COS 11 - Invasion: Ecosystem Processes

Monday, August 12, 2019: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
L016, Kentucky International Convention Center
Presider:
Ruscena Wiederholt
1:30 PM
Colonization history and the order of arrival of an invasive grass, Bromus tectorum, alters productivity in plant communities composed of native and exotic grasses
Laura Weber Ploughe, Thompson Rivers University; Cameron N. Carlyle, University of Alberta; Lauchlan H. Fraser, Thompson Rivers University
1:50 PM
Short-term gains and long-term losses for an east African myrmecophyte, triggered by a biological invasion
Patrick D. Milligan, University of Florida; Elizabeth Pringle, University of Nevada, Reno; Timothy A. Martin, University of Florida; Gabriella Mizell, University of Florida; Scott M. Carpenter, University of Wyoming; Corinna Riginos, University of Wyoming; Jacob R. Goheen, University of Wyoming; Todd M. Palmer, University of Florida
2:10 PM
Lonicera maackii increases rates of nutrient turnover during coarse woody debris decay
Michaela J. Woods, University of Dayton; Megan Rua, Wright State University
2:30 PM
Tradeoff between water yield and biomass production associated with eastern redcedar encroachment into grassland ecosystems of northcentral Oklahoma
Kathryn N. Schmidt, Oklahoma State University; Rodney Will, Oklahoma State University; Chris B. Zou, Oklahoma State University; Yu Zhong, Oklahoma State University; Elaine Stebler, Oklahoma State University
2:50 PM Cancelled
COS 11-5
Ecological effects of invasive apple snail (Pomacea maculata) on subtropical wetlands (widthdrawn)
Chase O'Neil, University of Florida; Yuxi Guo, University of Florida; Steffan Pierre, Archbold Biological Station; Elizabeth Boughton, Archbold Biological Station; Jiangxiao Qiu, University of Florida
3:10 PM
3:20 PM
Effects of Agrilus planipennis and Lonicera maackii on fungal driven decomposition in Midwestern forests
Adam Marcus Reed, Wright State University; Megan Rua, Wright State University
4:00 PM
Plant hydraulic trait trade-offs and species invasion dynamics in moist tropical forests
Thomas L. Powell, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Charles D. Koven, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Lara Kueppers, University of California, Berkeley
4:20 PM
Effects of nutrients on invasive flowering rush (Butomus umbellatus) in Lake Erie diked wetlands
Helen J. Michaels, Bowling Green State University; Erica Forstater, Bowling Green State University; Ian A. Anderson, Bowling Green State University; Angelica Vazquez-Ortega, Bowling Green State University
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