Session: Invasion: Dynamics, Population Processes I (97th ESA Annual Meeting (August 5 -- 10, 2012))

1:30 PM

COS 15-1

Invasion of introduced conifers is shaped by mammalian herbivores: Evidence from a literature review
María A. Relva, INIBIOMA (Conicet-Universidad del Comahue); Martin A. Nuñez, Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente, CONICET

1:50 PM

COS 15-2

Patchy landscapes and the spatial spread of populations
Jonathan M. Levine, ETH Zurich; Elizaveta Pachepsky, UC Santa Barbara

2:10 PM

COS 15-3

Comparative functional mechanisms of co-occurring shrubs resulting in dominance of a thicket forming N-fixer
Jaclyn K. Vick, Virginia Commonwealth University; Julie Zinnert, Virginia Commonwealth University; Sheri A. Shiflett, Virginia Commonwealth University; Donald R. Young, Alaska Department of Fish and Game

2:30 PM

COS 15-4

Seasonal timing and intensity of fire alters the competitive relationship between the invasive legume, Lespedeza cuneata, and co-occurring native species
Raelene M. Crandall, Washington University; Tiffany M. Knight, Washington University in St. Louis

2:50 PM

COS 15-5

Invasive red lionfish (Pterois volitans) affect persistence of the bridled goby (Coryphopterus glaucofraenum)
Timothy J. Pusack, Oregon State University; Mark A. Albins, Oregon State University

3:10 PM

COS 15-

Break

3:20 PM

COS 15-6

Autocorrelated environmental variation can increase invasion risk
K. Cuddington, University of Waterloo; Alan Hastings, University of California, Davis

3:40 PM

COS 15-7

Spatial environmental heterogeneity reduces variance in the rate of spread: counterintuitive results from a highly replicated experiment
Brett Melbourne, University of Colorado; Alan Hastings, University of California, Davis

4:00 PM

COS 15-8

Life history, reproductive strategy, and population dynamics of black henbane (Hyoscyamus niger), a toxic plant introduced to North America
Christa E. Fettig, Colorado State University; Ruth A. Hufbauer, Colorado State University

4:20 PM

COS 15-9

The important oxymoron of rare invasives: Decreased reproduction in smaller populations of the invasive grass Lolium multiflorum
Jeffrey L. Firestone, University of California, Davis

4:40 PM

COS 15-10

Understory plant dynamics in emerald ash borer-impacted forests
Wendy S. Klooster, The Ohio State University; Catherine P. Herms, Ohio State University/ OARDC; Daniel A. Herms, The Ohio State University / OARDC; John Cardina, The Ohio State University/ OARDC

COS 15 - Invasion: Dynamics, Population Processes I