Wednesday, August 8, 2007: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Guadalupe, San Jose Marriott
COS 59 - Amphibian ecology and decline
8:00 AMCOS 59-1Patterns of amphibian chytrid prevalence and mortality in the Drakensberg Mountains of South Africa and Lesotho
Kevin G. Smith, Washington University in St. Louis, Ché Weldon, North-West University, Leon Meyer, North-West University, Louis du Preez, North-West University
8:20 AMCOS 59-2Changes in tadpole aggregation behavior induced by an infectious pathogen
Barbara A. Han, Oregon State University
8:40 AMCOS 59-3Increased water flow and delayed onset of chytridiomycosis in the mountain yellow-legged frog Rana muscosa
Tate S. Tunstall, UC Berkeley
9:00 AMCOS 59-4Neotropical tadpole extirpations cause long-term changes in periphyton quantity and quality
Scott J. Connelly, University of Georgia, Catherine M. Pringle, University of Georgia, Karen Lips, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Susan Kilham, Drexel University, Matt R. Whiles, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Roberto Brenes, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, J. Checo Colon-Gaud, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
9:20 AMCOS 59-5The role of climate, spatial structure, and geography in disease-related amphibian extinctions in Central and South America
Jason R. Rohr, Penn State University, Tom R. Raffel, Penn State University, Hamish McCallum, University of Tasmania, Peter J. Hudson, Penn State University
9:40 AM Break
9:50 AMCOS 59-6Community ecotoxicology: When the dose doesn't make the poison for amphibians
Rick A. Relyea, University of Pittsburgh, Jason Hoverman, University of Pittsburgh, Nicole Diecks, University of Pittsburgh
10:10 AMCOS 59-7Experimental susceptibility of two boreal toad populations to native Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis
Sarah Bruer, Idaho State University, Peter J. Murphy, Idaho State University, Sophie St. Hilaire, Idaho State University, Charles Peterson, Idaho State University
10:30 AMCOS 59-8Density-dependence in the terrestrial stage of the wood frog, Rana sylvatica
Jessica E. Middlemis-Brown, University of Michigan, E. E. Werner, University of Michigan
10:50 AMCOS 59-9Evaluation of terrestrial interactions between metamorphs of green frogs and American toads
Erin E. Sams, Miami University
11:10 AMCOS 59-10Distributions of pond-breeding amphibians across wetland size and isolation gradients
James T. Julian, Pennsylvania State University, Craig D. Snyder, USGS Leetown Science Center, Robert P. Brooks, Pennsylvania State Univeristy

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