Tuesday, August 5, 2008: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
102 E, Midwest Airlines Center
COS 33 - Behavior: Migration and Movement
1:30 PMCOS 33-1Predicting origin and migration route of cougars using stable isotope gradient in claws
Viviane Henaux, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Larkin A. Powell, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Keith A. Hobson, Environment Canada
1:50 PMCOS 33-2Identifying behavioral change-points in gappy animal movement data
Eliezer Gurarie, University of Washington, Seattle
2:10 PMCOS 33-3Linking large carnivores to biodiversity in terrestrial ecosystems: Wolves configure landscape heterogeneity through prey carcass distribution - CANCELLED
Joseph Bump, Michigan Technological University, Rolf O. Peterson, Michigan Technological University, John A. Vucetich, Michigan Technological University, Douglas Smith, Wolf Project
2:30 PMCOS 33-4Distribution and movement patterns of Mongolian gazelle: Does unpredictability of resources lead to nomadism?
Thomas Mueller, University of Maryland, Kirk A. Olson, University of Massachusetts, Todd K. Fuller, University of Massachusetts, Peter Leimgruber, Smithsonian National Zoological Park, William F. Fagan, University of Maryland
2:50 PMCOS 33-5Fitting movement models to data: The case of the Serengeti wildebeest migration
Ricardo M. Holdo, University of Florida, Robert D. Holt, University of Florida, John M. Fryxell, University of Guelph
3:10 PM Break
3:20 PMCOS 33-6Choosing the optimal conservation strategy for a rare butterfly based on movement behavior
Allison K. Leidner, North Carolina State University, Nick M. Haddad, North Carolina State University
3:40 PMCOS 33-7Timing is everything: Differences in seaward migration lead to large changes in the juvenile-to-adult survival for Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.)
Mark D. Scheuerell, NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Richard W. Zabel, NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Benjamin J. Sandford, NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center
4:00 PMCOS 33-8Diel vertical migration of Mysis relicta: A field test of two DVM models under different environmental conditions
Brent Boscarino, Cornell University, Lars G. Rudstam, Cornell University, Edward L. Mills, Cornell University, Ellis R. Loew, Cornell University

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