2022 ESA Annual Meeting (August 14 - 19)

COS 231 Conservation Ecology and Extinction 4

10:00 AM-11:30 AM
514A
10:00 AM
Conservation Genomics of Ontario's Southern Boreal Caribou
Kirsten Solmundson, Trent University;Jeff Bowman, PhD, Ministry of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry / Trent University;Rebecca S. Taylor, Environment and Climate Change Canada;Micheline Manseau, Landscape Science and Technology Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada;Sonesinh Keobouasone, Environment and Climate Change Canada;Paul J. Wilson, Environmental and Life Sciences Department, Trent University;
10:15 AM
Habitat alterations and population isolation: The caribou case
Margaret Hughes, University of Calgary;Maria Cavedon, University of Calgary;Anita Michalak, University of Calgary;Layla Neufeld, Parks Canada;Helen Schwantje, BC Ministry of Forests Lands and Natural Resource Operations;Caeley Thacker, BC Ministry of Forests Lands and Natural Resource Operations;Jocelyn Poissant, University of Calgary;Marco Musiani, University of Calgary;
10:30 AM
Fescue Rescue: ecology and recovery of Guadalupe fescue (Festuca ligulata), an endangered grass of the northern Sierra Madre Oriental
Andrew M. Barton, University of Maine at Farmington;Helen Poulos, Wesleyan University;Javier Ochoa Espinoza, Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas;Jesús Valdés Reyna, Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro;Aida Leal Robles, Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro;Karen Little, Sul Ross State University;Steve Blackwell, Desert Botanical Garden;Darren Wallis, Black Diamond Consulting;
10:45 AM
Anthropogenic footfall is stronger than footprint in predicting fisher (Pekania pennanti) occurrence across landscapes
Rebecca Smith, University of Victoria;Lilli Gaston, University of Victoria;Andrew Ladle, PhD, University of Victoria;Frances Stewart, PhD, Wilfrid Laurier University;Jason T. Fisher, Ph.D., University of Victoria;
11:00 AM
Genetic diversity predicts population fitness and persistence: The value of genetic rescue in conservation
Julia Clarke, Carleton University;Adam B. Smith, Global Change Ecology Center for Conservation and Sustainable Development, Missouri Botanical Garden;Catherine I. Cullingham, PhD, Carleton University;
11:15 AM
The influence of vegetation type on the distribution of Jolly’s mouse lemur, Microcebus jollyae, in Kianjavato, South Eastern Madagascar
Nicola K. Guthrie, University of Calgary;Veronarindra Ramananjato, UC Berkeley;Nancia N. Raoelinjanakolona, University of Antananarivo;Typhenn Brichieri-Colombi, Calgary Zoo;Zachary S. Jacobson, University of Calgary;Edward E. Louis Jr, Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium;Steig E. Johnson, University of Calgary;