Thursday, August 6, 2009: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
Cinnarron, Albuquerque Convention Center
COS 103 - Conservation Planning, Policy, and Theory
1:30 PMCOS 103-1CANCELLED - Climate change adaptation across the landscape: A survey of federal and state agencies, conservation organizations, and academic institutions in the United States
Kathleen A. Theoharides, Defenders of Wildlife, Patricia S. Glick, National Wildlife Federation, Gerald Barnhart, Private Contractor
1:50 PMCOS 103-2Significance of forest structure for at-risk terrestrial vertebrate species in an open-canopied pine forest
Sharon M. Hermann, Auburn University, John S. Kush, Auburn University, Craig Guyer, Auburn University, Geoff Sorrell, Auburn University
2:10 PMCOS 103-3The relative importance of climate and broad-scale habitat conditions for predicting regional forest bird richness
Curtis H. Flather, USDA, Forest Service, Kevin J. Gutzwiller, Baylor University
2:30 PMCOS 103-4What determines rare plant population persistence?  How biology, the environment, and population state model affect species conservation
Kristen M. Kostelnik, North Carolina State University, Thomas R. Wentworth, North Carolina State University, Janet B. Gray, Fort Bragg, Matthew G. Hohmann, US Army Corps of Engineers ERDC - CERL
2:50 PMCOS 103-5A longer period of consistent occupancy information cannot predict persistence as effectively as a shorter period of abundance
Christopher P. Grouios, University of Toronto Scarborough, Lisa L. Manne, University of Toronto Scarborough
3:10 PM Break
3:20 PMCOS 103-6Linking biological conservation to healthy rural communities: A case history of the Janos  Casas Grandes Biosphere Reserve
Ed L. Fredrickson, USDA-ARS, Jornada Experimental Range, Gerardo Ceballos, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Rurik List, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Nélida Barajas, The Nature Conservancy, Nathan F. Sayre, University of California, Berkeley, Jose O. Roacho Estrada, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Rodrigo Sierra Corona, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Eduardo Ponce Guevara, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ana D. Davidson, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Alicia Melgoza, Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, Celso Jaquez, DON CUCO SOTOL, Gerardo A. Bezanilla Enriquez, Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua
3:40 PMCOS 103-7Prioritizing investments in island conservation using global data on biodiversity, business, and corruption
Erin E. McCreless, University of California Santa Cruz, Chris Wilcox, CSIRO, Donald A. Croll, University of California Santa Cruz, Bernie Tershy, University of California Santa Cruz, Sarah V. Horwath, University of California Santa Barbara
4:00 PMCOS 103-8Evaluating the effectiveness of large-scale captive breeding programs: A case study of hatcheries and threatened Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.)
Mark D. Scheuerell, NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Eric R. Buhle, NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Michael J. Ford, NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Tom Cooney, NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Richard Carmichael, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
4:20 PMCOS 103-9Application of constructed wetland for rejuvenation of Delhi stretch of River Yamuna
Sirajuddin Ahmed, Jamia MIllia Islamia (Central University), Viktor Popve, Wessex Institute of Technology, Rasheed Ahmad, City of Atlanta Department of Watershed Management
4:40 PMCOS 103-10Protecting ecosystem services and biodiversity in the world’s watersheds
Gary W. Luck, Charles Sturt University, Kai Ming A. Chan, University of British Columbia, John Fay, Duke University

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