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2Nd World Conference on Biological Invasions and Ecosystem Functioning 2nd World Conference on Biological Invasions and Ecosystem Functioning November 21-24 2011 Mar del Plata, Argentina Wwww.grieta.org.ar/biolief Grupo de Investigación y Educación en Temas Ambientales 2nd World Conference on Biological Invasions and Ecosystem Functioning November 21-24, 2011 Mar del Plata, Argentina ORGANIZATION Grupo de Investigación y Educación en Temas Ambientales (GrIETA) España 3364, B7602BIL, Mar del Plata, Argentina E-mail: [email protected] www.grieta.org.ar Organizing Committee Jorge Gutiérrez, Gabriela Palomo, Pablo Ribeiro SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE David Aldridge - University of Cambridge, UK. Jeb Byers - University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA. Ariel Farías - Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile. Jorge Gutiérrez - Grupo de Investigación y Educación en Temas Ambientales, Mar del Plata, Argentina. Sally Hacker - Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA. Fabián Menalled - Montana State University, MT, USA. Hugh MacIsaac - University of Windsor, ON, Canada. Jonathan Jeschke - Technische Universität München (TUM), Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany. Gabriela Palomo - Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Pablo Penchaszadeh - Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Pablo Ribeiro - Grupo de Investigación y Educación en Temas Ambientales, Mar del Plata, Argentina. Ronaldo Sousa - Universidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal. Andrew Suarez - University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA. Diego Vázquez -Universidad Nacional del Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina SUPPORT www.grieta.org.ar www.conicet.gov.ar www.issg.org © Grupo de Investigación y Educación en Temas Ambientales (GrIETA) This publication can be reproduced in whole or in part and in any form for educational or non-profit purposes without permission from the copyright holder, provided acknowledgement of the source is made. No commercial use of this publication can be made. The scientific accuracy of each abstract is the responsibility of the authors. BIOLIEF 2011 and GrIETA Logo Design: Ignacio Villamil Cover Design: Pablo Ribeiro Cover Picture: Jorge Gutiérrez Acknowledgements: Federico Ribeiro (KeyWork), Ignacio Villamil, Oscar Vallina, Liliana Tallone, Cristian Schleich, Andrés Rodríguez, Ronaldo Sousa, Pedro Morais, Ester Dias, Ricardo “Chiche” Osés, Cristina Barresi, and all who are part of GrIETA. - CONFERENCE PROGRAM DIGEST ………………… …………… ….. NOVEMBER 21, 2011 NOVEMBER 23, 2011 9:00-13:30 - Check in. 9:00-9:45 - KEYNOTE ADDRESS. Ronaldo Sousa – Aquatic invasive species and ecosystem functioning. 13:30-14:00 - Welcome Address by Organizers and Local Authorities. 9:45-10:45 - SESSION 6. Bioinvasion impact assessment. 14:00-14.45 - CONFERENCE OPENING LECTURE. David Strayer – Eight questions about invasions and 10:45-11:15 - Break. ecosystems. 11:15-12:45 - SESSION 7. Prevention and management 14:45-16:00 - SESSION 1. Invasive species impact on of biological invasions. ecosystem processes and functional diversity. 12:45-14:00 - Lunch Break. 16:00-16:30 - Break. 14:00-14.45 - KEYNOTE ADDRESS. Hugh MacIsaac – 16:30-18:15 - SESSION 1. Invasive species impact on Management of vectors to prevent biological invasions: ecosystem processes and functional diversity (Cont.). Successes, transitional stages and failures in the Great Lakes of North America. 18:15-19:30 - Cocktail. 14:45-16:00 - SESSION 7. Prevention and management of biological invasions (Cont.). NOVEMBER 22, 2011 16:00-16:30 - Break. 9:00-9:45 - KEYNOTE ADDRESS. Jonathan Jeschke – Evaluating major hypotheses in invasion biology. 16:30-18:45 - SESSION 7. Prevention and management of terrestrial invasions (cont.). 9:45-10:45 - SESSION 2. Theory and models in invasion biology. 18:45-19:30 - Meeting of Members of the Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG). 10:45-11:15 - Break. 21:00 - Conference Dinner at El Maute. 11:15-12:45 - SESSION 3. Habitat requirements and distribution of invasive species. NOVEMBER 24, 2011 12:45-14:00 - Lunch Break. 9:30-10:45 - SESSION 8. Comparative morphology and 14:00-16:00 - SESSION 4. Biogeography and behavior of invasive species. macroecology of biological invasions. 10:45-11:15 - Break. 16:00-16:30 - Break. 11:15-12:45 - SESSION 9. POPULATION BIOLOGY OF 16:30-18:15 - SESSION 5. Biological and physical INVASIVE SPECIES. determinants of habitat invasibility. 12:45-14:00 - Lunch Break. 18:15-19:15 - POSTER PRESENTATIONS. 14:00-14.45 - KEYNOTE ADDRESS. Sally Hacker – 19:15-20:00 - Meeting of Argentinean Experts on Invasive grasses, climate change, and effects on coastal Invasive Species (EEI). dune ecosystem functions and services. 14:45-16:00 - SESSION 10. Impacts of invaders on native species and communities. 