Monday, August 3, 2009: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
Sendero Blrm II, Hyatt
COS 9 - Invasion: Community Effects
1:30 PMCOS 9-1The role of resource use and availability patterns in the invasion of an exotic species and its impacts on a Chihuahuan Desert ecosystem
Danielle D. Ignace, University of Arizona, Peter Chesson, University of Arizona
1:50 PMCOS 9-2Distribution of the available light resource within a temperate forest may explain one mechanism by which the invasive plant, Elaeagnus umbellata, has established in a novel environment
Zachary T. Brym, University of Michigan, Jeffrey Lake, University of Michigan, Annette Ostling, University of Michigan
2:10 PMCOS 9-3Quantifying the role of propagule pressure in the invasion of exotic plants in species rich riparian forests
Anne K. Eschtruth, University of California, Berkeley, John J. Battles, University of California, Berkeley
2:30 PMCOS 9-4Can one invasion lead to another? Exotic plant invasion and the future of arid region riparian zones
Lindsay V. Reynolds, Colorado State University
2:50 PMCOS 9-5Invasion of Acacia longifolia alters plant community structure and affects water cycling in a Pinus pinaster forest
Katherine Grieve Rascher, University of Bielefeld, Cristina Máguas, University of Lisbon, Faculty of Sciences, André Große-Stolltenberg, University of Münster, Christiane Werner, University of Bielefeld
3:10 PM Break
3:20 PMCOS 9-6Protocols to predict invasion: Temperate Asian bamboos acclimate to Pacific Northwest shade regimes
Melissa C. Smith, Washington State University
3:40 PMCOS 9-7The role of phenology in competitive interactions between native and invasive herbaceous species
Kevin John Barry, University of Maryland
4:00 PMCOS 9-8Invasive Acer platanoides inhibits native tree sapling growth in deciduous forest understory communities
Shannon L. Galbraith-Kent, Department of Ecology, Evolution & Natural Resources, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Steven N. Handel, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
4:20 PMCOS 9-9Host community composition as a driver of the invasion of the exotic cactus moth, Cactoblastis cactorum
Kristen E. Sauby, Mississippi State University, Travis D. Marsico, Mississippi State University, Gary N. Ervin, Mississippi State University, Christopher P. Brooks, Mississippi State University
4:40 PMCOS 9-10The impact of plant invasion on the performance of American toads: Top-down and bottom-up influences
Jayna L. DeVore, University of Georgia, John C. Maerz, University of Georgia, Michael S. Strickland, University of Georgia, Mark A. Bradford, Yale University

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