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

COS 51 - Invasion: Genetics and evolutionary processes

Tuesday, August 7, 2007: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
Almaden Blrm II, San Jose Hilton
1:30 PM
Evolution of traits explaining invasion success of Conyza canadensis (L)
Dipti Abhilasha, University of Zurich, Switzerland; Jasmin Joshi, University of Potsdam
1:50 PM
Population differentiation in phenotypic and genetic traits of an invader: The recent high elevation expansion of Bromus tectorum
Rebecca Hufft Kao, National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON, Inc.); Cynthia S. Brown, Colorado State University; Ruth A. Hufbauer, Colorado State University
2:10 PM
Patterns of gene flow and population evolution during a recent range expansion of an invasive plant
Alisa Ramakrishnan, Portland State University; Trieste Dobberstein, Portland State University; David Rosenthal, Ohio University; Mitchell B. Cruzan, Portland State University
2:30 PM
Do founder effects impact invasions? Genetic variation in North American Impatiens naturalized in England
Eric J. von Wettberg, Florida International University & Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden
2:50 PM
Genetic variation of an asexual invasive plant in resistance to biological control organisms
Donald M. Campanella, Oregon State University; Christopher C. Mundt, Oregon State University; Peter B. McEvoy, Oregon State University
3:10 PM
3:20 PM
Living fast on the edge: Adaptive evolution in founding populations of an invasive plant
Katrina M. Dlugosch, University of British Columbia; Ingrid M. Parker, University of California, Santa Cruz
3:40 PM
Population genetics of an invasive species, Sus scrofa: Implications for their behavior and management
Johanna Delgado-Acevedo, Texas A&M-Kingsville; Randy W. DeYoung, Texas A&M-Kingsville; Tyler A. Campbell, East Foundation