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

COS 52 - Invasion: Interactions with ecosystem properties

Tuesday, August 7, 2007: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
San Carlos I, San Jose Hilton
1:30 PM
Decomposition of native Heteropogon contortus and exotic Pennisetum ciliare: Not functionally redundant in terms of nutrient cycling contributions
Mari-Vaughn V. Johnson, USDA-NRCS; Timothy E. Fulbright Texas A&M University - Kingsville, Texas A&M University, Texas A&M University - Kingsville
1:50 PM
Changes in nitrogen cycling and greenhouse gas emissions following invasion by kudzu (Pueraria montana)
Jonathan E. Hickman, State University of New York at Stony Brook; Manuel Lerdau, University of Virginia
2:10 PM
Plant-soil feedbacks and native coastal sage shrub recolonization of California exotic annual grasslands
Stephanie Yelenik, University of California, Santa Barbara; Jonathan Levine, Institut f. Integrative Biologie
2:30 PM
Interactions between livestock grazing, soil characteristics, and vegetation composition in coast range grasslands in central California
Carla D'Antonio, University of California Santa Barbara; Claudia M. Tyler, University of California Santa Barbara; Nicole Molinari, University of California Santa Barbara
2:50 PM
Effects of invasive beach grasses on the shape and composition of coastal dunes
Phoebe Zarnetske, Michigan State University; Eric Seabloom, Oregon State University; Sally D. Hacker, Oregon State University
3:10 PM
3:20 PM
The hydrological impacts on cattail expansion in the lower Apalachicola River floodplain
Li Zhao, Florida A&M University; Larry Robinson, Florida A&M University; ShiLi Miao, South Florida Water Management District; Elijah Johnson, Florida A&M University
3:40 PM
The role of road corridors on riparian vegetation and tropical stream ecosystem dynamics
Todd A. Crowl, Florida International University; Alan Covich, University of Georgia; Catherine Heins, Utah State University
4:00 PM
The influence of nutrient loading and sediment disturbance on native-invasive species dynamics
Heidi W. Weiskel, Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide; Edwin D. Grosholz, University of California, Davis