Thursday, August 5, 2010: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
409, David L Lawrence Convention Center
COS 84 - Invasion: Models and Ecosystem Processes
8:00 AMCOS 84-1Predictive spatial model of invasive species spread
Angela L. Shelton, Indiana University
8:20 AMCOS 84-2Species distribution patterns in their native and invasive ranges: Niche shifts and prediction implications  
Jenica M. Allen, University of Connecticut, Ines Ibanez, University of Michigan, John A. Silander Jr., University of Connecticut
8:40 AMCOS 84-3Invasion speeds in variable environments
Michael G. Neubert, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Hal Caswell, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Christine M. Hunter, University of Alaska Fairbanks
9:00 AMCOS 84-4Potential habitat modeling of four aquatic invasive fish (Channa argus, Cyprinella lutrensis, Neogobius melanstoma, and Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) in the continental US
Helen Poulos, Wesleyan University, Barry Chernoff, Wesleyan University, Pam Fuller, USGS, David Butman, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
9:20 AMCOS 84-5Statewide risk analysis for the spread of zebra and quagga mussels in Colorado, USA
Jonathan M. Bossenbroek, University of Toledo
9:40 AM Break
9:50 AMCOS 84-6The net effects of grazing and nutrient remineralization on algal biomass and primary productivity by an exotic grazing fish
Krista A. Capps, Cornell University, Alexander S. Flecker, Cornell University, Rocío Rodiles-Hernández, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR)
10:10 AMCOS 84-7Timberline expansion associated with climate change facilitated by microsites
Adelaide C. Johnson, USDA Forest Service, J. Alan Yeakley, Portland State University
10:30 AMCOS 84-8Nutrient acquisition and soil nutrient mineralization by exotic range-expanding and related native plants
Annelein Meisner, Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Wietse de Boer, Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Wim H. van der Putten, Netherlands Institute of Ecology
10:50 AMCOS 84-9Effects of the exotic invasive Asian earthworm, Amynthas hilgendorfi, on forest floor processes
Holly G. Greiner, Oakland University, Scott D. Tiegs, Oakland University, Donna R. Kashian, Wayne State University, Ashley Burtner, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory
11:10 AMCOS 84-10Combined effects of forest age, leaf litter quality, and earthworm abundance on soil C efflux
Lijun Xia, Johns Hopkins University, K. Szlavecz, Johns Hopkins University, Melissa K. McCormick, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Dennis F. Whigham, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Scott Pitz, Johns Hopkins University

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