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Monday, July 28th

Monday, July 28th, 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm · Ball Room & Party Room/SUB
Session P: Contributed Posters: Ecological Section Posters
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PEC001Jul 28, 12:30pm-1:30pm
Jul 29, 12:30pm-1:30pm
Ball Room & Party Room/SUBTissue culture and characterization of genetic diversity in a threatened plant species, Opuntia fragilis
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Poster: Ecological SectionCarlson, Kitrina; Shrestha, Archana.Opuntia fragilis
RAPD
Genetic diversity
tissue culture
PEC003Jul 28, 12:30pm-1:30pm
Jul 29, 12:30pm-1:30pm
Ball Room & Party Room/SUBSeed production in sea oats (Uniola paniculata L., Poaceae) along an environmental gradient on a barrier island
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Poster: Ecological SectionBraly, S. Katharine; Brewer, Steven.seed limitation
barrier island
dune
PEC004Jul 28, 12:30pm-1:30pm
Jul 29, 12:30pm-1:30pm
Ball Room & Party Room/SUBEstimated Spread Rates and Population Growth of Microstegium vimineum (Trin.) A. Camus (Japanese Stiltgrass) from Roadside Populations into West Virginia Forests over Three Years
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Poster: Ecological SectionHuebner, Cynthia.Microstegium vimineum
growth rate
plant population biology
PEC005Jul 28, 12:30pm-1:30pm
Jul 29, 12:30pm-1:30pm
Ball Room & Party Room/SUBEstablishing DNA-Barcoding Methods in Diatoms for Diversity Assessments
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Poster: Ecological SectionGemeinholzer, Birgit; Zimmermann, Jonas; Jahn, Regine.
PEC006Jul 28, 12:30pm-1:30pm
Jul 29, 12:30pm-1:30pm
Ball Room & Party Room/SUBEcological Effects of Transgene Persistence on Plant Communities in the Presence and Absence of Drift Levels of Glyphosate Herbicide
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Poster: Ecological SectionWatrud, Lidia S.; King, George A.; Colasanti, Ricardo; Lee, E. Henry.Canola
bird's rape mustard
ecological risk assessment
Roundup
herbicide
PEC007Jul 28, 12:30pm-1:30pm
Jul 29, 12:30pm-1:30pm
Ball Room & Party Room/SUBEvaluating the Potential Ecological Effects of Transgene Escape and Persistence in Constructed Plant Communities
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Poster: Ecological SectionLondo, J.P.; Bollman, Mike; Sagers, C.L.; Watrud, Lidia S..stacked transgenes
Brassica napus
Brassica rapa
plant communities
ecological risk assessment
PEC008Jul 28, 12:30pm-1:30pm
Jul 29, 12:30pm-1:30pm
Ball Room & Party Room/SUBA comparison of floral reflectance patterns of Plantago species
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Poster: Ecological SectionAnderson, Erin R.; Lacey, Elizabeth; Lovin, Mary Beth.floral evolution
Spectral reflectance
Plantago
phylogeny
phenotypic plasticity
PEC009Jul 28, 12:30pm-1:30pm
Jul 29, 12:30pm-1:30pm
Ball Room & Party Room/SUBSeed heteromorphism in Cryptantha section Krynitzkia: geographic patterns, germination, and dispersal
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Poster: Ecological SectionPendleton, Rosemary; Pendleton, Burton K..Germination
reproduction
Habitat
Distribution
PEC010Jul 28, 12:30pm-1:30pm
Jul 29, 12:30pm-1:30pm
Ball Room & Party Room/SUBFactors affecting mast fruiting patterns in the ecotonal shrub Coleogyne ramosissima
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Poster: Ecological SectionPendleton, Burton K.; Meyer, Susan E..Coleogyne
mast fruiting
ecotone
PEC011Jul 28, 12:30pm-1:30pm
Jul 29, 12:30pm-1:30pm
Ball Room & Party Room/SUBThe evolution of self-incompatible and self-compatible populations in a hermaphroditic perennial, Trillium camschatcense: Which is the derivative?
