Tuesday, August 7, 2007: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Blrm Salon VI, San Jose Marriott
COS 30 - Invasion: Population regulation and interactions
8:00 AMCOS 30-1Water relations as a factor in Rubus armeniacus (Himalayan blackberry) invasive success in the Pacific Northwest
Joshua S. Caplan, Portland State University, J. Alan Yeakley, Portland State University
8:20 AMCOS 30-2Environmental variation modifies the response of the invasive grass Schismus barbatus to islands of fertility
Susana Rodríguez-Buriticá, The Ohio State University, Maria Miriti, The Ohio State University
8:40 AMCOS 30-3Factors influencing Cirsium arvense persistance and abundance in burned forests in Yellowstone National Park
Brianna R. Schoessow, University of Wyoming, Daniel B. Tinker, University of Wyoming
9:00 AMCOS 30-4A frame-based model of acacia invasion and clearing in headwater streams of the southwestern Cape (South Africa)
Susan M. Galatowitsch, University of Minnesota
9:20 AMCOS 30-5A retrospective analysis of Tamarix establishment in the Grand Canyon National Park: Interactions of life history and landscapes
Susan G. Mortenson, University of Nevada Reno, Peter J. Weisberg, University of Nevada Reno, Lawrence E. Stevens, Museum of Northern Arizona
9:40 AM Break
9:50 AMCOS 30-6Traits of invasive and noninvasive Commelinaceae in a phylogenetic context
Jean H. Burns, Washington University in St. Louis, Robert B. Faden, Smithsonian Institution, Scott J. Steppan, Florida State University
10:10 AMCOS 30-7Intraspecific hybridization of native and introduced subspecies of Phragmites australis in North America
Laura A. Meyerson, University of Rhode Island, David V. Viola, University of Rhode Island, Rebecca N. Brown, University of Rhode Island
10:30 AMCOS 30-8Range expansion and population dynamics of co-occurring invasive herbivores
Evan Preisser, University of Rhode Island, Alexandra Lodge, Kenyon College, David Orwig, Harvard University, Joseph Elkinton, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
10:50 AMCOS 30-9Distribution of hybrid trout: Consequenses of site variability for native fish conservation
Matthew Corsi, University of Montana, Paul Spruell, University of Montana

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