Tuesday, August 7, 2007: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
Almaden Blrm I, San Jose Hilton
COS 50 - Habitat connectivity and fragmentation II: Case studies
1:30 PMCOS 50-1Brown bear distribution versus human disturbance and forest fragmentation in European Russia
Camilo Alcantara, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Leonid Baskin, Russian Academy of Sciences, Natasha Novoselova, Russian Academy of Sciences, M. Vaisfeld, Russian Academy of Sciences, Alexander V. Prishchepov, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Volker C. Radeloff, University of Wisconsin-Madison
1:50 PMCOS 50-2Island occupancy by bats: Influences of area and isolation on insular incidence of volant mammals
Winifred F. Frick, Oregon State University, John P. Hayes, University of Florida, Gainesville, Paul A. Heady III, Central Coast Bat Research Group
2:10 PMCOS 50-3Habitat connectivity: Seabird effects on insular intertidal communities in Bahía de los Angeles, Mexico
Drew M. Talley, San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Shara Fisler, Aquatic Adventures Science Education Foundation
2:30 PMCOS 50-4Ontogenetic shifts in habitat use in an inland population of the American Alligator: Another case for the importance of seasonal wetlands
Amanda L. Subalusky, Texas A&M University, Lora L. Smith, Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center, Lee A. Fitzgerald, Texas A&M University
2:50 PMCOS 50-5The effect of matrix structure on gene flow between Rana sylvatica populations
A. J. Zellmer, University of Michigan, L L Knowles, University of Michigan, E E Werner, University of Michigan
3:10 PM Break
3:20 PMCOS 50-6Habitat connectivity promotes persistence of a galling sawfly assemblage (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae)
Sharon M. Ferrier, Northern Arizona University, Randy K. Bangert, Northern Arizona University, Peter W. Price, Northern Arizona University
3:40 PMCOS 50-7Pollinator-mediated matrix effects on multi-trophic interactions of flower-visiting insects
Tim Diekötter, Justus-Liebig University, Giessen, Kyle J. Haynes, Miami University, Doug Mazeffa, University of California, Santa Barbara, Thomas O. Crist, Miami University
4:00 PMCOS 50-8Conservation of semi-arid gypsophile plant communities: The role of fragmentation and grazing
Yolanda Pueyo, Utrecht University, Concepción L. Alados, Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología, Olivia Barrantes, Universidad de Zaragoza, Benjamic Komac, Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología, Max Rietkerk, Utrecht University
4:20 PMCOS 50-9The reproductive cost of phenological and spatial isolation in Echinacea angustifolia, a common prairie perennial
Jennifer L. Ison, University of Illinois-Chicago, Stuart Wagenius, Chicago Botanic Garden

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