COS 15 - Invasion: Dynamics, Population Processes I

Monday, August 6, 2012: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
E144, Oregon Convention Center
1:30 PM
 Invasion of introduced conifers is shaped by mammalian herbivores: Evidence from a literature review
María A. Relva, INIBIOMA (Conicet-Universidad del Comahue); Martin A. Nuñez, INIBIOMA-Universidad del Comahue, CONICET
1:50 PM
 Patchy landscapes and the spatial spread of populations
Jonathan M. Levine, ETH Zurich; Elizaveta Pachepsky, UC Santa Barbara
2:10 PM
 Comparative functional mechanisms of co-occurring shrubs resulting in dominance of a thicket forming N-fixer
Jaclyn K. Vick, Virginia Commonwealth University; Julie C. Zinnert, Virginia Commonwealth University; Sheri A. Shiflett, Virginia Commonwealth University; Donald R. Young, Alaska Department of Fish and Game
2:30 PM
2:50 PM
 Invasive red lionfish (Pterois volitans) affect persistence of the bridled goby (Coryphopterus glaucofraenum)
Timothy J. Pusack, Oregon State University; Mark A. Albins, Auburn University
3:10 PM
3:20 PM
 Autocorrelated environmental variation can increase invasion risk
K. Cuddington, University of Waterloo; Alan Hastings, University of California, Davis
3:40 PM
 Spatial environmental heterogeneity reduces variance in the rate of spread: counterintuitive results from a highly replicated experiment
Brett A. Melbourne, University of Colorado at Boulder; Alan Hastings, University of California, Davis
4:00 PM
4:40 PM
 Understory plant dynamics in emerald ash borer-impacted forests
Wendy S. Klooster, The Ohio State University/ OARDC; Catherine P. Herms, Ohio State University/ OARDC; Daniel A. Herms, The Ohio State University / OARDC; John Cardina, The Ohio State University/ OARDC