COS 168 - Predation And Predator-Prey Interactions I

Thursday, August 9, 2012: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
C120, Oregon Convention Center
1:30 PM
 Intercohort interactions and settler mortality in a New Zealand reef fish
Paul J. Mensink, Victoria University of Wellington; Russell G. Cole, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Science; Jeffrey S. Shima, Victoria University of Wellington
1:50 PM
 Prey persistence with spatially heterogeneous and seasonally fluctuating predation risk: Refuge inheritance vs. developmental stagger
Eric M. Schauber, Southern Illinois University; Brett J. Goodwin, University of North Dakota; Clive G. Jones, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies; Richard S. Ostfeld, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
2:10 PM
 Consequences of prey size-, density-, and dose-dependent responses to predator cues for prey population size structure
James R. Vonesh, Virginia Commonwealth University; Michael McCoy, East Carolina University; Karen M. Warkentin, Boston University
2:30 PM
 Evidence for density-dependent avian predation on migrating juvenile salmon
James R. Faulkner, Northwest Fisheries Science Center; William D. Muir, Northwest Fisheries Science Center; Steven G. Smith, Northwest Fisheries Science Center
2:50 PM
 Complex predator effects on larval mosquitoes
Amanda J. Meadows, Washington State University; Jeb P. Owen, Washington State University; William E. Snyder, Washington State University
3:10 PM
3:20 PM
 Rebound of a native prey species following management of an invasive crab
Catherine E. de Rivera, Portland State University; Amy A. Larson, Portland State University; Gregory Ruiz, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center; Edwin D. Grosholz, University of California
4:00 PM
 Predicting non-consumptive predator effects on multiple prey in a complex natural system
Paul E. Bourdeau, Michigan State University; Kevin L. Pangle, Central Michigan University; Scott D. Peacor, Michigan State University
4:20 PM
 Crushing predation and shell fragmentation on marine mollusks
Emily S. Stafford, University of Alberta; Nikqueta Chojnacki, University of Alberta; Carrie L. Tyler, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Chris L. Schneider, University of Alberta; Lindsey R. Leighton, University of Alberta
4:40 PM
 Spatial and temporal context limit the effect of wolves on elk behavior and physiology
Arthur D. Middleton, Yale University; Matthew J. Kauffman, United States Geological Survey, Wyoming Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit; Douglas E. McWhirter, Wyoming Game and Fish Department; Michael D. Jimenez, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Rachel C. Cook, National Council for Air and Stream Improvement, Forestry and Range Sciences Laboratory; John G. Cook, National Council for Air and Stream Improvement, Forestry and Range Sciences Laboratory; Hall Sawyer, WEST, Inc.; Shannon E. Albeke, University of Wyoming