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Wildlife Oral Presentation Schedule
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Schedule Abstracts Posters
Monday, October 22, 2007 Salon D
Jim Evans, Moderator
1:40 pm A Comparison of Randomized and Fixed Bridge Sampling Sites for Estimating River Otter Distribution: A Case Study in Imperfect Detection Probabilities
Shawn Crimmins, West Virginia University, Nathan M. Roberts, Cornell University
2:00 pm Evaluation of Survey Techniques for Wild Turkeys in the Southern Great Plains
Matthew Butler, Warren B. Ballard, Mark C. Wallace, Texas Tech University, Stephen J. DeMaso, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
2:20 pm Detection of Viral Antigens for WNV and SLE by rt-PCT in Wild Turkeys (M. galopavo) from South Georgia
Dallas Ingram, UGA Veterinary Diagnostic Lab, Debra L. Miller, Charles A. Baldwin, University of Georgia, J. Mitchell Lockhart, Valdosta State University
2:40 pm Foraging Shorebird Deplete Horseshoe Crab Eggs from Wrack Line, but not Beach-wide, in Delaware
Sarah Karpanty, James D. Fraser, Jonathan Cohen, VA Polytechnic Institute & State University
3-3:30 pm Break
Bill Grafton, Moderator
3:40 pm Species-specific Habitat Association Models for Bats in South-central West Virginia
Michael R. Schirmacher, Steven B. Castleberry, W. Mark Ford, Karl V. Miller, University of GA
4:00 pm Influences of Drawndown on Shorebird Use of Mudflats in Two East Tennessee River Reservoirs
John Laux, Matthew J. Gray, University of TN, Travis H. Henry, Roger D. Tankersley, TN Valley Authority
4:20 pm Invertebrate Sampling Considerations in Intensively Managed Pine Stands of Mississippi
Raymond Iglay, L. W. Burger, Jr., Mississippi State University, D. A. Miller, Weyerhaeuser Company, B. D. Leopold, Mississippi State University
4:40 pm Historical and Current Assessment of Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's Private Lands Assistance Program
Linda Campbell, TX Parks and Wildlife Department, Mark Steinbach, Natural Area Preservation Association, Renee Keleher, Sul Ross State University
Tuesday, October 23, 2007 Salon D
Steve Rauch, Moderator
8:00 am Monitoring Habitat Use by Mute Swans with GPS Satellite Telemetry
Richard Malecki, Christine M. Sousa, Arthur J. Lembo, Jr., Cornell University Ithaca, Larry J. Hindman, Maryland Wildlife and Heritage Service
8:20 am The Natural Resources Enterprises Program at Mississippi State University
Daryl Jones, Katherine M. Jacobs, Adam T. Rohnke, T. Adam Tullos, Jeanne C. Jones, Bruce D. Leopold, Mississippi Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
8:40 am Bat Blitzes in the Southeast: High Impact Volunteer Surveys
Joy O'Keefe, Southeastern Bat Diversity Network, Darren A. Miller, Weyerhaeuser Company, Dennis L. Krusac, USDA Forest Service
9:00 am Using Wildlife Action Plans to Strengthen Regional Bat Conservation Efforts
Mary Clark, N. C. Wildlife Resources Commission
9:20 am Watermelon Pond Conservation Cooperative: Using Public-Private Partnerships & Leveraging Technical & Financial Resources to Achieve FL's Wildlife Legacy Initiative Goals
Cathy Handrick, Alex Pries, Scotland Talley, FL Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
9:40 - 10:10am Break
Petra Wood, Moderator
10:10 am Southeast Gap Analysis: Products and Accessibility
Todd Earnhardt, Alexa J. McKerrow, Steven G. Williams, North Carolina State University
10:30 am Foraging Substrate Selection and Behavior of the Cerulean Warbler in Response to Timber Harvests
Gregory George, WV University Division of Forestry and Natural Resources, Petra Bohall Wood, USGS West Virginia Cooperative
