COS 33 - Behavior: Migration and Movement

Tuesday, August 5, 2008: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
102 E, Midwest Airlines Center
1:30 PM
 Predicting origin and migration route of cougars using stable isotope gradient in claws
Viviane Henaux, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Larkin A. Powell, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Keith A. Hobson, Environment Canada
1:50 PM
2:10 PM
 Linking large carnivores to biodiversity in terrestrial ecosystems: Wolves configure landscape heterogeneity through prey carcass distribution - CANCELLED
Joseph Bump, Michigan Technological University; Rolf O. Peterson, Michigan Technological University; John A. Vucetich, Michigan Technological University; Douglas Smith, Yellowstone Center for Resources
2:30 PM
 Distribution and movement patterns of Mongolian gazelle: Does unpredictability of resources lead to nomadism?
Thomas Mueller, University of Maryland; Kirk A. Olson, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute; Todd K. Fuller, University of Massachusetts; Peter Leimgruber, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute; William F. Fagan, University of Maryland
2:50 PM
 Fitting movement models to data: The case of the Serengeti wildebeest migration
Ricardo M. Holdo, University of Missouri; Robert D. Holt, University of Florida; John M. Fryxell, University of Guelph
3:10 PM
3:20 PM
 Choosing the optimal conservation strategy for a rare butterfly based on movement behavior
Allison K. Leidner, North Carolina State University; Nick M. Haddad, North Carolina State University
3:40 PM
 Timing is everything: Differences in seaward migration lead to large changes in the juvenile-to-adult survival for Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.)
Mark D. Scheuerell, NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center; Richard W. Zabel, NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center; Benjamin J. Sandford, NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center
4:00 PM
 Diel vertical migration of Mysis relicta: A field test of two DVM models under different environmental conditions
Brent Boscarino, Poughkeepsie Day School; Lars G. Rudstam, Cornell University; Edward L. Mills, Cornell University; Ellis R. Loew, Cornell University
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