95th ESA Annual Meeting (August 1 -- 6, 2010)

COS 96 - Community-Based Education & Traditional Ecological Knowledge

Thursday, August 5, 2010: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
335, David L Lawrence Convention Center
Presider:
Alexandra M. Thorn
1:50 PM
Leading by example for credibility and partnerships to change the way people interact with the world
Richard V. Piacentini, Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens
2:30 PM
Adaptive Prairie: Using ecological models to increase support for the conservation of northern prairies
Rafael Otfinowski, University of Winnipeg; Karin Smith Fargey, Parks Canada; Genevieve Goggin, Parks Canada; Lise Boiteau, Parks Canada; Cathy Shaluk, The Nature Conservancy of Canada, Manitoba Region; John Wilmshurst, Parks Canada; David Carr, Southwest Florida Water Management District
2:50 PM
Stratification protocols and germination rates of black cohosh (Actaea racemosa L.) from populations in western Maryland
Natalie A. Walsh, Frostburg State University; Sunshine L. Brosi, Frostburg State University; James A. Howell, Allegany College of Maryland
3:10 PM
3:20 PM
Testing Pollination Syndromes in Onagraceae, the Evening Primrose family
Kyra Krakos, Washington University in Saint Louis; Peter H. Raven, Chair, U.S. National Committee for DIVERSITAS
3:40 PM
Using local ecological knowledge to investigate carnivore movements in southeastern Madagascar
Mary W. Kotschwar, Virginia Tech; Sarah M. Karpanty, Virginia Tech; Solo Justin, Centre ValBio
4:00 PM
Why don't we know more about ecological succession?
Casey P. terHorst, California State University, Northridge; Thomas E. Miller, Florida State University