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

Wednesday, August 8, 2007: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM

Willow Glen II, San Jose Marriott

8:00 AM

COS 76-1

Hierarchical likelihood estimator for a stratified sample design with observation error
David F. Staples, Minnesota Deptartment of Natural Resources; Mark L. Taper, Montana State University; Bradley B. Shepard, Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks; Clint C. Muhlfeld, Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks

8:20 AM

COS 76-2

Sampling techniques for evaluating afforestation success in the Lower Mississippi Valley
Bobby D. Keeland, USGS, National Wetlands Research Center; Darren Johnson, IAP World Services

8:40 AM

COS 76-3

Essential attributes of plant diversity and invasion studies
Thomas J. Stohlgren, Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory; Sunil Kumar, Colorado State University; Catherine Jarnevich, U.S. Geological Survey; Mohammed A. Kalkhan, Colorado State University

9:00 AM

COS 76-4

An assessment of methods for estimating plant cover
Jeffrey S. Fehmi, University of Arizona; Jason Stevens, Botanic Garden and Parks Authority / University of Western Australia

9:20 AM

COS 76-5

Sampling bias for accessible locations skews estimates of community abundance
R. Todd Jobe, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

9:40 AM

COS 76-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 76-6

Estimates of population size for a rare and cryptic species: The importance of spatial clustering of individuals
Bridgette E. Hagerty, University of Nevada, Reno; C. Richard Tracy, University of Nevada, Reno; Richard D. Inman, U.S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center

10:10 AM

COS 76-7

Monitoring rare species: A case study with the Missouri bladderpod
Lloyd W. Morrison, Missouri State University; Craig C. Young, National Park Service, Heartland Inventory and Monitoring Network; David R. Smith, Smithsonian Institution; Michael D. DeBacker, National Park Service, Heartland Inventory and Monitoring Network

10:30 AM

COS 76-8

Evaluations of morning versus evening riparian bird surveys and implications for experimental design and ecological theory
Mazeika S.P. Sullivan, The Ohio State University; Kerri T. Vierling, University of Idaho

10:50 AM

COS 76-9

Population trends: Can distance sampling be used to assess the efficacy of management actions for desert tortoise populations
Richard Inman, University of Nevada, Reno; Kenneth Nussear, United States Geological Survey, WERC; C. Richard Tracy, University of Nevada, Reno

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