COS 176 - Invasion 2

Presentations:

• 10:00 AM – 10:15 AM PDT

  Impacts of invasive Opuntia cacti on mammalian habitat use in Laikipia County, Kenya
  

  Presenting Author: Peter S. Stewart – Durham University

  Coauthor: Philip Stephens – Durham University

  Coauthor: Mark Whittingham – Newcastle University

  Coauthor: Ayub Oduor – Technical University of Kenya

  Coauthor: Russell Hill – Durham University

  Coauthor: Wayne Dawson – Durham University
• 10:15 AM – 10:30 AM PDT

  Functional traits—not nativeness—shape the effects of megafauna on plants
  

  Presenting Author: Erick Lundgren, Dr – Aarhus University

  Coauthor: Juraj Bergman – Aarhus University

  Coauthor: Elizabeth le Roux – Aarhus University

  Coauthor: Sophie Monsarrat – Rewilding Europe

  Coauthor: Jeppe Kristensen – Oxford University

  Coauthor: Rasmus Pedersen – Aarhus University

  Coauthor: Jonas Trepel – University of Göttingen

  Coauthor: Jens-Christian Svenning – Aarhus University
• 10:30 AM – 10:45 AM PDT

  Human mediated activities play detrimental role in the abundance and distribution of the cannabis sativa in the Western Himalaya
  

  Presenting Author: Sadia Jehangir – Quaid i azam university, Islamabad, Pakistan

  Coauthor: Shujaul Mulk Khan – Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad

  Coauthor: Ujala Ejaz – Quaid i azam university, Islamabad, Pakistan

  Coauthor: Qurat ul Ain – Quaid i azam university, Islamabad, Pakistan
• 10:45 AM – 11:00 AM PDT

  CANCELLED - Flowering phenology alters biotic and abiotic selection in an invasive plant
  

  Presenting Author: Mia Akbar – Queen's University

  Coauthor: Robert I. Colautti, PhD – Queen's University
• 11:00 AM – 11:15 AM PDT

  CANCELLED - Identification of candidate genes involved in flavonoid pathways of Lythrum salicaria (Purple Loosestrife) to study hypotheses of invasion success .
  

  Presenting Author: Mabel Fuentes Vergara – Queen's University

  Coauthor: Robert I. Colautti, PhD – Queen's University
• 11:15 AM – 11:30 AM PDT

  Non-native species shift functional community composition across diverse ecoregions
  

  Presenting Author: Magda Garbowski, PhD – University of Wyoming

  Coauthor: Dana M. Blumenthal – USDA-ARS

  Coauthor: Ian S. Pearse – U.S. Geological Survey

  Coauthor: Dave Barnett – National Ecological Observatory Network

  Coauthor: Evelyn M. Beaury – Princeton University

  Coauthor: Bethany Bradley – University of Massachusetts Amherst

  Coauthor: Daniel Buonaiuto – University of Massachusetts

  Coauthor: Jeffery D. Corbin, Ph.D. – Union College

  Coauthor: Jeffrey Dukes – Carnegie Institution for Science, Division of Biosphere Sciences & Engineering

  Coauthor: Regan Early – University of Exeter

  Coauthor: Ines Ibanez, n/a – University of Michigan

  Coauthor: Andrea N. Nebhut – Stanford University

  Coauthor: Laís Petri – University of Michigan

  Coauthor: Helen R. Sofaer – U.S. Geological Survey

  Coauthor: Cascade J.B. Sorte – University of California, Irvine

  Coauthor: Montserrat Vila – Estación Biológica de Doñana

  Coauthor: Daniel C. Laughlin – University of Wyoming