ESA/SER Joint Meeting (August 5 -- August 10, 2007)

COS 127 - Invasion: Competitive dynamics

Thursday, August 9, 2007: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
B1&2, San Jose McEnery Convention Center
1:30 PM
Testing hypotheses of seasonal species coexistence or displacement in two Aedes mosquitoes along an urban/suburban gradient
Michael H. Reiskind, University of Florida, Institute for Food and Agricultural Sciences; L. Philip Lounibos, University of Florida
1:50 PM
Invasive orchid bee outperforms native bees to promote an invasive Solanum
Hong Liu, International Center for Tropical Botany and Department of Earth and Environment, Florida International University, Miami, Florida; Robert W. Pemberton, USDA ARS Invasive Plant Research Lab
2:30 PM
The invasion of California by Mediterranean grasses: The role of resource competition and grazing
Janneke HilleRisLambers, University of Washington; Jonathan M. Levine, ETH Zurich; Stephanie Yelenik, University of California, Santa Barbara; Ben Colman, University of California, Santa Barbara
2:50 PM
3:10 PM
4:00 PM
Invasive species cause homogenization of plant communities in protected areas: A multiple-scale approach for south-central Chile
Aníbal Pauchard, Universidad de Concepción, Laboratorio de Invasiones Biologicas (LIB), Instituto de Ecología y Biodiversidad (IEB); Ramiro Bustamante, Universidad de Chile, Instituto de Ecología y Biodiversidad (IEB); Alicia Marticorena, Universidad de Concepción; Alejandra Jiménez, Universidad de Concepción, Instituto de Ecología y Biodiversidad (IEB)
4:40 PM
Impact of invasive smooth brome on a native prairie plant, Spartina pectinata
Forrest Dillemuth, Louisiana State University; Erick Rietschier, Louisiana State University; Brian Thompkins, Louisiana State University; James T. Cronin, Louisiana State University