COS 251 - Conservation Ecology and Extinction 5

Presentations:

• 1:30 PM – 1:45 PM EDT

  The impact of environmental and geographical factors on the occurrence and abundance of Culex quinquefasciatus mosquito in Hawai'i
  

  Presenting Author: Oswaldo C. Villena – Pacific Island Ecosystem Research Center - USGS

  Coauthor: Katherine M. McClure – PIERC-USGS

  Coauthor: Lucas Berio Fortini – PIERC-USGS

  Coauthor: Richard J. Camp – PIERC-USGS

  Coauthor: Dennis A. LaPointe – PIERC-USGS

  Coauthor: Carter Atkinson – PIERC-USGS

  Coauthor: Helen R. Sofaer – PIERC-USGS
• 1:45 PM – 2:00 PM EDT

  Effects of alien and native neighbors on population growth are often positive, but differ between populations and species of closely related native plants varying in breeding system
  

  Presenting Author: Alex Loomis – Duke University
• 2:00 PM – 2:15 PM EDT

  CANCELLED - Testing the use of bone histology for reconstructing growth in Panthera leo
  

  Presenting Author: Ashley R. Reynolds – University of Toronto / Royal Ontario Museum

  Coauthor: David C. Evans – University of Toronto / Royal Ontario Museum
• 2:15 PM – 2:30 PM EDT

  Improving landscape and wildlife conservation strategies by anticipating the importance of change
  

  Presenting Author: Julie Heinrichs – Computational Ecology Group Inc.

  Coauthor: Nathan Schumaker – Oregon State University

  Coauthor: Sydney Watkins – Computational Ecology Group Inc.
• 2:30 PM – 2:45 PM EDT

  Butterfly, moth, and sawfly diversity and host-use patterns change based on tree planting diversity: the first eight years of forest growth
  

  Presenting Author: Karin Burghardt – University of Maryland College Park

  Coauthor: Kelsey McGurrin – University of Maryland College Park

  Coauthor: John D. Parker – Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
• 2:45 PM – 3:00 PM EDT

  A reconstruction of the demographic history of Canada's belugas
  

  Presenting Author: Claudio Müller – University of Manitoba

  Coauthor: Matt J. Thorstensen – University of Manitoba

  Coauthor: Steve Ferguson – Fisheries and Oceans Canada

  Coauthor: Colin J. Garroway, PhD – University of Manitoba