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  ·  Plant invasions in a time of environmental change
  ·  Plant/Pollinator Interactions in Fragmented Landscapes

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Monday, August 2nd

Monday, August 2nd, 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm · Hall A/Convention Center
Session P: Contributed Posters: Ecological Section Posters
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PEC001August 2nd 5:30 pmHall A/Convention CenterPlant diversity and dispersal syndromes in three gallery forests of the Colombian Eastern Plains
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Poster: Ecological SectionCorrea-Gómez, DF; Stevenson, Pablo. Orinoco
Seasonal neotropical savannas
diversity
dispersal syndrome
Gallery forest
PEC002August 2nd 5:30 pmHall A/Convention CenterComparison of shrub and seed traits in two eastern California Sarcobatus populations
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Poster: Ecological SectionMartin, Alynn; Drenovsky, Rebecca E.; Richards, James.Great Basin Desert
recruitment
seed traits
range expansion
seed germination
PEC003August 2nd 5:30 pmHall A/Convention CenterPhenological study of some dry deciduous Forest tree species of Shamlaji Forest, North Gujjarat, India
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Poster: Ecological SectionDesai, manisha.phenology
leaffall
PEC004August 2nd 5:30 pmHall A/Convention CenterGrazing effects on plant biodiversity and hydrology in foothill wetlands
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Poster: Ecological SectionDenton, Renee.wetlands
Biodiversity
oak woodlands
swales
San Joaquin Experimental Range
PEC005August 2nd 5:30 pmHall A/Convention CenterResearch on plant community assemblage for Agrostis supports ecological risk assessment for genetically engineered Agrostis stolonifera
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Poster: Ecological SectionAhrens, Collin; Ecker, Geoffrey; Auer, Carol.ecological risk assessment
Agrostis
plant community
ordination
herbicide resistant
bentgrass
co-occurrence
PEC006August 2nd 5:30 pmHall A/Convention CenterArchitecture and Growth rates of three Espeletia species
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Poster: Ecological SectionRodríguez-Cerón, Nicolás; Navas, Alfredo; Madrińán, Santiago.Espeletia
Paramo
Growth rates
Plant Architecture
Age Estimation
PEC007August 2nd 5:30 pmHall A/Convention CenterInvestigating the effect of spatial environmental heterogeneity on the relative importance of stochastic and deterministic assembly of plant metacommunities
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Poster: Ecological SectionSuper, Laura ; Pither, Jason.community assembly
community ecology
deterministic assembly
metacommunity
plant community
spatially explicit modeling
spatial dynamics
spatial ecology
spatial environmental heterogeneity
spatial patterns
stochastic assembly
stochastic factors
PEC008August 2nd 5:30 pmHall A/Convention Center
Canceled
A test for crop traits linked to a reciprocal translocation of cultivated and wild radishes: implications for weed evolution following hybridization
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Poster: Ecological SectionChang, Hsiaochi; Snow, Allison.wild radish
Raphanus raphnistrum
hybridization
weeds evolution
pollen viability
PEC009August 2nd 5:30 pmHall A/Convention Center
Canceled
An Exploration of Chicken Litter-Induced Phytotoxicity in Agricultural Crop Species
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Poster: Ecological SectionBrower, MB; Tuberty, SR; Babyak, CM; Sakamachi, Y; Colvard, B. Trace metals
Phytotoxicity
Chicken litter
Agriculture
Corn
Fescue
PEC010August 2nd 5:30 pmHall A/Convention CenterDetermining the Invasive Capabilities of the Exotic Tree Phellodendron amurense Rupr. in Northeastern North America
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Poster: Ecological SectionMorgan, Eric C.; Borysiewicz, Jonathan.Phellodendron amurense
invasive
population dynamics
Importance value
PEC011August 2nd 5:30 pmHall A/Convention CenterThe common garden approach to plant evolutionary ecology
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Poster: Ecological SectionCheplick, Gregory.adaptation
common garden
natural selection
population differentiation
PEC012August 2nd 5:30 pmHall A/Convention CenterSwitchgrass (Panicum virgatum) biogeographic distribution study for ecological risk assessment
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Poster: Ecological SectionEcker, Geoffrey; Ahrens, Collin; Auer, Carol. ecological risk assessment
Panicum
Plant community
ordination
transgenic
switchgrass
co-occurrence
PEC013August 2nd 5:30 pmHall A/Convention CenterIndustrial paint effluent implications on the common weed Tridax procumbens.An Ecotoxicological review
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Poster: Ecological SectionOgungbemi, Mayomi; Shonubi, Olusola.O.Industrial paint effluent
Tridax procumbens
Ecotoxicology
Heavy Metals
PEC014August 2nd 5:30 pmHall A/Convention CenterThe effect of aquatic macrophytes on macroinvertebrate and zooplankton communities in Lake Champlain
