Session: Invasion: Prevention And Management (2018 ESA Annual Meeting (August 5 -- 10))

8:00 AM

Assessment of invasive baby's breath control methods in the northwest Michigan dunes
Emma K. Rice, Grand Valley State University; James N. McNair, Annis Water Resources Institute

8:20 AM

COS 103-2

Impacts of colonization and establishment of Chinese tallow (Triadica sebifera) on ecosystem resilience of native forest under different stand conditions
Shaoyang Yang, Mississippi State University; Andrew Ezell, Mississippi State University; Zhaofei Fan, Auburn University; S.C. Grado, Mississippi State University; Heidi J. Renninger, Mississippi State University

8:40 AM

COS 103-3

Using integral projection models to understand the population growth and spread of invasive spotted knapweed in New York State
Morodoluwa Akin-Fajiye, Stony Brook University

9:00 AM

COS 103-4

Interaction between predicted risk and minimum residence time in plant invasion
Doria R. Gordon, Environmental Defense Fund; Deah Lieurance, University of Florida; Luke Flory, University of Florida; Allison M. Gardner, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

9:20 AM

COS 103-5

What ignites fire ant density in longleaf pine ecosystems?
Angelina M. Haines, Auburn University; Robert Gitzen, Auburn University; Christopher A Lepczyk, Auburn University; Clay Sisson, Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy; Theron M. Terhune, Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy

9:40 AM

COS 103-

Break

9:50 AM Cancelled

COS 103-6

Biological control of winter moth, Operophtera brumata I: Impact of parasitoid Cyzenis albicans on densities in northeastern United States (widthdrawn)
Joseph S. Elkinton, University of Massachusetts Amherst; George H. Boettner, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Hannah J. Broadley, University of Massachusetts Amherst

10:10 AM Cancelled

COS 103-7

The biological control of winter moth (Operophtera brumata L) II: The role of native natural enemies (widthdrawn)
Hannah J. Broadley, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Joseph S. Elkinton, University of Massachusetts Amherst; George H. Boettner, University of Massachusetts Amherst

10:30 AM Cancelled

COS 103-8

Impacts of Chinese tallow invasion on ecosystem resilience of pine flatwoods in the coastal area of Gulf of Mexico, USA (widthdrawn)
Nannan Cheng, Auburn University; Zhaofei Fan, Auburn University; Shaoyang Yang, Mississippi State University; Nepal Sunil, Auburn University

10:50 AM

COS 103-9

Linking functional diversity and ecosystem processes: A framework for using functional diversity metrics to predict the ecosystem impact of nonnative species
Sara E. Kuebbing, University of Pittsburgh; Daniel Maynard, Yale University; Mark A. Bradford, Yale University

11:10 AM

COS 103-10

Relating forest health to structure with waveform lidar data
Peter B. Boucher, University of Massachusetts Boston; Steven Hancock, University of Maryland; David A. Orwig, Harvard University; Keith Krause, National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) and Battelle Ecology Inc.; Bruce Cook, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; Zhan Li, University of Massachusetts Boston; Francesco Peri, University of Massachusetts Boston; Ian Paynter, University of Massachusetts Boston; Crystal Schaaf, University of Massachusetts Boston

COS 103 - Invasion: Prevention And Management