94th ESA Annual Meeting (August 2 -- 7, 2009)

COS 9 - Invasion: Community Effects

Monday, August 3, 2009: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM

Sendero Blrm II, Hyatt

Presider:

Zachary T. Brym, Utah State University

1:30 PM

COS 9-1

The role of resource use and availability patterns in the invasion of an exotic species and its impacts on a Chihuahuan Desert ecosystem
Danielle D. Ignace, University of Arizona; Peter Chesson, University of Arizona

1:50 PM

COS 9-2

Distribution of the available light resource within a temperate forest may explain one mechanism by which the invasive plant, Elaeagnus umbellata, has established in a novel environment
Zachary T. Brym, Utah State University; Jeffrey Lake, University of Michigan; Annette Ostling, University of Michigan

2:10 PM

COS 9-3

Quantifying the role of propagule pressure in the invasion of exotic plants in species rich riparian forests
Anne K. Eschtruth, University of California, Berkeley; John J. Battles, University of California, Berkeley

2:30 PM

COS 9-4

Can one invasion lead to another? Exotic plant invasion and the future of arid region riparian zones
Lindsay V. Reynolds, Colorado State University

2:50 PM

COS 9-5

Invasion of Acacia longifolia alters plant community structure and affects water cycling in a Pinus pinaster forest
Katherine Grieve Rascher, University of Bielefeld; Cristina Máguas, University of Lisbon, Faculty of Sciences; André Große-Stolltenberg, University of Münster; Christiane Werner, University of Bayreuth

3:10 PM

COS 9-

Break

3:20 PM

COS 9-6

Protocols to predict invasion: Temperate Asian bamboos acclimate to Pacific Northwest shade regimes
Melissa C. Smith, USDA-ARS

3:40 PM

COS 9-7

The role of phenology in competitive interactions between native and invasive herbaceous species
Kevin John Barry, University of Maryland

4:00 PM

COS 9-8

Invasive Acer platanoides inhibits native tree sapling growth in deciduous forest understory communities
Shannon L. Galbraith-Kent, Department of Ecology, Evolution & Natural Resources, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Steven N. Handel, Rutgers University

4:20 PM

COS 9-9

Host community composition as a driver of the invasion of the exotic cactus moth, Cactoblastis cactorum
Kristen E. Sauby, University of Florida; Travis D. Marsico, Arkansas State University; Gary N. Ervin, Mississippi State University; Christopher P. Brooks, Mississippi State University

4:40 PM

COS 9-10

The impact of plant invasion on the performance of American toads: Top-down and bottom-up influences
Jayna L. DeVore, University of Georgia; John C. Maerz, University of Georgia; Michael S. Strickland, Virginia Tech; Mark A. Bradford, Yale University

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