Session: Invasion: Management approaches and assessment (ESA/SER Joint Meeting (August 5 -- August 10, 2007))

1:30 PM

The decline of biological control in California and Hawaii
Keith Douglass Warner, Santa Clara University; Stephen Maurano, Santa Clara University

1:50 PM

COS 128-2

Limitations to implementation of yellow starthistle control measures by ranchers
Clare E. Aslan, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum; Matthew B. Hufford, University of California, Davis; Rebecca S. Niell, University of California, Davis; Jeffrey D. Port, University of California, Davis; Jason P. Sexton, University of California, Merced; Timothy M. Waring, University of Maine

2:10 PM

COS 128-3

Exploring the potential of native plants in restoration projects
Asad Shabbir, University of the Punjab; Rukhsana Bajwa, University of the Punjab

2:30 PM

COS 128-4

Effects of leaf litter on the growth of an invasive annual grass
Kristen A. Ross, University of Illinois at Chicago; Joan G. Ehrenfeld, Rutgers University

2:50 PM

COS 128-5

An assessment of native bamboo (Arundinaria gigantea) establishment after the removal of an invasive exotic shrub (Ligustrum sinense) in a southeastern US riparian forest
Michael J. Osland, U.S. Geological Survey; James W. Pahl, Duke University; Mengchi Ho, Duke University; Curtis J. Richardson, Duke University

3:10 PM

COS 128-

Break

3:20 PM

COS 128-6

Green crab control: Reduction of an invasive population using a Before-After, Control-Impact designed removal
Rebecca L. Kordas, University of British Columbia; Catherine E. de Rivera, Portland State University; Gregory M. Ruiz, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center; Amy A. Larson, Portland State University; Edwin D. Grosholz, University of California, Davis

3:40 PM

COS 128-7

Count or control? Optimal monitoring for invasive species management
Alana L. Moore, The University of Melbourne; Michael A. McCarthy, The University of Melbourne; Peter G. Taylor, The University of Melbourne

4:00 PM

COS 128-8

A simple framework for an invasive species early warning system for counties
Catherine Jarnevich, U.S. Geological Survey; Thomas J. Stohlgren, Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory; David T. Barnett, National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON), Battelle; John Kartesz, Biota of North America Program

4:20 PM

COS 128-9

Testing an observational protocol for comparing site-specific ecological impacts of non-native species
Christy A. Brigham, National Park Service, Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area

4:40 PM

COS 128-10

The potential for harvesting non-native species data collected by citizen scientists
Alycia Crall, Colorado State University; Jim Graham, Natural Resource Ecology Laborary; Catherine Jarnevich, U.S. Geological Survey; Greg Newman, Colorado State University; Rick Shory, Colorado State University; Thomas J. Stohlgren, Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory; Mohammed A. Kalkhan, Colorado State University

COS 128 - Invasion: Management approaches and assessment