94th ESA Annual Meeting (August 2 -- 7, 2009)

COS 103 - Conservation Planning, Policy, and Theory

Thursday, August 6, 2009: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
Cinnarron, Albuquerque Convention Center
Presider:
Rebecca M. McCaffery
1:30 PM
CANCELLED - Climate change adaptation across the landscape: A survey of federal and state agencies, conservation organizations, and academic institutions in the United States
Kathleen A. Theoharides, Defenders of Wildlife; Patricia S. Glick, National Wildlife Federation; Gerald Barnhart, Private Contractor
1:50 PM
Significance of forest structure for at-risk terrestrial vertebrate species in an open-canopied pine forest
Sharon M. Hermann, Auburn University; John Kush, Auburn University; Craig Guyer, Auburn University; Geoff Sorrell, The Nature Conservancy
2:10 PM
The relative importance of climate and broad-scale habitat conditions for predicting regional forest bird richness
Curtis H. Flather, USDA, Forest Service; Kevin J. Gutzwiller, Baylor University
2:30 PM
What determines rare plant population persistence?  How biology, the environment, and population state model affect species conservation
Kristen M. Kostelnik, Michigan State University; Thomas R. Wentworth, NC State University; Janet B. Gray, Fort Bragg; Matthew G. Hohmann, US Army Corps of Engineers ERDC - CERL
2:50 PM
A longer period of consistent occupancy information cannot predict persistence as effectively as a shorter period of abundance
Christopher P. Grouios, University of Toronto Scarborough; Lisa L. Manne, City University of New York
3:10 PM
3:20 PM
Linking biological conservation to healthy rural communities: A case history of the Janos  Casas Grandes Biosphere Reserve
Ed L. Fredrickson, USDA-ARS, Jornada Experimental Range; Gerardo Ceballos, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Rurik List, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Nélida Barajas, The Nature Conservancy; Nathan F. Sayre, University of California, Berkeley; Jose O. Roacho Estrada, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Rodrigo Sierra Corona, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Eduardo Ponce Guevara, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Ana D. Davidson, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Alicia Melgoza, Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua; Celso Jaquez, DON CUCO SOTOL; Gerardo A. Bezanilla Enriquez, Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua
3:40 PM
Prioritizing investments in island conservation using global data on biodiversity, business, and corruption
Erin E. McCreless, University of California Santa Cruz; Chris Wilcox, CSIRO; Donald A. Croll, University of California, Santa Cruz; Bernie Tershy, University of California, Santa Cruz; Sarah V. Horwath, University of California Santa Barbara
4:00 PM
Evaluating the effectiveness of large-scale captive breeding programs: A case study of hatcheries and threatened Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.)
Mark D. Scheuerell, NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center; Eric R. Buhle, NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center; Michael J. Ford, NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center; Tom Cooney, NOAA - Northwest Fisheries Science Center; Richard Carmichael, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
4:20 PM
Application of constructed wetland for rejuvenation of Delhi stretch of River Yamuna
Sirajuddin Ahmed V, Jamia MIllia Islamia (Central University); Viktor Popve, Wessex Institute of Technology; Rasheed Ahmad, City of Atlanta Department of Watershed Management
4:40 PM
Protecting ecosystem services and biodiversity in the world’s watersheds
Gary W. Luck, Charles Sturt University; Kai Ming A. Chan, University of British Columbia; John Fay, Duke University