8:15 AM Blumenthal, Dana ^{*,1, 2}, Jordan, Nicholas¹, Svenson, Elizabeth¹, ¹ University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota² USDA-ARS Rangeland Resources Research Unit, Fort Collins, CO Tallgrass prairie restoration controls weeds.

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8:30 AM Lau, Jennifer¹, ¹ UC Davis, Davis, CA Ecological and evolutionary responses of native species to novel community members: Direct and indirect effects of invasion.

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8:45 AM Bowles, Christy^*,1, Andelman, Sandy^*,1, ¹ National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Santa Barbara, CA, 93101 Invasion and composition in North American grasslands: Is the presence of non-native invasive species related to plant species diversity and productivity?

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9:00 AM McGraw, Jodi ¹, ¹ University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA Mounds enhance endangered plant persistence and native community structure by reducing exotic plants and litter.

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9:15 AM Leicht, Stacey^*,1, Silander, John¹, Jones, Cynthia¹, ¹ University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT Comparative ecology of an invasive bittersweet species and its native congener.

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9:30 AM Break.

9:45 AM Battaglia, Loretta^*,1, Denslow, Julie², ¹ Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, Illinois² USDA Forest Service, Hilo, Hawaii Sapium sebiferum invasion of a forest-marsh complex in the Louisiana deltaic plain.

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10:00 AM Reinhardt, Carrie^*,1, Galatowitsch, Susan¹, ¹ University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA Patterns in rhizome carbohydrate fluctuation in the invasive Phalaris arundinacea: implications for wetland restorations.

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10:15 AM Kellogg, Chev ^{*,1, 2}, Bridgham, Scott ³, Craft, Chris⁴, ¹ U.S. Geological Survey, Corvallis, OR² Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR³ University of Oregon, Eugene, OR⁴ Indiana University, Bloomington, IN Phalaris arundinacea invasion potential increases with soil successional changes.

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10:30 AM Sher, Anna^*,, Spencer, Dave, Sweet, Sara , DiTomaso, Joe, Compensatory growth response across two nutrient regimes by invasive Arundo donax.

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10:45 AM Volin, John^*,1, Lott, Michael¹, Muss, Jordan¹, Owen, Dianne¹, Stewart, Joy¹, ¹ Florida Atlantic University, Davie, FL The life history of the invasive fern Lygodium microphyllum: from reproductive strategy to landscape dispersal.

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11:00 AM Bastow, Justin^*,1, Preisser, Evan¹, Strong, Don¹, ¹ University of California-Davis, Davis, CA, USA The effect of an invasive grass, Holcus lanatus, on the breakdown of litter by Porcellio scaber.

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