COS 46 - Invasion: Dynamics, Population Processes

Wednesday, August 10, 2016: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Palm A, Ft Lauderdale Convention Center
8:00 AM
 Genomic analyses of the rapid colonization of Sahara mustard in the US
Daniel E. Winkler, University of California, Irvine; Kenneth J. Chapin, University of California, Davis; David Garmon, Tubb Canyon Desert Conservancy; Travis E. Huxman, University of California, Irvine
8:20 AM
 Performance and genetic differentiation of Spartina alterniflora in its native and invasive range in China
Wenwen Liu, College of the Environment and Ecology, Xiamen University; Yihui Zhang, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Coastal and Wetland Ecosystems, College of the Environment and Ecology, Xiamen University
8:40 AM
 Population genetics of two contrasting invasive species: Indications for dispersal in biological invasion
Anthony Brusa, Rutgers University Newark; Claus Holzapfel, Rutgers University
9:00 AM
 Invasive plant populations and co-occurring native species vary in phenotypic plasticity
Drew T. Hiatt, University of Florida; S. Luke Flory, University of Florida
9:20 AM
 Establishment before dispersal: tracking the invasive Asian longhorned beetle Anoplophora glabripennis 
Helen M. Hull-Sanders, Stevens Institute of Technology; R. Talbot Trotter III, USDA Forest Service
9:40 AM
10:10 AM Cancelled
 Predicting invasions from finite species pools
Andrew M. Liebhold, USDA Forest Service; Eckehard G. Brockerhoff, Scion; Mark Kimberley, Scion Research
9:50 AM
 Past propagule pressure predicts abundances of non-native woody plants
Norma Fowler, University of Texas at Austin; Gabriel L. De Jong, The Nature Conservancy
10:30 AM
 Genetic and phenotypic differentiation during invasion of Plantago virginica: A field and multiple common garden study
Hui Guo, Nanjing Agricultural University; Yazhu Liu, Fudan University; Xinyu Xu, Nanjing Agricultural University; Shuijin Hu, North Carolina State University; Bo Li, Fudan University
10:50 AM
 Dispersal vectors and invasive spread: using population genetics to unravel patterns of Medusahead invasion in California
Emily C. Farrer, University of Colorado Boulder; Ke Bi, University of California, Berkeley; George K. Roderick, UC Berkeley; Katharine N. Suding, University of Colorado
11:10 AM
 Predictably unpredictable: Evolution makes invasions faster and more variable
Brad Ochocki, Rice University; Tom E. X. Miller, Rice University
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