OOS 54 - Garlic Mustard: Lessons Learned from Multiple Dimensions of Ecological Invasion Study

Friday, August 6, 2010: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
310-311, David L Lawrence Convention Center
Organizer:
Laura A. Hyatt, Rider University
Co-organizers:
Don Cipollini, Wright State University; and Laurel J. Anderson, Ohio Wesleyan University
Moderator:
Laurel J. Anderson, Ohio Wesleyan University
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.
8:00 AM
 Impacts, 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
9:00 AM
 Effects 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 AM
 Natural history and biological control
Bernd Blossey, Cornell University; Victoria Nuzzo, Natural Area Consultants
9:40 AM
9:50 AM
 Variable 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, CSIRO; Doug A. Landis, Michigan State University; Douglas W. Schemske, Michigan State University
10:30 AM
 Indirect facilitation of forest invasion by deer
Susan Kalisz, University of Pittsburgh
11:10 AM
 Garlic 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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