7:45 – 8:45

Morning Walk

Lincoln Pond, E. N. Huyck Preserve and Biological Research Station

9:00 – 9:30

9:00

9:15

9:23

Conference introduction and vision

Welcoming remarks from organizing institutions: Ecological Research Institute; E.N. Huyck Preserve and Research Biological Station; New York Invasive Species Research Institute

Jonathan Rosenthal – Overview of invasions as dynamic processes

Radka Wildová – Research-management collaboration: challenges and opportunities

9:30 – 11:00

9:30

9:43

9:56

10:09

10:22

10:35

10:48 - 11:00

Managers’ roundtable

Presentations and panel discussion on the relationship between research and management activities

Steven Sanford, NY Department of Environmental Conservation - PDF of Presentation

Tim Howard, New York Natural Heritage Program

Jerry Carlson, NY Department of Environmental Conservation  - PDF of Presentation

Hilary Smith, The Nature Conservancy, Adirondack Chapter - PDF of Presentation

Julie Richburg, The Trustees of Reservations, Massachusetts - PDF of Presentation + Additional document: Invasive Plant Management Guidelines

Brooke Gebow, The Nature Conservancy, Arizona - PDF of Presentation

Panel discussion

11:15 – 12:30

11:15

11:40

12:00

12:20 - 12:30

Frameworks for understanding biological invasions

Marcel Rejmánek – Causes and consequences of biological invasions - What do we know? - Related readings: Rejmanek, Richardson & Pysek 2005; Rejmanek & Pitcairn 2002

Jessica Gurevitch – Synthesizing conceptual frameworks for biological invasions: Predictions, insights and dynamics

Laura Meyerson – Population-level dynamics of invasions over space and time - PDF of Presentation

Panel discussion

12:30 – 1:45

Lunch

1:45 – 3:15

1:45

2:05

2:25

2:45

3:05 - 3:15

Invasive Plants

Claus Holzapfel – Novelty and fusion: Plant community assembly in the age of biological globalization - PDF of Presentation

Deborah Goldberg – Mechanisms of plant invasion: From basic biology to useful management tools - PDF of Presentation

Petr Pyšek – Native distribution and species traits determine invasion success of alien plants

John Silander, Jr. – Predicting the distribution and spread of invasive woody plants species across northeastern North America - PDF of Presentation

Panel discussion

3:30 – 5:00

3:30

3:50

4:10

4:30

4:50 - 5:00

Community and evolutionary interactions

Joan Ehrenfeld – Exotic species and soil microbial communities: Complex interactions complicate the issues - PDF of Presentation

Charles Mitchell – Escape and accumulation of pathogens by introduced plants: Changes over continents and centuries

Andrew Liebhold – Historical records of forest insect and disease invasions reveal interesting patterns - PDF of Presentation

Bernd Blossey – The importance of origin and plant traits in determining impacts of changes in plant community composition

Panel discussion

5:00 – 7:00

Dinner

7:00 – 10:00

Poster session and mixer

Click here for complete, printer-friendly listing of all poster abstracts.

Theme A: Invasive species management activities that incorporate a dynamic aspect

Theme B: Basic research on dynamic aspects of invasion

Theme C: Invasive species monitoring and database initiatives

Theme D: Collaborative undertakings between invasive species ecologists and managers

8:15 – 9:25

8:15

8:35

8:55

9:15 - 9:25

Aquatic and Marine Invasives 

Anthony Ricciardi – Using invasion history to predict the impacts of introduced species - PDF of Presentation

Reuben Keller – Global shipping networks drive changing risks of invasion

David Strayer – Temporal changes in the zebra mussel invasion and its effects in the Hudson River - PDF of Presentation

Panel discussion

9:40 – 11:30

9:40

10:00

10:20

10:40

11:00

11:15 - 11:30

Data, Policy, and Management

Thomas Stohlgren – Forecasting invasions with climate change and land use change - PDF of Presentation

David Finnoff – Managing the risks of invasive species - PDF of Presentation

John Randall – Learning to live with the invasives we cannot control

Annie Simpson – Data integration solutions from the Global Invasive Species Information Network: What it is, where it’s going, and how you can join - PDF of Presentation

Meg Wilkinson – The iMapInvasives Project: A mapping tool and a partnership committed to serving the needs of natural resource managers and regional planners - PDF of Presentation; iMapInvasives handout; PRISM handout

Panel discussion

11:30 -12:45

Lunch

12:45 – 4:30

12:45 - 2:15

1:00 - 2:15

12:45 - 2:15

2:15 - 3:00

3:00 - 4:30

3:00 - 4:30

Field workshops at E.N. Huyck Preserve (concurrent sessions added as needed):

iMapInvasives workshop – Brent Kinal, NY Natural Heritage Program (limit 15 people)

Invasive earthworm interactions with stream salamanders – Rebecca Pinder, SUNY Albany (limit 15 people, weather permitting)

E.N. Huyck Preserve and Biological Research Station tour - Audrey Kropp

Beech bark disease history, status, and consequences – George Robinson, SUNY Albany

iMapInvasives workshop – Brent Kinal, NY Natural Heritage Program ((limit 15 people)

Invasive earthworm interactions with stream salamanders – Rebecca Pinder, SUNY Albany (limit 15 people, weather permitting)

Working meeting for conference organizers and invited speakers

4:30 – 6:00

Box dinner