16:00-16:30 - Break. 16:30-18:30 - SESSION 10. Impacts of invaders on native species and communities (Cont.). 18:30-19:00 - Meeting Closure. - DETAILED CONFERENCE PROGRAM AND INDEX OF ORAL PRESENTATIONS…… …… NOVEMBER 21, 2011 9:00-13:30 Check in. 13:30-14:00 Welcome Address by Organizers and Local Authorities. CONFERENCE OPENING LECTURE 14:00-14.45 David Strayer – Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY, USA. Eight questions about invasions and ecosystems. [Abstract: Page 18] SESSION 1 INVASIVE SPECIES IMPACT ON ECOSYSTEM PROCESSES AND FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY [Abstracts: Pages 20-21]. 14:45-15:00 Brian Reid – Universidad Austral de Chile, Coyhaique, Chile. Didymosphenia geminata invasion in Chile, and the potential for biogeochemical state change in Patagonian streams. 15:00-15:15 Douglas Haffner – University of Windsor, Windsor, ON, Canada. Species invasions and food web collapse in Lake Huron. 15:15-15:30 Craig Hebert – Environment Canada, Ottawa, Canada. Species introductions cause multiple stressor impacts on top avian predators in the Laurentian Great Lakes. 15:30-15:45 Jeremy Shelton – University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa. Impact of non-native rainbow trout on stream communities in the Cape floristic region, South Africa. 15:45-16:00 Zannè Zeeman – University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa. Arrival, dispersal and ecosystem effects of invasive mussels in South Africa: Moderation by water movements. 16:00-16:30 Break SESSION 1 INVASIVE SPECIES IMPACT ON ECOSYSTEM PROCESSES AND FUNCTIONA DIVERSITY (CONT.) [Abstracts: Pages 21-24] 16:30-16:45 Robert Tanner – CABI Europe-UK, Egham, UK Contrasting the above and belowground invertebrate community responses to Impatiens glandulifera: Implications for habitat restoration. 16:45-17:00 Laura Yahdjian – Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Exploring mechanisms for the maintenance of alternative community states in old-field grasslands. 17:00-17:15 María Salgado Salomón – Universidad Nacional de Patagonia San Juan Bosco, Esquel, Argentina. Pseudotsuga menziesii invasion in native forests of Patagonia: What about mycorrhizas? 17:15-17:30 Tsvetana Mincheva – Università di Torino, Torino, Italy. Effects of Fallopia japonica (Houtt.) Ronse Decraene on native plant species, arbuscular mycorrhiza and soil fungi decomposers. 17:30-17:45 André Terwei – Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy. The impact of non-native trees on native floodplain forests herb-layer functional diversity. 4 17:45-18:00 Christopher Anderson – Universidad de Magallanes, Punta Arenas, Chile. Are invasive beavers the largest threat to Sub-Antarctic forests in the Holocene? – A landscape-level analysis. [Page 25] 18:00-18:15 Alejandro Valenzuela – Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas, Ushuaia, Argentina. Invasive american mink (Neovison vison) in Tierra del Fuego Island: Effects on native fauna. [Page 22] 18:15-19:30 Cocktail NOVEMBER 22, 2011 KEYNOTE ADDRESS 9:00-9:45 Jonathan Jeschke – Technische Universität München, Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany. Evaluating major hypotheses in invasion biology. [Abstract: Page 18] SESSION 2 THEORY AND MODELS IN INVASION BIOLOGY [Abstracts: Pages 24-25] 9:45-10:00 Andrés Rolhauser – Universidad Nacional de San Juan, San Juan, Argentina. Plant invasion in deserts: From plant traits to community invasibility. 10:00-10:15 Matthew Hill – University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia. Using species distribution models and thermal tolerance traits to investigate niche-conservatism in an invasive mite. 10:15-10:30 Derek Corcoran – Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile. The application of niche models to discriminate between invasion mechanisms. 10:30-10:45 Sylvia Haider – Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany. Does genetic differentiation support the spread of non-native plant species in mountains? 10:45-11:15 Break SESSION 3 HABITAT REQUIREMENTS AND DISTRIBUTION OF INVASIVE SPECIES [ Abstracts: Pages 25-27] 11:15-11:30 Mauro Carrasco – Centro Nacional Patagónico, Puerto Madryn, Argentina. Modelling the geographic expansion of Crassostrea gigas in the marine coast of Argentina. 11:30-11:45 Fernando Dellatorre – Centro Nacional Patagónico, Puerto Madryn, Argentina. Northern expansion of Undaria pinnatifida range in Argentina: Can it go further? 11:45-12:00 Pedro Barón – Centro Nacional Patagónico, Puerto Madryn, Argentina. Association of the global invader Carcinus maenas to intertidal and shallow subtidal habitats of Patagonia. 12:00-12:15 Bernt-Håvard Øyen – Norwegian Forest and Landscape Institute, Bergen, Norway. Spread of sitka spruce in coastal parts of Norway. 12:15-12:30 Miguel Cantamutto – Universidad Nacional del Sur, Bahía Blanca, Argentina. 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