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

1:30 PM

COS 73-1

Expression of inbreeding depression on the self-compatible invasive plant, garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata)
Alicia A. Mullarkey, Driftless Area Wetlands Centre; Roger C. Anderson, Illinois State University; Diane L. Byers, Illinois State University

1:50 PM

COS 73-2

Punching above their weight: Low biomass non-native plant species alter soil ecosystem processes during primary succession
Duane A. Peltzer, Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research; Peter J. Bellingham, Landcare Research; Hiroko Kurokawa, Tohoku University; Lawrence R. Walker, University of Nevada Las Vegas; David Wardle, Nanyang Technological University; Gregor Yeates, Landcare Research

2:10 PM

COS 73-3

Effects of introduced plants on herbaceous stratum composition in wetlands
Meiyin Wu, Montclair State University; Dennis Kalma, Independent Consultant

2:30 PM

COS 73-4

Facilitation of Alliaria petiolata invasion through favorable soil microenvironments in a primarily pine forest stand
Dustin L. Herrmann, University of California - Davis; Sandy T. Tun, Bradley University; Jessica McClain, Bradley University; Daniel S O'Keefe, Bradley University; Sherri J. Morris, Bradley University; Kelly D McConnaughay, Bradley University

2:50 PM

COS 73-5

The ecological oddity of an invasive Eurasian grass that lengthens fire-return interval
Devan Allen McGranahan, Sewanee: The University of the South; David M. Engle, Oklahoma State University; Ryan N. Harr, Iowa Department of Natural Resources; James R. Miller, University of Illinois; Diane M. Debinski, Iowa State University

3:10 PM

COS 73-

Break

3:20 PM

COS 73-6

The odorous house ant (Tapinoma sessile): A new model system for the study of generalities in invasion biology
Sean B. Menke, Lake Forest College; Warren Booth, NCSU; Robert R. Dunn, North Carolina State University; Jules Silverman, NCSU

3:40 PM

COS 73-7

The role of fluctuating resource supply in a habitat maintained by the competition-colonization trade-off
Amit Chakraborty, University of California, Riverside; Bai-Lian (Larry) Li, University of California Riverside

4:00 PM

COS 73-8

Germination responses of an annual plant in native and non-native ranges: Environmental risk selects for bet-hedging
José L. Hierro, CONICET and Universidad Nacional de La Pampa; Özkan Eren, Adnan Menderes Üniversitesi, Turkey; Liana Khetsuriani, Institute of Botany of the Georgian Academy of Sciences, Georgia; Alecu Diaconu, Institute of Biological Research, Romania; Katalin Török, Institute of Ecology and Botany of HAS, Hungary; Daniel Montesinos, University of Montana; Krikor Andonian, De Anza College; David Kikodze, Institute of Botany of the Georgian Academy of Sciences, Georgia; Levan Janoian, American University of Armenia, Armenia; Diego Villarreal, Universidad Nacional de La Pampa, Argentina; Eugenia Estanga-Mollica, Universidad Nacional de La Pampa, Argentina; Ragan M. Callaway, The University of Montana

4:20 PM

COS 73-9

Dual-purpose secondary compounds: Allelochemicals of Centaurea also increase nutrient uptake
Nishanth Tharayil, Clemson University; Peter Alpert, University of Massachusetts; Prasanta Bhowmik, University of Massachusetts

4:40 PM

COS 73-10

The effect of rainfall event size and frequency on invasion success in California shrublands
Leah J. Goldstein, University of California, Irvine; Katharine N. Suding, University of California at Berkeley

COS 73 - Invasion: Mechanisms and Process II