COS 73 - Invasion: Dynamics, Population Processes

Presentations:

• 10:00 AM – 10:15 AM EDT

  Investigating the effects of landscape heterogeneity and dispersal on the genetics and spread of an introduced fish, Tench (Tinca tinca), using population genomic and simulation approaches
  

  Presenting Author: Thais Bernos – University of Toronto

  Coauthor: Jaclyn Hill – Fisheries and Oceans Canada

  Coauthor: Olivier Morissette – Direction de l’expertise sur la faune aquatique, Ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs, Québec

  Coauthor: Nicholas E. Mandrak – University of Toronto Scarborough

  Coauthor: Kenneth M. Jeffries, PhD – University of Manitoba
• 10:15 AM – 10:30 AM EDT

  Evolution in response to management and propagule size interact to increase invasiveness among experimental populations of aquatic plants.
  

  Presenting Author: Taylor Zallek – University of Pittsburgh
• 10:30 AM – 10:45 AM EDT

  Hydrology-mediated ecological function of a large wetland threatened by an invasive predator
  

  Presenting Author: Matthew R. Pintar – Florida International University

  Coauthor: Nathan J. Dorn – Florida International University

  Coauthor: Jeffrey L. Kline – South Florida Natural Resource Center, Everglades National Park

  Coauthor: Joel C. Trexler, Ph.D. – Florida State University
• 10:45 AM – 11:00 AM EDT

  Local-scale topography affects demographic rates of the invasive grass buffelgrass (Pennisetum ciliare)
  

  Presenting Author: Katherine A. Hovanes, PhD – University of Arizona

  Coauthor: Elise Gornish – University of Arizona
• 11:00 AM – 11:15 AM EDT

  CANCELLED - Community assembly by conflict: Adaptive load can facilitate invasion by maladapted competitors
  

  Presenting Author: Miguel Gomez – Department of Biological Sciences. University of Arkansas

  Coauthor: Adam Siepielski – Department of Biological Sciences. University of Arkansas
• 11:15 AM – 11:30 AM EDT

  Does invasive Phragmites australis fecundity vary latitudinally?
  

  Presenting Author: Sean F. Lee – Tulane University

  Coauthor: Emily Farrer – Tulane University

  Coauthor: Keith Clay – Tulane University