COS 190 - Conservation Ecology and Extinction 3

Presentations:

• 3:30 PM – 3:45 PM EDT

  Global assessment of effective population sizes reveals deficiencies in meeting 50/500 criteria across taxa
  

  Presenting Author: Shannon Clarke – Concordia University

  Coauthor: Elizabeth Lawrence – Concordia University

  Coauthor: Jean-Michel Matte – Concordia University

  Coauthor: Brian Gallagher – Concordia University

  Coauthor: Sarah Salisbury – Dalhousie University

  Coauthor: Sozos Michaelides, n/a – Concordia University

  Coauthor: Daniel E. Ruzzante – Dalhousie University

  Coauthor: James Grant – Concordia University

  Coauthor: Dylan Fraser – Concordia University
• 3:45 PM – 4:00 PM EDT

  Fire response and population persistence in the endangered scrub lichen Cladonia perforata
  

  Presenting Author: Sterling A. Herron – Archbold Biological Station

  Coauthor: Haley Dole – Archbold Biological Station

  Coauthor: Stephanie M. Koontz – Georgia Department of Natural Resources

  Coauthor: Stacy A. Smith – University of Florida

  Coauthor: Scott G. Ward – North Carolina Botanical Garden

  Coauthor: Aaron S. David – Archbold Biological Station

  Coauthor: Eric S. Menges – Archbold Biological Station
• 4:00 PM – 4:15 PM EDT

  Untangled catch: Assessing the impact of industrial tuna fishing on threatened sharks and rays
  

  Presenting Author: Melissa Cronin – University of California, Santa Cruz

  Coauthor: Nerea Lezama-Ochoa, PhD – UCSC / NOAA · Environmental Research Division

  Coauthor: Don Croll, PhD – UC Santa Cruz

  Coauthor: Connor Price, BS – UC Santa Cruz

  Coauthor: Jordan Watson, PhD – Alaska Fisheries Science Center, NOAA NMFS
• 4:15 PM – 4:30 PM EDT

  Population genomic structure of caribou in British Columbia
  

  Presenting Author: Anita Michalak – University of Calgary

  Coauthor: Maria Cavedon – University of Calgary

  Coauthor: Lalenia Neufeld – Parks Canada

  Coauthor: Jean Polfus – Environment and Climate Change Canada

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

  Coauthor: Robin Steenweg – Environment and Climate Change Canada

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

  Coauthor: Marco Musiani – University of Calgary

  Coauthor: Jocelyn Poissant – University of Calgary
• 4:30 PM – 4:45 PM EDT

  Balancing feasibility and statistical rigor while avoiding bias in estimating plant population sizes
  

  Presenting Author: Norma L. Fowler – University of Texas at Austin

  Coauthor: Carolyn Whiting – Big Bend National Park
• 4:45 PM – 5:00 PM EDT

  Combining SDMs and trait-vulnerability assessments to determine how Canadian birds are impacted by climate change
  

  Presenting Author: Andrea Brown – McGill University

  Coauthor: Laura Pollock – McGill University