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Poster: Ecological SectionBinggeli, Casey A.; Mihuc, Timothy B..Invasive plants
zooplankton
aquatic insects
Trapa
Hydrocharis
Myriophyllum
PEC015August 2nd 5:30 pmHall A/Convention CenterFitness-Related Traits of Cultivated vs. Wild Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum): Implications for Widespread Planting of Biofuel Cultivars
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Poster: Ecological SectionCampbell, Amy; Snow, Allison.switchgrass
Panicum virgatum
biofuel-crop
fitness-related traits
Crop-to-Wild Gene Flow
PEC016August 2nd 5:30 pmHall A/Convention CenterThe Effects of Inbreeding on Chamaecrista fasciculata  from a Small Prairie Fragment
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Poster: Ecological SectionWeems, Kimberly O.; Byers, Diane.inbreeding depression
Habitat fragmentation
Prairies
PEC017August 2nd 5:30 pmHall A/Convention CenterAssessing Botanical Capacity to Address 21st Century Grand Challenges in the United States
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Poster: Ecological SectionDeAngelis, Patricia; Havens, Kayri; Holsinger, Kent E.; Kennedy, Kathryn; Kramer, Andrea T.; Muir, Rachel ; Olwell, Peggy; Schierenbeck, Kristina A.; Stritch, Larry; Sundberg, Marshall; Zorn-Arnold, Barbara.climate change
sustainability
resource management
training botanists
PEC018August 2nd 5:30 pmHall A/Convention CenterEffect of floral display and geographical context on selfing rate variation in Plectritis congesta
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Poster: Ecological SectionAdderley, Lorraine; McEwen, Jamie; Vamosi, Jana.pollination biology
self-fertilization
Plectritis congesta
Biogeography
floral display size
landscape effects on bees
competition for pollination
PEC019August 2nd 5:30 pmHall A/Convention CenterPollinators and seed production of a native prairie species Lobelia spicata, in a fragmented landscapes
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Poster: Ecological SectionRichardson, Jennifer; Byers, Diane.plant-pollinator interaction
pollinator behavior
Habitat fragmentation
Prairies
PEC020August 2nd 5:30 pmHall A/Convention CenterGoing underground: roots track blue light gradients in the soil
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Poster: Ecological SectionTodd, Sadie; Galen, Candace.phototropism
Arabidopsis thaliana
PEC021August 2nd 5:30 pmHall A/Convention CenterReproductive biology of Hydrocharis morsus-ranae in Lake Champlain, a likely source population for the next region-wide aquatic plant invasion
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Poster: Ecological SectionDow-Kitson, Sasha; Martine, Christopher T..invasive
aquatic
Hydrocharitaceae
dioecy
PEC022August 2nd 5:30 pmHall A/Convention CenterEscaping minority cytotype exclusion - possible mechanisms of reproductive isolation among ploidy levels in Senecio carniolicus Willd. (Asteraceae)
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Poster: Ecological SectionSonnleitner, Michaela; Weis, Birgit; Flatscher, Ruth; Escobar Garcia, Pedro; Schoenswetter, Peter; Schneeweiss, Gerald M.; Hülber, Karl.Asteraceae
autopolyploidy
crossing experiments
inter-cytotype hybrids
minority cytotype exclusion
sympatric speciation
reproductive isolation
Senecio carniolicus
PEC023August 2nd 5:30 pmHall A/Convention CenterSickleweed, an Emerging Problem in the Northern Mixed Grass Prairie
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Poster: Ecological SectionKorman, Brian L. ; Larson, Gary E. ; Butler, Jack L.; Nepal, Madhav P..sickleweed
Falcaria
Germination
clonal reproduction
invasive plant
PEC024August 2nd 5:30 pmHall A/Convention CenterDiffferential responses to defoliation in little bluestem (Schizachrium scoparium) in tallgrass prairie: Implications for herbivory tolerance
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Poster: Ecological SectionHartnett, David C.; N'Guessan, Maipelo.herbivory
grasses
demography
PEC025August 2nd 5:30 pmHall A/Convention CenterBelowground bud bank production and dynamics of a C3 and a C4 perennial grass
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Poster: Ecological SectionOtt, Jacqueline P; Hartnett, David C..grasses
demography
bud banks
PEC026August 2nd 5:30 pmHall A/Convention CenterImpact and pattern of an invasion by Phellodendron amurenseRupr. in an urban and suburban woodland
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Poster: Ecological SectionMorgan, Eric C.; Kincaid, Dwight; Borysiewicz, Jonathan.Phellodendron
invasive
understory
PEC028August 2nd 5:30 pmHall A/Convention CenterUsing 15N stable isotope to label Lonicera maackii (Amur honeysuckle) seeds: Linking seed to source
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Poster: Ecological SectionCastellano, Steven M.; Gorchov, David L..Lonicera maackii
stable isotope
Invasive plants
Amur honeysuckle
seed dispersal
PEC029August 2nd 5:30 pmHall A/Convention CenterVolatile Oils of Monarda viridissima, an Endemic Species of the Carrizo Sand Formation in Texas
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Poster: Ecological SectionBirnbaum, Amanda.edaphic factor
Volatile Organic Compounds

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