Session: Conservation Management III (2019 ESA Annual Meeting (August 11 -- 16))

1:30 PM

COS 90-1

National parks are essential to Costa Rica’s conservation strategy portfolio as indicated by forest characteristics
C. Eric Johnson, Indiana University; Peter A. Beck, St. Edward's University; Amy Concilio, St. Edward's University; Kurt E. White, Indiana University; Rodolfo Quiros, Organization for Tropical Studies; Michael D. Wasserman, Indiana University

1:50 PM

COS 90-2

Macro-invertebrate death assemblages preserve historical community structure in nearshore marine assemblages
Carrie L. Tyler, Miami University; Michal Kowalewski, University of Florida

2:10 PM

COS 90-3

Ants prevent bird population decline in managed grasslands
Zhiwei Zhong, School of Life Sciences, School of Environment, Northeast Normal University; Deli Wang, School of Life Sciences, School of Environment, Northeast Normal University

2:30 PM

COS 90-4

Do gut microbiomes hold the key to helping black rhinos thrive in captivity?
Keylie M. Gibson, George Washington University; Bryan N. Nguyen, George Washington University; Laura M. Neumann, George Washington University; Michele Miller, DST-NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research, Stellenbosch University; Peter Buss, South Africa National Parks; Savel Daniels, University of Stellenbosch; Michele Ahn, George Washington University; Keith A. Crandall, George Washington University; Budhan S. Pukazhenthi, 8Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute

2:50 PM

COS 90-5

Real-time thermal imagery from an unmanned aerial vehicle locates nests of a grassland songbird at rates similar to traditional methods
Darren S Proppe, Calvin College; Chace N Scholten, Calvin College; Alexandra J Kamphuis, Calvin College; Kaitlyn J Vredevoogd, Calvin College; Kristin G Lee-Strydhorst, Calvin College; Jenna L Atma, Calvin College; Connor B Shea, Calvin College; Olivia N Lamberg, Calvin College

3:10 PM

COS 90-

Break

3:20 PM

COS 90-6

Forest use, movement and range of a native ungulate in Neotropical agricultural lands
Maria Luisa Jorge, Vanderbilt University; Jennifer Leigh Bradham, Vanderbilt University; Alexine Keuroghlian, Peccary Project / IUCN,SSC Peccary Specialist Group; Julia Oshima, Universidade Estadual Paulista; Milton Cezar Ribeiro, Universidade Estadual Paulista

3:40 PM

COS 90-7

Oak openings and aquatic waterways: Restoration, conservation management, and stewardship
Alexis Heinz, Cornell University; Rachael Kluba, University of Michigan; Liwan Zhang, University of Michigan; Cody Bruder, University of Michigan; Robert Grese, University of Michigan; Michael A. Kost, Michigan Natural Features Inventory

4:00 PM

COS 90-8

Conservation, floristic change and vegetation dynamics in the Dawnland: Long temporal perspectives on mountane plant communities in Acadia National Park
Caitlin N. McDonough MacKenzie, University of Maine; Abraham Miller-Rushing, National Park Service; Jacquelyn Gill, University of Maine

4:20 PM

COS 90-9

The role of citizen science in ecological research and public engagement: A Colorado case study
Miguel F Jimenez, Colorado State University; Sarah E. Reed, Colorado State University; Liba Pejchar, Colorado State University

4:40 PM

COS 90-10

Bumble bee occupancy and detection along roadsides: Implications for long-term monitoring of the endangered rusty patched bumble bee
Michelle Boone, University of Minnesota; Elaine Evans, University of Minnesota; Daniel P. Cariveau, University of Minnesota

COS 90 - Conservation Management III