COS 141 - Invasion: Species Interactions III

Thursday, August 9, 2012: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Portland Blrm 257, Oregon Convention Center
8:20 AM
 Biotic resistance to non-native plant establishment in meadow steppe vs. xeric forests on the Columbia Plateau: The role of post-dispersal seed predation
Brian M. Connolly, University of Wisconsin; Richard N. Mack, Washington State University; Dean Pearson, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station
9:00 AM
 Root plasticity of Poa secunda in response to nutrient availability and invasion
Allison Jane Phillips, University of Nevada, Reno; Elizabeth A. Leger, University of Nevada, Reno
9:20 AM
 Multitrophic interactions in Rosa multiflora-invaded urban forests
Vincent D'Amico III, USDA Forest Service; W. Gregory Shriver, University of Delaware; Christine Rega, University of Missouri
9:40 AM
9:50 AM
 A test of the stress gradient hypothesis: strikingly different patterns among native and non-native beneficiaries and implications for community stability
Michael D. Reisner, Augustana College; Paul S. Doescher, Oregon State University; David A. Pyke, U.S. Geological Survey
10:10 AM
 Role of abiotic factors on native crayfish behavioral defense against invasive rusty crayfish (Orconectes rusticus)
Cassie M. Dresser, Central Michigan University; Mark L. Kuhlmann, Hartwick College; Bradley J. Swanson, Central Michigan University
10:30 AM
 Plant-soil feedback dynamics among co-occurring invasive plants
Sara E. Kuebbing, University of Tennessee; Aimée Classen, The University of Tennessee
10:50 AM
 Patterns of smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu) invasions in salmon rearing habitat
David J. Lawrence, University of Washington; Julian D. Olden, University of Washington; Christian E. Torgersen, U.S. Geological Survey