ESA/SER Joint Meeting (August 5 -- August 10, 2007)

COS 10 - Habitat connectivity and fragmentation I

Monday, August 6, 2007: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
Almaden Blrm I, San Jose Hilton
1:30 PM
Holistic pattern measurement, biodiversity, and ecosystem health
Jeremy T. Bunn, University of Washington
1:50 PM
Life in the branches: Population distribution and persistence in dendritic ecological networks
Evan H. Campbell Grant, US Geological Survey; Winsor H. Lowe, University of Montana; Linda E. Green, Appalachian State University; William F. Fagan, University of Maryland
2:10 PM
Dispersal and connectivity metamodeling
Todd Lookingbill, University of Richmond; Joseph R. Ferrari, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science; Robert H. Gardner, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
2:30 PM
Critical patch size and connectivity: Species, interactions, and community structure
Holly Martinson, University of Maryland; William F. Fagan, University of Maryland; Robert F. Denno, University of Maryland
2:50 PM
Predicting connectivity using circuit analysis: Theory and applications in conservation planning
Brad H. McRae, The Nature Conservancy; Brett G. Dickson, Conservation Science Partners; Rick A. Hopkins, Live Oak Associates, Inc.
3:10 PM
3:20 PM
Interactive effects of landscape fragmentation and resource heterogeneity on consumers
Heather B. Blackburn, Colorado State University; J. K. Detling, Colorado State University; N. T. Hobbs, National Science Foundation
3:40 PM
The differential impact of a patchy environment on genetic diversity in a multi-trophic system
Sonja Esch, Institute Biology Leiden, Leiden University; Klaas Vrieling, Institute Biology Leiden, Leiden University; Eddy van der Meijden, Institute Biology Leiden, Leiden University
4:00 PM
The evolution of dispersal in reserve networks
Marissa L. Baskett, University of California, Davis; Joshua S. Weitz, Georgia Institute of Technology; Simon A. Levin, Princeton University
4:40 PM
Using graph theory to identify patterns of exotic plant invasions in fragmented landscapes
Emily S. Minor, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science; Katharina Engelhardt, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science; Todd Lookingbill, University of Richmond