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

Wednesday, August 5, 2009: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM

Sendero Blrm I, Hyatt

Presider:

Kathleen A. Theoharides, Defenders of Wildlife

8:00 AM

COS 58-1

Patterns of privet: Why is the invasive plant Ligustrum sinense Lour associated with urban watersheds in the southeastern United States
Brian T. Greene, Cornell University; Bernd Blossey, Cornell University

8:20 AM

COS 58-2

Successful plant invaders adapt to the pollination spectra of native flora but differ in diversity of pollinators
Petr Pysek, Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic; Vojtech Jarosik, Charles University

8:40 AM

COS 58-3

CANCELLED - Plant invasions and species range shifts in the face of climate change: An experimental study in Mediterranean ecosystems
Miguel J. Schwartz, Tel Aviv University; Marcelo Sternberg, Tel Aviv University

9:00 AM

COS 58-4

Small scale genotypic diversity affects plant performance and heritable variation of an invasive grass
Alexandra R. Collins, University of Vermont; Jane Molofsky, The University of Vermont

9:20 AM

COS 58-5

Different levels of diversity have varying impacts on invasion resistance and productivity of tallgrass prairie
Cynthia Chang, University of Washington-Bothell; Melinda D. Smith, Colorado State University

9:40 AM

COS 58-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 58-6

Effects of species richness, density, and propagule pressure on woody seedling community productivity and invasibility
Wesley R. Brooks, Rutgers University; Rebecca C. Jordan, Rutgers University

10:10 AM

COS 58-7

Invasion of second-growth forests of varying age by nonnative plant species
Glenn R. Matlack, Ohio University; Joanna R. Shaub, Ohio University

10:30 AM

COS 58-8

The potential role of demographic variation and disturbance on invasion processes in spatially structured habitat
Colleen Hatfield, California State University, Chico; Z. E. Wheeler, California State University, Chico; N. Shao, Rutgers University

10:50 AM

COS 58-9

Invasibility reduction by edaphic manipulation
Timothy C. Bonebrake, The University of Hong Kong; Ryan T. Navratil, Stanford University; Carol L. Boggs, University of South Carolina; Scott Fendorf, Stanford University; Christopher B. Field, Carnegie Institution of Washington; Paul R. Ehrlich, Stanford University

11:10 AM

COS 58-10

The effect of species aggregation on diversity and invasion in experimental grassland plots
Kathryn A. Yurkonis, University of North Dakota; Brian J. Wilsey, Iowa State University; Kirk A. Moloney, Iowa State University

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