10:50 am Development of a Predictive Model and Conservation Prioritization Tool for Cerulean Warblers in the Appalachian Mountains
Matthew Shumar, WV University Division of Forestry and Natural Resources, Petra Bohall Wood, USGS West Virginia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
11:10 am Design and Implementation of Estimation-Based Monitoring Programs for Flora and Fauna: A Case Study on the Cherokee National Forest
Jon Klimstra, USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Allan F. O'Connell, Jr, John R. Sauer, U.S. Geological Survey, Mark J. Pistrang, Laura M. Lewis, James A. Herrig, U. S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Forest Service, Cherokee National Forest
11:30-1 pm Lunch
Jim Crum, Moderator
1:00 pm Opinions and Preferences of Arkansas Deer Hunters Regarding Harvest Management
Bret A. Collier, David G. Krementz, University of Arkansas
1:20 pm Economic Impacts of White-tailed Deer Hunting in Mississippi
Stephen C. Grado, Kevin M. Hunt, Mississippi State University, Micah W. Whiteside, Register Nelson Environmental Consultants
1:40 pm Efficacy of A Controlled Hunt for Managing White-Tailed Deer on Fair Hill Natural Resource Management Area, Cecil County, Maryland
Regina Ebersole, Jacob L Bowman, University of Delaware, Brian Eyler, Maryland DNR
2:00 pm Survival and Cause Specific Mortality of Adult Male White-tailed Deer Managed Under the Quality Deer Management Paradigm
Jacob L Bowman, Harry A. Jacobson, Daniel S. Coggin, James R. Heffelfinger, Bruce D. Leopold, Mississippi State University
2:20 pm Chronic Wasting Disease Surveillance and Response to Detection in White-tailed Deer in West Virginia
Richard Rogers, James M. Crum, Allan J. Niederberger, Travis A. Metcalf, Richard L. Hall, WV Division of Natural Resources
Wednesday, October 24, 2007 Salon D
Tom Dotson, Moderator
8:30 am Hunting Deer with Dogs: Conflicts, Negative Public Perception, and a New Law
John Bowers, H. Todd Holbrook, Capt. Scott Klingel, GA Department of Natural Resources
8:50 am Population Characteristics of American Woodcock Wintering in Texas
R. Montague Whiting, Jr., Stephen F. Austin State University, David A. Haukos, TX Tech University, Loren M. Smith, Oklahoma State University
9:10 am Using a Novel Micro-Sampling Technique to Monitor the Effects of Methylmercuy on the Eggs of Wild Birds
Jon Klimstra, K. R. Stebbins, G. H. Heinz, United States Geological Survey, BARC-East
9:30 am Post-Treatment Vegetation Response to Herbicidal Eradication of Fescue on a Prairie Site: a Comparison of 3 Products
Michael J. Chamberlain, LA State University Agricultural Center, L. Wes Burger, Jr., MS Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Dave Godwin, MS Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Bobby Watkins, Coontail Farms
Wildlife Poster Presentation Schedule
Hawks Nest Room, 1st Floor
3pm Monday through 7pm Tuesday
1. Response of Vertebrate Populations to the Eradication of Morrow’s Honeysuckle (Lonicera morrowii) in an Upland Meadow at Fort Necessity National Battlefield, Farmington, Pennsylvania
Holly M. McChesney, West Virginia University; James T. Anderson, West Virginia University; Constance A. Ranson
2. Effects of Habitat Change along Breeding Bird Survey Routes in the Central Appalachians on Cerulean Warbler Population
Patrick McElhone, West Virginia University; Petra Bohall Wood, Deanna Dawson
3. The Appalachian Regional Reforestation Initiative
Patrick Angel, Office of Surface Mining, U.S.D.I.; James Burger, Scott Eggerud, Chris Barton, Kevin Quick, Jeff Skousen, Molly Sager
4. Engaging Youth in Wildlife Research: Using Coverboards to Inventory and Monitor Salamanders in Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Jason P. Love, Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont
