COS 21 - Reptiles And Amphibians

Monday, August 6, 2012: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
Portland Blrm 258, Oregon Convention Center
1:30 PM
 The ties that bind: Fine scale habitat associations of terrestrial salamanders and implications for population dynamics
William E. Peterman, University of Illinois; Raymond D. Semlitsch, University of Missouri
1:50 PM
 Are we losing common and widespread species? Implications from the phylogeography of the floating frog (Occidozyga lima)
Hon Ki Chan, The University of Hong Kong; Nancy E. Karraker, University of Rhode Island; Daniel C. Thomas, The University of Hong Kong; Mirza Kusrini, Bogor Agricultural University
2:10 PM
 Differences in sensitivity to Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) infection across ten populations of wood frog (Lithobates sylvatica)
Paul W. Bradley, Oregon State University; Stephanie S. Gervasi, Oregon State University; Jessica Hua, Purdue University; Rickey D. Cothran, University of PIttsburgh; Rick A. Relyea, University of Pittsburgh; Deanna H. Olson, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station; Andrew R. Blaustein, Oregon State University
2:30 PM
 Synthesizing studies of plastic responses to pond drying in amphibians: a meta-analysis
Julie Charbonnier, Virginia Commonwealth University; James R. Vonesh, Virginia Commonwealth University
2:50 PM
 All hosts are not created equal: Variation in the responses of amphibians to the fungal pathogen, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis
Stephanie S. Gervasi, Oregon State University; Carmen Gondhalekar, Oregon State University; Andrew R. Blaustein, Oregon State University
3:10 PM
3:20 PM
 Delayed life history effects, multilevel selection, and evolutionary tradeoffs: Mass and date of metamorphosis in the California tiger salamander
Christopher A. Searcy, University of Toronto Mississauga; Levi N. Gray, University of New Mexico; Peter C. Trenham, Western Washington University; H. Bradley Shaffer, University of California - Los Angeles
3:40 PM
 Limited physiological capacity for response to warming in lowland tropical frogs
Steven M. Whitfield, University of South Dakota; Ben Caraballo, New York University; Alessandro Catenazzi, Southern Illinois University; Maureen A. Donnelly, Florida International University
4:00 PM
 Advective and diffusive dermal processes for estimating terrestrial amphibian pesticide exposure
Robin J. Van Meter, US Environmental Protection Agency; S. Thomas Purucker, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
4:20 PM
 Interactive effects of marine subsidies, herbivory, and predation in island lizards
Johannes Foufopoulos, University of Michigan; Panayiotis Pafilis, University of Athens; Evstratios Valakos, University of Athens; Nicola M. Anthony, University of New Orleans
4:40 PM
 Are peccaries contributing to the amphibian and reptile declines at La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica
Kelsey E. Reider, Florida International University; Maureen A. Donnelly, Florida International University