Session: Conservation Ecology (97th ESA Annual Meeting (August 5 -- 10, 2012))

PS 7-98

Examining the effects of habitat fragmentation on a southern California native bee assemblage through historic pitfall trap samples
Keng-Lou J. Hung, University of California, San Diego; John S. Ascher, American Museum of Natural History; Jason Gibbs, Michigan State University; Rebecca E. Irwin, Dartmouth College; Douglas T. Bolger, Dartmouth College

PS 7-99

Genetic and demographic patterns in American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius L.) populations from western North Carolina
David Clarke, University of North Carolina at Asheville; Jennifer Rhode Ward, University of North Carolina at Asheville; Jonathan L. Horton, University of North Carolina at Asheville; Megan Rayfield, University of North Carolina at Asheville

PS 7-100

Participatory science as a means to integrate management, science, and education at Acadia National Park
Abraham Miller-Rushing, National Park Service; Kate Petrie, National Park Service; Bill Zoellick, SERC Institute; Seth Benz, SERC Institute; Michael Soukup, SERC Institute; David Manski, National Park Service; Lynne Dominy, National Park Service

PS 7-101

Evaluation of suitable habitat for reintroduction of the endangered species Abronia macrocarpa as a recovery measure
Paula S. Williamson, Texas State University-San Marcos; Carolyn G. Meredith, City of Sunset Valley; Jacqueline J. Goodson, Texas State University-San Marcos

PS 7-102

Dust and proximity to unpaved roads correlated with decreased reproduction of an endangered Utah endemic shrub
Matthew B. Lewis, Utah State University; Eugene W. Schupp, Utah State University; Thomas A. Monaco, USDA Agricultural Research Service

PS 7-103

Habitat characteristics of Spiraea virginiana Britton, an imperiled riparian shrub
Joseph McKenna, UNC-Asheville; Jonathan L. Horton, University of North Carolina at Asheville; C. Reed Rossell, University of North Carolina at Asheville; H. David Clarke, University of North Carolina at Asheville; Jennifer Rhode Ward, University of North Carolina at Asheville

PS 7-104

Disturbance protection in semi-protected areas: A case study of fire inhibition provided by indigenous territories in the Brazilian Amazon
Kelly M. McManus, Stanford University; Luiz EO Aragao, University of Exeter; Yadvinder Malhi, University of Oxford; Joshua B. Fisher, California Institute of Technology

PS 7-105

Efficiency of microsatellite isolation from orchids via 454 sequencing
Madhav Pandey, TTU; Jyotsna Sharma, Texas Tech University

PS 7 - Conservation Ecology