COS 67
Conservation Management III

Wednesday, August 12, 2015: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
325, Baltimore Convention Center
8:00 AM
Encounter theory for conservation and management: An application for risk of collision between wildlife and motor vehicles
Julien Martin, US Geological Survey; Quentin Sabatier, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission; Timothy A. Gowan, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission; Christophe Giraud, Universite Paris Sud; Eliezer Gurarie, University of Maryland; Joel G. Ortega-Ortiz, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission; Charles J. Deutsch, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission; Athena Rycyk, Florida State University; Stacie M. Koslovsky, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission; C. Scott Calleson, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
8:20 AM
Solving the mystery of marine protected area performance: Linking governance to ecological outcomes
Helen E. Fox, Rare, Inc.; David A. Gill, University of Maryland, WWF-International; Michael B. Mascia, Conservation International; Gabby N. Ahmadia, WWF-US; Emily S. Darling, University of Toronto, Wildlife Conservation Society; Megan Barnes, University of Queensland; Ian Craige, James Cook University; Chris Free, Rutgers University; Jonas Geldmann, University of Copenhagen; Louise Glew, WWF-US; Susie Holst, NOAA; Olaf Jensen, Rutgers University; Sarah Lester, UC Santa Barbara; Hannah Thomas, UNEP-WCMC; Sarah Whitmee, University College, London; Stephen Woodley, IUCN
8:40 AM
Learning from the ecological degradation of European forests for future conservation
Sebastian Seibold, Technische Universität München; Roland Brandl, Philipps-Universität Marburg; Jörn Buse, University of Koblenz-Landau; Torsten Hothorn, University of Zurich; Khosro Sagheb-Talebi, Research Institute of Forests & Rangelands; Jürgen Schmidl, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg; Simon Thorn, Technische Universität München; Michael D. Ulyshen, USDA Forest Service; Jörg Müller, Bavarian Forest National Park
9:00 AM
Both direct and indirect effects of human population pressure structure Papua New Guinea coral reef fish comminutes
Joshua A Drew, American Museum of Natural History, Columbia University; Kathryn L. Amatangelo, The College of Brockport: State University of New York; Ruth Hufbauer, Colorado State University
9:20 AM
Can population structure be a useful proxy for projected population growth? A meta-analysis of herbaceous plant populations
Lisa Mandle, Stanford University; Isabel B. Schmidt, Universidade de Brasília; Orou Gaoue, University of Hawaii at Manoa; Tamara Ticktin, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
9:40 AM
9:50 AM
Oh deer, what can the matter be? Evaluating deer impacts on forest regeneration in New York State
Mark R. Lesser, State University of New York - College of Environmental Science and Forestry; Paul Curtis, Cornell University; Jeremy Hurst, NYS DEC; Jacqueline Frair, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry; Martin Dovciak, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry
10:10 AM
Site-specific abiotic factors in the response of native prairies to habitat restoration actions
Clinton T. Moore, U.S. Geological Survey; Jill J. Gannon, U.S. Geological Survey; Terry L. Shaffer, U.S. Geological Survey; Cami S. Dixon, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
10:30 AM
Determining seahorse species distributions and conservation status from anecdotal information and in-water surveys
Tse-Lynn Loh, John G. Shedd Aquarium; Thien Nguyen Huu, Research Institute for Marine Fisheries; Hoang Do Huu, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology
10:50 AM
11:10 AM
The impact of linear infrastructure on biodiversity and the effectiveness of mitigation strategies
Matthew L. Richardson, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute; Alfonso Alonso, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute; Jonquil Crosby, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute; Karen Golinski, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute; Benjamin Wilson, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute; Francisco Dallmeier, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
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