Friday, August 6, 2010: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
310-311, David L Lawrence Convention Center
OOS 54 - Garlic Mustard: Lessons Learned from Multiple Dimensions of Ecological Invasion Study
Garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) is an invasive plant species that has received attention from ecologists in many different fields. Native to Eastern Europe and introduced to North America in the late 19th century, it has become a pervasive member of forest understory communities and is of major concern for land managers and conservationists throughout its introduced range. Because it is so pervasive, extensive studies have been undertaken examining garlic mustard’s demography, its chemistry and its physiology. This work reveals substantial variation within the range of the invasion. Other ecologists have examined its effect on ecosystems, quantifying competition, predation, evolutionary changes and microbial interactions. All these studies together contribute to the development of control strategies based on studies of comparative behavior in the native and novel range and developing and introducing biological control agents. These projects have also been undertaken by a variety of different groups, ranging from undergraduates at small colleges to large university research groups and public or governmental agencies. We plan to bring all these types of researchers working on this plant together in a single session to enable attendees to seek synergies between these various research agendas, provide models for investigation of the ecology of other invasive species, attract attention from new perspectives and to forge collaborations over a broad geographic range. The session will end with a talk summarizing commonalities and variability, with an eye towards setting a future research agenda for this widespread invader.
Organizer:Laura A. Hyatt, Rider University
Co-organizers:Don Cipollini, Wright State University
Laurel J. Anderson, Ohio Wesleyan University
Moderator:Laurel J. Anderson, Ohio Wesleyan University
8:00 AMOOS 54-1Impacts, distribution, and host specificity of a powdery mildew fungus attacking garlic mustard in North America
Don Cipollini, Wright State University, Victoria Ciola, Wright State University, Deah Lieurance, Wright State University
8:20 AMOOS 54-2Insights on invasions and population dynamics from a long-term study of Alliaria petiolata
Laura A. Hyatt, Rider University
8:40 AMOOS 54-3Gradients in invader allelochemistry determine native plant growth and restoration strategies
Richard A. Lankau, University of Illinois
9:00 AMOOS 54-4Effects of four years of garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) removal on native vegetation and mycorrhizae
Jonathan T. Bauer, Indiana University, Roger C. Anderson, Illinois State University, M. Rebecca Anderson, Illinois State University
9:20 AMOOS 54-5Natural history and biological control
Bernd Blossey, Cornell University, Victoria Nuzzo, Natural Area Consultants
9:40 AM Break
9:50 AMOOS 54-6Variable demographic rates in an invasive plant species: Differences among populations and management implications
Jeffrey A. Evans, Dartmouth College, Adam S. Davis, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, S. Raghu, Arid Zone Research Institute, Doug A. Landis, Michigan State University, Douglas W. Schemske, Michigan State University
10:10 AMOOS 54-7Forests, fungi, and the future - microbial responses to plant invasion
Kristina A. Stinson, Harvard University
10:30 AMOOS 54-8Indirect facilitation of forest invasion by deer
Susan Kalisz, University of Pittsburgh
10:50 AMOOS 54-9MOVED TO PS 67 (THURS) - Nitrogen specialists that may combat biological invasion by garlic mustard
Daniel A. Marshall, Rider University
11:10 AMOOS 54-10Garlic mustard is not alone: Comparisons among co-occurring invasives and natives in the forest herb layer
Janet A. Morrison, The College of New Jersey, Kerry Mauck, The Pennsylvania State University

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