Thursday, August 9, 2007: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
San Carlos II, San Jose Hilton
COS 137 - Population and metapopulation dynamics: Terrestrial
1:30 PMCOS 137-1A simple method for evaluating the relative importance of environmental conditions within habitats and connectivity among habitats in odonate metapopulations
Takehiko Yamanaka, NIAES, Koichi Tanaka, NIAES, Kenji Hamasaki, NIAES, Nobusuke Iwasaki, NIAES, David S. Sprague, NIAES
1:50 PMCOS 137-2Demonstrating inter-habitat migration in predator populations: A case study using individual-based models
Danny Lewis, University of Maryland, Robert F. Denno, University of Maryland
2:10 PMCOS 137-3Synchronization of gypsy moth outbreaks along an invasion front
Ottar N. Bjornstad, Penn State University, Andrew M. Liebhold, USDA Forest Service, Patrick Tobin, USDA Forest Service, Christelle Robinet, INRA - Centre de Recherches d'Orléans, Derek M. Johnson, University of Louisiana
2:30 PMCOS 137-4Population synchrony as a measure of habitat specificity and movement patterns in a nomadic finch, the red crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
T. Rodd Kelsey, University of California
2:50 PMCOS 137-5Linking behavior and conservation: The population consequences of reproductive conflict in an endangered bird
Andrés López-Sepulcre, University of California, Riverside, Ken Norris, University of Reading, Hanna Kokko, University of Helsinki
3:10 PM Break
3:20 PMCOS 137-6Extinction and colonization dynamics in a Black Rail metapopulation: Roles of biogeographic versus habitat factors
Steven R. Beissinger, University of California at Berkeley, Orien Richmond, University of California at Berkeley, Jerry Tecklin, University of California at Berkeley
3:40 PMCOS 137-7Importance of the post-fledging period in population dynamics of tropical countryside birds
Cagan H. Sekercioglu, Stanford University, Chase Mendenhall, Teton Science School, Federico Oviedo Brenes, Heredia, Costa Rica, Gretchen C. Daily, Stanford University
4:00 PMCOS 137-8Flying squirrels and forest structure: Thinking in multiple spatial and temporal dimensions
Todd M. Wilson, USDA Forest Service, Jim Perkins, USDA Forest Service, Nicholas A. Palazzotto, USDA Forest Service
4:20 PMCOS 137-9Influence of local demographic processes on the regional dynamics of a yellow-bellied marmot metapopulation
Arpat Ozgul, University of Florida, Madan K. Oli, University of Florida, Kenneth B. Armitage, University of Kansas, Daniel T. Blumstein, University of California, Los Angeles, Dirk Van Vuren, University of California, Davis
4:40 PMCOS 137-10Comparative population dynamics of small and large mammals in the Northern Hemisphere
Guiming Wang, Mississippi State University

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