Poster # 114. Huebner, Cynthia ^*,1, ¹ NE Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Morgantown, WV, USA Predicting early plant invasions in West Virginia public forests.

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Poster # 115. Samuels, Ivan^*,1, ¹ University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA Invasion of Chinese Tallow (Sapium sebiferum): Dispersal and recruitment limitation in multiple habitats.

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Poster # 116. Knapp, Liza^*,1, Fownes, James¹, Harrington, Robin¹, ¹ University of Massachusetts - Amherst, Amherst, MA Are invasive woody plants released from ecophysiological constraints on photosynthetic capacity?

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Poster # 117. Kota, Nathan^*,1, Landenberger, Rick¹, McGraw, James ¹, ¹ Department of Biology, Morgantown, WV, USA Dispersal of Ailanthus altissima seeds into varying environments: Is any area safe from invasion?

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Poster # 118. Subervielle, Stacy¹, Howard, Jerome^*,1, ¹ Department of Biological Sciences, New Orleans, LA, USA Light and moisture limitation of Sapium sebiferum seedlings in bottomland hardwood forest.

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Poster # 119. Rubino, Lucy^*,1, Webb, Sara¹, Passafaro, Steve¹, ¹ Drew University, Madison, NJ, 07940 Comparison of sympatric native and invasive maples: Five years of seedling bank dynamics.

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Poster # 120. Gurnee, Julie^*,1, Reinhart, Kurt¹, Calloway, Ray ¹, ¹ University of Montana, Missoula, MT An invasive tree suppresses natives and facilitates conspecifics by altering the light in the understory.

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Poster # 121. Salo, Lucinda^*,1, ¹ USGS Snake River Field Station, Boise, ID Introduced (Prosopis juliflora and Azadirachta indica) and native (Acacia nilotica var. adansonia) trees spreading in Senegal, West Africa.

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Poster # 122. Chaneton, Enrique^*,1, Mazia, Noemi¹, Ghersa, Claudio¹, ¹ Faculty of Agronomy, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina Importance of disturbance regime and community context for exotic tree invasions in mesic grasslands.

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Poster # 123. Lyons, Kelly¹, ¹ Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico Distribution, fitness and ecotypic variation ot the exotic annual grass, Aegilops triuncialis (barbed goatgrass) on serpentine soil in California.

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Poster # 124. Winters, Monica^*,1, Lipson, David², ¹ San Diego State University, San Diego, CA² San Diego State University, San Diego, CA The effects of an invasive plant community on the coastal sage scrub soil microbial community.

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Poster # 125. Eilts, Alex¹, Huxman, Travis¹, ¹ University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona Invasive grass influence over paloverde performance in the arid Southwest.

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Poster # 126. Young, Lauren^*,1, Louda, Svata¹, ¹ University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska Differences in survival, traits, and herbivory of seedlings from native and invasive congeners.

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Poster # 127. Yurkonis, Kathryn^*,1, Meiners, Scott¹, ¹ Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL Invasion by Lonicera japonica impacts species turnover in a successional system.

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Poster # 128. Gabbard, Bethany^*,1, Fowler, Norma¹, ¹ University of Texas-Austin, Austin, TX, USA The joint effects of competition and simulated grazing on an exotic grass and a co-occurring native species.

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Poster # 129. Sezen, Zeynep^*,1, Shea, Katriona ¹, ¹ The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA Dynamics of the invasive thistle Carduus nutans and its specialist herbivore Rhinocyllus conicus: Effective biocontrol in patchy environments.

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Poster # 130. Pankey, J.^*,1, Lee, R.¹, Black, R.¹, ¹ Washington State University, Pullman, WA Phenologic and physiologic response of native bunchgrasses to Centaurea invasion.

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Poster # 131. Vinton, MaryAnn^*,1, Vigue, Leanne^*,1, ¹ Department of Biology, Omaha, NE, 68178 The role of plant-soil feedbacks in the persistence of reed canary grass.

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Poster # 132. Barney, Jacob^*,1, DiTommaso, Antonio¹, Weston, Leslie¹, ¹ Cornell University, Ithaca, NY Growth and invasive potential of two mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris) populations in contrasting habitats and under different management practices.

