COS 102
Conservation Ecology II

Thursday, August 13, 2015: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
322, Baltimore Convention Center
8:00 AM
 Distributional estimates for a new mammal species, the olinguito (Bassaricyon neblina), using new localities, ecological niche models and forest cover data
Beth E. Gerstner, City College of New York, City University of New York; Maria Gavrutenko, City College of New York, City University of New York; Kristofer M. Helgen, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution; Roland W. Kays, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences; Robert P. Anderson, City College of New York, City University of New York
8:20 AM
 Here today, gone tomorrow: Induction and retention of pesticide tolerance in amphibians
Devin K. Jones, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Rick A Relyea, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
8:40 AM
 The demography of Atelopus decline: Harlequin frog survival and abundance in central Panama prior to and during a disease outbreak
Rebecca McCaffery, University of Maryland; Corinne L. Richards-Zawacki, Tulane University; Karen Lips, University of Maryland
9:00 AM
 Cattle for conservation? How do wild grazers respond to cattle grazing on shared rangelands in East Africa
Jennifer M. Schieltz, Princeton University; Daniel I. Rubenstein, Princeton University
9:20 AM
 Linking the continental migratory cycle of the monarch butterfly to understand its population decline
Hidetoshi Inamine, Cornell University; Stephen P. Ellner, Cornell University; James P. Springer, North American Butterfly Association; Anurag A. Agrawal, Cornell University
9:40 AM
9:50 AM
 Direct anthropogenic bird mortality: Analysis and synthesis of individual threats as a baseline for understanding cumulative impacts
Scott R. Loss, Oklahoma State University; Tom Will, U.S. FIsh and Wildlife Service; Peter Marra, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
10:10 AM
 Single-species management has long-term consequences for non-target wildlife
H. Travis Gallo, Colorado State University; Lani T. Stinson, Colorado State University; Liba Pejchar, Colorado State University
10:30 AM
 Is Chilean biodiversity under increased risk because of free-trade agreements?
Juan J. Armesto, Universidad Católica de Chile, Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity; María-Belén Gallardo, Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity; Luna Menares, Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity; Mariela C. Nuñez-Avila, Universidad de Concepcion
10:50 AM
 Impacts of salvage logging to community assembly: Evidence for stochastic extinctions from functional space
Simon Thorn, Bavarian Forest National Park; Claus Bässler, Bavarian Forest National Park; Marc W. Cadotte, University of Toronto - Scarborough; Jörg Müller, Bavarian Forest National Park
11:10 AM
 Conservation assessment for an endemic Malagasy rodent, Gymnuromys roberti (Family Nesomyidae), using ecological niche models and forest cover data
Maria Gavrutenko, City College of New York, City University of New York; Beth E. Gerstner, City College of New York, City University of New York; Steven M. Goodman, Association Vahatra; Robert P. Anderson, City College of New York, City University of New York
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