Thursday, August 9, 2007: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
B1&2, San Jose McEnery Convention Center
COS 127 - Invasion: Competitive dynamics
1:30 PMCOS 127-1Testing hypotheses of seasonal species coexistence or displacement in two Aedes mosquitoes along an urban/suburban gradient
Michael H. Reiskind, University of Florida, Institute for Food and Agricultural Sciences, L. Philip Lounibos, University of Florida, Institute for Food and Agricultural Sciences
1:50 PMCOS 127-2Invasive orchid bee outperforms native bees to promote an invasive Solanum
Hong Liu, University of Florida, Robert W. Pemberton, USDA ARS Invasive Plant Research Lab
2:10 PMCOS 127-3Competitive exclusion of a worldwide invasive pest by a native: Quantifying competition between two phytophagous insect on two host plant species
Dean R. Paini, CSIRO, Joe E. Funderburk, University of Florida, Stuart R. Reitz, USDA-ARS
2:30 PMCOS 127-4The invasion of California by Mediterranean grasses: The role of resource competition and grazing
Janneke HilleRisLambers, University of Washington, Jonathan M. Levine, UC Santa Barbara, Stephanie Yelenik, University of California, Santa Barbara, Ben Colman, University of California, Santa Barbara
2:50 PMCOS 127-5Above- and belowground interactions on growth between the invasive Norway maple (Acer platanoides L) and native Red maple (Acer rubrum L)
Shannon L. Galbraith-Kent, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Steven N. Handel, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
3:10 PM Break
3:20 PMCOS 127-6Invasion by the exotic grass Microstegium vimineum (Japanese stiltgrass) negatively impacts native tree regeneration and herbaceous species
S. Luke Flory, Indiana University, Keith Clay, Indiana University
3:40 PMCOS 127-7Soil-mediated competitive mechanisms that drive species displacement and coexistence in the Holcus invasion
Adrianna A. Muir, University of California, Davis
4:00 PMCOS 127-8Invasive species cause homogenization of plant communities in protected areas: A multiple-scale approach for south-central Chile
Aníbal Pauchard, Universidad de Concepción, Instituto de Ecología y Biodiversidad (IEB), Ramiro Bustamante, Universidad de Chile, Instituto de Ecología y Biodiversidad (IEB), Alicia Marticorena, Universidad de Concepción, Alejandra Jiménez, Universidad de Concepción, Instituto de Ecología y Biodiversidad (IEB)
4:20 PMCOS 127-9Seedling dynamics and functional traits of native and introduced Foeniculum vulgare: A test of invasive vigor
Joel K. Abraham, University of California, Berkeley
4:40 PMCOS 127-10Impact of invasive smooth brome on a native prairie plant, Spartina pectinata
Forrest Dillemuth, Louisiana State University, Erick Rietschier, Louisiana State University, Brian Thompkins, Louisiana State University, James T. Cronin, Louisiana State University

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