COS 268 - Conservation Ecology and Extinction 6

Presentations:

• 3:30 PM – 3:45 PM EDT

  Demography and phenology of the endangered cacti Leptocereus grantianus: implications for its management and conservation
  

  Presenting Author: Luis A. Fernandez-Negron – Universidad Ana G. Mendez / Sociedad Ambiente Marino

  Coauthor: Alex Mercado – Universidad Ana G. Mendez / Sociedad Ambiente Marino

  Coauthor: Ivanna Ortiz – Sociedad Ambiente Marino
• 3:45 PM – 4:00 PM EDT

  Evidence of long-term declines in Island Scrub-Jay vital rates
  

  Presenting Author: Brittany A. Mosher – Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Vermont

  Coauthor: Paul F. Doherty – Colorado State University

  Coauthor: Jon Atwood – Massachusetts Audubon Society

  Coauthor: Kennon Corey – Independent Researcher

  Coauthor: Charles T. Collins – California State University - Long Beach
• 4:00 PM – 4:15 PM EDT

  Mapping multi-scale species distributions across the United States and determining their utility for conservation applications
  

  Presenting Author: Kathleen A. Carroll – University of Wisconsin-Madison

  Coauthor: Anna M. Pidgeon – University of Wisconsin-Madison

  Coauthor: Laura S. Farwell – Conservation Science Partners

  Coauthor: David Gudex-Cross – RedCastle Resources, Inc. Forest Service Contractor

  Coauthor: Paul R. Elsen – Wildlife Conservation Society

  Coauthor: Volker C. Radeloff – University of Wisconsin - Madison
• 4:15 PM – 4:30 PM EDT

  Assessing the dual impact of market feedbacks and harvest strategy on the overexploitation of a declining pangolin species
  

  Presenting Author: Ryan J. Almeida – Rutgers University

  Coauthor: Juan A. Bonachela – Rutgers University

  Coauthor: Julie L Lockwood – Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources and Institute of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science, Rutgers University
• 4:30 PM – 4:45 PM EDT

  Runs of homozygosity in Sable Island feral horses reveal historical inbreeding and adaptive divergence from domestic breeds
  

  Presenting Author: Julie Colpitts – University of Saskatchewan

  Coauthor: Philip McLoughlin – University of Saskatchewan

  Coauthor: Jocelyn Poissant – University of Calgary