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Thursday, August 10, 1:30-5:00 pm
COS 90 - Invasive species VI: spread, distribution, variation, and adaptations
Ballroom A, Ballroom Level, Cook Convention Center
Presiders: S DeWalt

1:30 PMFunk, Jennifer*,1, 1 Stanford University, Stanford, CA, Physiological and morphological plasticity in closely related pairs of invasive and native plant species: are invasive species more plastic?

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2:10 PMMacKay, James*,1, Kotanen, Peter2, 1 University of Toronto at Mississauga, Mississauga, ON, Canada2 University of Toronto at Mississauga, Mississauga, ON, Canada, Do colonizing populations of common ragweed escape their natural enemies?

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2:30 PMCoiner, Heather*,1, Sage, Rowan1, 1 University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, Kudzu (Peureria lobata) distribution in the North Temperate Zone is controlled by root freezing sensitivity.

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2:50 PMKimbro, David*,1, Grosholz, Edwin1, Travis, Nicole 2, 1 University of California, Davis, Davis, CA2 Brown University, Providence, RI, The distribution of native and non-native whelks and its effect on native oyster communities in Tomales Bay, CA.

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3:10 PM, Break.

3:20 PMGade, Kristin*,1, Kinzig, Ann1, 1 Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, The role of freeway corridors in native and non-native plant migration in and around metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona.

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3:40 PMSalguero, Roberto*,1, Garcia, Maria2, Casper, Brenda1, 1 Department of Biology, Philadelphia, PA2 Instituto Pirenaico de Ecologia, Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain, Risk of invasiveness and extinction in Rhododendron ponticum L.

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4:00 PMPardini, Eleanor*,1, Hamrick, J1, 1 University of Georgia, Athens, GA, Geographic variation for early growth traits in an introduced, weedy tree species.

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4:20 PMMelbourne, Brett*,1, Hastings, Alan1, 1 University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, Spread rates are highly variable in replicated invasions: models and experiments.

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4:40 PMDeWalt, Saara*,1, Siemann, Evan2, Rogers, William3, 1 Clemson University, Clemson, SC2 Rice University, Houston, TX3 Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, Geographic distribution of genetic variation in introduced populations of Chinese tallow tree.

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