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CONTRIBUTED POSTERSPosters will be displayed throughout the meeting in Exhibit Hall 1 of the San Jose Convention Center. We have asked presenting authors to set up their poster on the morning of Sunday, 25 June and remove their poster on the morning of Wednesday, 28 June. A dedicated poster session and reception will be held on the evening of Monday, 26 June. We request that presenting authors attend the session to take advantage of opportunities to discuss their work with meeting participants. The maximum size for posters is 5.75' wide by 3.75' tall (i.e., 69 inches x 45 inches, or 175 cm x 114 cm). Posters will be grouped by topic area. Please use the numbers below to find posters of interest. CLICK HERE to download a download a PDF of all abstracts for contributed poster presentations listed in alphabetical order of senior author. Adaptive Management 1. What is the “best” policy for rebuilding overfished populations? BABCOCK, ELIZABETH, Murdoch McAllister, and Ellen Pikitch 2. How do we know if restoration is working? Evaluating habitat quality for an endangered butterfly BRIED, JASON, Timothy Tear, Rebecca Shirer, Chris Zimmerman, and Neil Gifford 3. Use of autoecological data to inform conservation and management of mesquite and acacia woodlands in the Mojave Desert CRAMPTON, LISA, Dennis Murphy, and Mary Peacock 4. The conservation of the Syrian serin (Serinus syriacus) in Lebanon DAKDOUK, SOUMAR, Khaled Hamdan, Maya Hammoud, Nina Jamal, Sarine Karajerjian, Taher Khadra, and Grace Rachid 5. Closing the loop: measuring the status of effective conservation of biodiversity within ecoregions as an adaptive management strategy ERVIN, JAMISON 6. Conservation on the endemic owls at Lianhuashan in Gansu, China Fang, Yun, Yue-Hua Sun, and Yuan Gu 7. Effects of livestock grazing on plants and songbirds in Californian valley grasslands GENNET, SASHA, James Bartolome, and Michele Hammond 8. Measuring mammal activity on decommissioned forest roads GERMANN, SONYA 9. Sex differences in the physiologic response to acute off-highway vehicle exposure in the Northern Spotted Owl HAYWARD, LISA, Samuel Wasser, Celia Fairbourn, Rebecca Nelson, and Matthew Stephens 10. Measuring conservation success Kapos, Valerie, Rosalind Aveling, Philip Bubb, Peter Carey, Abigail Entwhistle, John Hopkins, Teresa Mulliken, Roger Safford, Alison Sattersfield, MATTHEW WALPOLE, and Andrew Balmford 11. Survivorship of endangered Sylvilagus bachmani riparius (riparian brush rabbits) following wildfire and flooding LLOYD, MATTHEW, Laurissa Hamilton, Patrick Kelly, Daniel Williams, Elizabeth Williams, and Douglas Kelt 12. Strengthening science-based conservation for Thailand’s World Heritage Site through tiger conservation and living landscape program PATTANAVIBOOL, ANAK, Saksit Simcharoen, Chachawan Pisdamkham, Ullas Karanth, and Amy Vedder 13. A new software program for designing, managing, monitoring, and learning from conservation projects SALZER, DANIEL, Sheila O’Connor, David Wilkie, Nick Salafsky, Jim Fruchterman, Dave Offen, Kevin Smith, and Charles LaPierre 14. Carnivore community response to a large wildfire in San Diego County, California SCHUETTE, PAUL, Jay Diffendorfer, Douglas Deutschman, and Scott Tremor 15. Development and implementation of a rangewide conservation program for the relict leopard frog (Rana onca) SJOBERG, JON, Ross Haley, Cristina Velez, and Michael Sredl 16. Effectiveness of protection strategies in Tanzania: assessing a decade of survey data for large herbivores STONER, CHANTAL, Tim Caro, Simon Mduma, Charles Mlingwa, George Sabuni, and Markus Borner 17. Avian use of a managed pond: a case study in south San Francisco Bay and the implications for salt pond restoration STRONG, CHERYL 18. Temporal activity patterns of the Santa Cruz Island fox: a newfound anti-predator defense for an endangered species? SWARTS, HILARY and Kevin Crooks 19. Physiological measure validations for the southern resident killer whale Wasser, Samuel, KATHERINE AYRES, Brad Hanson, Rebecca Nelson, and Kathleen Hunt Inventory and Monitoring 20. Estimating Karner blue butterfly populations using distance sampling CALKINS, MICHAEL, James Dunn, Yumiko Chattalinni, Karl Rowland, and Brett Shelagowski 21. Dispersal of Karner blue butterflies among lupine patches within a complex forested ecosystem DUNN, JAMES, Michael Calkins, Yumiko Chattalinni, Karl Rowland, and Brett Shelagowski 22. Conservation status of the Araripe manakin (Antilophia bokermanni), a critically endangered bird from northeastern Brazil, 10 years after its