Session: Conservation Management III (2017 ESA Annual Meeting (August 6 -- 11))

1:30 PM

COS 56-1

Environmental perturbations and trophic cascades affect wintering populations of a declining migratory waterbird
Clay M. Stroud, Louisiana State University; Kevin M. Ringelman, Louisiana State University; Michael A. Poirrier, University of New Orleans; Claire E. Caputo, University of New Orleans

1:50 PM

COS 56-2

Exploring the use of stable C and N isoptopes for determining bee habitat use at two scales
Karen Goodell, The Ohio State University; Jessie Lanterman, the Ohio State University; Robert Burkhart, The Ohio State University

2:10 PM Cancelled

COS 56-3

Diagnosing habitat quality with reintroductions: A case study with fishers on a landscape managed for timber production (widthdrawn)
Aaron N. Facka, Oregon State University; Sean M. Matthews, Oregon State University; Roger A. Powell, North Carolina State University; Richard Callas, California Department of Fish and Wildlife; Deana Clifford, California Departement of Fish and Wildlife; J Scott Yaeger, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Tom Engstrom, Sierra Pacific Industries; Ed Murphy, Sierra Pacific Industries; Laura Finley, United States Fish and Wildlife Service; Kevin P. Smith, North Carolina State University; Pete Figura, California Departement of Fish and Wildlife

2:30 PM

COS 56-4

Is fine-scale fire disturbance better for animal populations? Evaluating population growth rate in response to management plans for an endangered butterfly metapopulation
Joseph L. Smokey, Washington State University Vancouver; Norah Warchola, Tufts University; Elizabeth Crone, Tufts University; Cheryl Schultz, Washington State University

2:50 PM

COS 56-5

Effects of habitat characteristics, physico-chemical parameters and lake morphometry on the spatial distribution of littoral invertebrates in emerged vegetation
Oliver Miler, Aquatic Ecologist; Magdalena Czarnecka, University of Torun; Xavier-Francois Garcia, Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries; Anne Jäger, University of Bremen; Martin Pusch, Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries

3:10 PM

COS 56-

Break

3:20 PM

COS 56-6

Grazing and ecosystem services: Effects of livestock herbivory on floral resources, pollinator populations and honey production in Mediterranean ecosystems
Johannes Foufopoulos, University of Michigan; Scott Brenton, University of Michigan Ann Arbor

3:40 PM

COS 56-7

The role of salinity tolerance and competition in the distribution of an endangered desert salt marsh endemic
Lesley A. DeFalco, Western Ecological Research Center; Sara J. Scoles-Sciulla, Western Ecological Research Center; Emily R. Beamguard, Western Ecological Research Center

4:00 PM

COS 56-8

Evaluating hedgerow restoration for wild bee conservation in an intensively managed agricultural landscape
Martina A. Clausen, University of British Columbia; Sarah E. Gergel, University of British Columbia; Drew Bondar, The Delta Farmland and Wildlife Trust; Sean Smukler, The University of British Columbia

4:20 PM

COS 56-9

Effects of neonicotinoid seed-treatment use on non-target native pollinator communities in Missouri agricultural fields and field margins
Elisabeth B. Webb, US Geological Survey; Anson R Main, University of Missouri; Doreen Mengel, Missouri Department of Conservation; Keith W Goyne, University of Missouri

4:40 PM

COS 56-10

Genetic conservation and management of the Californian endemic, Torrey pine (Pinus torreyana Parry): Implications of genetic rescue in a long-lived species
Jill A. Hamilton, North Dakota State University; Raphaël Royauté, North Dakota State University; Jessica W. Wright, Conservation of Biodiversity; Paul Hodgskiss, Conservation of Biodiversity; F. Thomas Ledig, University of California Davis

COS 56 - Conservation Management III