97th ESA Annual Meeting (August 5 -- 10, 2012)

PS 1-10

Competition alters interactions between larval anurans, parasites, and predators
John A. Marino, University of Michigan; Manja P. Holland, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; E. E. Werner, University of Michigan

PS 1-11

Ecological function of created seasonal wetlands
Andrew R. Kuhns, University of Illinois; John A. Crawford, Lindenwood University

Cancelled

PS 1-12

Multiple stressors on larval amphibians: The effects of herbicide use, predation, and projected warming
Matthew K. Holden, University of Arkansas

PS 1-13

Effects of preservation methods on stable isotope ratios of carbon and nitrogen in muscle tissue of Hemidactylus turcicus
Ushio Kawai, Texas Tech University; Juske Horita, Texas Tech University; Gad Perry, Texas Tech University

PS 1-14

Aquatic invader: The impact of the round goby (Neogobius melanostomus) on Great Lakes benthic fish diversity and diet
Erin M. Burkett, University of Michigan

PS 1-15

Habitat Suitability for Gopher Tortoises
Amelie Schmolke, Michigan State University; Rajapandian Kanagaraj, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ; Virginia A. Kowal, Ecological Services and Markets, Inc.; Douglas J. Bruggeman, Ecological Services and Markets, Inc

PS 1-16

Reproductive timing of Eurycea naufragia at two spring sites
Kira D. McEntire, Southwestern University; Benjamin A. Pierce, Southwestern University; Ashley E. Wall, Southwestern University

PS 1-17

Thermal ecology in island populations of the Aegean wall lizard (Podarcis erhardii)
Anat Belasen, University of Michigan; Binbin Li, University of Michigan; Dimitra Chremou, University of Athens; Panayiotis Pafilis, University of Athens; Evstratios Valakos, University of Athens; Johannes Foufopoulos, University of Michigan

PS 1-18

More than just environment? Remarkable phenotypic plasticity in developmental traits within a population of the common frog (Amphibia, Ranidae, Rana temporaria)
Franziska Grözinger, Museum für Naturkunde Leibniz Institute for Research on Evolution and Biodiversity at the Humboldt University Berlin; Jürgen Thein, Büro für Faunistik und Umweltbildung; Heike Feldhaar, University of Bayreuth; Mark-Oliver Rödel, Museum für Naturkunde Leibniz Institute for Research on Evolution and Biodiversity at the Humboldt University Berlin

PS 1-19

Applying a landscape community concept to lizards of the Mescalero Sands
Wade A. Ryberg, Texas A&M University; Lee A. Fitzgerald, Texas A&M University

PS 1-20

Invertebrate community structure helps explain the distribution of amphibian chytrid in Eastern Missouri
Alex T. Strauss, Indiana University; Kevin G. Smith, Washington University in St. Louis

PS 1-21

Why did terrapins cross the runway?
Russell L. Burke, Hofstra University

PS 1-22

Using Bayesian modeling to predict nesting onset in a population of midland painted turtles (Chrysemys picta marginata)
Megan N. Banka, University of Michigan; Bobbi Low, University of Michigan

PS 1-23

Ranavirus infection in native amphibians at La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica: The first report of ranavirus in Central America
Erica Geerdes, University of South Dakota; Steven M. Whitfield, University of South Dakota; Maureen A. Donnelly, Florida International University; Jacob Kerby, University of South Dakota

PS 1-24

Biased sex ratio and age distribution in a suburban population of Chrysemys picta (painted turtle)
David R. Bowne, Elizabethtown College; Jennifer M. Schoonmaker, Elizabethtown College

PS 1-25

Dispersal versus site tenacity of adult and juvenile red-backed salamanders (Plethodon cinereus)
Brittany H. Ousterhout, University of Arkansas; Eric B. Liebgold, Salisbury University

PS 1-26

Spatial and temporal patterns of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis occupancy in amphibian habitats
Tara Chestnut, US Geological Survey; Chauncey W. Anderson, US Geological Survey; Mary A. Voytek, National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Julie D. Kirshtein, US Geological Survey

PS 1-27

Using headwater streams and salamanders to test hypotheses of golf course impacts
Mark J. Mackey, University of Missouri; Raymond D. Semlitsch, University of Missouri

PS 1-28

Land management effects in Missouri conservation areas on pond-breeding amphibians
John A. Crawford, Lindenwood University; Eric M. Wright, University of Illinois

PS 1-29

Overall competitor density, not species identity, affects facultative paedomorphosis in the mole salamander, Ambystoma talpoideum
Thomas L. Anderson, University of Missouri; Howard H. Whiteman, Murray State University

PS 1-30

Community and population-level responses of an Afromontane chameleon assemblage to forest fragmentation
Philip L. Shirk, Virginia Commonwealth University; David A. Patrick, Paul Smith's College; Kim M. Howell, University of Dar es Salaam; Elizabeth B. Harper, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry; James R. Vonesh, Virginia Commonwealth University

PS 1-31

Evaluating the quality of created wetlands through metamorphic amphibian sampling
Eric M. Wright, University of Illinois; John A. Crawford, Lindenwood University; Andrew R. Kuhns, University of Illinois

PS 1-32

Effects of habitat composition on movement and optimal dispersal strategies in juvenile spotted salamanders (Ambystoma maculatum)
Shannon E. Pittman, University of Minnesota; Grant M. Connette, University of Missouri; Raymond D. Semlitsch, University of Missouri

PS 1-33

A hierarchical modeling approach to estimate terrestrial salamander abundance prior to prescribed fire and timber harvest
Katherine M. O'Donnell, University of Missouri; Frank R. Thompson III, USDA Forest Service; Raymond D. Semlitsch, University of Missouri

PS 1-34

Initial effects of woody biomass removal and intercropping of switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) on herpetofauna in eastern North Carolina
Zachary Aardweg, East Carolina University; Jessica A. Homyack, Weyerhaeuser Company; David R. Chalcraft, East Carolina University

PS 1-35

Energetics of Blainville's Horned Lizards, Phrynosoma blainvillii, in disturbed and undisturbed habitat
Tracey K. Brown, California State University San Marcos

PS 1 - Reptiles And Amphibians