COS 95 - Sustainability

Wednesday, August 8, 2012: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
C123, Oregon Convention Center
8:20 AM
 Towards sustainable trophy hunting: No evidence of a long term negative trend (1881-2008) of red deer antler sizes with restricted trophy hunting in Hungary
Inger Maren Rivrud, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES); Krisztina Sonkoly, Institute for Wildlife Conservation; Róbert Lehoczki, Institute for Wildlife Conservation; Sándor Csányi, Institute for Wildlife Conservation; Geir Olve Storvik, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES); Atle Mysterud, University of Oslo
8:40 AM
 Barriers and incentives to engagement in public policy and discourse
Kai Ming A. Chan, University of British Columbia; Thomas D. Sisk, Northern Arizona University; Gerald Singh, University of British Columbia; Jordan Tam, University of British Columbia; Sarah C. Klain, University of British Columbia; Megan Mach, University of British Columbia; Rebecca G. Martone, Stanford University
9:00 AM
 Multidimensional assessment of the spatial distribution of water resource vulnerability in the Columbia River basin, USA
Heejun Chang, Portland State University; Il-Won Jung, Portland State University; Angela L. Strecker, Portland State University; Daniel Wise, US Geological Survey; Martin Lafrenz, Portland State University; Vivek Shandas, Portland State University; Hamid Moradkhani, Portland State University; J. Alan Yeakley, Portland State University; Yangdong Pan, Portland State University; Robert Bean, Portland State University; Mike Psaris, Portland State University; Gunnar Johnson, Portland State University
9:20 AM
 Bioenergy potential of the United States constrained by satellite observations of existing productivity
William K. Smith, University of Montana; Cory C. Cleveland, University of Montana; Sasha C. Reed, U.S. Geological Survey; Norman L. Miller, University of California Berkeley; Steve W. Running, University of Montana
9:40 AM
9:50 AM
 Seeking solutions for business and nature: Incorporating ecosystem services into corporate decisions
Jennifer L. Molnar, The Nature Conservancy; Timm Kroeger, The Nature Conservancy; Robert I. McDonald, The Nature Conservancy; Sheila Walsh, The Nature Conservancy