Wednesday, August 8, 2007: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Almaden Blrm I, San Jose Hilton
COS 70 - Invasion: Diversity relationships
8:00 AMCOS 70-1The role of spatial autocorrelation in native-exotic plant species richness relationships
Sunil Kumar, Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Thomas J. Stohlgren, United States Geological Survey
8:20 AMCOS 70-2Most weed families overrepresented with natives have a low proportion of exotic species in Mexico
Francisco J. Espinosa-Garcia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Heike Vibrans, Colegio de Posgraduados en Ciencias Agrícolas, José L. Villaseñor, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
8:40 AMCOS 70-3Plant invasion in Pacific grasslands: Is exotic richness a red herring?
Amanda Stanley, Institute for Applied Ecology, Eric Seabloom, Oregon State University, Thomas N. Kaye, Institute for Applied Ecology, Peter W. Dunwiddie, The Nature Conservancy
9:00 AMCOS 70-4Critical resource level and its role in plant species diversity and invasion
Bai-Lian Li, University of California, Riverside, Amit Chakraborty, University of California, Riverside
9:20 AMCOS 70-5Positive effect of diversity on a natural invasion in small-scale arid communities
Michele R. Schutzenhofer, Washington University in St. Louis, Thomas J. Valone, Saint Louis University
9:40 AM Break
9:50 AMCOS 70-6The importance of species diversity and dominance in limiting and facilitating invasions
Benjamin Gilbert, University of British Columbia, Roy Turkington, University of British Columbia, Diane S. Srivastava, University of British Columbia
10:10 AMCOS 70-7The influence of productivity and diversity on the invasibility of a phytoplankton community
Erik Sperfeld, University of Potsdam, Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, Ursula Gaedke, University of Potsdam, Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, Guntram Weithoff, University of Potsdam, Institute of Biochemistry and Biology
10:30 AMCOS 70-8Impact of tropical American invasive species on ecosystem degradation in Himachal Pradesh – Northwestern Indian Himalayas
Ravinder K. Kohli, Panjab University, Daizy R. Batish, Panjab University, Kuldeep S. Dogra, Panjab University, Harminder P. Singh, Panjab University
10:50 AMCOS 70-9Plant diversity and composition in the absence of the exotic invasive, Microstegium vimineum, at a wetland restoration site in Raleigh, North Carolina
Julie E. DeMeester, Duke University, Daniel D. Richter, Duke University
11:10 AMCOS 70-10Effects of community diversity and resource availability on invasion in marine fouling communities
Safra Altman, University of Maryland, Gregory M. Ruiz, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Anson H. Hines, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

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