96th ESA Annual Meeting (August 7 -- 12, 2011)

Wednesday, August 10, 2011: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM

9C, Austin Convention Center

8:00 AM

8:20 AM

Variation in movement tactics and trophic interactions among American alligators creates unexpected habitat linkages
Adam E. Rosenblatt, Florida International University; Mike R. Heithaus, Florida International University

8:40 AM

Edge effects on epiphyll cover and composition in a neotropical rainforest
Jenny M. Rempel, Stanford University; Hannah B. Lynch, Stanford University

9:00 AM

How roads affect population demography in two lizard species in the Northern Chihuahuan Desert
Kevin W. Floyd, University of Texas at El Paso; Carl S. Lieb, University of Texas at El Paso

9:20 AM

Population genetic structure of the great fruit-eating bat (Artibeus lituratus) in Atlantic forest remnants in South America
Eve S. McCulloch, Louisiana State University; Richard D. Stevens, Louisiana State University; Andrew Whitehead, UC Davis

9:40 AM

Break

9:50 AM

Impacts of agricultural development on headwater stream temperature and connectivity in southeastern Amazonia
Marcia N. Macedo, Woods Hole Research Center; Michael T. Coe, Woods Hole Research Center; Ruth S. DeFries, Columbia University; Maria Uriarte, Columbia University; Paul A. Lefebvre, Woods Hole Research Center

10:10 AM

Fine-scale spatial genetic structure of an Amazonian herb across a fragmented landscape
Marina C. Cortes, Columbia University; Emilio M. Bruna, University of Florida; W. John Kress, Smithsonian Institution; Maria Uriarte, Columbia University

10:30 AM

Dispersal network structure shapes spatial dynamics and synchrony in an experimental metacommunity
Bronwyn Rayfield, McGill University; Andrew Gonzalez, McGill University

10:50 AM

Rising from the ashes: Determining local adapation in an endangered plant
Chris M. Bowman-Prideaux, CSU, Northridge; Paula Schiffman, Calif State University, Northridge

11:10 AM

CANCELLED - Indirect effects of a pelagic invasive zooplankton on littoral macroinvertebrate community structure in a north-temperate lake: The role of habitat-coupling
James A. Rusak, Dorset Environmental Science Centre; F. Chris Jones, Ontario Ministry of the Environment; Andrew M. Paterson, Ontario Ministry of the Environment; Ron Reid, Ontario Ministry of the Environment; Sarah A. Sinclair, Ontario Ministry of the Environment; Keith M. Somers, Ontario Ministry of the Environment; Norman D. Yan, York University

COS 59 - Habitat Structure, Fragmentation, Connectivity