COS 50 - Habitat connectivity and fragmentation II: Case studies

Tuesday, August 7, 2007: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
Almaden Blrm I, San Jose Hilton
1:30 PM
 Brown bear distribution versus human disturbance and forest fragmentation in European Russia
Camilo Alcantara, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Leonid Baskin, Russian Academy of Sciences; Natasha Novoselova, Russian Academy of Sciences; M. Vaisfeld, Russian Academy of Sciences; Alexander V. Prishchepov, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Volker C. Radeloff, University of Wisconsin-Madison
1:50 PM
 Island occupancy by bats: Influences of area and isolation on insular incidence of volant mammals
Winifred F. Frick, University of California, Santa Cruz; John P. Hayes, University of Florida, Gainesville; Paul A. Heady III, Central Coast Bat Research Group
2:10 PM
 Habitat connectivity: Seabird effects on insular intertidal communities in Bahía de los Angeles, Mexico
Drew M. Talley, University of San Diego; Shara Fisler, Aquatic Adventures Science Education Foundation
2:30 PM
 Ontogenetic shifts in habitat use in an inland population of the American Alligator: Another case for the importance of seasonal wetlands
Amanda L. Subalusky, Florida International University; Lora L. Smith, Jones Center at Ichauway; Lee A. Fitzgerald, Texas A&M University
2:50 PM
 The effect of matrix structure on gene flow between Rana sylvatica populations
Amanda J. Zellmer, Louisiana State University; L L Knowles, University of Michigan; E. E. Werner, University of Michigan
3:10 PM
3:20 PM
 Habitat connectivity promotes persistence of a galling sawfly assemblage (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae)
Sharon M. Ferrier, Northern Arizona University; Randy K. Bangert, Idaho State University; Peter W. Price, Northern Arizona University
3:40 PM
 Pollinator-mediated matrix effects on multi-trophic interactions of flower-visiting insects
Tim Diekötter, Justus-Liebig University, Giessen; Kyle J. Haynes, University of Virginia; Doug Mazeffa, University of California, Santa Barbara; Thomas O. Crist, Miami University
4:00 PM
 Conservation of semi-arid gypsophile plant communities: The role of fragmentation and grazing
Yolanda Pueyo, Utrecht University; Concepción L. Alados, Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología; Olivia Barrantes, Universidad de Zaragoza; Benjamic Komac, Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología; Max Rietkerk, Utrecht University
4:20 PM
 The reproductive cost of phenological and spatial isolation in Echinacea angustifolia, a common prairie perennial
Jennifer L. Ison, University of Illinois at Chicago; Stuart Wagenius, Chicago Botanic Garden
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