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Poster: Ecological SectionKubota, Shosei; Ohara, Masashi.Japanese Trillium
phylogeny
mating-system evolution
self-compatibility
self-incompatibility
selfing
PEC012Jul 28, 12:30pm-1:30pm
Jul 29, 12:30pm-1:30pm
Ball Room & Party Room/SUBEdge effects on demography of a perennial understory herb, Trillium camschatcense, within small forest fragments
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Poster: Ecological SectionYamagishi, Hiroki; Tomimatsu, Hiroshi; Ohara, Masashi.Habitat fragmentation
Edge effect
Population growth rates
LTRE
PEC013Jul 28, 12:30pm-1:30pm
Jul 29, 12:30pm-1:30pm
Ball Room & Party Room/SUBDemographic genetic studies of a clonal plant Convallaria keiskei: roles of clonal growth and sexual reproduction
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Poster: Ecological SectionAraki, Kiwako; Yamada, Etsuko; Ohara, Masashi.clonal plant
demography
genet
life history
plant population biology
ramet
PEC014Jul 28, 12:30pm-1:30pm
Jul 29, 12:30pm-1:30pm
Ball Room & Party Room/SUBEradication of the aquatic invasive European frogbit (Hydrocharis morsus-ranae) from the Grasse River Wild Forest, Adirondack Park, NY
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Poster: Ecological SectionLangdon, Stephen F.; Oles, Hilary A.; Martine, Christopher T..Invasive Species
Hydrocharitaceae
management
Adirondack
PEC015Jul 28, 12:30pm-1:30pm
Jul 29, 12:30pm-1:30pm
Ball Room & Party Room/SUBThe contribution to vegetation of Qom Province as ecotone ecosystem in the center of Iran
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Poster: Ecological SectionMehrabian, Ahmadreza; Asghar, Abdoli; Homan, Liaghati; Hossein, Mostafavi; Salman Mahini, Abdolrasol; Faraham, Ahmadzadeh.Qom
ecotone
Iran
PEC016Jul 28, 12:30pm-1:30pm
Jul 29, 12:30pm-1:30pm
Ball Room & Party Room/SUBGrowth and survival patterns of a monocarpic perennial herb Cardiocrinum cordatum var. glehnii (Liliaceae), based on the 13-year monitoring study
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Poster: Ecological SectionOhara, Masashi; Araki, Kiwako; Shimatani, Kenichiro.monocarpic perennical
long term census
life history
demography
growth pattern
survival
PEC017Jul 28, 12:30pm-1:30pm
Jul 29, 12:30pm-1:30pm
Ball Room & Party Room/SUBClimate change and predicted geographic distribution of frailejones species (subtribe Espeletiinae, Asteraceae) in the neotropical Andes
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Poster: Ecological SectionDiazgranados, Mauricio.bioclimatic niche analysis
climate change
Espeletia
frailejones
northern Andes
subtribe Espeletiinae
PEC018Jul 28, 12:30pm-1:30pm
Jul 29, 12:30pm-1:30pm
Ball Room & Party Room/SUBAn evaluation of the distribution of ecological information on Alliaria petiolata (garlic mustard) to invasive species managers in Missouri and Illinois
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Poster: Ecological SectionWaselkov, Katherine; Pardini, Eleanor; Knight, Tiffany.alliaria petiolata
invasive plant
invasive species management
online survey
PEC019Jul 28, 12:30pm-1:30pm
Jul 29, 12:30pm-1:30pm
Ball Room & Party Room/SUBThe role of hybridization in reproduction and establishment of invasive Pyrus calleryana (Callery pear)
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Poster: Ecological SectionHardiman, Nicole; Culley, Theresa M..cultivar
invasive
hybridization
Hybrid vigor
Pyrus calleryana
PEC020Jul 28, 12:30pm-1:30pm
Jul 29, 12:30pm-1:30pm
Ball Room & Party Room/SUBDifferences in cold stratification requirements among populations of Lomatium dissectum seeds
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Poster: Ecological SectionDonahue, Jacklyn; Scholten, Melissa; Shaw, Nancy; Smith, James F.; Serpe, Marcelo.seed germination
Lomatium
stratification
PEC021Jul 28, 12:30pm-1:30pm
Jul 29, 12:30pm-1:30pm
Ball Room & Party Room/SUBPhylogeny and a preliminary comparative analysis of leaf and environmental characteristics in the epiphytic bromeliad genus Catopsis
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Poster: Ecological SectionGonsiska, P. A.; Givnish, Thomas J..Catopsis
epiphyte
Bromeliaceae
CONTINUOUS
comparative analysis
phylogenetic correction
PEC022Jul 28, 12:30pm-1:30pm
Jul 29, 12:30pm-1:30pm
Ball Room & Party Room/SUB
Canceled
The value of Specific Leaf Area (SLA) for predicting future woody invaders in New England
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Poster: Ecological SectionRushford, Jennifer L.; Martine, Christopher T.; Herron, Patrick M.; Leicht-Young, Stacey A.; Latimer, Andrew M..Invasive Species
specific leaf area
prediction
New England
PEC023Jul 28, 12:30pm-1:30pm
Jul 29, 12:30pm-1:30pm
Ball Room & Party Room/SUB
Canceled
Past and Future: Assessing the Impact of Agriculture on Climate Change in the Last 10,000 years
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Poster: Ecological SectionNicholson, Nancy.agricultural ecology interglacial
holocene ocean temperatures and agriculture
PEC024Jul 28, 12:30pm-1:30pm
Jul 29, 12:30pm-1:30pm