discovery CAMPOS, ALBERTO, Weber Girao, Pericles Sena, Thieres Pinto, and Ciro Albano 23. A database to track populations of endangered, threatened, proposed and candidate species in National Parks JOHNSON, FAGAN, Peter Dratch, and Loyal Mehrhoff 24. The status of frogs in the Mount Gede Pangrango National Park, West Java, Indonesia Kusrini, Mirza, ANISA FITRI, and Miguel Castrence 25. Mammal abundance and richness in a tropical forest of the southern Yucatan Peninsula LOPEZ, MELISSA, Gerardo Ceballos, and Cuauhtemoc Chavez 26. Comparison of methods for estimating density of the endangered golden lion tamarin and the introduced marmoset in Brazil’s Atlantic Coast forest fragments MORAIS JR., MARCIO, Carlos Ruiz-Miranda, Andreia Martins, and Benjamin Beck 27. Rapid inventory, assessment, and status of aspen in a Sierra Nevada watershed MORGAN, DARCA and Adam Rich 28. identification and conservation of new Important Bird Areas (IBAs) in Lebanon NAYLOR, CHRISTOPHER and Richard Prior 29. The conservation status of populations of the tropidurid Liolaemus lutzae along its geographical range: an endemic lizard threatened with extinction ROCHA, CARLOS FREDERICO, Carla Siqueira, and Cristina Ariani 30. Study of status, distribution, and ecology of Bengal florican (Houbaropsis bengalensis) in the grasslands of Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal THAPALIYA, KAMAL, Sanjaya Nath Khanal, Sandeep Shrestha, and Shiv Raj Bhatta Land Use Planning 31. Understanding the relationship between trail systems and forest use in the Kakamega Forest, Kenya BOETCHER, AMY, Thomas Gehring, and Mark Lung 32. Multitemporal land use change study: a decision making tool at south of the Condor Bioreserve, Ecuador Cardenas, Adriana, Franz Betancourt, Victor Bernis, and FRANCIS BAQUERO 33. Conservation beyond boundaries: high noon for New Zealand’s rangelands? DICKINSON, KATHARINE, Alan Mark, and Brian Patrick 34. Mixed outcomes for ecological interactions in fragmented maulino forests GREZ, AUDREY, Javier Simonetti, and Ramiro Bustamante 35. Rural lands stewardship and species conservation in Collier County, Florida JOHNSON, BRUCE, Joan Morrison, and Justin Styer 36. Nocturnal emergence and foraging of the western toad (Bufo boreas boreas) LoBaugh, Dawn and Lisa Eby 37. Comparative ecology of two jaguar populations under different land tenure and human disturbance regimes in Mexico LOPEZ GONZALEZ, CARLOS, Adriana Ortega Urrieta, Eduardo de Leon Orozco, Daniel Aceves Lara, Rosa Jimenez Maldonado, and Samia Carrillo Percastegui 38. Linking scientific research, education and promotion of sustainable activities to consolidate a biological corridor in the Atlantic forest of Argentina MARTIN VARELA, DIEGO 39. Habitat management guidelines for amphibians and reptiles MITCHELL, PRIYA NANJAPPA, Ernesto Garcia, Bruce Kingsbury, Joseph Mitchell, Kurt Buhlmann, and Peter Dratch 40. Biodiversity issues in U.S. Pacific Northwest managed forests Molina, Randy, and DEANNA OLSON 41. Use and non-use values of the Yala Swamp, Kenya to the local community OTIENO, NICKSON 42. Reserve networks in fragmented landscapes of south-central Chile: challenges and alternatives PAUCHARD, ANIBAL, Cecilia Smith-Ramirez, Juan Ortiz, Lohengrin Cavieres, and Juan Arnesti 43. National ecosystem gap analysis for Paraguay RODAS, OSCAR, Alberto Yanosky, Roger Sayre, and Andrea Grosse 44. Developing biological goals and objectives for protected area management: lessons learned From Canada, Mexico, and the United States SCHROEDER, RICHARD, Ernesto Enkerlin-Hoeflich, Chris Pease, and Stephen Virc 45. Resource use relationship of sympatric large herbivores in the Wasgomuwa National Park, Sri Lanka WEERASINGHE, UDAYANI, Palitha Jayasekara, and Seiki Takatsuki Conservation on Private Lands 47. Conservation of nine species of threatened birds in the Colombian east Andes Cortes-Herrera, Oswaldo, CATHERINE GAMBA-TRIMINO, Alejandro Hernandez-Jaramillo, Giovanni Chaves-Portilla, Milena Alarcon-Alarbe, Oscar Laverde, and Jose Sanabria 48. Diet and foraging ecology of a parrot community (Family: Psittacidae) in Costa Rica: implications for protected area design MATUZAK, GREG and M. Bernadette Bezy 49. Partners in restoration and agriculture: agreements to reduce regulatory burdens on farmers and landowners while achieving restoration goals STROHM, KRISTEN, Greg Golet, Gregg Werner, and Ron Unger 50. The impact of longleaf pine straw raking on native reptile and amphibian populations in the sandhills of North Carolina, USA SUTHERLAND, RONALD Urban Ecology 51. The dominance of exotic tree species in the