Session: Invasion I (98th ESA Annual Meeting (August 4 -- 9, 2013))

1:30 PM

COS 13-1

Grass invasion differentially affects carbon cycling across an urban-rural gradient in Southern Appalachian forests
Matthew E. Craig, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Scott M. Pearson, Mars Hill University; Jennifer M. Fraterrigo, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

1:50 PM

COS 13-2

Hemlock loss affects nitrate fluxes and stormflow in southern Appalachian headwater streams
Steven Brantley, USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station; Chelcy F. Miniat, USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station; Stephanie N. Laseter, USDA Forest Service; Katherine J. Elliott, Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory; Jennifer D. Knoepp, Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory; James M. Vose, Center for Integrated Forest Science

2:10 PM

COS 13-3

Relationships of native and exotic strains of Phragmites australis to wetland ecosystem properties
Lisa A. Volesky, Northside College Preparatory High School; Pamela Geddes, Northeastern Illinois University

2:30 PM

COS 13-4

Shrub encroachment effect on tree C assimilation and water use in a Mediterranean oak woodland
Maria C. Caldeira, Technical University of Lisbon; Teresa S. David, INIAV; Xavier Lecomte, Technical University of Lisbon, Instituto Superior de Agronomia; Christiane Werner, University of Bayreuth; Jorge S. David, Technical University of Lisbon, Instituto Superior de Agronomia; Ronald J. Ryel, Utah State University

2:50 PM

COS 13-5

Do plant traits and preexisting ecosystem attributes predict the severity of invader impacts on nitrogen cycling?
Marissa R. Lee, Duke University; Emily Bernhardt, Duke University; Justin P. Wright, Duke University

3:10 PM

COS 13-

Break

3:20 PM

COS 13-6

Plasticity in physiological plasticity in an avian range expansion
Lynn B. Martin, University of South Florida; Andrea L. Leibl, University of South Florida

3:40 PM

COS 13-7

The effects of invasive earthworms on soil properties and ectomycorrhizal fungi
Rebecca L. Walling, State University of New York - College of Environmental Science and Forestry; Thomas R. Horton, State University of New York - College of Environmental Science and Forestry

4:00 PM

COS 13-8

Invasion dynamics and host tree preference of the Asian Longhorned beetle, Anoplophora glabripennis, in Massachusetts
Helen M. Hull-Sanders, Pennsylvania State University; Audra E. Baker, USDA APHIS PPQ CPHST; David Lance, USDA APHIS PPQ CPHST; Vic Mastro, USDA APHIS PPQ CPHST

4:20 PM

COS 13-9

Using observed fire behavior to compare custom and standard fire behavior fuel models: A case study of grass-invaded shrublands at Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park
Andrew D. Pierce, University of Hawai'i; Sierra McDaniel, National Park Service; Mark Wasser, National Park Service; Creighton M. Litton, University of Hawaii at Manoa; Susan Cordell, USDA Forest Service; Christian P. Giardina, USDA Forest Service

4:40 PM Cancelled

COS 13-10

Do plant soil feedbacks impact Ardisia elliptica invasion in Hawaii? (widthdrawn)
Matthew H. Lurie, University of Hawaii; Jennifer L. Bufford, University of Hawaii; Meagan K.M. Rathjen, University of Hawaii; Seana K. Walsh, University of Hawaii; Curtis C. Daehler, University of Hawaii; Inderjit, University of Delhi

COS 13 - Invasion I