COS 198 - Modeling: Populations 1

Presentations:

• 3:30 PM – 3:45 PM EDT

  Overabundant deer and garlic mustard invasion destabilize niche differences and threaten coexistence of native understory plants
  

  Presenting Author: Robert M. McElderry – University of Tennessee Knoxville

  Coauthor: Lalasia Bialic-Murphy – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH)

  Coauthor: Susan Kalisz – University of Tennessee Knoxville
• 3:45 PM – 4:00 PM EDT

  Rates of genetic isolation-by-distance suggest surprisingly low effective population density and dispersal distances in bumble bees
  

  Presenting Author: Dylan T. Simpson – Rutgers University

  Coauthor: Rachael Winfree, Ph.D. – Rutgers University
• 4:00 PM – 4:15 PM EDT

  How well do species distribution models predict parameters of interest in population biology?
  

  Presenting Author: Julie A. Lee-Yaw – University of Lethbridge

  Coauthor: Jenny L. McCune, n/a – University of Lethbridge

  Coauthor: Samuel Pironon – Kew Gardens

  Coauthor: Seema N. Sheth – North Carolina State University
• 4:15 PM – 4:30 PM EDT

  Evolution of reproductive regulation and brood cycles in simulated army ants
  

  Presenting Author: Jason M. Graham – University of Scranton

  Coauthor: Simon Garnier – New Jersey Institute of Technology
• 4:30 PM – 4:45 PM EDT

  Environmental drivers of seasonal shifts in abundance of wild pigs (Sus scrofa) in a tropical island environment
  

  Presenting Author: Derek R. Risch – University of Hawaiʻi Mānoa

  Coauthor: Shaya Honarvar – University of Hawaiʻi Mānoa

  Coauthor: Melissa Price – University of Hawaiʻi Mānoa
• 4:45 PM – 5:00 PM EDT

  Understanding population dynamics using predictive ability of models
  

  Presenting Author: Demissew Gebreyohannes – University of New Brunswick

  Coauthor: Jeff Houlahan – 4833179