urban environment of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and the need of a new gardening model Bergallo, Helena, Adilson Santos, and CARLOS FREDERICO ROCHA 52. Nestling provisioning rates and potential affects on the endangered California Least Tern at Alameda Point, San Francisco Bay, California ELLIOTT, MEREDITH, Jennifer Roth, and William Sydeman 53. Urban-nesting Cooper’s Hawks monitored by citizen biologists in Berkeley, California PERICOLI, RALPH, Allen Fish, and Aaron Haiman 54. Mountain lion conservation in a fragmented urban landscape in southern California RILEY, SETH, Jeff Sikich, Eric York, and Ray Sauvajot 55. Do nest predators influence habitat selection and nest productivity of forest songbirds in an urbanizing environment? WITHEY, JOHN, John Marzluff, Kara Whittaker, David Oleyar, Jack Delap, Thomas Unfried, and Stan Rullman Climate Change 56. The impact of global change on butterfly species richness in Canadian protected areas in the past century KHAROUBA, HEATHER and Jeremy Kerr 57. Possible effects of El Nino on an endemic Sulawesi macaque: population trends in Macaca nigrescens KOHLHAAS, ANN 58. Sea-level rise and the lower Keys marsh rabbit: impact of global climate change on an endangered species LAFEVER, DAVID, Nova Silvy, Neil Perry, Craig Faulhaber, and Elizabeth Forys 59. Conservation planning for salmonids in a changing climate MILLER, PETER, Tomas Carlo, and Sheylda Diaz-Mendez 60. Preparing to assess climate change effects on Australia’s marine ecosystems OKEY, THOMAS, Anthony Richardson, Alistair Hobday, Elvira Poloczanska, and Peter Rothlisberg 61. Synchrony between the nidification of Araripe manakin (Antilophia bokermanni) and the rains regime PINTO, THIERES, Alberto Campos, Ciro Albano, and Pericles Sena 62. Elevational limits, climate change, and avian extinctions SEKERCIOGLU, CAGAN and Stephen Schneider Wetland Ecology 63. Limnology of high-altitude rainforest streams along disturbance gradients in the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest of Uganda KASANGAKI, AVENTINO, Lauren Chapman, and John Balirwa 65. Management options of Yala Papyrus Swamp for sustainable development and biodiversity conservation MWAURA, FRANCIS, Esther Kagure, Milka Ngugi, Lucy Wanjohi, Jane Mbuthia, Magdalene Makala, and Jacton Otieno 66. High prevalence of chytridiomycosis in wild populations of anurans SCHLAEPFER, MARTIN, Phil Rosen, Michael Sredl, and Michael Ryan Conservation at the Land-Water Interface 67. Occurrence and conservation of alluvial groundwater ecosystems in the western United States REID, BRIAN, Jack Stanford, and F. Richard Hauer 68. Riparian areas in the fragmented landscape of southern Portugal: applications for conservation planning SANTOS, MARIA, Hugo Matos, John Bissonette, and Margarida Santos-Reis 69. Population dynamics, habitat use, and trophic relations of the southeastern beach mouse in a complex coastal setting STOUT, I. JACK, Angelique DeLong, Alexis Suazo, Megan Keserauskis, Jacob Degner, Kathryn Gillespie, Pedro Quintana-Ascencio, and James Roth Marine Conservation Practice 70. Ecosystem-based management at nested spatial scales in North Carolina and the United States south Atlantic region BOOMHOWER, JUDSON, Michelle Duval, Douglas Rader, Kenyon Lindeman, and Roger Pugliese 71. The allure and the reality of bottom-up ecosystem approaches to coastal resource management EVANS, KIRSTEN and Terrie Klinger 72. Can ecosystem-based management better conserve the protected species of the northwestern Hawaiian islands? Maresh, Jennifer, JENNIFER PALMER, Hannah Gillelan, and Lance Morgan 73. Population diagnostic of the seahorse Hippocampus erectus in the lagoon of La Restinga, Margarita Island, Venezuela PADRON, MARIANA, Ernesto Ron, and Wallis Rodriguez Marine Conservation Science 74. Conservation leasing and ownership of marine rights: leasing kelp beds to examine the nursery role of Macrocystis canopy Beck, Mike, Mark Carr, and KENDRA KARR 75. Worldwide mass stranding of sperm whales: locations, numbers, composition, and causes BROWNELL, ROBERT, Bernadette Allen, Alan Baker, Rosemary Gales, and James Mead 76. Survival rates for elasmobranches captured by a multispecies trawl fishery off Argentina Chiaramonte, Gustavo, LEANDRO TAMINI, and Jorge Perez 77. Conservation and management needs of populations of a long-lived temperate coral under the effects of harvesting and climate change GARRABOU, JOAQUIM, Didier Aurelle, Marc Bally, Olivier Bianchimani, Pierre Drap, Roland Graille, Jean Georges Harmelin, Christian Marschal, Jean Baptise Ledoux, Oriol Torrents, and Jean Vaclet 78. Benthic pelagic linkages in marine ecosystems and their relevance to vertical zoning in marine protected areas Grober, Rikki, Lisa Wooninck, and Charles Wahle 79. Nutrient composition of diets consumed by threatened southern sea otters Oftedal, Olav, KATHERINE RALLS, M. Tim Tinker, Alice Green, Eric Heil, Rachel Harley, and James Estes 80. Chilean dolphin–aquaculture interactions in southern Chile: is aquaculture a threat for the conservation of this endemic species? RIBEIRO, SANDRA and Francisco Viddi 82. Incidental capture of seabirds in coastal trawl fisheries TAMINI, LEANDRO, Eugenio Coconier, Ruben Dellacasa, Matías Sidders, Jorge Perez, and Gustavo Chiaramonte 83. Implications of variability in the loggerhead sea turtle nest environment to hatchling quality, mortality, and production estimates VAUGHAN, JASON, Jeanette Wyneken, and Selina Heppell 84. Analysis of the national inventory of MMAs: regional perspectives WOONINCK, LISA, Rikki Grober-Dunsmore, Kelly Chapin, Sarah Fischer, Monica Diaz, and Charles Wahle Invasive Species 85. The impact of white-tailed deer on tree regeneration and plant invasions in an eastern North American forest fragment FETY, LAUREN, Keefe Keeley, Bryan Lantz, Rachael Collins, Rachel Ann Merz, and Jose-Luis Machado 86. Bird population responses to removal of fuel loads comprised of exotic woody plants FINCH, DEBORAH and David Hawksworth 87. Feral cats and wildlife on Santa Catalina Island, California: distribution, disease and their effects on management GUTTILLA, DARCEE, Julie King, Frank Starkey, and Carlos de la Rosa 88. The effect of native forb abundance declines on invasion resistance in California grasslands HULVEY, KRIS and Erika Zavaleta 89. Impact of invasive black rats on Bonin Islands, Japan JAYASEKARA, PALITHA and Yuji Ide 90. What makes seabirds defenseless to invasive rats? An analysis of seabird characteristics affecting vulnerability JONES, HOLLY, Bernie Tershy, Donald Croll, Bradford Keitt, Myra Finklestein, and Gregg Howald 91. Implementation of an integrated invasive species-led and site-led management plan on Catalina Island, California KNAPP, JOHN, Denise Knapp, and Carlos de la Rosa 92. Impact of invasive Spartina on avian communities in San Francisco Bay tidal salt marshes NORDBY, J. CULLY, Jennifer McBroom, and Andrew Cohen 93. Ungulate introductions in South Africa: the poor get richer than the rich SPEAR, DIAN and Steven Chown 94. What’s a century to a snail?: An old invader finally arrives in San Francisco Bay WEISKEL, HEIDI and Basma Mohammad 95. Negative impact of invasive mongoose on amami rabbit and its conservation YAMADA, FUMIO, Ken Sugimura, and Sintaro Abe Conservation of Migratory Taxa 96. Extra-pair paternity in sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) revealed using microsatellite DNA markers HAYES, MATTHEW, Hugh Britten, and Jeb Barzen 97. A survey of cave dwelling bats of northern Mexico MORENO, ARNULFO, David Lerma, Aldo Ortiz, and Regulo Salazar 98. Biological integrity and diversity: waterfowl and the National Wildlife Refuge system PIDGORNA, ANNA and J. Michael Scott 99. Morphological and behavioral diversity suggest that breeding populations of Lark Sparrows should be considered important units of conservation ROSS, JEREMY and Juan Bouzat 100. Cattle facilitation of Aleutian Cackling Goose foraging patterns in Humboldt Bay pastures SPRAGENS, KYLE and Jeffrey Black 101. Identification of Priority Areas in Vietnam for bat conservation VU DINH, THONG Conservation of Wide Ranging Taxa 102. Status and conservation needs of the dugong: the most endangered marine mammal of Cambodia and Vietnam Adulyanukosol, Kanjana, Phay Somany, Leng Sam Ath, Potchana Boonyanate, Nick Cox, and Tran Hien 103. Community field survey of the endangered African wild dog (Lycaon pictus) in southeastern Kenya McCreery, Kim and ROBERT ROBBINS 104. Assessment of woody species diversity and the natural potential of its conservation: case study in Burkina Faso OUEDRAOGO, AMADE 105. Human–leopard (Panthera pardus) encounters in Nepal Shah, Karan, Tej Thapa, and Prem Budha 106. Who is your mama? Maternity testing in Asian elephant SIRIPUNKAW, CHOMCHEUN, Chalita Kongrit, Warren Brockelman, Lori Eggert, and Varaporn Akkarapatumwong Protected Area Design 107. REBIOMA: A WCS initiative in madagascar for conservation planning Cameron, Alison, Andry Rakotomanjaka, Aristide Andrianarimisa, and ANDRIAMANDIMBISOA RAZAIMPAHANANA 108. Using Marxan to evaluate marine protected area network designs along California’s central coast Chan, Allison, AMANDA CUNDIFF, Nadia Gardner, Yvana