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

COS 30 - Invasion: Population regulation and interactions

Tuesday, August 7, 2007: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Blrm Salon VI, San Jose Marriott
8:00 AM
Water relations as a factor in Rubus armeniacus (Himalayan blackberry) invasive success in the Pacific Northwest
Joshua S. Caplan, Rutgers University; J. Alan Yeakley, Portland State University
8:20 AM
Environmental variation modifies the response of the invasive grass Schismus barbatus to islands of fertility
Susana Rodríguez-Buriticá, University of Arizona; Maria Miriti, The Ohio State University
8:40 AM
Factors influencing Cirsium arvense persistance and abundance in burned forests in Yellowstone National Park
Brianna R. Schoessow, University of Wyoming; Daniel B. Tinker, University of Wyoming
9:20 AM
A retrospective analysis of Tamarix establishment in the Grand Canyon National Park: Interactions of life history and landscapes
Susan G. Mortenson, Otis Bay Ecological Consulting; Peter J. Weisberg, University of Nevada, Reno; Lawrence E. Stevens, Museum of Northern Arizona and Grand Canyon Wildlands Council
9:40 AM
9:50 AM
Traits of invasive and noninvasive Commelinaceae in a phylogenetic context
Jean H. Burns, Case Western Reserve University; Robert B. Faden, Smithsonian Institution; Scott J. Steppan, Florida State University
10:10 AM
Intraspecific hybridization of native and introduced subspecies of Phragmites australis in North America
Laura A. Meyerson, University of Rhode Island; David V. Viola, University of California, Santa Barbara; Rebecca N. Brown, University of Rhode Island
10:30 AM
Range expansion and population dynamics of co-occurring invasive herbivores
Evan Preisser, University of Rhode Island; Alexandra Lodge, University of Minnesota; David Orwig, Harvard University; Joseph Elkinton, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
10:50 AM
Distribution of hybrid trout: Consequenses of site variability for native fish conservation
Matthew Corsi, University of Montana; Paul Spruell, University of Montana