2018 ESA Annual Meeting (August 5 -- 10)

PS 18 - Habitat Structure, Fragmentation, Connectivity

Tuesday, August 7, 2018: 4:30 PM-6:30 PM
ESA Exhibit Hall, New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
The effectiveness of increasing connectivity between two patch reefs for increasing site fish abundance in the Mid-Atlantic
Cara C. Schweitzer, University of Maryland Eastern Shore; Bradley G. Stevens, University of Maryland Eastern Shore
The effects of habitat shape and connectivity on bee functional traits in fragmented habitats
Allyssa H. McCutcheon, University of Vermont; Sean R. Griffin, Michigan State University; Sabrie Breland, Michigan State University; Lindsey R. Kemmerling, North Carolina State University
Thermal foraging niches as predictors of ant distributions in fragmented landscapes
Claire E. Turkal, Hendrix College; Melissa A. Burt, Virginia Tech; Julian Resasco, University of Colorado; Nick Haddad, Michigan State University
Experimental habitat fragmentation increases the trophic position and niche breadth of the generalist predator, the funnel-web spider, Atrax sutherlandi
Rachel Hilia Rigden, University of Colorado; Julian Resasco, University of Colorado; Andrew Hicks, University of Colorado; Kendi Davies, University of Colorado
Colonization by solitary bees is driven by connectivity and habitat shape in fragmented landscapes
Sean R. Griffin, Michigan State University; Nick Haddad, Michigan State University
Marsh madness: A bog turtle home range analysis
Amy Almond, University of Florida; Mike Knoerr, Clemson University; Kyle Barrett, Clemson University; Rena Borkhataria, University of Florida
Weta response to habitat fragmentation in New Zealand: Is the species a good indicator of habitat change?
Melissa C. Halstead, Vanderbilt University; Angus R. McIntosh, University of Canterbury; Sharyn Goldstein, University of Canterbury
An experimental test of the effects of corridors on seed dispersal by ants
Melissa A. Burt, Virginia Tech; Nick Haddad, Michigan State University; Julian Resasco, University of Colorado
Why are some individual plants demographically important in fragmented landscapes?
Paige E. Barnes, Michigan State University; Christopher Warneke, Michigan State University; Lars A. Brudvig, Michigan State University
Variability in reproductive synchrony of Echinacea angustifolia among years in a fragmented landscape
Will Reed, University of Minnesota; Stuart Wagenius, Chicago Botanic Garden
The interplay between local factor and landscape on the density of anurans in a subtropical grassland
Samanta Iop, Universidade de São Paulo; Eduardo Vélez-Martin, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; Tiago Gomes dos Santos, Universidade Federal do Pampa; Sonia Zanini Cechin, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria; Paulo I. Prado, Universidade de São Paulo
Habitat corridors do not affect communities of wood-nesting Hymenoptera in a fragmented landscape
Victoria E. Amaral, Michigan State University; Sean R. Griffin, Michigan State University; Nick Haddad, Michigan State University; John D. Herrmann, University of Kiel
Host-parasite relationship recovers after experimental habitat fragmentation
Matthew Bitters, University of Colorado; Julian Resasco, University of Colorado; Stephen Sarre, University of Canberra; Kendi Davies, University of Colorado
Synchrony of flowering phenology within clusters depends on the spatial scale at which clusters are defined
Tracie E. Hayes, Chicago Botanic Garden; Stuart Wagenius, Chicago Botanic Garden
Regional and landscape scale habitat selection of Hesparapsis oraria and its floral host, Balduina angustifolia
Hannah Hunsberger Davis, University of Florida; Debbie L. Miller, University of Florida; Mack Thetford, University of Florida; Ashlynn N. Smith, University of Florida
Plant traits associated with persistence across naturally fragmented landscapes
Kristopher Bonefont, Northwestern University & Chicago Botanic Garden; Jeremie Fant, Northwestern University
Assessing microhabitat use of lizards along perennial and ephemeral streams in the Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona
Noel Hamideh, The University of Arizona; Rezwana Islam, The University of Arizona; Earyn McGee, The University of Arizona; Michael T. Bogan, University of Arizona
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