ESA/SER Joint Meeting (August 5 -- August 10, 2007)

Thursday, August 9, 2007: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM

B1&2, San Jose McEnery Convention Center

1:30 PM

COS 127-1

Testing 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

1:50 PM

COS 127-2

Invasive orchid bee outperforms native bees to promote an invasive Solanum
Hong Liu, International Center for Tropical Botany and Department of Earth and Environment, Florida International University, Miami, Florida; Robert W. Pemberton, USDA ARS Invasive Plant Research Lab

2:10 PM

COS 127-3

Competitive 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 PM

COS 127-4

The invasion of California by Mediterranean grasses: The role of resource competition and grazing
Janneke HilleRisLambers, University of Washington; Jonathan M. Levine, ETH Zurich; Stephanie Yelenik, University of California, Santa Barbara; Ben Colman, University of California, Santa Barbara

2:50 PM

COS 127-5

Above- and belowground interactions on growth between the invasive Norway maple (Acer platanoides L) and native Red maple (Acer rubrum L)
Shannon L. Galbraith-Kent, Thomas More University; Steven N. Handel, Rutgers University

3:10 PM

COS 127-

Break

3:20 PM

COS 127-6

Invasion by the exotic grass Microstegium vimineum (Japanese stiltgrass) negatively impacts native tree regeneration and herbaceous species
Luke Flory, University of Florida; Keith Clay, Indiana University

3:40 PM

COS 127-7

Soil-mediated competitive mechanisms that drive species displacement and coexistence in the Holcus invasion
Adrianna A. Muir, University of California, Davis

4:00 PM

COS 127-8

Invasive species cause homogenization of plant communities in protected areas: A multiple-scale approach for south-central Chile
Aníbal Pauchard, Universidad de Concepción, Laboratorio de Invasiones Biologicas (LIB), 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 PM

COS 127-9

Seedling dynamics and functional traits of native and introduced Foeniculum vulgare: A test of invasive vigor
Joel K. Abraham, California State University, Fullerton

4:40 PM

COS 127-10

Impact 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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