COS 87
Invasion: Species Interactions I

Wednesday, August 12, 2015: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
326, Baltimore Convention Center
1:30 PM
COS 87-1
 Predicting impacts of a novel predator on prey communities using size-specific functional response models
Michael McCoy, East Carolina University; James R. Vonesh, Virginia Commonwealth University; Benjamin M. Bolker, McMaster University
1:50 PM
COS 87-2
 Non-host neighbors provide associational susceptibility of a native thistle to an invasive weevil
Alyssa S. Hakes, Lawrence University
2:10 PM
COS 87-3
 Inducible defenses, generalist herbivores, and the success (and failure) of invasive plants: using replicated triplets to test ecological theories
Edward Schrom, University of Virginia; Manuel Lerdau, University of Virginia
2:30 PM Cancelled
COS 87-4
 Patterns of host promiscuity among legumes varying in invasiveness differ between global and regional scales
Metha M. Klock, Louisiana State University; Kyle E. Harms, Louisiana State University; Peter H. Thrall, CSIRO Agriculture Flagship; Luke G. Barrett, CSIRO Agriculture Flagship
2:50 PM
COS 87-5
 Enhanced competitive ability in a native and an invasive species in response to the invader Bromus inermis
Gisela C. Stotz, University of Alberta; Ernesto Gianoli, Universidad de La Serena; James F. Cahill Jr., University of Alberta
3:10 PM
COS 87-
 Break
3:20 PM
COS 87-6
 Interactions and ecological impacts of two forest understory invasive grasses: Cooling invasion meltdown
Daniel R. Tekiela, Virginia Tech; Jacob N. Barney, Virginia Tech
3:40 PM
COS 87-7
 Determinants of establishment success of rare and common alien and native plants. What roles play above- and belowground enemies and their interaction with disturbance?
Gregor Müller, University of Konstanz; Mark van Kleunen, University of Konstanz; Wayne Dawson, University of Konstanz
4:00 PM
COS 87-8
 Loss of trophic regulation by rodents, and disturbance shift a native perennial plant community to an invaded annual plant community
Sam St.Clair, Brigham Young University; Rory C. O'Connor, Kansas State University; Richard A. Gill, Brigham Young University; Brock McMillan, Brigham Young University
4:20 PM
COS 87-9
 Effects of invasive fish on wetland communities: Linking field data and mechanistic experiments at multiple scales
Daniel L. Preston, University of Colorado; Maxwell B. Joseph, University of Colorado; Evan R. Esfahani, University of Colorado; Ewelina Pena, University of Colorado; Pieter T.J. Johnson, University of Colorado
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