Author: Douglas Futuyma – Stony Brook University
• 2:15 PM – 2:36 PM MT

  Local and global insect declines following biological introductions
  

  Presenting Author: Daniel Simberloff – University of Tennessee
• 2:36 PM – 2:56 PM MT

  Moths at artificial lights are sentinel species for their environment and human interest
  

  Presenting Author: Akito Y. Kawahara – Florida Museum Of Natural History

  Co-Author: Jesse Barber – Boise State University
• 2:56 PM – 3:16 PM MT

  Human wellbeing impacts of pollinator decline
  

  Presenting Author: Lynn V. Dicks – University of Cambridge
• 3:16 PM – 3:25 PM MT

  Break
• 3:25 PM – 3:40 PM MT

  Droughts and other knock-on effects of climate change on insects
  

  Presenting Author: David L. Wagner – University of Connecticut
• 3:40 PM – 3:52 PM MT

  Insect decline challenges across the African continent
  

  Presenting Author: Dino J. Martins – Mpala Research Centre
• 3:52 PM – 4:12 PM MT

  Pollinators and pesticides: Chemical roulette
  

  Presenting Author: May Berenbaum – University of Illinois
• 4:12 PM – 4:27 PM MT

  What can we learn about insect declines from studies of birds?
  

  Presenting Author: Chris Elphick – University of Connecticut

  Co-author: Eliza M. Grames – University of Nevada Reno

  Co-author: Danielle Schwartz – University of Connecticut
• 4:27 PM – 4:42 PM MT

  Variability in federal and state laws impedes efforts to address insect declines across the United States
  

  Presenting Author: Scott H. Black – Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation
• 4:42 PM – 4:57 PM MT

  Setting conservation priorities for insects in the context of diverse and interacting stressors
  

  Presenting Author: Matthew Forister – University of Nevada

  Co-Author: Kathyrine Bell – University of Nevada

  Co-Author: Cas Carroll – University of Nevada

  Co-Author: Eliza M. Grames – University of Nevada Reno

  Co-Author: Christopher Halsch – University of Nevada

  Co-Author: Thomas V. Riecke – Swiss Ornithological Institute
• 4:57 PM – 5:13 PM MT

  The plight of tropical entomofaunas
  

  Presenting Author: Piotr Naskrecki – Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique
• 5:13 PM – 5:25 PM MT

  Panel Discussion
• 5:25 PM – 5:30 PM MT

  Closing remarks