Thursday, August 7, 2008: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
201 B, Midwest Airlines Center
COS 102 - Population Dynamics: Modeling
1:30 PMCOS 102-1Individual heterogeneity in vital parameters and population viability
Yngvild Vindenes, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Steinar Engen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Bernt-Erik Sæther, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
1:50 PMCOS 102-2Genetic algorithm evaluation of parameters of a density-dependent matrix population model
Wendell P. Cropper Jr., University of Florida, Jennifer Holm, University of Florida, Christopher J. Miller, Saint Leo University
2:10 PMCOS 102-3Disentangling the adult spawning distribution from the juvenile spatial distribution to reveal the habitat preferences of juvenile salmon (genus Oncorhynchus) in the Columbia River Basin
Yasmin Lucero, Northwest Fisheries Science Center
2:30 PMCOS 102-4Warming affects interspecific interactions and demography of white-tailed ptarmigan in alpine habitats
Guiming Wang, Mississippi State University, Kenneth M. Giesen, Colorado Division of Wildlife
2:50 PMCOS 102-5Inferring population structure of Pacific harbor seals using multivariate state space models
Eric J. Ward, NOAA, E. E. Holmes, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, H. Chirakkal, Arizona State University, Leah R. Gerber, Arizona State University, M. Gonzalez-Suarez, Arizona State University
3:10 PM Break
3:20 PMCOS 102-6The effect of transient dynamics on future population sizes: A case study on Acyrthosyphon pisum
Brigitte Tenhumberg, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
3:40 PMCOS 102-7Effects of mating system and sex ratio on population dynamics
Aline Magdalena Lee, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU, Steinar Engen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU, Bernt-Erik Sæther, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU
4:00 PMCOS 102-8Switch point phenotypes and recruitment across complex life cycles: Role of size- and density-dependent processes
Michael W. McCoy, Boston University, James R. Vonesh, Virginia Commonwealth University, Karen Warkentin, Boston University
4:20 PMCOS 102-9An evolutionary explanation for the positive relationship between environmental productivity and species diversity
Zhichao Pu, Georgia Institute of Technology, Lin Jiang, Georgia Institute of Technology, Hao Wang, Georgia Institute of Technology, Joshua S. Weitz, Georgia Institute of Technology
4:40 PMCOS 102-10Chance establishment for sexual, semelparous species: Overcoming the Allee effect
Christopher L. Jerde, University of Alberta, Caroline J. Bampfylde, University of Alberta, Mark A. Lewis, University of Alberta

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