35th annual Natural Areas Conference Presentations

A Joint Conference of the Natural Areas Association (NAA) and
the National Association of Exotic Pest Plant Councils (NAEPPC)

Hosted by the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC)

Invasive Exotics Impacts - Friday, October 17, 2008

1:30-2:00	Exotic invasive knotweeds (Fallopia spp.) negatively affect native plant and invertebrate assemblages in European riparian habitats.	Esther Gerber
2:00-2:30	Seeding effectiveness and natural regeneration of Mojave Desert plant communities after 2005 wildland fires	E. Cayenne Engel
2:30-3:00	Red-imported fire ants (Solenopsis invicta) as an agent of pedoturbation in saline barrens of southern Arkansas	Michael Warriner
3:30-4:00	Response of native and invasive plants to removal of Lonicera maackii in a successional forest	Troy Evans
4:00-4:30	The importance of who you are: How native and introduced plants structure aquatic and forest communities	Bernd Blossey
4:30-5:00	Impacts and control of the invasive species red bartsia (Odontites verna) in tall grass prairie remnants in Manitoba	Brad Kennedy