5. Evaluating habitat value for red-cockaded woodpeckers using individual-based modeling
Ken M. Convery, Conservation Management Institute; Jeffrey R. Walters, Paige M. Baldassaro, Larry B. Crowder, Jeffery Priddy
6. Pentosidine Level Comparison of Breast and Patagial Skin in Monk Parakeets (Myiopsitta monachus) and Double-crested Cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus)
Crissa Kaye Cooey, West Virginia University
7. Avifauna as Indicators of Ecological Integrity in Streamside Mahagement Zones Impacted by Forestry Best Management Practices
Keenan J. Adams, Clemson University; J. Drew Lanham PhD
8. Canada Warbler Habitat Suitability in an Active Industrial Forest in West Virginia
Douglas Becker, West Virginia University; Petra Bohall Wood
9. The Natural Resource Enterprises Program at Mississippi State University
Adam T. Rohnke, Mississippi State University; W. Daryl Jones, Jeanne C. Jones, Dwayne L. Wheeler, Bruce D. Leopold, Katherine M. Jacobs, Billy B. Johnson
10. Assessing Bash Risk Potential of Migrating and Breeding Osprey in the Mid-Atlantic Chesapeake Bay Region
Thomas J. Olexa, USDA Wildlife Services; Brian E. Washburn, and Brian S. Dorr
11. Coastal Marsh Restoration Using Terraces Generally Increases Waterbird Diversity and Abundance In Louisiana’s Chenier Plain
J.L. O'Connell, J.A. Nyman, Louisiana State University
12. Larval amphibian assemblages of constructed temporary wetlands and stream-connected floodplain pools on public forested lands in north-central Mississippi
Katherine E. Edwards, Mississippi State University; Jeanne C. Jones
13. Integration of natural resource enterprises and the economic potential for Ames Plantation
T. Adam Tullos, Mississippi State University; W. Daryl Jones, Bruce D. Leopold, Allan E. Houston, M. Shelton Whittington, Adam T. Rohnke, and Kathy M. Jacobs
14. Seasonal Home Range and Site Fidelity Patterns of Symaptric Fox Squirrels and Gray Squirrels in Central Georgia
John W. Edwards, Shawn M. Crimmins, West Virginia University;
15. The White-tailed Deer Population on Stennis Space Center, a Growing Problem
Jarrod H. Fogarty, West Virginia University; Jeanne C. Jones, Tyler S. Harris, Jon D. Prevost
16. A.Willis Robertson Electronic Wildlife Library Project
Virginia Shepard, Jefferson Waldon, Scott Klopfer, Michael Fies, Conservation Management Institute - Virginia Tech
17. Spatial Characteristics of Black Bears and Bear Hunters in Garrett County, Maryland
Edward Arrow, West Virginia University; John Edwards, Harry Spiker
18. Mammalian Herbivory of Seedlings Planted For Hardwood Reforestation In the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley
Tyler S. Harris, Mississippi State University; Jeanne C. Jones, Katherine E. Edwards
19. Plant communities and prairie plant augmentation in restored and remnant blackland prairies of Mississippi
Andrew C. Dailey, Mississippi State University; Jeanne C. Jones, and Sam Riffell
20. Camera Trapping Carnivores: Trap Success Across Species and Habitat Selectivity of Carnivores on Salt Pond Mountain, Virginia
Edward B. Owens, Virginia Tech; Marcella J. Kelly
21. Use of Habitat and Landowner Suitability Models as Tools for Selecting Large-scale Quail Habitat Restoration Areas on Private Land in Missouri
T.V. Dailey, R.A. Reitz, C.D. Scroggins, H.J. Scroggins, T.B. Treiman, R.A. Pierce II, and W.B. Kurtz, Missouri Department of Conservation
22. Opinions of North Carolina Hunters Regarding Hunting on Sunday
M.K. Hooper, John Marshall, Soil and Water Conservation District; S.L. McMullin, and J.A. Parkhurst
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