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PARENT SESSION
Wednesday, August 9, 1:30-5:00 pm
COS 62 - Invasive species IV: trophic interactions and competition
Ballroom A, Ballroom Level, Cook Convention Center
Presiders: J Orrock

1:30 PMAbhilasha, Dipti*,1, Joshi, J1, 1 University of Zurich, Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Evidence for evolutionary decreased defense against generalists in invasive horseweed Conyza canadensis.

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1:50 PMWinslow, Christopher*,1, Miner, Jeffrey1, Wiegmann, Daniel1, 1 Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, Round goby effects on growth and survivorship of young-of-the-year smallmouth bass.

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2:10 PMBaker, Priscilla*,1, Knapp, Alan 1, Blair, John2, 1 Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO2 Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, Are invasive exotic grasses more productive than the native grasses they displace.

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2:30 PMBevins, Sarah*,1, Moore, Janice 1, 1 Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, Invasive mosquitoes, competition, and vector-borne disease.

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2:50 PMBest, Rebecca*,1, 1 University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, Inter-trophic invader interactions: disturbance and seed dispersal by an introduced herbivore facilitates replacement of native forbs with introduced grasses.

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3:10 PM, Break.

3:20 PMVogel, Laura*,1, 1 University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, lsvogel@uno.edu, Displacement of the native toad, Bufo fowleri, via larval competition with the invasive B. nebulifer.

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3:40 PMScheele, Carrie*,1, Knoll, Lesley2, Hall, Donald1, 1 Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, scheelec@msu.edu2 Miami University, Oxford, OH, Zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) decrease macrozooplankton biomass in inland Michigan lakes.

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4:00 PMHolway, David *,1, Thomas, Melissa1, Payne, Christine2, Suarez, Andrew2, Tsutsui, Neil3, 1 University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA2 University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL3 University of California, Irvine, CA, When supercolonies collide: genetic differentiation and intraspecific aggression across Argentine ant territory boundaries.

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4:20 PMNuņez, Martin*,1, Relva, Maria2, Simberloff, Daniel1, 1 The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN2 Universidad del Comahue, Lab. Ecotono, Bariloche, Argentina, Enemy release or invasional meltdown? The role of exotic herbivores in pine invasion on Isla Victoria, Nahuel Huapi National Park, Argentina.

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