COS 43 - Habitat Structure, Fragmentation, and Connectivity II

Tuesday, August 4, 2009: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
Grand Pavillion I, Hyatt
Presider:
Paige S. Warren, University of Massachusetts
1:30 PM
 Patch shape, not corridors, determines levels of herbivory and plant fitness in an experimentally fragmented forest
Daniel M. Evans, University of Washington; Nash E. Turley, Michigan State University; Joshua J. Tewksbury, Future Earth
2:10 PM
 CANCELLED - The effects of urban habitat fragmentation on grasshopper species richness
Jeffrey L. McClenahan, University of Colorado at Boulder; Dr. Cesar R Nufio, University of Colorado at Boulder
2:30 PM
 Effects of tidal wetland invertebrate export on juvenile salmon diets and growth potential in connected habitats
Christopher D. Eaton, University of Washington; Charles A. Simenstad, University of Washington
2:50 PM
 Forest pattern, structure, and age characteristics as a long-term legacy of harvesting: A case study over Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Margaret E. Andrew, Murdoch University; Michael A. Wulder, Canadian Forest Service; Joanne C. White, Canadian Forest Service; Nicole E. Seitz, Canadian Forest Service; Nicholas Coops, University of British Columbia
3:10 PM
3:20 PM
 The influence of habitat management and landscape features on gene flow in the yellowbelly racer (Coluber constrictor flavientris) in the tallgrass prairie
Page E. Klug, Kansas State University; Samantha Wisely, Kansas State University; Kimberly With, Kansas State University
3:40 PM
 The socio-ecology of dying trees: cavity nesting birds, hazard trees, and declining urban forest canopies
Paige S. Warren, University of Massachusetts; Brian Kane, University of Massachusetts; Charles H. Nilon, University of Missouri; Susannah B. Lerman, USDA Forest Service; Rachel Levine, University of Massachusetts
4:00 PM
 Where mountain lions roam in Arizona
Kerry L. Nicholson, University of Arizona; Paul R. Krausman, University of Montana; Ted McKinney, Arizona Game and Fish Department
4:20 PM
 Experimental restoration of tropical connectivity: context and preconditions
Henry F. Howe, University of Illinois-Chicago; Yuliana Urincho-Pantaleon, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos; Marines de la Peña-Domene, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Cristina Martinez- Garza, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos
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