Sunday
4:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Keynote Session: Behavioral Ecology and Evolution of Insect-Plant Interactions
7:40 pm - 7:50 pm
Opening Remarks
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
8:00 pm - 8:50 pm
"The Evolutionary Repercussions of Specialization in Insect-Plant Interactions"
8:50 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Plant Defense: Elicitors to Applications
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:40 am
"Plant Perception of Arthropods: Uncovering Early Events in the Molecular Recognition of Predominant Herbivore Associated Molecular Patterns (HAMPs)"
9:40 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:20 am
"Ecological and Evolutionary Consequences of Plant and Herbivore Ontogenies"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am
"Sequestration of Plant Defense Metabolites by Insects: From Molecular Mechanisms to Ecological Functions"
11:30 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 12:10 pm
"Cross-Seasonal Consequences of Herbivory for Tritrophic Interactions"
12:10 pm - 12:20 pm
Discussion
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
General Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Assisted Living via Microbes
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:10 pm
"Bacterial Symbionts as Sources of Ecological Innovation in Herbivorous Beetles"
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm
Discussion
8:25 pm - 8:55 pm
"Plant Perception of Herbivores Is Mediated by Microbes"
8:55 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Foraging Behavior and Physiology Across Variable Environments
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:40 am
"Floral Pollen: How Bees Use It to Meet Their Nutritional Needs"
9:40 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:20 am
"Nutritional Effects on Gene Expression and Stress Mitigation in a Generalist Caterpillar"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am
"Animal Decision-Making: The Role of Competition, Predation and Social Forces in Shaping Collective Action"
11:30 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 12:10 pm
"Metabolic Flexibility and Costs of Digestion in Variable Environments"
12:10 pm - 12:20 pm
Discussion
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
General Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Eating Novel Food Resources
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:10 pm
"How Plant Virus Ecology Provides Insights into Hemipteran Feeding Behavior"
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm
Discussion
8:25 pm - 8:55 pm
"Genome Engineering as a Tool for Understanding Host Plant Specialization"
8:55 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
The Ecology and Evolution of Unconventional Herbivores
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:40 am
"Small Is Meaningful: Multitrophic Interactions Within Natural Microcosms"
9:40 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:20 am
"Floral Traits Mediating Bee-Pathogen Interactions"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am
"Fruit Finding Strategies in Human and Chimpanzee Rain Forest Foragers: Do They Enable the Evolution of a Large Brain?"
11:30 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 12:10 pm
"Gall Phenotypes and the Structure of Parasitoid Communities Attacking Oak Gallwasps"
12:10 pm - 12:20 pm
Discussion
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
General Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair; Fill in Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site and Scheduling Preferences; Election of the Next Vice Chair
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Life in a Toxic Environment
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:10 pm
"Role of Plant Heavy Metal Hyperaccumulation in Plant-Herbivore Interactions"
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm
Discussion
8:25 pm - 8:55 pm
"Influence of Landscape Composition and Contamination on Bee Communities in Urban Vacant Lots"
8:55 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Multitrophic and Network Ecology
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:40 am
"Plant-Mediated Changes to the Soil Microbiome Affecting Aboveground Herbivory"
9:40 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:20 am
"Plants, Insects and Pathogens: Within and Trans-Generational Effects"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am
"Plant-Insect Food Webs in Tropical Forests"
11:30 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 12:10 pm
"Trophic Control from the Middle Out: The Evolutionary Ecology of Coupled Plant-Based and Detritus-Based Food Webs"
12:10 pm - 12:20 pm
Discussion
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
General Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Human Impacts on Plant-Herbivore Interactions
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:10 pm
"Context Mediates Large Herbivore Effects on Species Interactions and Ecosystem Processes"
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm
Discussion
8:25 pm - 8:55 pm
"There Are Strange Things Done in the Midnight Sun: Plant-Herbivore Interactions in High and Cold Places"
8:55 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure