Friday, August 7, 2009: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Grand Pavillion III, Hyatt
COS 127 - Spatial Analysis and GIS
8:00 AM	COS 127-1		The effect of climate on the distribution of the dengue fever vector, Aedes aegypti, in Ecuador Anna M. Stewart, SUNY- College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Mercy J. Borbor-Cordova, Department of Environmental Control
8:20 AM	COS 127-2		Landscape influences on relative abundance of sympatric canids in a spatially-heterogeneous midwestern landscape Susan E. Cooper, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Clayton K. Nielsen, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
8:40 AM	COS 127-3		Using geographically structured k-fold cross-validation to assess transferability of niche-based distributional models for species with many occurrence records Aleksandar Radosavljevic, City College of the City University of New York, Robert P. Anderson, City College of the City University of New York, Darla M. Thomas, City College of the City University of New York
9:00 AM	COS 127-4		A jackknife approach to assess performance of niche-based distributional models for species with few occurrence records: Tuning maximum-entropy (Maxent) models for spiny pocket mice (Heteromys) in Ecuador and southwestern Colombia Robert P. Anderson, City College of the City University of New York, Mariya Shcheglovitova, City College of the City University of New York
9:20 AM	COS 127-5		A new method for evaluating species distribution models Volker Bahn, Wright State University
9:40 AM			Break
9:50 AM	COS 127-6		Beyond description: The active and effective way to infer processes from spatial patterns Eliot J.B. McIntire, Laval University, Alex Fajardo, Centro de Investigacioxn en Ecosistemas de la Patagonia
10:10 AM	COS 127-7		Accounting for individuals, uncertainty, and multi-scale clustering in core area characterization Ryan R. Wilson, Utah State University, Mevin B. Hooten, Utah State University, Brad N. Strobel, Texas Tech University, John A. Shivik, USDA Wildlife Services National Wildlife Research Center, Utah State University
10:30 AM	COS 127-8		Potential recolonization and population viability of cougars in the midwest Michelle A. LaRue, University of Minnesota, Clayton Nielsen, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
10:50 AM	COS 127-9		A remote sensing landscape analysis of Sudden Aspen Decline (SAD) in southern Utah’s Cedar Mountain Chad Oukrop, Utah State University, Ronald J. Ryel, Utah State University, Dale Bartos, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Doug Ramsey, Utah State University, David Evans, Utah State University, A. Joshua Leffler, Utah State University
11:10 AM	COS 127-10		Does livestock grazing influence spatial patterns of woody plant proliferation? Dawn M. Browning, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Steve Archer, University of Arizona, Janet Franklin, San Diego State University, D. Phillip Guertin, University of Arizona

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