96th ESA Annual Meeting (August 7 -- 12, 2011)

8:00 AM

Plant level impacts of the arundo scale (Rhizaspidiotus donacis) on growth and eco-physiology of the invasive giant reed
Alex E. Racelis, University of Texas Pan American; Patrick Moran, United States Department of Agriculture; John Goolsby, United States Department of Agriculture; Chenghai Yang, United States Department of Agriculture

8:20 AM

Ecology of introduced ungulates in limestone forests of Guam
Ann Marie Gawel, University of Guam

8:40 AM

Pinus contorta invasion in the Chilean Patagonia: Insights from spatial patterns
Aníbal Pauchard, Universidad de Concepción, Instituto de Ecología y Biodiversidad (IEB); Bárbara Langdon, Bioforest SA; Lohengrin A. Cavieres, Universidad de Concepcion, IEB Chile; Eduardo Peña, Universidad de Concepción; Jocelyn Esquivel, Universidad de Concepción, Instituto de Ecología y Biodiversidad (IEB); Alejandra Jiménez, Universidad de Concepción, Instituto de Ecología y Biodiversidad (IEB); Jonathan Urrutia, Universidad de Concepción, Instituto de Ecología y Biodiversidad (IEB)

9:00 AM

Cryptic diversity in the Eucalyptus snout beetle swamps that of its biocontrol agent, Anaphes nitens, in South Africa
Jeff Garnas, University of Pretoria; Donald Chungu, University of Pretoria; Brett Hurley, University of Pretoria; Bernard Slippers, University of Pretoria

9:20 AM

Connecting process with pattern: Towards a mechanistic understanding of invasions' impacts on coastal dune ecology and geomorphology
Phoebe L. Zarnetske, Michigan State University; Sally D. Hacker, Oregon State University; Eric W. Seabloom, University of Minnesota; Peter Ruggiero, Oregon State University; Jeremy Mull, Oregon State University

9:40 AM

Break

9:50 AM

Effects of Cactoblastis cactorum on native Florida Opuntia: Results from a six year study
Heather A. Jezorek, University of South Florida; Peter Stiling, University of South Florida

10:10 AM

Lack of evidence for enemy release and its implications for population growth of Eugenia uniflora: Invasional conflict?
Kerry Bohl Stricker, University of Florida; Peter Stiling, University of South Florida

10:30 AM

There goes the neighborhood: apparent competition between invasive, and native orchids
Wilnelia Recart, University of California - Irvine; James D. Ackerman, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus; Ana A. Cuevas, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus

10:50 AM

Aboveground and belowground enemies and the invasion success of plants: Experimental tests in the US and China
Evan Siemann, Rice University; Juli Carrillo, Rice University; Christopher Gabler, Rice University; Jianqing Ding, Wuhan Botanical Garden; Wei Huang, Wuhan Botanical Garden; Yi Wang, North Carolina State University; Jianwen Zou, Nanjing Agricultural University; Zhang Ling, Nanjing Agricultural University; Bo Li, Fudan University; Qiang Yang, Fudan University; Zhang Yang, South China Botanical Garden; Hao Shen, South China Botanical Garden; Shenglei Fu, South China Botanical Garden

11:10 AM

Evolved resistance to specialist and generalist herbivory as revealed by quantitative and qualitative defence in the invasive tallow tree
Jianqing Ding, Wuhan Botanical Garden; Wei Huang, Wuhan Botanical Garden; Yi Wang, North Carolina State University; Gregory S. Wheeler, USDA Agricultural Research Service; Juli A. Carrillo, Rice University; Evan Siemann, Rice University

COS 60 - Invasion: Species Interactions II