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

COS 151 - Invasion: Population processes and interactions

Friday, August 10, 2007: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Blrm Salon I, San Jose Marriott
8:00 AM
Halting an invasion surge of non-native mangroves in a Southern California tidal saltmarsh while engaging the local community
Isabelle S. Kay, University of California; Amanda Demopoulos, University of California; Lisa A. Levin, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
8:20 AM
Sexual reproduction of cordgrass hybrids (Spartina foliosa x alterniflora) invading tidal marshes in San Francisco Bay
Debra R. Ayres, University of California Davis; Katherine Zaremba, Invasive Spartina Project, California Costal Conservancy; Christina M. Sloop, Laguna de Santa Rosa Foundation; Donald R. Strong, University of California, Davis
8:40 AM
When aliens are cousins: The influence of species relatedness on plant-soil feedbacks in California
Angela J. Brandt, Landcare Research; Eric W Seabloom, Oregon State University
9:00 AM
Interactive effects of garlic mustard metabolites on jewelweed plants and their mycorrhizae
E. Kathryn Barto, Wright State University; Don Cipollini, Wright State University
9:20 AM
9:30 AM
Invasive fig trees (Ficus carica) in Central Valley riparian forests: Community impacts, expansion rate, and spatial distribution
Katherine A. Holmes, University of California at Davis; Alison M. Berry, University of California at Davis; Steven E. Greco, University of California, Davis
9:50 AM
A powdery mildew fungus modulates the impact of an invasive plant in North America
Don Cipollini, Wright State University; Stephanie Enright, Wright State University
10:10 AM
Tending and defending: Comparing ant-aphid mutualisms involving native and invasive ants
Thomas R. Barnum, Auburn University; Micky D. Eubanks, Texas A&M University
10:30 AM
An expanding niche? The invasion dynamics of cane toads in Australia
Mark C. Urban, University of Connecticut; Ben L. Phillips, University of Sydney; David K. Skelly, Yale University; Rick Shine, University of Sydney
10:50 AM
Habitat use, home range, and dispersal of recently introduced northern snakehead in the Potomac River catchment
Nicolas W. R. Lapointe, Virginia Tech; John S. Odenkirk, Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries; Paul L. Angermeier, U.S. Geological Survey, Virginia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit