COS 155 - Invasion: Models 1

Presentations:

• 10:00 AM – 10:15 AM EDT

  CANCELLED - Principles of island biogeography theory predict biological invasions in fragmented agroecosystems
  

  Presenting Author: Adrienne Dykstra – University of Florida

  Coauthor: Bronson Strickland – Mississippi State University

  Coauthor: Kurt Vercauteren – USDA APHIS

  Coauthor: Marcus Lashley – University of Florida
• 10:15 AM – 10:30 AM EDT

  Forecasting defoliation magnitudes by an invasive moth using environmental and anthropogenic drivers
  

  Presenting Author: Charlotte Malmborg – Boston University

  Coauthor: Michael C. Dietze – Boston University

  Coauthor: Valerie Pasquarella – Boston University
• 10:30 AM – 10:45 AM EDT

  Predicting the invasion success of zebra and quagga mussels
  

  Presenting Author: Steven F. Brownlee – Simon Fraser University

  Coauthor: Isabelle M. Côté, PhD – Simon Fraser University - Burnaby, BC

  Coauthor: Jonathan Moore – Simon Fraser University
• 10:45 AM – 11:00 AM EDT

  An annotated draft genome of Lythrum salicaria (Purple loosestrife) to study rapid evolution and invasion genetics.
  

  Presenting Author: Mabel Fuentes Vergara, n/a – Queen's University

  Coauthor: Nikolay Alabi – Queen's University

  Coauthor: Maya Dixon – Queen's University

  Coauthor: Robert I. Colautti, PhD – Queen's University
• 11:00 AM – 11:15 AM EDT

  Assessing the role of climatic niche shifts in facilitating the spread of Brassica tournefortii
  

  Presenting Author: Clarissa Rodriguez – University of California, Riverside

  Coauthor: Janet Franklin – University of California, Riverside

  Coauthor: Loralee Larios – University of California, Riverside
• 11:15 AM – 11:30 AM EDT

  Using invasion history to test the assumption of environmental equilibrium in over 250 introduced plant species in North America
  

  Presenting Author: Maisy Roach Krajewski – University of Ottawa

  Coauthor: Heather Kharouba – University of Ottawa

  Coauthor: Tyler Smith – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada