Tuesday, August 7, 2007: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
San Carlos I, San Jose Hilton
COS 52 - Invasion: Interactions with ecosystem properties
1:30 PMCOS 52-1Decomposition of native Heteropogon contortus and exotic Pennisetum ciliare: Not functionally redundant in terms of nutrient cycling contributions
Mari-Vaughn V. Johnson, Texas A&M University, Texas A&M University - Kingsville, Timothy E. Fulbright Texas A&M University - Kingsville, Texas A&M University, Texas A&M University - Kingsville
1:50 PMCOS 52-2Changes in nitrogen cycling and greenhouse gas emissions following invasion by kudzu (Pueraria montana)
Jonathan E. Hickman, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Manuel Lerdau, University of Virginia
2:10 PMCOS 52-3Plant-soil feedbacks and native coastal sage shrub recolonization of California exotic annual grasslands
Stephanie Yelenik, University of California, Santa Barbara, Jonathan Levine, University of California, Santa Barbara
2:30 PMCOS 52-4Interactions between livestock grazing, soil characteristics, and vegetation composition in coast range grasslands in central California
Carla M. D'Antonio, University of California Santa Barbara, Claudia M. Tyler, University of California Santa Barbara, Nicole Molinari, University of California Santa Barbara
2:50 PMCOS 52-5Effects of invasive beach grasses on the shape and composition of coastal dunes
Phoebe L. Zarnetske, Oregon State University, Eric Seabloom, Oregon State University, Sally D. Hacker, Oregon State University
3:10 PM Break
3:20 PMCOS 52-6The hydrological impacts on cattail expansion in the lower Apalachicola River floodplain
Li Zhao, Florida A&M University, Larry Robinson, Florida A&M University, Shili Miao, South Florida Water Management District, Elijah Johnson, Florida A&M University
3:40 PMCOS 52-7The role of road corridors on riparian vegetation and tropical stream ecosystem dynamics
Todd A. Crowl, Utah State University, Alan Covich, University of Georgia, Catherine Heins, Utah State University
4:00 PMCOS 52-8The influence of nutrient loading and sediment disturbance on native-invasive species dynamics
Heidi W. Weiskel, University of California, Davis, Edwin D. Grosholz, University of California, Davis

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