Session: Invasion: Ecosystem Processes (93rd ESA Annual Meeting (August 3 -- August 8, 2008))

1:30 PM

COS 99-1

The belowground effects of invasive garlic mustard
Michael N. Weintraub, University of Toledo; Erin Hammer, University of Toledo; Elizabeth Pisarczyk, University of Toledo

1:50 PM

COS 99-2

Quantifying impacts on soil and groundwater chemistry by an invasive tree (Tamarix spp) along the Middle Rio Grande, New Mexico
Michelle K. Cederborg, University of Denver & Denver Botanic Gardens; Anna A. Sher, University of Denver; Kenneth D. Lair, Bureau of Reclamation

2:10 PM

COS 99-3

Effects of the non-native invasive Microstegium vimineum on nitrogen cycling: Comparing N cycling between a monoculture invasive and a diverse community
Julie E. DeMeester, Duke University; Daniel D. Richter, Duke University

2:30 PM

COS 99-4

Single-tree effects of savanna trees and the influence of an invasive species on soil nitrogen cycling and decomposition
Megan M. Poulette, University of Kentucky; Mary A. Arthur, University of Kentucky

2:50 PM

COS 99-5

Pinus taeda is less efficient at nitrogen uptake in the presence of the invasive grass, Imperata cylindrica, compared to native understory
Pedram Daneshgar, Iowa State University; Shibu Jose, University of Missouri

3:10 PM

COS 99-

Break

3:20 PM

COS 99-6

Light availability mediates the impacts of exotic snails on nutrient cycling in tropical streams
Jennifer M. Moslemi, Cornell University; Sunny B. Snider, Tulane University; Alexander Flecker, Cornell University; James F. Gilliam, North Carolina State University

3:40 PM

COS 99-7

Effects of invasive earthworms on soil carbon, soil respiration, and total belowground carbon flux in northern hardwood forests
Erik A. Lilleskov, US Forest Service, Northern Research Station; Noah J Karberg, US Forest Service, Northern Research Station; Christopher W. Swanston, USDA Forest Service; Randy K. Kolka, US Forest Service, Northern Research Station; Thomas G. Pypker, Michigan Technological University

4:00 PM

COS 99-8

Impacts of plant invasions on ecosystem hydrology: A global meta-analysis
Molly A. Cavaleri, Michigan Technological University; Lawren Sack, UCLA

4:20 PM

COS 99-9

The stoichiometry of two invasive earthworm species (Dendrobaena octaedra and Lumbricus terrestris) consuming leaf litter of different C, N, and P content
David M. Costello, University of Michigan; Gary A. Lamberti, University of Notre Dame

4:40 PM

COS 99-10

Conditional response of litter mixing on decomposition: Proportional variation in leaf litter composition affects litter decay of native and non-native litter species
Emmi Felker-Quinn, National Center for Envionmental Assessment, US Environmental Protection Agency; Joseph K. Bailey, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Jennifer A. Schweitzer, University of Tennessee - Knoxville

COS 99 - Invasion: Ecosystem Processes