ESA/SER Joint Meeting (August 5 -- August 10, 2007)

Monday, August 6, 2007: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM

Almaden Blrm I, San Jose Hilton

1:30 PM

COS 10-1

Holistic pattern measurement, biodiversity, and ecosystem health
Jeremy T. Bunn, University of Washington

1:50 PM

COS 10-2

Life in the branches: Population distribution and persistence in dendritic ecological networks
Evan H. Campbell Grant, US Geological Survey; Winsor H. Lowe, University of Montana; Linda E. Green, Appalachian State University; William F. Fagan, University of Maryland

2:10 PM

COS 10-3

Dispersal and connectivity metamodeling
Todd Lookingbill, University of Richmond; Joseph R. Ferrari, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science; Robert H. Gardner, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science

2:30 PM

COS 10-4

Critical patch size and connectivity: Species, interactions, and community structure
Holly Martinson, University of Maryland; William F. Fagan, University of Maryland; Robert F. Denno, University of Maryland

2:50 PM

COS 10-5

Predicting connectivity using circuit analysis: Theory and applications in conservation planning
Brad H. McRae, The Nature Conservancy; Brett G. Dickson, Conservation Science Partners; Rick A. Hopkins, Live Oak Associates, Inc.

3:10 PM

COS 10-

Break

3:20 PM

COS 10-6

Interactive effects of landscape fragmentation and resource heterogeneity on consumers
Heather B. Blackburn, Colorado State University; J. K. Detling, Colorado State University; N. T. Hobbs, National Science Foundation

3:40 PM

COS 10-7

The 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 PM

COS 10-8

The evolution of dispersal in reserve networks
Marissa L. Baskett, University of California, Davis; Joshua S. Weitz, Georgia Institute of Technology; Simon A. Levin, Princeton University

4:20 PM

COS 10-9

Species life history traits, metapopulation theory, and niche theory: Predictors of reserve success for rare plants
Melanie Gogol-Prokurat, California Department of Fish and Wildlife

4:40 PM

COS 10-10

Using 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 Richmond

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