Session: Invasion: Species Interactions (95th ESA Annual Meeting (August 1 -- 6, 2010))

PS 71-47

Allelopathic effects of Ailanthus altissima (tree-of-heaven) seeds and young seedlings
Rod M. Heisey, Pennsylvania State University

PS 71-48

Microstegium vimineum’s germination, survival, and growth in closed-canopy deciduous forests
Cynthia D. Huebner, USDA Forest Service; Gary W. Miller, USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station

PS 71-49

Development and implementation of a Daphnia heart rate assay to assess the recognition of kairomones from a non-indigenous predator (Bythotrephes longimanus)
Leif K. Hembre, Hamline University; Jacob R. Walsh, Hamline University; Jessica J. Churchill, Hamline University; Chenie T. Prudhomme, Hamline University

PS 71-50

Evaluating the allelopathic effects of Japanese knotweed (Polygonum cuspidatum) on three native New England species
Shahla Farzan, University of California, Davis; Martha F. Hoopes, Mount Holyoke College

PS 71-51

Mangroves invaded by Spartina alterniflora and their interactions in Zhangjiang Estuary, China
Yihui Zhang, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Coastal and Wetland Ecosystems, College of the Environment and Ecology, Xiamen University; Guanmin Huang, Xiamen University; Wenqing Wang, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Coastal and Wetland Ecosystems, Xiamen University; Luzhen Chen, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Coastal and Wetland Ecosystems, Xiamen University; Guanghui Lin, Xiamen University

PS 71-52

Pieris rapae (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) oviposition preference and performance on an Invasive host plant, Alliaria petiolata (Brassicaceae)
Ariel L. Firebaugh, Roanoke College; Rachel Collins, Roanoke College

PS 71-53

The effect of garlic mustard on native Species’ mycorrhizal interactions
Kristen C. Little, Rider University; Laura A. Hyatt, Rider University

PS 71-54

The effect of native community growth and flowering phenology on invasive species in a target-neighbor competition study
Kevin John Barry, University of Maryland; Michele R. Dudash, University of Maryland

PS 71-55

Experimental test for a rapid shift to parasitism in the plant-mycorrhizae mutualism during allelopathic species invasion
Alison N. Hale, University of Pittsburgh; Stephen J. Tonsor, University of Pittsburgh; Susan Kalisz, University of Pittsburgh

PS 71-56

The impact of invasive amur honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii) leaf consumption on green frog (Lithobates clamitans) tadpoles
Richard D. Durtsche, Northern Kentucky University; Andrew Wallace, Northern Kentucky University; Richard Boyce, Northern Kentucky University

PS 71-57

A comparison of drought tolerance between seedlings of a native and an exotic invasive species typical of Fynbos riparian habitats
Justin Martinez, Whittier College; Cheryl Swift, Whittier College; Casper Crous, Stellenbosch University; Anna L. Jacobsen, California State University, Bakersfield; R. Brandon Pratt, California State University, Bakersfield; Shayne Jacobs, Stellenbosch University

PS 71-58

Resource overlap and potential competition between invasive red-eared slider turtles and native red-bellied turtles in Pennsylvania
Steven H. Pearson, Drexel University; Harold W. Avery, The College of New Jersey

PS 71 - Invasion: Species Interactions