COS 62 - Invasion: Dynamics, Population Processes II

Tuesday, August 7, 2012: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
E143, Oregon Convention Center
1:30 PM
 Modeling Allee effects due to sterile grass carp introductions: An unplanned experiment in the Laurentian Great Lakes
Christopher L. Jerde, University of Notre Dame; Marion E. Wittmann, University of Notre Dame; David M. Lodge, University of Notre Dame
1:50 PM
 Breeding, cultivation, and invasion: Investigating the impacts of agriculture on the invasion history of reed canarygrass
Andrew R. Jakubowski, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Michael Casler, USDA - Agricultural Research Service; Randall D. Jackson, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2:10 PM
 Variation in freezing tolerance in Bromus tectorum: Comparison between Intermountain West and Great Plains populations
Travis L. Almquist, Washington State University; Richard N. Mack, Washington State University; Steven J. Novak, Boise State University
2:30 PM
 Overcoming Allee effects through evolutionary, genetic, and demographic rescue
Andrew R. Kanarek, National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis; Colleen T. Webb, Colorado State University; Robert D. Holt, University of Florida
2:50 PM
 The introduced invasive shrub Eugenia uniflora outperforms introduced non-invasive, common native, and rare native congeners in Florida
Kerry R. Bohl Stricker, University of South Florida; Peter Stiling, University of South Florida
3:10 PM
3:20 PM Cancelled
 Evaluating non-native plant population dynamics along environmental suitability gradients
Lisa J. Rew, Montana State University; Melissa E. Bridges, Montana State University; Tyler Brummer, Montana State University; Erik A. Lehnhoff, Montana State University; Bruce D. Maxwell, Montana State University; Fredric Pollnac, University of New Hampshire; Tanya C. Skurski, University of Nevada
4:00 PM
 Comparative experimental biogeography of invasive alien and native plant species pairs using integral projection models
Sarah Treanor Bois, Institute for Applied Ecology; Jenica M. Allen, University of Connecticut; Cory Merow, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center; Ines Ibanez, University of Michigan; John A. Silander, University of Connecticut
4:20 PM
 Resource overlap and the potential for competition between invasive red-eared slider turtles and native red-bellied turtles
Steven H. Pearson, Drexel University; David Velinsky, Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University; Harold W. Avery, The College of New Jersey
4:40 PM
 Competitive interactions and community-level impacts of an invasive fish
Laura E. Dugan, University of Texas; Dean A. Hendrickson, University of Texas; Camille Parmesan, Plymouth University