Session: Invasion: Species Interactions I (2017 ESA Annual Meeting (August 6 -- 11))

8:00 AM

Battle of the claws: Competition between two non-native crayfish species in the Chicago region
Erin M. O'Shaughnessey, Loyola University Chicago; Reuben P. Keller, Loyola University Chicago

8:20 AM

COS 139-2

Invasive plant Cassia atala root traits and its competition with neighbor species
Ming Ni, Sun Yat-sen University; Suqin Fang, Sun Yat-sen University

8:40 AM

COS 139-3

Biotic interactions mediate the early growth of native and exotic mangrove species across an elevation gradient in southern coast of China
Yihui Zhang, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Coastal and Wetland Ecosystems, College of the Environment and Ecology, Xiamen University; Dan Peng, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Coastal and Wetland Ecosystems, College of the Environment and Ecology, Xiamen University; Steven Pennings, University of Houston

9:00 AM

COS 139-4

A bloody red invasion: A collaborative approach to the early detection and food web impacts of the Hudson River basin's newest aquatic invader, the bloody red shrimp (Hemimysis anomala).
Brent T. Boscarino, Poughkeepsie Day School; Meghan Brown, Hobart and William Smith Colleges; Elinor T.K. Stapylton, Bard College; Julia Q.G. Roellke, Vassar College; Katherine E. McKeon, Poughkeepsie Day School

9:20 AM

COS 139-5

As good as the neighbors? Photosynthetic light response of Lonicera maackii in heavy shade
Kurt E. Schulz, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville; Anh Nguyen, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

9:40 AM

COS 139-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 139-6

Pollen protein content drives bee community preference for an invasive thistle over five native plant species
Laura A. Russo, Pennsylvania State University; Anthony Vaudo, Pennsylvania State University; C. Jacob Fisher, Pennsylvania State University; Christina Grozinger, Pennsylvania State University; Katriona Shea, The Pennsylvania State University

10:10 AM

COS 139-7

Do you know your enemy? Effects of a predator on native and invasive container mosquitoes
Steven A. Juliano, Illinois State University; Katie M. Westby, Washington University in St. Louis; Geoffrey D Ower, Illinois State University

10:30 AM

COS 139-8

Can non-native cool-season grass fungal endophytes represent a ‘novel weapon’ in introduced communities?
Pedro M. Antunes, Algoma University; Angela Dukes, Algoma University; Akihiro Koyama, Algoma University

10:50 AM

COS 139-9

Is mediation of plant invasion by soil biota context dependent?
Rebecca A. Bunn, Western Washington University; Pedro M. Antunes, Algoma University; Ylva Lekberg, University of Montana and MPG Ranch, MPG Ranch

11:10 AM Cancelled

COS 139-10

Co-introduction of rhizobial symbionts does not delineate acacia invasiveness (widthdrawn)
Metha M. Klock, University of Louisville; Peter H. Thrall, CSIRO Agriculture Flagship; Luke G. Barrett, CSIRO Agriculture Flagship; Kyle Harms, Louisiana State University

COS 139 - Invasion: Species Interactions I