COS 55 - Invasion: Community Effects

Presentations:

• 8:00 AM – 8:15 AM EDT

  Invader species, not functional similarity, drives complex per-invader effects in a grassland community
  

  Presenting Author: Andrea N. Nebhut – Purdue University Department Forestry and Natural Resources

  Coauthor: David U. Hooper – Western Washington University Department of Biology

  Coauthor: Jeffrey S. Dukes – Purdue University Departments of Forestry and Natural Resources & Biological Science
• 8:15 AM – 8:30 AM EDT

  Enemy release of Callery pear: implications for an emerging invasive plant pest
  

  Presenting Author: Jessica Hartshorn – Clemson University

  Coauthor: Forest Palmer – Clemson University

  Coauthor: David Coyle – Clemson University
• 8:30 AM – 8:45 AM EDT

  Displacement and replacement of buzz-pollination by an exotic solitary bee on a sub-tropical island
  

  Presenting Author: Brittany M. Harris – Florida International University

  Coauthor: Suzanne Koptur – Florida International University

  Coauthor: Hong Liu – Florida International University
• 8:45 AM – 9:00 AM EDT

  Different adaptive strategies of alien woody species are linked to reduced native richness and abundance in Caribbean forests
  

  Presenting Author: Julissa Rojas-Sandoval – Institute of the Environment - University of Connecticut

  Coauthor: James Ackerman – University of Puerto Rico

  Coauthor: Humfredo Marcano-Vega – USDA Forest Service

  Coauthor: Michael Willig – University of Connecticut
• 9:00 AM – 9:15 AM EDT

  Quantifying and linking mechanism scenarios to invasive species impact
  

  Presenting Author: Marc William Cadotte, PhD – University Of Toronto
• 9:15 AM – 9:30 AM EDT

  Underappreciated influencers: How do beetle-fungal mutualisms influence fungal communities and wood decay in Pinus ponderosa?
  

  Presenting Author: Emily Martin – MPG Ranch

  Coauthor: Lorinda Bullington – University of Montana

  Coauthor: Diana Six – University of Montana