Session: Invasion: Community Effects II (101st ESA Annual Meeting (August 7 -- 12, 2016))

8:00 AM

COS 21-1

Empirical evidence of a negative influence of invasive silver carp on sport fishes in the Upper Mississippi River System
John H Chick, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Daniel K. Gibson-Reinemer, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Lori A Soeken-Gittinger, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Andrew F Casper, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

8:20 AM

COS 21-2

Recovery of a prairie plant community following sericea lespedeza (Lespedeza cuneata) removal: Testing for a soil legacy effect
Molly M. Reichenborn, Wichita State University; Gregory Houseman, Wichita State University; Bryan L. Foster, University of Kansas

8:40 AM

COS 21-3

Open canopy and snag management may facilitate the invasion of Triadica sebifera in wet pine flatwoods in the Gulf of Mexico coastal plain
Zhaofei Fan, Auburn University

9:00 AM

COS 21-4

Prey species composition and dietary shifts of the Burmese python in southern Florida
Christina Romagosa, University of Florida; Eric Suarez, University of Florida; Carla Dove, Smithsonian Institution; Bryan Falk, South Florida Natural Resources Center, National Park Service; Robert Reed, US Geological Survey

9:20 AM

COS 21-5

Root fungi associated on native and non-native Phragmites australis in the Great Lakes
Wesley Bickford, University of Michigan, USGS; Deborah Goldberg, University of Michigan; Donald R. Zak, University of Michigan; Kurt Kowalski, U.S. Geological Survey

9:40 AM

COS 21-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 21-6

Disease dynamics in invasive ants: The role of parasites in the global spread of the little fire ant Wasmannia auropunctata
Senay Yitbarek, University of Michigan Ann Arbor; Timothy James, University of Michigan

10:10 AM Cancelled

COS 21-7

Ecological consequences of rapid evolution during plant invasion (widthdrawn)
Jake M. Alexander, University of Lausanne, ETH Zurich; Carla D'Antonio, University of California Santa Barbara; Jonathan M. Levine, ETH Zurich

10:30 AM

COS 21-8

Ecological drivers of native and non-native forest plant species diversity and composition in New York State
Martin Dovciak, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry; Jay W. Wason III, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, State University of New York; Mark Lesser, Shepherd University; Jeremy Hurst, NYS DEC; Jacqueline Frair, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry

10:50 AM

COS 21-9

Invasions and extinctions reduce phylogenetic diversity in island bird communities
Benjamin Baiser, University of Florida; Denis Valle, University of Florida; Zoe Zelazny, University of Florida; Gordon Burleigh, University of Florida

11:10 AM

COS 21-10

Tracking Burmese pythons on tribal lands: A unique opportunity to study an invasive predator in a rain-driven ecosystem without human pressure
Hayley L. Crowell, U.S. Geological Survey; Gintas Zavadzkas, Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida; Michael S. Cherkiss, U.S. Geological Survey; Kristen M. Hart, U.S. Geological Survey

COS 21 - Invasion: Community Effects II