Wednesday, August 4, 2010: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
408, David L Lawrence Convention Center
COS 53 - Reptiles and Amphibians
8:00 AMCOS 53-1Life history trade-offs of migration in a pond-breeding amphibian
Kristine L. Grayson, University of Virginia, Larissa L. Bailey, Colorado State University, Henry M. Wilbur, University of Virginia
8:20 AMCOS 53-2New effects of Roundup® on amphibians: Predation, stratification, and induction of tadpole morphology
Rick A. Relyea, University of Pittsburgh
8:40 AMCOS 53-3Anuran susceptibilities to the emerging amphibian pathogen Ranavirus
Jason T. Hoverman, University of Tennessee, Matthew J. Gray, University of Tennessee, Debra L. Miller, University of Georgia
9:00 AMCOS 53-4A deadly duo: How Roundup® application regimes and natural stressors affect amphibian communities
Devin K. Jones, University of Pittsburgh, John I. Hammond, University of Pittsburgh, Rick A. Relyea, University of Pittsburgh
9:20 AMCOS 53-5Effects of an insular lizard translocation on the local invertebrate assemblage
Michael L. Treglia, Texas A&M University, Lee A. Fitzgerald, Texas A&M University
9:40 AM Break
9:50 AMCOS 53-6Predators and infectious diseases: Does the threat of predation increase susceptibility to Ranavirus in larval anurans
Nathan A. Haislip, University of Tennessee, Jason T. Hoverman, University of Tennessee, Debra L. Miller, University of Georgia, Matthew J. Gray, University of Tennessee
10:10 AMCOS 53-7Ranaviruses: An emerging threat for ectothermic vertebrates
Matthew J. Gray, University of Tennessee, Debra L. Miller, University of Georgia, Jason T. Hoverman, University of Tennessee
10:30 AMCOS 53-8The importance of small and hydrologically isolated wetlands to pond-breeding amphibians in Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, USA
James T. Julian, Pennsylvania State University, Altoona Campus, Craig D. Snyder, USGS Leetown Science Center, John A. Young, USGS Leetown Science Center, Robert P. Brooks, Pennsylvania State University
10:50 AMCOS 53-9Amphibians and reptiles as indicator species in urban areas: the importance of life-history and spatial scale
Kyle Barrett, University of Georgia
11:10 AMCOS 53-10Linking amphibian distributions to local wetland characteristics and historical and contemporary landscape patterns in the Puget Sound region
Jorge Ramos, University of Washington, Joshua J. Lawler, University of Washington

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