Friday, August 10, 2007: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Blrm Salon I, San Jose Marriott
COS 151 - Invasion: Population processes and interactions
8:00 AMCOS 151-1Halting an invasion surge of non-native mangroves in a Southern California tidal saltmarsh while engaging the local community
Isabelle S. Kay, University of California, Amanda Demopoulos, University of California, Lisa A. Levin, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
8:20 AMCOS 151-2Sexual reproduction of cordgrass hybrids (Spartina foliosa x alterniflora) invading tidal marshes in San Francisco Bay
Debra R. Ayres, University of California Davis, Katherine Zaremba, Invasive Spartina Project, California Costal Conservancy, Christina M. Sloop, Laguna de Santa Rosa Foundation, Donald R. Strong, University of California, Davis
8:40 AMCOS 151-3When aliens are cousins: The influence of species relatedness on plant-soil feedbacks in California
Angela J. Brandt, Oregon State University, Eric W Seabloom, Oregon State University
9:00 AMCOS 151-4Interactive effects of garlic mustard metabolites on jewelweed plants and their mycorrhizae
E. Kathryn Barto, Wright State University, Don Cipollini, Wright State University
9:20 AM Break
9:30 AMCOS 151-5Invasive fig trees (Ficus carica) in Central Valley riparian forests: Community impacts, expansion rate, and spatial distribution
Katherine A. Holmes, University of California at Davis, Alison M. Berry, University of California at Davis, Steven E. Greco, University of California at Davis
9:50 AMCOS 151-6A powdery mildew fungus modulates the impact of an invasive plant in North America
Don Cipollini, Wright State University, Stephanie Enright, Wright State University
10:10 AMCOS 151-7Tending and defending: Comparing ant-aphid mutualisms involving native and invasive ants
Thomas R. Barnum, Auburn University, Micky D. Eubanks, Auburn University
10:30 AMCOS 151-8An expanding niche? The invasion dynamics of cane toads in Australia
Mark C. Urban, National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Ben L. Phillips, University of Sydney, David K. Skelly, Yale University, Rick Shine, University of Sydney
10:50 AMCOS 151-9Habitat use, home range, and dispersal of recently introduced northern snakehead in the Potomac River catchment
Nicolas W. R. Lapointe, Virginia Tech, John S. Odenkirk, Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, Paul L. Angermeier, U.S. Geological Survey, Virginia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit

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