Mistletoes: Pathogens, Keystone Resources, and Medicinal Wonder July 18th-21st, 2016 || Ashland, OR Monday, July 18th Time Title Presenter 7:30am BREAKFAST and REGISTRATION 8:00am IUFRO and Our Meeting Shaw, Dave KEYNOTE: Of mistletoes and mechanisms: advances in understanding 8:15am Watson, Dave their ecological role and ecosystem function Bird Abundance and Diversity are Associated with Oak Mistletoe in 9:15am Hagar, Joan Willamette Valley Oak Woodlands The Role of Generalist Avian Frugivores in Determining the Distribution 9:45am Flanders, Nicholas of the Mistletoe Phoradendron leucarpum 10:15am BREAK 10:45am Dwarf mistletoe and the spotted owl Forsman, Eric Epiparasitism in mistletoe (Santalales): An overlooked topic in forest 11:15am Wilson, Carol biology The role of host specificity in speciation: Insights from American 11:45am Schneider, Adam Orobanche (Orobanchaceae) 12:15pm LUNCH Mathiasen, Robert Morphologic analyses of dwarf mistletoe in series campylopoda using 1:15pm multi-variate statistical and phylogenetic approaches: Interspecific Kenaley, Shawn comparisons and contrasts with western dwarf mistletoe Daugherty, Carolyn 2:45pm BREAK 3:15pm Phylogenetic relationships in Phoradendron (Viscaceae) Ashworth, Vanessa 3:45pm The Viscaceae, why so successful? Calvin, Clyde 4:15pm Deciduousness in mistletoes Glatzel, Gerhard 5:00-6:30pm Poster Session and Social: Appetizers provided. ~*~ Dinner on your own. ~*~ Tuesday, July 19th Time Title 7:30am BREAKFAST 8:00am Leave Southern Oregon University for Field Tour at Crater Lake National Park (CLNP) 10:30am Arrive at CLNP Noon LUNCH 3:30pm Leave CLNP 5:00pm Approximate return time to Southern Oregon University ~*~ Dinner on your own. ~*~ Parasitic Plant IUFRO Working Group || July 18th-21st, 2016 Page 1 Wednesday, July 20th Time Title Presenter 7:30am BREAKFAST and REGISTRATION 8:00am Opening Remarks Shaw, Dave KEYNOTE: The Little Bang Theory: Explosive Seed Discharge in Dwarf 8:15am Ross-Friedman, Cynthia Mistletoe 9:15am Multiple vs. Single Connections: What does it mean for the parasite? Teixeira-Costa, Luiza Macrofossil evidence of Eocene dwarf mistletoes and their implications 9:45am Sadowski, Eva-Maria for Baltic amber forest 10:15am BREAK 10:45am A single mistletoe can cause a systemic hydraulic effect in the host tree Ceccantini, Gregorio Dwarf mistletoe-induced defense chemical accumulation in jack pine 11:15am Klutsch, Jennifer alters tree resistance to a non-native bark beetle-associated fungi A dispatch from the East: Divergent responses White Spruce and Red 11:45am Logan, Barry Spruce to Eastern Dwarf Mistletoe Infection along the coast of Maine 12:15pm LUNCH The relationship between dwarf mistletoe infestation intensity and 1:15pm stand structure, canopy fuels, and surface woody debris in lodgepole Ritter, Scott pine forests 1:45pm Fire and dwarf mistletoe in Western North America Shaw, Dave 2:45pm BREAK Mistletoe with giant woody gall: Interpretation of the anatomic- 3:15pm hydraulic connection between Psittacanthus robustus and Vochysia Ceccantini, Gregorio thyrsoidea and the discovery of new structures in the haustorium On tropical mistletoes: Noteworthy advances, recent insights, emerging 3:45pm Watson, Dave opportunities ~*~ Dinner on your own. ~*~ Thursday, July 21st Time Title 7:30am BREAKFAST 8:00am Leave Southern Oregon University for Field Tour Noon LUNCH 6:00pm BANQUET at Climate City Brewing in Grants Pass, OR 9:00pm Approximate return time to Southern Oregon University Parasitic Plant IUFRO Working Group || July 18th-21st, 2016 Page 2 .