Hrovat, Lindsay Kircher, and Carissa Klein 109. Marine protected areas along the Pacific coast of the United States: towards a regional conservation approach FISCHER, SARAH, Rikki Grober-Dunsmore, Lisa Wooninck, and Charles Wahle 110. Natural reserves of Kazakhstan JASHENKO, ROMAN and Irina Jashenko 111. Evaluation of conservation status of biodiversity and prioritization of areas in Cauca valley, Colombia MATALLANA-TOBON, CLARA LUCIA 112. Rapid biological and social inventories: protecting priority areas in Andean and Amazonian Peru VRIESENDORP, CORINE, Bil Alverson, Robin Foster, Debra Moskovits, Andrea Nogues, Mario Pariona, Thomas Schulenberg, Douglas Stotz, and Alaka Wali 113. Scalling up for the conservation of the giant panda: from Pingwu ICDP to Minshan landscape YU, CHANGQING Transboundary Conservation 114. Ecology and conservation of Darevsky’s viper (Vipera darevskii) in the Caucasus AGHASYAN, LEVON and Aram Aghasyan 115. Dolphins for development–a pilot conservation project in the Mekong River BEASLEY, ISABEL 116. Las Californias Binational Conservation Initiative: a vision for biodiversity conservation at the border of Alta and Baja California MORRISON, SCOTT 117. Conservation status of the Nigerian chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes vellerosus) in Cameroon NKU, MANASSEH ENO, Philip Forbuseh, and Terry Sunderland 118. Using MARXAN and CLUZ to produce a preliminary conservation assessment for Maputaland, South Africa SMITH, ROBERT, Peter Goodman, and Wayne Matthews 119. The heart of Borneo: three countries, one transboundary conservation vision TOMASEK, ADAM, Stuart Chapman, Mubariq Ahmad, and Dinoysius Sharma Community-Driven Conservation 121. An assessment of the relationship between human elephant conflict and crop damage compensation methods in Bannerghatta National Park, southern India ANAND, VIJAY, Surendra Varma, and Gopalakrishna SP 122. Developing a sea turtle recovery plan for a small scale community: a community-based conservation and management effort at Helen Atoll, Palau BARR, JULIE, Selina Heppell, Wayne Andrew, Bryan Tilt, and Michael Guilbeaux 123. Persuading the punters: training boatmen and the conservation of the axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum) and its remaining habitat, Lake Xochimilco, Mexico City BRIDE, IAN, Richard Griffiths, and Alejandro Melendez Herrada 124. Institutionalization of Bat Count Philippines: towards a sustainable conservation program of endangered flying foxes CARINO, APOLINARIO and Tammy Mildenstein 125. Stream restoration for coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) in the Little Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada CARLSON, GLEN and Markku Kostamo 126. The role of local communities in conservation of threatened bird species in the Caspian region Dzhamirzoev, Gadzhibek, Mikhail Banik, and Sergey Bukreev 127. Community forestry and community based ecotourism: combining two challenging policy instruments to conserve spiny forests in southern Madagascar FERGUSON, BARRY 128. Voluntary village reocation in India’s Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary: addressing people’s livelihood needs while protecting a park’s future KARANTH, KRITHI 129. Community based conservation as a tool for birds and biodiversity conservation: the role of site support groups in Important Bird Areas (IBA) KURIA, DAVID 130. Characterization of rare plant taxa in vernal pool ecosystems LAZAR, KRISTI, Jennifer Buck, Ayzik Solomesheh, and Michael Barbour 131. Can forest management model the way for wildlife conservation on communal lands in southern Mexico? LECHUGA, JENNIFER and Sophie Calme 132. Market driven change could improve the conservation role of trophy hunting in Africa: external accreditation of hunting operators LINDSEY, PETER, Laurence Frank, Stephanie Romanach, Rosie Woodroffe, and Alayne Mathieson 133. Effects of habitat fragmentation on big and medium-sized mammal community in Sao Paulo state (Brazil) LYRA-JORGE, MARIA CAROLINA, Giordano Ciocheti, and Vânia Regina Pivello 134. Participatory action research: a strategy for genetic conservation in Mt. Kitanglad natural park VALMORES, CECILIA 135. Rediscovering the guanacos of the Paraguayan chaco Villalba, Laura, CRISTIAN BONACIC, and Jerry Laker Conservation Psychology 137. The effects of warnings about depleting resources on resource consumption: a laboratory study POSEY, DONELLE, Jeff Joireman, and Craig Parks 138. Environmentalism without resistance RIEBEL, LINDA Environmental Anthropology 139. Effects of disturbance on the fitness of cavity nesting