Abstract Detail

Plant invasions in a time of environmental change

Drenovsky, Rebecca E. [1], Grewell, Brenda J. [2].

Plant invasions in a time of environmental change.

Invasion by exotic species is one of the greatest threats to native organisms and plant communities worldwide. Compounding the effects of invasive species are environmental stressors such as climate change, nitrogen deposition, and desertification. Understanding how native and non-native plants respond to this array of stressors is key to protecting and restoring native plant communities and habitats. Our symposium speakers will highlight the following major thematic areas: functional traits of invasive species, phenotypic plasticity and plant invasion, invasive species and ecosystem impacts, human disturbance and plant invasions, and restoration of invaded systems. This symposium will be of broad interest to the members of BSA, with the presentations spanning multiple disciplines: invasion biology, ecophysiology, plant ecological genetics, population biology, evolutionary biology, community ecology, restoration ecology, and global change biology.

Broader Impacts:

1 - John Carroll University, Biology Department, 20700 North Park Blvd, University Heights, Ohio, 44118, USA
2 - USDA-ARS Exotic & Invasive Weeds Research, Department of Plant Sciences MS-4, University of California, Davis, 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, California, 95616, USA

Keywords:
Invasive Species
climate change
Restoration Ecology
desertification
functional traits
phenotypic plasticity
ecosystem function
population ecology
community ecology.

Presentation Type: Symposium or Colloquium Presentation
Session: SY2
Location: Ballroom B/Convention Center
Date: Monday, August 2nd, 2010
Time: 8:00 AM
Number: SY2SUM
Abstract ID:77