Monday, August 6, 2007: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
Almaden Blrm I, San Jose Hilton
COS 10 - Habitat connectivity and fragmentation I
1:30 PMHolistic pattern measurement, biodiversity, and ecosystem health
Jeremy T. Bunn, University of Washington
1:50 PMLife in the branches: Population distribution and persistence in dendritic ecological networks
Evan H. Campbell Grant, US Geological Survey, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center/ MEES Dept, University of Maryland, College Park, Winsor H. Lowe, University of Montana, Linda E. Green, Appalachian State University, William F. Fagan, University of Maryland
2:10 PMDispersal and connectivity metamodeling
Todd Lookingbill, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Joseph R. Ferrari, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Robert H. Gardner, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
2:30 PMCritical patch size and connectivity: Species, interactions, and community structure
Holly Martinson, University of Maryland College Park, William F. Fagan, University of Maryland, Robert F. Denno, University of Maryland College Park
2:50 PMPredicting connectivity using circuit analysis: Theory and applications in conservation planning
Brad H. McRae, NCEAS, Brett G. Dickson, ForestERA Project, Rick A. Hopkins, Live Oak Associates, Inc.
3:10 PMBreak
3:20 PMInteractive effects of landscape fragmentation and resource heterogeneity on consumers
Heather B. Blackburn, Colorado State University, J. K. Detling, Colorado State University, N. T. Hobbs, Colorado State University
3:40 PMThe differential impact of a patchy environment on genetic diversity in a multi-trophic system
Sonja Esch, Institute Biology Leiden, Leiden University, Klaas Vrieling, Institute Biology Leiden, Leiden University, Eddy van der Meijden, Institute Biology Leiden, Leiden University
4:00 PMThe evolution of dispersal in reserve networks
Marissa L. Baskett, University of California, Santa Barbara, Joshua S. Weitz, Georgia Institute of Technology, Simon A. Levin, Princeton University
4:20 PMSpecies life history traits, metapopulation theory, and niche theory: Predictors of reserve success for rare plants
Melanie Gogol-Prokurat, University of California, Davis
4:40 PMUsing graph theory to identify patterns of exotic plant invasions in fragmented landscapes
Emily S. Minor, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Katharina Engelhardt, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Todd Lookingbill, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science

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