birds in oak savannas JOHNSTON, CHRISTINE, Paul Moore, and Karen Root 140. Conservation or idealization? The essence of nature dilemma and the efforts to integrate environmental politics and local knowledge in protected areas PIERMATTEI, SANDRO Environmental Economics 141. Economic growth, biodiversity conservation, and SCB Dietz, Robert and William Bridgeland Environmental Geography 142. Floristic comparison between a preserved and a disturbed cerrado physiognomy in Brasilia, Brazil: a study of human impacts in the vegetation composition PINAGE, EKENA and Ruth Laranja Environmental Politics and Policy 143. Science in the Everglades: the interface of scientists and managers FLING, HOLLY, Frank Mazzotti, and Kathi Beratan 144. International legal issues related to the implementation of a transboundary network of MPAs in eastern Africa GRILO, CATARINA, Catarina Fonseca, Cristina Rebelo, and Jose Guerreiro 145. Governing for conservation: a diversity of governance models from southern Mexico HAENN, NORA 146. Transboundary poaching: a case study of policies and practices ILLES, ZOLTAN and Magdolna Rozs 148. Reducing transaction costs of the clean development mechanism LEVINE, ELIOT 149. Prioritization of U.S. National Wildlife Refuge land acquisitions for biodiversity protection MATSON, NOAH Environmental Sociology 150. DNA barcoding: a valuable technique for 21st century conservation? LARSON, BRENDON 151. The effects of personal experience on public attitudes for or against the management of Ursus americanus in New Jersey, USA PAULIN, JOSEPH, David Drake, David Ehrenfeld, Patrick Carr, and Kelcey Burguess Communications and Outreach 152. Communicating for conservation: perspectives on the science-religion dialogue GARNER, ALISSE 153. Tracking albatross and trash across borders: a tool for integrated ocean, coastal, and watershed conservation KEIPER, CAROL, Hannah Nevins, David Hyrenbach, Michelle Hester, Cheryl Baduini, Josh Adams, Charles Moore, Jennifer Stock 154. The importance of carnivores in the printed media in Chile and its relevance to conservation practice SILVA, EDUARDO, Jaime Jimenez, Roberto Schlatter, and Gabriel Ortega 155. The NSF GK–12 teaching fellowship: sixth graders examining the effects of controlled burns in Sunkhaze National Wildlife Refuge Veverka, David and RON BOONE Conservation Education 156. Linking undergraduate training and conservation outcomes using rapid biodiversity assessment methods AUDET, DORIS and David Larson 157. Ecology and conservation of the maned sloth (Bradypus torquatus) in the cocoa region of southern Bahia, Brazil CASSANO, CAMILA and Maria Cecília Kierulff 158. Professionalizing the conservation sector: project management training conservation graduate programs Godoy, Fabiano, VINAYA SWAMINATHAN, and Sara Zeigler 159. Kazakhstan Red Data Book of animals Jashenko, Roman and IRINA JASHENKO 160. A habitat-specific education program to increase awareness of the role of introduced predators in native species decline JONES, LAURA, Tyler Watters, Silas Dudley, Gloria Van Dragt, Randall Van Dragt, and Lee Kats 161. Love thy frogs: increasing awareness through frog conservation education in Indonesia KUSRINI, MIRZA, Anisa Fitri, and Ani Mardiastuti 162. A holistic approach to master planning for conservation and interpretation: Catalina Island Conservancy’s interpretive programming MOREHOUSE, AARON and Ann Muscat 163. Bringing research into K–12 classroooms SCHWIGAN, KATHY, Nathan Wilke, and Lee Birmingham 164. Chelonian research, education and conservation in southwest Cambodia SUN, YOEUNG, Sitha Som, David Emmett, and Koulang Chey Sustainable Agriculture 165. Effects of grazing on population size and predation risk for rodents in a coastal California grassland JOHNSON, MATTHEW, Christa Horn, and James Irvine 166. Can shade trees and birds help Jamaican coffee farmers with insect pests? Johnson, Matthew, JHERIME KELLERMANN, Amy Stercho, Robert Fowler, and Dwight Robinson 167. Solitary bee communities in a vineyard landscape LEBUHN, GRETCHEN, Erin Rentz, and Robert Brooks 168. Landscape factors and community composition in a native parasitoid guild: a case study in conservation biological contro lNERNEY, CATERINA and Stephen Welter Remote Sensing 169. Losing the sanctuary: dry forest loss in the last Eld’s deer stronghold Songer, Melissa, Peter Leimgruber, Daniel Kelly, Briony Senior, and Briony Senior Conservation GIS 170. Linking multivariate habitat modeling into ArcGIS with the ArcRstats Toolbox BEST, BENJAMIN, Patrick Halpin, Dean Urban, and Song Qian 171. Island conservation planning: managing