Thursday, August 5, 2010: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
409, David L Lawrence Convention Center
COS 100 - Invasion: Species Interactions I
1:30 PMCOS 100-1Negative impacts and comparative allelopathic effects of Ranunculus ficaria, lesser celandine, a riparian ephmeral invasive plant
Kendra A. Cipollini, Wilmington College, Kelly Schradin, Wilmington College, Kyle Titus, Wilmington College, Crystal Wagner, Wilmington College
1:50 PMCOS 100-2Direct vs indirect competitive effects of exotic plants on locally-declining natives
Angela J. Brandt, Oregon State University, Eric W. Seabloom, University of Minnesota
2:10 PMCOS 100-3Positive and negative biotic interactions regulate conifer invasion of prairie ecosystems
Ryan D. Haugo, University of Washington, Jonathan D. Bakker, University of Washington, Charles B. Halpern, University of Washington
2:30 PMCOS 100-4Priority effects benefits non-native more than native plants
Timothy L. Dickson, Washington University in St. Louis, Brian J. Wilsey, Iowa State University
2:50 PMCOS 100-5Disrupting mycorrhizal mutualisms: A potential mechanism by which exotic tamarisk outcompetes native cottonwoods
Kelley A. Meinhardt, Northern Arizona University, Catherine A. Gehring, Northern Arizona University
3:10 PM Break
3:20 PMCOS 100-6Effects of root interactions on Wyoming big sagebrush root growth
Upekala C. Wijayratne, USGS Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center, David A. Pyke, U.S. Geological Survey, Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center
3:40 PMCOS 100-7Investigating the novel weapons hypothesis from the perspective of a native understory plant, American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius L.)
Alyssa B. Hanna, West Virginia University, Kerry L. Wixted, West Virginia University, James B. McGraw, West Virginia University
4:00 PMCOS 100-8Invasion of salt marsh by mangroves: Understanding how facilitation promotes recruitment under environmental change
Todd E. Minchinton, University of Wollongong
4:20 PMCOS 100-9Saltcedar, beetles, and lizards: Evaluating the impacts of non-native plant biocontrol on herpetofauna
Heather L. Bateman, Arizona State University Polytechnic
4:40 PMCOS 100-10Assessing the implications of arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization in the invasive shrub Amur Honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii)
Sarah E. Alverson, University of Dayton, Carl F. Friese, University of Dayton

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