Session: Invasion (100th ESA Annual Meeting (August 9 -- 14, 2015))

PS 65-52

Reproductive success of arbore weed Sambucus nigra in the Abies religiosa temperate forest of the Magdalena river basin, Mexico City
Leticia Bonilla-Valencia, National Autonomous University of Mexico; Silvia Castillo-Argüero, National Autonomous University of Mexico; Yuriana Martinez-Orea, National Autonomous University of Mexico; Mauricio Quezada-Avendaño, Ecosystems Research Center; Francisco Espinosa-García, National Autonomous University of Mexico

PS 65-53

A phylogenetic study of polyphenol oxidase (PPO) enzyme distribution within the plant family Poaceae (grass) and the invasive genus Bromus
Kimberly Plank, Rutgers University; Dominic Evangelista, Rutgers University; David Kafkewitz, Rutgers University; Claus Holzapfel, Rutgers University

PS 65-54

To spend or to save? Carbon allocation strategies in native and invasive woody plants
Elise D Hinman, Syracuse University; Jason Fridley, Syracuse University

PS 65-55

Growth and mortality of adult invasive Rhamnus cathartica (European buckthorn) in west central Minnesota
Heidi Swanson, University of Minnesota, Morris; Peter H. Wyckoff, University of Minnesota, Morris; Drew Larson, University of Minnesota, Morris; Caitlyn Horsch, University of Minnesota, Morris; Ellen Titus, University of Minnesota, Morris; Abby Mallek, University of Minnesota, Morris

PS 65-56

Mechanisms explaining the dominance of invasive exotic grasses in old-field grasslands
Laura Yahdjian, IFEVA, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos Aires, CONICET; Pedro M. Tognetti, IFEVA-CONICET, Facultad de Agronomia, Universidad de Buenos Aires; Enrique J. Chaneton, IFEVA-CONICET, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos Aires

PS 65-57

Benthic survey of Ellisport Bay, Lake Pend Oreille, Idaho, for Asian clams
Bethany Guzman, University of Idaho; Emily Rankin, University of Idaho; Elizabeth Braker, University of Idaho; Christine Moffitt, University of Idaho; Frank Wilhelm, University of Idaho

PS 65-58

Phenological and population responses of the invasive pioneer tree, Bellucia pentamera (Melastomataceae) to selective logging disturbance at Gunung Palung National Park, Indonesia
Christopher R. Dillis, UC-Davis; Andrew J. Marshall, University of Michigan; Campbell O. Webb, Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University; Marcel Rejmánek, University of California, Davis

PS 65-59

The role of suburban horticulture in structuring plant invasions in natural areas on the suburban/wildland interface at William Floyd Estate, Fire Island National Seashore
Elena Tartaglia, Bergen Community College; Myla F.J Aronson, Rutgers University; Jordan Raphael, National Parks Service

PS 65-60

Potential global spread of a large predator, the Nile monitor lizard (Varanus niloticus)
Hannah R. Perkins, University of Central Florida; David G. Jenkins, University of Central Florida

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