challenging priorities through integrative GIS-based analyses DE LA ROSA, CARLOS, Denise Knapp, John Knapp, Darcee Guttilla, and Frank Starkey 172. Using GIS to identify potential corridors utilized by North American badgers in the San Francisco Bay area and Monterey County DIAMOND, TANYA and Shannon Bros 173. Predicting changes in habitat availability due to management decisions regarding artificial water sources: a case study of bighorn sheep LONGSHORE, KATHLEEN, Chris Lowrey, and Daniel Thompson 174. Server based tools and geodatabase to support disparate users involved with marine planning in California MCCLINTOCK, WILL, Mary Gleason, Paulo Serpa, Chris Ball, Chad King, Bob Sherwood, and Brad Pfefferle 175. Enhancing expert opinion on Oregon coast coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) critical habitat with a decision support system MILLS, JUSTIN and Peter Lawson Conservation Biogeography 176. Landscape assessment of tree communities in the moist karst region of Puerto Rico: using existing data sets as a scaling tool in ecoregional planning AUKEMA, JULIANN, Jaime Collazo, Maarten Kappelle, and Tomas Carlo 177. Terrestrial characteristics of Steller sea lion haulouts and rookeries BAN, STEPHEN and Andrew Trites 178. Is taxonomic diversity important for the performance of species indicator groups for identification of areas for species conservation? Bladt, Jesper, Frank Wugt Larsen, and Carsten Rahbek 179. Improving the performance of indicator groups for the identification of important areas for conservation of species BLADT, JESPER, Frank Wugt Larsen, and Carsten Rahbek 180. Floristic surveys and plant biogeography on small islands in the San Juan Archipelago, Washington DUNWIDDIE, PETER, David Giblin, Katherine Glew, and Judith Harpel 181. Amphibian chytridiomycosis and conservation in Oregon and Venezuela HAN, BARBARA, Margarita Lampo, Dinora Sanchez, and Andrew Blaustein 182. Using biogeography to target conservation research efforts in Vietnam HURLEY, MARTHA and Eleanor Sterling 183. Seeking biologically representative regions: a new method for quantifying and comparing species composition JENNINGS, MICHAEL, Jonathan Hoekstra, Jonathan Higgins, and Timothy Boucher 184. Exploring the biogeographical implications of seasonal-mosaic fire regimes in the humanized savanna landscape of southern Mali LARIS, PAUL 185. Impacts of human recreation on mammalian carnivores in protected California oak woodlands REED, SARAH and Adina Merenlender Spatial Ecology and Conservation 186. Proposal of a biological corridor between two protected areas in Ecuador using the least cost path analysis for the Andean Bear BOADA, CARLOS 187. Sustainable bat conservation in Caucasus mountain regions GHAZARYAN, ASTGHIK, Zoltan Nagy, Tomasz Postawa, Eduard Yavruyan, George Papov, Alexandr Bukhnikashvili, and Ioseb Natradze 188. Spatial ecology of translocated riparian brush rabbits HAMILTON, LAURISSA, Matthew Lloyd, Patrick Kelly, Daniel Williams, Elizabeth Williams, and Douglas Kelt 189. Correlating areas delivering important hydrological services with key biodiversity areas in Madagascar Honzak, Miroslav, KEITH ALGER, Marc Steininger, David Knox, Zo Rokotobe, Harison Randrianasolo, Harison Rabarison, and Luciano Andriamaro 190. Causes of mortality to the endangered southern cassowary in Queensland, Australia KOFRON, CHRISTOPHER and Angela Chapman 191. Spatial use of territories by Whooping Cranes wintering on the Texas Gulf coast LAFEVER, KRISTIN and R. Douglas Slack 192. Spatial ecology and abundance of Mexican bobcats in northwestern Mexico to assess its conservation status MORENO ARZATE, CLAUDIA, Adriana Rodriguez Martinez, Ruby Gonzales Sierra, and Carlos Lopez Gonzales 193. Effects of wild grape vines on understory and mid-story vegetation in a northern hardwood forest QUINBY, PETER 194. Badger behavior in a fragmented landscape: implications for conservation planning in California QUINN, JESSIE 195. Is survival dependent on patch size? Survival of forest birds in southwestern Costa Rica RUIZ-GUTIERREZ, VIVIANA and Thomas Gavin 196. Conservation in agricultural landscapes: a demographic study of a forest herb, Trillium grandiflorum, within hedgerows and forest patches SCHMUCKI, RETO and Sylvie de Blois 197. Testing an abiotic freshwater classification system in the Hudson River watershed—do fish see what conservationists see? Shirer, Rebecca and COLIN APSE 198. Multi-scale spatio-temporal analysis of road network in the Land Between ecotone SHRESTHA, NAMRATA 199. Distribution and abundance of endangered marine turtles at Palmyra