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Poster # 133. Caplan, J.^*,1, Yeakley, J.¹, ¹ Environmental Science, Portland, OR, USA Rubus discolor vigor under varying photic and edaphic conditions in western Oregon.

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Poster # 134. Innis, Anne^{*,1, 2}, Forseth, Irwin¹, Whigham, Dennis², ¹ University of Maryland, College Park, MD² Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD Reproductive life history traits and competition as explanations for the success of the invasive perennial Rubus phoenicolasius.

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Poster # 135. Larson, Katherine ¹, ¹ University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR Pollinator visitation to the exotic japanese honeysuckle: Impacts on fruit set and vegetative growth.

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Poster # 136. Muss, Jordan^*,1, Owen, Dianne¹, Volin, John¹, ¹ Florida Atlantic University, Davie, FL Predicting the landscape spread of Lygodium microphyllum in South Florida.

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Poster # 137. Ladd, David^*,1, Cappuccino, Naomi¹, ¹ Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Effective dispersal of the invasive perennial vine pale swallow-wort Vincetoxicum rossicum.

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Poster # 138. Lott, Michael^*,1, Volin, John¹, ¹ Florida Atlantic University, Davie, FL The growth and physiological ecology of two invasive non-indigenous fern species, Lygodium microphyllum and Lygodium japonicum.

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Poster # 139. Burton, Michael^*,1, Webster, Theodore ², Prostko, Eric ³, Culpepper, A.³, York, Alan¹, Sermons, Shannon¹, ¹ North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC² USDA-ARS, Tifton, GA³ University of Georgia, Tifton, GA Rapid increase of tropical spiderwort (Commelina benghalensis L.) in herbicide-resistant crops of southeastern USA agroecosystems.

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Poster # 140. Nenzen, Hedvig^*,1, Swift, Cheryl^*,1, ¹ Whittier College, Whittier, CA Seedling recruitment and seed bank densities across ecotones betwen coastal sage scrub and grassland.

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Poster # 141. Robinson, Todd^*,1, Cottingham, Kathryn¹, ¹ Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH Differential nitrogen exploitation by knapweed and bluebunch wheatgrass.

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Poster # 142. Stark, Scott¹, Bunker, Daniel¹, Carson, Walter¹, ¹ University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA Predicting plant invasion in North American ecoregions: A macroecological approach.

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Poster # 143. Taylor, Milton^*,1, Zettler, Jennifer², Spira, Timothy¹, Allen, Craig¹, ¹ Clemson University, Clemson, SC² Armstrong Atlantic State University, Savannah, GA Experimental introductions of fire ants changes native ant populations.

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Poster # 144. Zettler, Jennifer ^*,1, Robinson, Bradford², Allen, Craig³, Spira, Timothy⁴, ¹ Department of Biology, Savannah, GA, USA² Department of Biology Instruction, Clemson, SC, USA³ U.S. Geological Survey, Clemson, SC, USA⁴ Department of Biological Sciences, Clemson, SC, USA Ants reduce oviposition success of gulf fritillaries on Passiflora incarnata.

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Poster # 145. Martin, Andrew^*,1, Rubino, Lucy², Lewis, J¹, ¹ Calder Center, Fordham University, Armonk, NY² Drew University, Madison, NJ Hemlock woolly adelgid density affects net photosynthetic rates but not respiration rates or needle biochemistry in eastern hemlock.

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Poster # 146. Dunker, Krissy^*,1, Volin, John¹, Loftus, William², ¹ Florida Atlantic University, Davie, FL² U.S.G.S. Center for Water and Restoration Studies, Miami, FL Non-indigenous fishes in restored and natural wetlands in the Everglades Big Cypress Swamp.

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Poster # 147. Gunawardene, Eshani^*,1, Juliano, Steven¹, ¹ Illinois State University, Normal, IL, USA A tale of two mosquitoes. The effect of leaf type on competitive interaction of mosquitoes.

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Poster # 148. Humphrey, Lewis^{*,1, 2}, Schupp, Eugene¹, ¹ Department of Forest, Range and Wildlife Resources, Logan, UT, USA² 1437 Hillcrest Drive, Buford, GA, USA A test of a long-lived and a short-lived perennial grass for use in restoring Bromus tectorum communities.

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