Poster # 91. Bartuszevige, Anne^*,1, ¹ Miami University, Oxford, OH Avian seed dispersers of the invasive, exotic shrub Lonicera maackii (Rupr) Herder, (Caprifoliaceae) in Southwest Ohio.

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Poster # 92. Earnhart, Claire^*,1, Banker, Michele², Geiger, Donald^1,2, Jablonski, Leanne², ¹ University of Dayton, Dayton, OH² The Marianist Environmental Education Center (MEEC), Dayton, OH Dynamics of the woodland herbaceous layer following honeysuckle removal.

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Poster # 93. Espenschied, Amanda^*,1, Runkle, James¹, ¹ Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio Tree of Heaven or Hell? The naturalization of Ailanthus altissima in the Wright State woods.

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Poster # 94. BUCK, JANE^*,1, MANN, DEBORA¹, ¹ MILLSAPS COLLEGE, JACKSON, MS, manndl@millsaps.edu Impact of the exotic Ailanthus altissima on ground cover diversity in a disturbed Virginia forest.

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Poster # 95. Longbrake, A. Christina^*,1, McCarthy, Brian², ¹ Washington & Jefferson College, Washington, PA² Ohio University, Athens, OH Seed germination, persistence, and microsite requirements of Paulownia tomentosa (Scrophulariaceae) in a managed forest.

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Poster # 96. Gottschalk, Kurt^*,1, Ostry, Michael², Morin, Randall¹, Liebhold, Andrew¹, ¹ USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station, Morgantown, WV² USDA Forest Service, North Central Research Station, St. Paul, MN Butternut (Juglans cinerea L.) distribution for estimating butternut canker mortality impacts and potential reintroduction of resistant trees.

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Poster # 97. Eickwort, Jeffrey^*,1, Kobe, Richard¹, ¹ Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI Juvenile mortality as a function of growth under low light for exotic Norway maple (Acer platanoides L.) and native sugar maple (Acer saccharum L.).

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Poster # 98. Lewis, James^*,1, Mates-Muchin, J.¹, Turner, Gregory¹, ¹ Fordham University, Armonk, New York Relationship between defoliation associated with the hemlock woolly adelgid and growth of eastern hemlock.

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Poster # 99. GREIPSSON, SIGURDUR^*,1, DITOMMASO, ANTONIO², ¹ TROY STATE UNIVERSITY, TROY, ALABAMA² CORNELL UNIVERSITY, ITHACA, NEW YORK Impact of the invasive plant Vincetoxicum rossicum on activity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal populations.

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Poster # 100. Shuster, William², Herms, Catherine¹, Cardina, John^*,1, Frey, Mark¹, Doohan, Doug¹, ² USEPA-NRMRL-SEB, Cincinnati, Ohio¹ The Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio Comparison of survey methods for an invasive plant (Alliaria petiolata) at the subwatershed level.

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Poster # 101. Gibson, David^*,1, Spyreas, Greg², Benedict, Jennifer¹, ¹ Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL² Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign, IL Life history of Microstegium vimineum (Poaceae), an invasive exotic in southern Illinois.

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Poster # 102. YOSHIDA, KEIICHIRO^*,1, OKA, SHUICHI², ¹ National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan² Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan Alteration of secondary-successional pathways in northwestern Pacific islands by the invasion of Leucaena leucocephala.

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Poster # 103. Trujillo Argueta, Sonia^*,1, del Castillo, Rafael¹, Rivera García, Raúl¹, ¹ CIIDIR Oaxaca, Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Oaxaca, Oaxaca, México Pine invasions in cloud forests: factors determining seedling regeneration in a secondary tropical pine .

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