COS 231 - Conservation Ecology and Extinction 4

Presentations:

• 10:00 AM – 10:15 AM EDT

  Conservation Genomics of Ontario's Southern Boreal Caribou
  

  Presenting Author: Kirsten Solmundson – Trent University

  Coauthor: Jeff Bowman, PhD – Ministry of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry / Trent University

  Coauthor: Rebecca S. Taylor – Environment and Climate Change Canada

  Coauthor: Micheline Manseau – Landscape Science and Technology Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada

  Coauthor: Sonesinh Keobouasone – Environment and Climate Change Canada

  Coauthor: Paul J. Wilson – Environmental and Life Sciences Department, Trent University
• 10:15 AM – 10:30 AM EDT

  Habitat alterations and population isolation: The caribou case
  

  Presenting Author: Margaret Hughes – University of Calgary

  Coauthor: Maria Cavedon – University of Calgary

  Coauthor: Anita Michalak – University of Calgary

  Coauthor: Layla Neufeld – Parks Canada

  Coauthor: Helen Schwantje – BC Ministry of Forests Lands and Natural Resource Operations

  Coauthor: Caeley Thacker – BC Ministry of Forests Lands and Natural Resource Operations

  Coauthor: Jocelyn Poissant – University of Calgary

  Coauthor: Marco Musiani – University of Calgary
• 10:30 AM – 10:45 AM EDT

  Fescue Rescue: ecology and recovery of Guadalupe fescue (Festuca ligulata), an endangered grass of the northern Sierra Madre Oriental
  

  Presenting Author: Andrew M. Barton – University of Maine at Farmington

  Coauthor: Helen Poulos – Wesleyan University

  Coauthor: Javier Ochoa Espinoza – Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas

  Coauthor: Jesús Valdés Reyna – Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro

  Coauthor: Aida Leal Robles – Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro

  Coauthor: Karen Little – Sul Ross State University

  Coauthor: Steve Blackwell – Desert Botanical Garden

  Coauthor: Darren Wallis – Black Diamond Consulting
• 10:45 AM – 11:00 AM EDT

  Anthropogenic footfall is stronger than footprint in predicting fisher (Pekania pennanti) occurrence across landscapes
  

  Presenting Author: Rebecca Smith – University of Victoria

  Coauthor: Lilli Gaston – University of Victoria

  Coauthor: Andrew Ladle, PhD – University of Victoria

  Coauthor: Frances Stewart, PhD – Wilfrid Laurier University

  Coauthor: Jason T. Fisher, Ph.D. – University of Victoria
• 11:00 AM – 11:15 AM EDT

  Genetic diversity predicts population fitness and persistence: The value of genetic rescue in conservation
  

  Presenting Author: Julia Clarke – Carleton University

  Coauthor: Adam C. Smith – Environment and Climate Change Canada

  Coauthor: Catherine I. Cullingham, PhD – Carleton University
• 11:15 AM – 11:30 AM EDT

  The influence of vegetation type on the distribution of Jolly’s mouse lemur, Microcebus jollyae, in Kianjavato, South Eastern Madagascar
  

  Presenting Author: Nicola K. Guthrie – University of Calgary

  Coauthor: Veronarindra Ramananjato – UC Berkeley

  Coauthor: Nancia N. Raoelinjanakolona – University of Antananarivo

  Coauthor: Typhenn Brichieri-Colombi – Calgary Zoo

  Coauthor: Zachary S. Jacobson – University of Calgary

  Coauthor: Edward E. Louis Jr – Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium

  Coauthor: Steig E. Johnson – University of Calgary