Thursday, August 9, 2007: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
Blrm Salon IV, San Jose Marriott
OOS 41 - Commercial trade of plants and wildlife in a changing world: Research to inform policy
Humans are responsible for transporting plants, animals, and their associated pathogens through global commerce. For instance, each year 250 million live animals and 300 million garden and house plants are imported into the United States alone. The anthropogenic transport and trade in wildlife is now widely cited as a major threat to biodiversity, homogenizing distinct flora and fauna, introducing invasive species and parasites, and depleting wild populations. As a result, there is a need to better understand the scope of this trade and its cascading ecological consequences. Moreover, the rules and regulations regarding the transport of wildlife and plants are varied, and in some cases, lacking. Ecologists need to begin discussing how we can identify potentially harmful species or practices, how we convey this information to managers and government agencies, and how to design policies that prevent the entry of harmful species without prohibiting the importation of all species. The goal of this session is to provide a synthetic review of the scope and consequences of the commercial trade of several major taxonomic groups, and to generate discussion about how policy and research can be used to manage commercial trade.
Organizer:	Christina M. Romagosa, Auburn University
Co-organizers:	Angela M. Picco, Arizona State University Jesse Brunner, Institute for Ecosystem Studies
Moderator:	Jesse Brunner, Institute for Ecosystem Studies
1:30 PM	OOS 41-1		The effects of the wildlife and animal trade in an era of globalization David M. Lodge, University of Notre Dame, Reuben Keller, University of Notre Dame, Andrea J. Fowler, University of Notre Dame
1:50 PM	OOS 41-2		Introduction of exotic pets, impact on local ecosystems and management processes: What can we learn from Slider turtle, Trachemys scripta elegans, in France? Pauline Teillac-Deschamps, University Paris-Sud CNRS, Romain Lorrillière, University Paris-Sud CNRS, Nigel G. Yoccoz, University of Tromso, Véronique Servais, University of Liège, Anne-Caroline Prévot-Julliard, University Paris-Sud CNRS
2:10 PM	OOS 41-3		The role of the aquarium trade in species introductions Dianna K. Padilla, Stony Brook University
2:30 PM	OOS 41-4		The trade in live vertebrates as an invasion pathway Christina M. Romagosa, Auburn University
2:50 PM	OOS 41-5		Commercial movement of amphibian pathogens within the bait trade Angela M. Picco, Arizona State University, James P. Collins, Arizona State University
3:10 PM			Break
3:20 PM	OOS 41-6		Examining the role of international trade in wildlife in disease spread Peter Daszak, Consortium for Conservation Medicine, Lisa M. Schloegel, Consortium for Conservation Medicine, Angela M. Picco, Arizona State University, Katherine F. Smith, Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia,, Louise Maranda, Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Amanda Cronin, Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Mark Pokras, Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine
3:40 PM	OOS 41-7		The failed regulatory system for animal imports into the United States - and how to fix it Peter T. Jenkins, Defenders of Wildlife

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