COS 83 - Population Dynamics: Modeling

Wednesday, August 10, 2011: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
18C, Austin Convention Center
1:30 PM
Models and experiments suggest that pre-outbreak infection rate, population size, and temperature affect the efficacy of pesticide delivery of nucleopolyhedrovirus
Karl M. Polivka, PNW Research Station USDA Forest Service; Greg Dwyer, University of Chicago; Katherine M. Sirianni, PNW Research Station USDA Forest Service; Jenni L. Novak, PNW Research Station USDA Forest Service; Constance J. Mehmel, PNW Research Station USDA Forest Service
1:50 PM
Response of population size to changing vital rates in random environments
Haridas V. Chirakkal, University of Nebraska; Holly R. Prendeville, University of Virginia; Diana Pilson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Brigitte Tenhumberg, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
2:10 PM
Stochastic integral projection models for finite populations: Key population parameters and consequences for extinction risk
Yngvild Vindenes, Norwegian University of Science and Technology; Steinar Engen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology; Bernt-Erik Saether, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
2:50 PM
Subsidies primarily affect transient responses, not equlibrium behavior
Alan Hastings, University of California, Davis
3:10 PM
3:20 PM
Asymptotic stability properties of density dependent population models
Richard Rebarber, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Eric A. Eager, University of Nebraska; Stuart B. Townley, University of Exeter; Brigitte Tenhumberg, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
4:00 PM
Tracing the effects of environmental drivers and phenotypic plasticity with hierarchical population models
Eelke Jongejans, Radboud University Nijmegen; Philippine Vergeer, Radboud University Nijmegen; Hans de Kroon, Radboud University; Heidrun Huber, Radboud University Nijmegen; William E. Kunin, University of Leeds
4:20 PM
CANCELLED - The effects of local weather patterns on Soay sheep dynamics
A. I. Bento, Imperial College London; Michael J. Crawley, Imperial College, London; Tim Coulson, University of Oxford
4:40 PM
Modeling Anopheles mosquito population dynamics, and forecasting malaria vector capacity in the face of global warming 
Lindsay M. Beck-Johnson, Colorado State University; William A. Nelson, Queen's University; Andrew F. Read, Penn State University; Matthew B. Thomas, Penn State University; Ottar N. Bjornstad, Penn State University
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