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Symposium--Impacts of Invasive Species On Biodiversity and Land Use

Tuesday, November 3, 2009: 9:55 AM-3:50 PM
Convention Center, Room 324, Third Floor
Presiding:
Timothy Dickson
9:55 AM
Introductory Remarks
10:00 AM
Curbing Invasive Plants in the U.S.: Prevention, Eradication and (at Last Resort) Control.
Richard N. Mack, Washington State Univ.
10:30 AM
Evaluating Broad-Scale Correlates of Biocontrol Success with Purple Loosestrife: Management Implications and a General Protocol for Post-Release Evaluation.
Walter P. Carson, Univ. of Pittsburgh; Stephen M. Hovick, Univ. of Georgia
11:00 AM
Studies to Control the Guinea Grass at a Military Base in Hawaii.
Antonio Palazzo, USA-CRREL; Tim Cary, U.S. Army ERDC-CRREL; Watts, K. watts, U.S. Army Environmental Command
Audio File Recorded presentation
11:15 AM
Cheatgrass Control Strategies for Military Lands in the Intermountain West.
Timothy Cary, U.S. Army ERDC-CRREL; Antonio Palazzo, U.S. Army ERDC-CRREL; Dick Gebhart, U.S. Army; Dustin Kafka, Camp Guernsey
Audio File Recorded presentation
11:30 AM
Break
1:00 PM
Perennial Weeds in Agricultural Landscapes: Managing Threats to Smallholder Livelihoods.
Nicholas R. Jordan, Univ. of Minnesota
Audio File Recorded presentation
1:30 PM
The Effectiveness of Cover Crops for Invasive Weed Control.
Timothy Dickson, Washington Univ., St. Louis; Brian Wilsey, Iowa State Univ.; Andrea Blong, Iowa State Univ.; Ryan Busby, U.S. Army ERDC-CERL; Dick Gebhart, U.S. Army ERDC-CERL
Audio File Recorded presentation
1:45 PM
Plant-Microbe Interactions Alter Soil Nutrient Dynamics and Enhance Invasive-Plant Growth Characteristics in Invaded Ecosystems.
Marnie Rout, University of Montana
Audio File Recorded presentation
2:15 PM
Interactions Between An Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Community From a Cheatgrass-Invaded Soil and Native Steppe Plant Species.
Ryan Busby, U.S. Army ERDC-CERL; Dick Gebhart, U.S. Army ERDC-CERL; Mark Paschke, Colorado State Univ.; Mary Stromberger, Colorado State Univ.
Audio File Recorded presentation
2:30 PM
Break
2:45 PM
Current Trends in Destructive Insect and Disease Invasion of North America.
Andrew M. Liebhold, U.S. Forest Service
Audio File Recorded presentation
3:15 PM
Army and DoD Focus in Managing the Spread of Invasive Species.
Harold Balbach, U.S. Army CERL-CN; Lisa J. Rew, Montana State Univ.; Joseph D. Fleming, U.S. Forest Service
Audio File Recorded presentation
3:30 PM
Tracking Military Vehicles to Better Understand Invasive Species Spread.
Heidi Howard, ERDC-CERL; Harold Balbach, U.S. Army CERL-CN; Lisa J. Rew, Montana State Univ.; Paul Ayers, Univ. of Tennessee; Alan B. Anderson, U.S. Army Engineer Res. and Develop. Center
Audio File Recorded presentation
3:45 PM
Concluding Remarks
3:50 PM
Adjourn
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