Session: Invasion: Community Effects III (97th ESA Annual Meeting (August 5 -- 10, 2012))

8:00 AM

Pinus contorta invasion in Patagonia is influenced by resident vegetation and herbivory
Bárbara Langdon, Bioforest SA; Aníbal Pauchard, Universidad de Concepción, Laboratorio de Invasiones Biologicas (LIB), Instituto de Ecología y Biodiversidad (IEB); Lohengrin A. Cavieres, Universidad de Concepcion, IEB Chile

8:20 AM

COS 140-2

Invasive non-native annuals use novel source-sink strategies in North American deserts
Marjolein Schat, Rutgers University; Jennifer L. Schafer, North Carolina State University; Erika L. Mudrak, Iowa State University; Carolyn E. Haines, Montclair State University; Hadas A. Parag, Rutgers University; Kirk A. Moloney, Iowa State University; Claus Holzapfel, Rutgers University

8:40 AM

COS 140-3

Challenges in predicting ecosystem response to invasion: A case study of decline of a dominant invader in Hawaii’s seasonally dry woodlands
Carla D'Antonio, University of California Santa Barbara; Stephanie Yelenik, University of California, Santa Barbara; Flint Hughes, United States Department of Agriculture-Forest Service; Nicole DiManno, University of California

9:00 AM

COS 140-4

Plant groups varying in geographic origin and life form respond differently to invasion and removal of a dominant plant invader
Susan M. Magnoli, Kellogg Biological Station, Michigan State University; Andrew R. Kleinhesselink, Utah State University; J. Hall Cushman, Sonoma State University

9:20 AM

COS 140-5

Tidally restricted salt marshes invaded by Phragmites australis reduce habitat quality for resident fish populations
Kimberly L. Dibble, University of Rhode Island; Laura A. Meyerson, University of Rhode Island

9:40 AM

COS 140-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 140-6

Resilience of floating aquatic plant communities in coastal bottomlands of the lower Mississippi alluvial valley
Shishir Paudel, Southern Illinois University; Loretta L. Battaglia, Southern Illinois University

10:10 AM

COS 140-7

Determining the effects of exotic warm-season grass invasion on small mammal communities of North Central Oklahoma, USA
Mitchell J. Greer, Oklahoma State University; Morgan A. Noland, Oklahoma State University; Karen R. Hickman, Oklahoma State University; Gail Wilson, Oklahoma State University

10:30 AM

COS 140-8

Impacts of exotic species invasion and refuge habitats on the persistence of native lady beetle species
Lauren M. Diepenbrock, University of Missouri; Deborah L. Finke, University of Missouri

10:50 AM

COS 140-9

Effects of omnivorous invaders on arboreal arthropod communities in naturally fragmented Hawaiian forests
Erin E. Wilson, University of Maryland; Daniel Gruner, University of Maryland

11:10 AM

COS 140-10

Short and long-term impacts and recovery potential for aquatic plant and snail communities in lakes impacted by an invasive omnivore
Ashley K. Baldridge, University of Notre Dame; David M. Lodge, University of Notre Dame

COS 140 - Invasion: Community Effects III