95th ESA Annual Meeting (August 1 -- 6, 2010)

Tuesday, August 3, 2010: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM

410, David L Lawrence Convention Center

Presider:

Heinke Jäger, Technische Universität Berlin

1:30 PM

COS 40-1

There goes the neighborhood: The impact of the invasive shrub Lonicera maackii on nutrient cycling, decomposition dynamics, and the decomposer community
Megan M. Poulette, University of Kentucky; Mary A. Arthur, University of Kentucky; Rebecca L. McCulley, University of Kentucky; Jim A. Nelson, University of Kentucky

1:50 PM

COS 40-2

Biocontrol targeting purple loosestrife is successful only in low-nutrient sites
Stephen M. Hovick, Rice University; Chris J. Peterson, University of Georgia; Walter P. Carson, University of Pittsburgh

2:10 PM

COS 40-3

Investigating local and regional-scale environmental variables contributing to invasion success of a recently introduced non-native species
Stephanie M. Koontz, Archbold Biological Station; Vanessa B. Beauchamp, Towson University

2:30 PM

COS 40-4

Effects of climate and snow depth on Bromus tectorum population dynamics at high elevation
Alden B. Griffith, Wellesley College; Michael E. Loik, University of California; Amy L. Concilio, University of Colorado

2:50 PM

COS 40-5

Hybridization with a native species may assist establishment of an invader
Takehiko Yamanaka, National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences; Andrew M. Liebhold, USDA Forest Service

3:10 PM

COS 40-

Break

3:20 PM

COS 40-6

Genetic diversity, habitat requirements, and population dynamics of Moerisia sp., an invasive hydromedusa in the San Francisco Estuary
Mariah H. Meek, University of California-Davis; Alpa P. Wintzer, University of California; Bernie May, University of California-Davis; Peter B. Moyle, University of California

3:40 PM

COS 40-7

Inferring colonization patterns of the invasive shrub Amur Honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii (Rupr.) Herder) in southwestern Ohio from the genetic structure of their populations
Erin J. McNutt, Kent State University; Monica M. Ross, Kent State University; Michael R. Monfredi, Kent State University; David L. Gorchov, Miami University; Oscar J. Rocha, Kent State University

4:00 PM

COS 40-8

Growth and plasticity of invasive and native Microstegium vimineum populations across multiple common gardens
S. Luke Flory, University of Florida; Furong Long, Xinping Forestry Bureau; Keith Clay, Indiana University

4:20 PM

COS 40-9

Plant invasion has linear and nonlinear impacts on the soil ecosystem
Kenneth J. Elgersma, University of Northern Iowa; Joan G. Ehrenfeld, Rutgers University; Shen Yu, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Torsten Vor, University of Göttingen

4:40 PM

COS 40-10

Allee effects, aggregation behavior, and invasion success
Andrew R. Kanarek, National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis; Colleen T. Webb, Colorado State University; Robert D. Holt, University of Florida

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