93rd ESA Annual Meeting (August 3 -- August 8, 2008)

PS 56-37

Correlates of extinction risk in birds
Tien Ming Lee, University of California, San Diego; Walter Jetz, Yale University

PS 56-38

A Panax-centric view of invasive species
Kerry L. Wixted, West Virginia University; James B. McGraw, West Virginia University

PS 56-39

Shrub removal effects on an endangered Texas orchid, Spiranthes parksii
Sarah J. Haller, Archbold Biological Station; William E. Rogers, Texas A&M University

PS 56-40

Pollinators and other arthropod visitors to a native plant butterfly garden in southeastern Virginia
Barbara J. Abraham, Hampton University; Julie M. Gillem, Hampton University; Danielle E. Williams, Hampton University; Jaronica M. Byner, Hampton University; Alyson C. Weekes, Hampton University; Tasha N. Counts, Hampton University

PS 56-41

Effect of mid-summer haying on early and late flowering prairie plants
Becky Begay, University of Kansas; Helen M. Alexander, University of Kansas; Erin Questad, University of Kansas

PS 56-42

Comparison of African savanna elephant sex ratios in southern Kenya
Alyce L. Johnson, University of Missouri; Marissa Ahlering, University of Missouri; Lori Eggert, University of Missouri

PS 56-43

The Papua New Guinea rainforest as a supermarket: A tree kangaroo's perspective
Patricia A. Valella, University of Denver; David C. Christophel, Flinders University; Anna A. Sher, University of Denver

PS 56-44

Importance of vegetation structure and floristic composition in lark sparrow habitat use
Melanie D. Coulter, Bowling Green State University; Karen V. Root, Bowling Green State University

PS 56-45

Effects of land use on initial juvenile amphibian dispersal
Michael S. Osbourn, University of Missouri; Raymond D. Semlitsch, University of Missouri

PS 56-46

Overcoming geographic and disciplinary biases in conservation: Long term socio-ecological research and education in the sub-Antarctic Magellanic ecoregion
Alexandria K. Poole, Elizabethtown College; Monica Lindemann, University of North Texas; Ricardo Rozzi, University of North Texas (UNT); Robert Frodeman, University of North Texas; Juan J. Armesto, Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity; Andres Mansilla, Universidad de Magallanes; Christopher B. Anderson, Carnegie Institution for Science; Francisca Massardo, Universidad de Magallanes (UMAG); James H. Kennedy, University of North Texas (UNT); Tamara A. Contador, University of North Texas, Sub-Antarctic Biocultural Conservation Program, Omora Ethnobotanical Park, Chile; Kelli P. Moses, University of North Texas; Kathy Jack-Lambert, University of North Texas; Charmayne Staloff, University of North Texas; Eugene C. Hargrove, University of North Texas (UNT); Mary T. K. Arroyo, Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity

PS 56-47

Population size, structure, and conservation status of Himalayan grey goral in Pakistan
Fakhar-i- Abbas, Pakistan Bioresource Research Centre; Dr Afsar Mian, Bioresource Research Centre; Thomas P. Rooney, Wright State University; Tanver Akhtar, University of the Punjab

PS 56-48

Transplantation of bryophytes outside the native forest: Bazzania azorica and Lepidozia cupressina
Rosalina Gabriel, University of the Azores; Jeffrey W. Bates, Imperial College

PS 56-49

Use of SongScope sound recognition software in the identification of breeding bird communities along the Upper Green River Watershed, Kentucky
Albert J. Meier, Western Kentucky University; Jonathan L. Bowers, Western Kentucky University; Cabrina L. Hamilton, Western Kentucky University; Aaron Hulsey, Western Kentucky University; Rafael Márquez, Fonoteca Zoológica. Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC); Matthew Skaggs, Western Kentucky University; Ouida Meier, Western Kentucky University

PS 56-50

A simplified, non-invasive, and reproducible approach to monitoring stress in endangered bats using fecal cortisol assays
Christopher S. Richardson, Boston University; Matthew G. Hohmann, US Army Corps of Engineers ERDC - CERL; Thomas H. Kunz, Boston University; Brian D. Shaller, Boston University; Eric P. Widmaier, Boston University

PS 56 - Conservation