Ball Room & Party Room/SUBFifteen woody species with potential for invasiveness in New England
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Poster: Ecological SectionMartine, Christopher T.; Leicht-Young, Stacey A.; Herron, Patrick M.; Latimer, Andrew M..Invasive Species
Cultivated plants
Fabaceae
Rosaceae
Viburnum
PEC025Jul 28, 12:30pm-1:30pm
Jul 29, 12:30pm-1:30pm
Ball Room & Party Room/SUB
Canceled
Toxicity assessment of Industrial effluents on Allium root tip mitosis
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Poster: Ecological SectionOgunwenmo, K. Olusola; Dibia, Daphnie; Oyelana, Olatunji.Allium test
effluent
chromosomal aberration
mitosis
Phytotoxicity
Wastewater
PEC026Jul 28, 12:30pm-1:30pm
Jul 29, 12:30pm-1:30pm
Ball Room & Party Room/SUBThe effect of Cactoblastis cactorum on wild and cultivated populations of Opuntia species in Mexico using matrix population models
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Poster: Ecological SectionFlores-Moreno, Habacuc; Golubov, Jordan; Mandunjano, Francisco; Mandujano, Maria.Opuntia
Cactoblastis cactorum
Mexico
biological invasion
population
matrices models
PEC027Jul 28, 12:30pm-1:30pm
Jul 29, 12:30pm-1:30pm
Ball Room & Party Room/SUBInfluence of Seed Size on the Density of Arctostaphylos Seed Banks
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Poster: Ecological SectionIngalls, Stephen.Seeds
seed bank 
Arctostaphylos
PEC028Jul 28, 12:30pm-1:30pm
Jul 29, 12:30pm-1:30pm
Ball Room & Party Room/SUBEffect of Pattern of Defoliation on Performance of Canola (Brassica napus)
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Poster: Ecological SectionSusko, David; Superfisky, Beth.reproductive allocation
simulated herbivory
PEC029Jul 28, 12:30pm-1:30pm
Jul 29, 12:30pm-1:30pm
Ball Room & Party Room/SUBGot the climate change blues? Soil properties may impact mycorrhiza communities, early growth and relocation success of whitebark pine
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Poster: Ecological SectionTackaberry, Linda E.; Massicotte, Hugues; Green, D. Scott.Pinus albicaulis
whitebark pine
climate change
ectomycorrhizas
adaptive growth traits
migratory potential
PEC030Jul 28, 12:30pm-1:30pm
Jul 29, 12:30pm-1:30pm
Ball Room & Party Room/SUBPopulation dynamics of an endangered endemic rupiculous cactus
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Poster: Ecological SectionFlores Martínez, Alejandro; Manzanero Medina, Gladys Isabel; Mandujano, Maria.Cactaceae
demography
elasticity
Population Viability Analysis (PVA)
Mammillaria huitzilopochtli
PEC031Jul 28, 12:30pm-1:30pm
Jul 29, 12:30pm-1:30pm
Ball Room & Party Room/SUBThe consequences of genetic diversity for invasion success in populations of dandelions, Taraxacum officinale
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Poster: Ecological SectionDrummond, Emily; Vellend, Mark.Genetic diversity
species diversity
Taraxacum officinale
genotype-by-environment interaction
selection effect
complementarity
PEC032Jul 28, 12:30pm-1:30pm
Jul 29, 12:30pm-1:30pm
Ball Room & Party Room/SUBComparison of Seedling Fitness in the Hyperaccumulator, Alyssum murale Waldst and Kit. (Brassicaceae) in Soils With and Without Nickel
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Poster: Ecological SectionSylvain, Iman; McKenna, Mary.Alyssum murale
hyperaccumulator
serpentine
nickel
edaphic specialization
seedling growth
seed size
PEC033Jul 28, 12:30pm-1:30pm
Jul 29, 12:30pm-1:30pm
Ball Room & Party Room/SUBPlant community changes over 20 years in Pacific Spirit Regional Park, Vancouver, Canada
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Poster: Ecological SectionSuper, Laura; Vellend, Mark; Bradfield, Gary, E..plant communities
permanent plots
Pacific Spirit Regional Park
PEC034Jul 28, 12:30pm-1:30pm
Jul 29, 12:30pm-1:30pm
Ball Room & Party Room/SUBDispersion and establishment of aborted fruits from Opuntia microdasys in three habitats of the Chihuahuan Desert
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Poster: Ecological SectionGarcía Morales, Erick; Carrillo-Angeles, Israel; Palleiro, Nicolas; Mandujano, M. C..dispersion
cactus
propagation
Chihuahuan Desert
Opuntia
PEC035Jul 28, 12:30pm-1:30pm
Jul 29, 12:30pm-1:30pm
Ball Room & Party Room/SUBPlant-animal interaction in a mexican cloud forest
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Poster: Ecological SectionSanchez-Ramos, Gerardo; Dirzo, Rodolfo; Martinez-Avalos, Jose; Argomedo, Alicia; Davila-Ruiz, Miguel.Cloud Forest
herbivory
plant-animal interaction
PEC036Jul 28, 12:30pm-1:30pm
Jul 29, 12:30pm-1:30pm
Ball Room & Party Room/SUBGardening for pollinators of native plants – pine rockland restoration in Miami schoolyards
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Poster: Ecological SectionKoptur, Suzanne; Pena, Adel; Barragan, Michelle; Foss, Jennifer; Hoang, Lisa; Maschinski, Joyce; Perez-Munoz, Lisset.pollination
restoration
native species
plant-animal interaction
education
collaboration

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