Session: Invasion (94th ESA Annual Meeting (August 2 -- 7, 2009))

PS 28-62

Invasive aliens, disposable income and the gentle pursuit of happiness: socio-economic correlates of biological invasions
Gyan P. Sharma, Department of Conservasion Ecology; Karen Esler, Center for Invasion Biology, South Africa; James N. Blignaut, University of Pretoria

PS 28-63

Using PRS™-probes to investigate how ecosystems function under invasive plant species and nitrogen dynamics
Elaine J. Qualtiere, Western Ag Innovations; Rebekka Rieder, Western Ag Innovations; Dana Blumenthal, Rangeland Resources Research Unit; Edward Vasquez, USDA-ARS; Roger L. Sheley, USDA-ARS; Tony Svejcar, USDA, Agricultural Research Service; Brady W. Allred, University of Montana; Keirith Snyder, USDA, Agricultural Research Service

PS 28-64

An analysis of the seed bank at Joshua Tree National Park in sites invaded by exotic annual grasses
Heather E. Schneider, Univeristy of California, Riverside; Edith B. Allen, University of California, Riverside

PS 28-65

Tamarix and ecosystem change: perpetuation of a mythology
Matthew K. Chew, Arizona State University; Juliet C. Stromberg, Arizona State University; Edward P. Glenn, University of Arizona; Pamela L. Nagler, U.S. Geological Survey

PS 28-66

Threat to the West: Ovipostion selection and larval development of Cactoblastis cactorum (Berg) (Lepidoptera:Pyralidae) on fourteen North American opuntioid species
Heather A. Jezorek, University of South Florida; Peter Stiling, University of South Florida; James E. Carpenter, USDA-ARS-Crop Protection & Management Research Unit

PS 28-67

Using net mycorrhizal benefits to explain and predict plant invasions
Katie M. Becklin, University of Kansas; Megan L. Pallo, University of Missouri; Candace Galen, University of Missouri-Columbia

PS 28-68

Invasibility of Rhamnus cathartica: aboveground and belowground factors influencing native plant decline
Tracy Gartner, Carthage College; Christine Karlovitz, Carthage College; Amanda Petrovic, Carthage College; Amanda Eigner, Carthage College; Samantha Miller, Carthage College

PS 28-69

CANCELLED - Lizard (Anolis sagrei) niche breadth changes with experimental manipulation of perch availability: males specialize, females generalize
Amber N. Wright, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

PS 28-70

Using resource competition models to predict the ability of biocontrol agents to limit the ecological success of their host plants
Evan Siemann, Rice University; Juli Carrillo, Rice University; Jianqing Ding, Wuhan Botanical Garden

PS 28-71

Effects of disturbance and nitrogen on the establishment and survival of garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) in an Iowan forest
Renae A. Schmitt, Iowa State University

PS 28-72

Use of trade related information to predict introduction and establishment of nonindigenous vertebrates in the United States
Christina M. Romagosa, Auburn University; Craig Guyer, Auburn University

PS 28 - Invasion