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Track and observe herbivores and potential pollinators

Match me if you can! Plant-Insect interactions in common cow parsnip Heracleum maximum (Apiaceae)

Brittany N. Smith proposed Master’s thesis project with Peter Leipzig-Scott and Paul Ode

How is parsnip webworm D. pastinacella herbivory affecting H. maximum fitness?

Do plant-insect interactions change over elevation?

Purpose

To determine how

elevation and climate change affect H.

maximum and its insect

interactions with pollinators and herbivores

.

Future Results

Pollinators and insects will be identified to see if differences

occur between and/or within sites. Plant phenology will be analyzed

with insect visitation and elevation. Floral volatiles will be collected.

Research Questions

Procedures

C)

Collect floral chemicals (volatiles

)

B)

Monitor plant and herbivore phenology

Introduction

Phenological match and –mismatch is

described as the

alignment of plants with their herbivores and

pollinators. As

environmental conditions (eg., climate) fluctuate,

these matches may

become asynchronous and lead to novel plant-insect interactions.

Significance

Observing plant

phenology and traits may explain how a community and its plant-insect

interactions will change over-time, especially in relation to climate

change.

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