Tuesday, August 7, 2007: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Blrm Salon V, San Jose Marriott
COS 29 - Invasion: Community invasibility and controls on invasion
8:00 AMCOS 29-1Using land-use history in combination with local factors to understand invasion patterns of an exotic grass
Jonathon W. Schramm, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Joan G. Ehrenfeld, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
8:20 AMCOS 29-2The role of climate in the invasion of an exotic species and its impacts on a Chihuahuan Desert ecosystem
Danielle D. Ignace, University of Arizona, Peter L. Chesson, University of Arizona
8:40 AMCOS 29-3Fortuitous invasions into experimental wetland mesocosms: The effects of nitrogen enrichment and canopy-species composition
Stephen M. Hovick, University of Georgia, Daniel E. Bunker, Columbia University, Walter P. Carson, University of Pittsburgh, Chris J. Peterson, University of Georgia
9:00 AMCOS 29-4Resources limit the invasion of natural communities by Argentine ants
Alexei D. Rowles, North Carolina State University, Jules Silverman, North Carolina State University
9:20 AMCOS 29-5Dominant plant species affect community structure and control the establishment of an exotic species in an old-field system
Lara Souza, University of Tennessee, Jake F Weltzin, University of Tennessee, Nathan J Sanders, University of Tennessee
9:40 AM Break
9:50 AMCOS 29-6Potential mechanisms underlying the relationship between native forb abundance and invasion resistance in California grasslands
Kristin B. Hulvey, University of California, Santa Cruz, Erika Zavaleta, University of California, Santa Cruz
10:10 AMCOS 29-7Resource impacts enable invasion resistance by a native shrub community
Leah J. Goldstein, University of California, Irvine, Katharine N. Suding, University of California, Irvine
10:30 AMCOS 29-8Biotic resistance to invasion: Indirect interactions in ponderosa pine savannas
Kerry L. Metlen, The University of Montana, Ragan M. Callaway, The University of Montana
10:50 AMCOS 29-9Phylogeny and community resistance to invasion
Steven B. Hill, University of Toronto at Mississauga, Peter M. Kotanen, University of Toronto at Mississauga

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