Session: Invasion: Species Interactions I (97th ESA Annual Meeting (August 5 -- 10, 2012))

8:00 AM

COS 88-1

Biotic interactions and decreased indirect defense in the invasive tree, Triadica sebifera
Juli Carrillo, Rice University; Yi Wang, North Carolina State University; Jianqing Ding, Wuhan Botanical Garden; Kyle Klootwyk, Rice University; Bo Li, Fudan University; Shenglei Fu, South China Botanical Garden; Jianwen Zou, Nanjing Agricultural University; Evan Siemann, Rice University

8:20 AM

COS 88-2

Pomacea insularum facilitates Alternanthera philoxeroides invasion but there is no evidence of invasional meltdown in wetland communities
Maria M. Meza-Lopez, Rice University; Evan Siemann, Rice University

8:40 AM

COS 88-3

Phenotypic plasticity in plant trait expression may facilitate mutual invasibility between close relatives
Jean H. Burns, Case Western Reserve University; Nicole M. Zimmerman, Case Western Reserve University; S. Conor Leahy, Case Western Reserve University; Angela J. Brandt, Landcare Research

9:00 AM

COS 88-4

Non-native mammals disperse non-native fungi that promote invasion of non-native trees
Martin A. Nuñez, Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente, CONICET; Jeremy Hayward, SUNY-Syracuse; Thomas R. Horton, State University of New York - College of Environmental Science and Forestry; Guillermo C. Amico, INIBIOMA, CONICET-Universidad Nacional del Comahue; Romina Dimarco, University of Tennessee; Noelia Barrios-Garcia, University of Tennessee,; Daniel Simberloff, The University of Tennessee

9:20 AM

COS 88-5

Does variation in defensive secondary metabolites in native and non-native Lonicera species explain invasive success? Responses to nutrient availability and relationships with herbivore resistance in a common garden experiment
Deah Lieurance, Wright State University; Sourav Chakraborty, The Ohio State University; Pierluigi Bonello, The Ohio State University; Susan R. Whitehead, University of Colorado at Boulder; Deane Bowers, University of Colorado; Don Cipollini, Wright State University

9:40 AM

COS 88-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 88-6

Niche differentiation based on diet analysis of three introduced rodents in tropical montane forest
Aaron Shiels, USDA, APHIS, National Wildlife Research Center

10:10 AM

COS 88-7

A new invader, Potentilla recta, and its effect on the native mycorrhizal symbiosis
Rebecca A. Bunn, Western Washington University; Ylva Lekberg, MPG Ranch; Christopher Gallagher, Western Washington University

10:30 AM

COS 88-8

Implications of a novel mutualist for fecundity metrics of two endemic Hawaiian plants
Austin B. Aslan, University of Hawaii - Hilo; Patrick J. Hart, University of Hawaii at Hilo

10:50 AM

COS 88-9

Exotic species and temporal variation in Hawaiian floral visitation networks
Jennifer L. Imamura, University of California; George K. Roderick, UC Berkeley

11:10 AM

COS 88-10

The importance of the ecological neighborhood: Quantifying the effect of exotic plants on native species interactions
Sean M. Kent, Northeastern University

COS 88 - Invasion: Species Interactions I