94th ESA Annual Meeting (August 2 -- 7, 2009)

COS 127 - Spatial Analysis and GIS

Friday, August 7, 2009: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM

Grand Pavillion III, Hyatt

Presider:

Robert P. Anderson, City College of New York, City University of New York

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

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 (CUNY); Robert P. Anderson, City College of New York, 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 New York, City University of New York; Mariya Shcheglovitova, The George Washington University

9:20 AM

COS 127-5

A new method for evaluating species distribution models
Volker Bahn, Wright State University

9:40 AM

COS 127-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 127-6

Beyond description: The active and effective way to infer processes from spatial patterns
Eliot J.B. McIntire, Natural Resources Canada & Laval University; Alex Fajardo, Centro de Investigacion 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, U.S. Geological Survey; 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, NOAA; A. Joshua Leffler, USDA-ARS

11:10 AM

COS 127-10

Does livestock grazing influence spatial patterns of woody plant proliferation?
Dawn M. Browning, USDA Agricultural Research Service; Steve Archer, University of Arizona; Janet Franklin, Arizona State University; D. Phillip Guertin, University of Arizona

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