COS 190 - Habitat Structure, Fragmentation, Connectivity II

Friday, August 10, 2012: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Portland Blrm 254, Oregon Convention Center
8:00 AM
 How stock of origin affects performance of individuals across a meta-ecosystem: An example from sockeye salmon
Jennifer R. Griffiths, University of Washington; Daniel E. Schindler, University of Washington; Lisa W. Seeb, University of Washington
8:20 AM
 Microcosms metacommunities in river networks: Niche effects and biodiversity
Francesco Carrara, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Andrea Giometto, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne; Andrea Rinaldo, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne; Florian Altermatt, University of Zürich
8:40 AM Cancelled
 Science informs policy: How life history, dispersal, and population genetic structure provide evidence of “biological connectivity” under the Clean Water Act
Caroline E. Ridley, US EPA, National Center for Environmental Assessment; Laurie C. Alexander, US EPA, National Center for Environmental Assessment; Kate Schofield, US EPA, National Center for Environmental Assessment
9:00 AM
 Getting the most out of rivers: Sustainable hydropower development
Henriette (Yetta) Jager, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Rebecca Efroymson, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Jeff Opperman, The Nature Conservancy
9:20 AM
 Predicting and understanding wind-driven seed dispersal in fragmented landscapes with corridors
Ellen I. Damschen, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Dirk V. Baker, Campbell Scientific, Inc; Gil Bohrer, Ohio State University; Jay R. Turner, Washington University in St. Louis; Lars A. Brudvig, Michigan State University; Nick M. Haddad, North Carolina State University; Douglas J. Levey, National Science Foundation; Ran Nathan, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; John L. Orrock, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Joshua J. Tewksbury, Future Earth
9:40 AM
10:10 AM
 A global synthesis of local and landscape effects on native bee pollinators across heterogeneous agricultural systems
Christina M. Kennedy, The Nature Conservancy; Eric Lonsdorf, University of Minnesota; Maile C. Neel, University of Maryland; Neal M. Williams, University of California; Claire Kremen, University of California, Berkeley
10:30 AM
 How spatial arrangement of habitat affects the speed of range shifting in a fragmented landscape
Jenny A. Hodgson, University of York; Chris D. Thomas, University of York; Calvin Dytham, University of York; Justin M.J. Travis, University of Aberdeen; Stephen J. Cornell, University of Leeds
10:50 AM
 Population demography in two lizard species living near roads in the Northern Chihuahuan Desert
Kevin W. Floyd, University of Texas at El Paso; Carl S. Lieb, University of Texas at El Paso