97th ESA Annual Meeting (August 5 -- 10, 2012)

PS 1 - Reptiles And Amphibians

Monday, August 6, 2012: 4:30 PM-6:30 PM
Exhibit Hall, Oregon Convention Center
Competition alters interactions between larval anurans, parasites, and predators
John A. Marino, University of Michigan; Manja P. Holland, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; E. E. Werner, University of Michigan
Ecological function of created seasonal wetlands
Andrew R. Kuhns, University of Illinois; John A. Crawford, Lindenwood University
Cancelled
PS 1-12
Effects of preservation methods on stable isotope ratios of carbon and nitrogen in muscle tissue of Hemidactylus turcicus
Ushio Kawai, Texas Tech University; Juske Horita, Texas Tech University; Gad Perry, Texas Tech University
Habitat Suitability for Gopher Tortoises
Amelie Schmolke, Michigan State University; Rajapandian Kanagaraj, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ; Virginia A. Kowal, Ecological Services and Markets, Inc.; Douglas J. Bruggeman, Ecological Services and Markets, Inc
Reproductive timing of Eurycea naufragia at two spring sites
Kira D. McEntire, Southwestern University; Benjamin A. Pierce, Southwestern University; Ashley E. Wall, Southwestern University
Thermal ecology in island populations of the Aegean wall lizard (Podarcis erhardii)
Anat Belasen, University of Michigan; Binbin Li, University of Michigan; Dimitra Chremou, University of Athens; Panayiotis Pafilis, University of Athens; Evstratios Valakos, University of Athens; Johannes Foufopoulos, University of Michigan
More than just environment? Remarkable phenotypic plasticity in developmental traits within a population of the common frog (Amphibia, Ranidae, Rana temporaria)
Franziska Grözinger, Museum für Naturkunde Leibniz Institute for Research on Evolution and Biodiversity at the Humboldt University Berlin; Jürgen Thein, Büro für Faunistik und Umweltbildung; Heike Feldhaar, University of Bayreuth; Mark-Oliver Rödel, Museum für Naturkunde Leibniz Institute for Research on Evolution and Biodiversity at the Humboldt University Berlin
Applying a landscape community concept to lizards of the Mescalero Sands
Wade A. Ryberg, Texas A&M University; Lee A. Fitzgerald, Texas A&M University
Invertebrate community structure helps explain the distribution of amphibian chytrid in Eastern Missouri
Alex T. Strauss, Indiana University; Kevin G. Smith, Washington University in St. Louis
Why did terrapins cross the runway?
Russell L. Burke, Hofstra University
Ranavirus infection in native amphibians at La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica: The first report of ranavirus in Central America
Erica Geerdes, University of South Dakota; Steven M. Whitfield, University of South Dakota; Maureen A. Donnelly, Florida International University; Jacob Kerby, University of South Dakota
Biased sex ratio and age distribution in a suburban population of Chrysemys picta (painted turtle)
David R. Bowne, Elizabethtown College; Jennifer M. Schoonmaker, Elizabethtown College
Dispersal versus site tenacity of adult and juvenile red-backed salamanders (Plethodon cinereus)
Brittany H. Ousterhout, University of Missouri; Eric B. Liebgold, Salisbury University
Spatial and temporal patterns of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis occupancy in amphibian habitats
Tara Chestnut, US Geological Survey; Chauncey W. Anderson, US Geological Survey; Mary A. Voytek, National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Julie D. Kirshtein, US Geological Survey
Using headwater streams and salamanders to test hypotheses of golf course impacts
Mark J. Mackey, University of Missouri; Raymond D. Semlitsch, University of Missouri
Land management effects in Missouri conservation areas on pond-breeding amphibians
John A. Crawford, Lindenwood University; Eric M. Wright, University of Illinois
Overall competitor density, not species identity, affects facultative paedomorphosis in the mole salamander, Ambystoma talpoideum
Thomas L. Anderson, University of Missouri; Howard H. Whiteman, Murray State University
Community and population-level responses of an Afromontane chameleon assemblage to forest fragmentation
Philip L. Shirk, Virginia Commonwealth University; David A. Patrick, Paul Smith's College; Kim M. Howell, University of Dar es Salaam; Elizabeth B. Harper, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry; James R. Vonesh, Virginia Commonwealth University
Evaluating the quality of created wetlands through metamorphic amphibian sampling
Eric M. Wright, University of Illinois; John A. Crawford, Lindenwood University; Andrew R. Kuhns, University of Illinois
Effects of habitat composition on movement and optimal dispersal strategies in juvenile spotted salamanders (Ambystoma maculatum)
Shannon E. Pittman, University of Minnesota; Grant M. Connette, University of Missouri; Raymond D. Semlitsch, University of Missouri
A hierarchical modeling approach to estimate terrestrial salamander abundance prior to prescribed fire and timber harvest
Katherine M. O'Donnell, University of Missouri; Frank R. Thompson III, USDA Forest Service; Raymond D. Semlitsch, University of Missouri
Initial effects of woody biomass removal and intercropping of switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) on herpetofauna in eastern North Carolina
Zachary Aardweg, East Carolina University; Jessica A. Homyack, Weyerhaeuser Company; David R. Chalcraft, East Carolina University
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