Atoll, central Pacific STERLING, ELEANOR and Eugenia Naro-Maciel 200. Edge effects and fragmentation: conserving bat biodiversity Vazquez-Domínguez, Guillermo and JORGE GALINDO-GONZALEZ 201. Comparing a spatially and a non-spatially explicit population viability analysis model in the context of a golden-headed lion tamarin metapopulation ZEIGLER, SARA, Jon Ballou, Peter Leimgruber, and Becky Raboy 202. Chronological and spatial analysis of western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis var. occidentalis) in central Oregon ZOPHY, KELLEY Predictive Conservation Ecology 203. A Bayesian approach for estimating demographic parameters from a time series of size distributions DAMIANI, CHRISTINE, Danny Lee, and Dana Weigel 204. Evaluating effects of habitat loss, hunting, and El Nino events on a threatened species DUNHAM, AMY, Elizabeth Erhart, Deborah Overdorff, and Patricia Wright 205. Risk assessment of zoo populations: a new paradigm EARNHARDT, JOANNE, Lisa Faust, Steven Thompson, Adrian Lin, and Carrie Schloss 206. Individual-based modeling of the Tarangire National Park elephants: future projections for a rapidly increasing population FAUST, LISA and Charles Foley 207. An approach to integrate behavioral information into population models GONZALEZ-SUAREZ, MANUELA, Claudia Hernandez-Camacho, and Leah Gerber 208. Species coextinctions and the biodiversity crisis KOH, LIAN PIN, Robert Dunn, Navjot Sodhi, Robert Colwell, Heather Proctor, and Vincent Smith 209. Conservation of the endangered Florida Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum floridanus) using home range delineation based on radiotelemetry KOROSY, MARIANNE, Robin Bjork, and Reed Noss 210. Multi-scale features for identifying individuals in large biological databases RAVELA, SAI, Lloyd Gamble, and Kevin McGarigal Conservation Genetics 211. Conservation implications of the genetic, morphological, and phylogenetic variation of the blunt-nosed leopard lizard, Gambelia sila CORRIGAN, GWYNNE and Ammon Corl 212. Inbreeding and genetic restoration in Mexican wolves FREDRICKSON, RICHARD, Phillip Hedrick, and Peter Siminski 213. High prevalence of sylvatic plague in fleas collected from black-tailed prairie dog burrows in north-central Montana Hanson, David, HUGH BRITTEN, Marco Restani, and Leigh Washburn 214. Population changes and genetics of chum salmon in the southern portion of their range (California, Oregon, and Columbia River) and possible impacts of climate and other changes JOHNSON, ORLAY, Anna Elz, and Jeffrey Hard 215. Genetic structure of Grauer’s Rush Warbler (Bradypterus graueri), an endangered Albertine Rift endemic Kahindo Muzusa Ngabo, Charles, John Bates, and Rauri Bowie 216. Conservation and management of swamp deer (Cervus duvaceli branderi) in Kanha National Park KANOJE, RAVI SHANKER 217. Genetic identification of fish hosts of freshwater mussels in Maine KNEELAND, STEPHEN and Judith Rhymer 218. Clinal and biogeographical genetic variation of the Dungeness crab (Cancer magister): implications for marine reserve design LARDY, CORINNE and Leslee Parr 219. Relict plant populations: maintaining species diversity in small, isolated patches STROH, ESTHER 220. Microsatellite variation in two Sichuan Jay (Perisoreus internigrans) populations in west China Sun, Yue-Hua, Ting Ji, Yu Jing, and Yun Fang 221. Mortality of first born mammals: implications for demographic analyses of wild populations THOMPSON, STEVEN, Joanne Earnhardt, and Nilla Fogelberg 222. Assessment of genetic diversity in populations of Sanguinaria canadensis using AFLP analysis ULRICH, ERIN and David Danehower 223. Identifying the contribution of directional hybridization between two toad species (Genus: Bufo) to the decline of a parental species VOGEL, LAURA Ecological Restoration 224. Demographics of Drosera intermedia: comparing a recently recruited population to an older population with a different habitat DAVIS, CHRISTOPHER 225. The impact of fire on the forest tree dynamics in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, southwestern Uganda MUSINGUZI, JAMES and Dominic Byarugaba 226. Original old-growth forest composition for Lyell Island, Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands), British Columbia PEARSON, AUDREY and Sarah Gergel 227. Meeting the challenges of Canada’s Species at Risk Act: Parks Canada’s West Coast Species at Risk program SHEPHERD, PIPPA and Brian Reader 228. The habitat delineation and restoration of Sacramento perch using conservation physiology WOODLEY, CHRISTA | |||||||||||||||||
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