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

8:00 AM

Decline in biotic resistance and the reorganization of an annual plant community by an exotic invader
Ginger R.H. Allington, University of Michigan; Thomas J. Valone, Saint Louis University

8:20 AM

MOVED TO THURS POSTERS, #181 - Invasive congeners uniquely alter community succession of dunes
Aaron S. David, University of Minnesota; Eric W. Seabloom, University of Minnesota; Phoebe L. Zarnetske, Michigan State University; Sally D. Hacker, Oregon State University

8:40 AM

Direct and indirect effects of a plant invasion alter forest succession
Daniel J. Johnson, Ohio State Univesity; S. Luke Flory, University of Florida; Angela L. Shelton, Indiana University; Keith Clay, Indiana University

9:00 AM

Weak or strong invaders? A comparison of impact between the native and invaded ranges of mammals and birds alien to Europe
Sabrina Kumschick, Stellenbosch University; Christina Alba, Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic; Ruth A. Hufbauer, Colorado State University; Wolfgang Nentwig, Institute of Ecology and Evolution

9:20 AM

Greater abundance and diversity of native coccinellids in agricultural grass-dominated habitats than natural tallgrass prairies
Lauren M. Hart, University of Missouri- Columbia; Deborah L. Finke, University of Missouri

9:40 AM

Break

9:50 AM

Changes in abundance and diversity in an arthropod community with invasive grasses
Erin E. Cord, Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute, Texas A&M University-Kingsville; Andrea R. Litt, Montana State University; Timothy E. Fulbright, Texas A&M University-Kingsville; Greta L. Schuster, Texas A&M University-Kingsville

10:10 AM

Impact of the introduced small Indian mongoose (Herpestes auropunctatus) on abundance and activity time of native small mammals, reptiles, amphibians and introduced ship rat (Rattus rattus), Adriatic islands, Croatia
Arijana Barun, University of Tennesse; Daniel Simberloff, The University of Tennessee

10:30 AM

Understanding a native invader: Implications of Tanglehead (Heteropogon contortus) on plants and birds in desert grasslands
Brian J. Bielfelt, Texas A&M University-Kingsville; Andrea R. Litt, Montana State University; Fred C. Bryant, Texas A&M University-Kingsville; Leonard A. Brennan, Texas A&M University-Kingsville; Thomas Langschied, Texas A&M University-Kingsville

10:50 AM

Trophic responses to plant invasion: How a shift from a native to exotic grass community impacts arthropod community structure
Kelly A. Farrell, Oregon State University; Elizabeth T. Borer, University of Minnesota

11:10 AM

Non-native grazers in novel environments: Consequences of introduced armored catfish in stream ecosystems
Krista A. Capps, University of Maine; Sebastian Heilpern, Wildlife Conservation Society; Gabriel Ng, Cornell University; Andrea Fortman, Cornell University; Roció Rodiles-Hernández, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur; Alexander S. Flecker, Cornell University

COS 131 - Invasion: Community Effects II