93rd ESA Annual Meeting (August 3 -- August 8, 2008)

Wednesday, August 6, 2008: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM

104 C, Midwest Airlines Center

8:00 AM

COS 52-1

Limitation of native grass seedling establishment in California coastal prairie: Seed availability versus competitive interactions
Jeffrey Corbin, Union College; Brody S. Sandel, UC Berkeley

8:20 AM

COS 52-2

Effect of different natural enemies on performance of Cirsium arvense, Canada thistle, in the Czech Republic
Inés Abela Hofbauerová, Charles University in Prague; Zuzana Münzbergová, Charles University

8:40 AM

COS 52-3

Phenotypic plasticity and plant invasions: A comparative study of native and exotic plant congeners
Susan C. Cook, Cornell University; Anurag A. Agrawal, Cornell University

9:00 AM

COS 52-4

Allelopathy as a mechanism for the invasion of Typha angustifolia (narrow-leaved cattail)
Meghann E. Jarchow, University of South Dakota; Bradley J. Cook, Minnesota State University, Mankato

9:20 AM

COS 52-5

Plant-soil feedback as a mechanism for the invasive success of Phalaris arundinacea
Sean M. Wheelock, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Timothy E. Secott, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Bradley J. Cook, Minnesota State University, Mankato

9:40 AM

COS 52-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 52-6

Ship-borne non-indigenous species diminish ecosystem services of the Great Lakes: A structured expert judgment study
John D. Rothlisberger, University of Notre Dame; David M. Lodge, University of Notre Dame; David Finnoff, University of Wyoming; Roger M. Cooke, Resources for the Future

10:10 AM

COS 52-7

Early-season immigrants explain population structure of an invasive pest, silverleaf whitefly, Bemisia tabaci
Adam B. Dinsdale, The University of Queensland/CSIRO Entomology

10:30 AM

COS 52-8

Does Rhamnus cathartica display flooding tolerance?
Jessica Kurylo, Illinois Natural History Survey; Brenda Molano-Flores, Illinois Natural History Survey; S. Raghu, Arid Zone Research Institute

10:50 AM

COS 52-9

The benefits and costs of phylogenetic novelty for introduced species
Jean H. Burns, Case Western Reserve University; Anna Truszczynski, Washington University in St. Louis; Tiffany Knight, Washington University

11:10 AM

COS 52-10

A cross-continental test of the enemy release hypothesis: Leaf herbivory on Acer platanoides is three times lower in North America than in its native Europe
Wei Fang, Long Island University-C.W.Post; Jonathan Adams, Seoul National University; Ragan M. Callaway, The University of Montana; Don Cipollini, Wright State University; Elizabeth Newell, Hobart and William Smith Colleges,Geneva, NY, USA

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COS 52 - Invasion: Mechanisms and Process I