Oral Presentation Sessions - 2009
All oral presentations take place on Wednesday, February 25th. Rooms are located on the second floor of the Lory Student Center. For detailed abstract information, view the Submitted_Abstracts page. Presenters, please check the Guidelines for Presenters page for information on submitting a copy of your Power Point presentation by TBA
Overall Schedule
| 8:15-9:15am | Session 1: Room 220-222 Animal Behavior and Ecology |
| 8:15-9:15am | Session 2: Room 224-226 Spatial Heterogeneity |
| 9:30-10:30am | Session 3: Room 220-222 Soil Processes and Nutrient Cycling |
| 9:30-10:30am | Session 4: Room 224-226 Aquatic Ecology |
| 10:45-11:45am | Session 5: Room 220-222 Human Environment Interactions |
| 10:45-11:45am | Session 6: Room 224-226 Climate and the Biosphere |
| 1:15-2:30pm | Session 7: Room 220-222 Invasion Ecology |
| 1:15-2:30pm | Session 8: Room 224-226 Disease Ecology |
Session 1: |
8:15-9:15AM |
| (A) | EFFECTS OF MULTI-USE PATHWAY CONSTRUCTION ON UNGULATES IN GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK |
| (B) | PRELIMINARY RESEARCH ON EPAULETTED FRUIT BATS IN KRUGER NATIONAL PARK, SOUTH AFRICA AND THEIR EFFECTS ON SYCAMORE FIG SEED GERMINATION
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| (C) | ROADS REDUCE SURVIVAL FOR NAÏVE ISLAND FOXES
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| (D) | DEVELOPMENT OF MANEUVERABILITY IN TWO NEW WORLD FRUIT BATS IN RELATION TO RESROUCE PARTITIONING
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Session 2: |
8:15-9:15AM |
| (A) | INVENTORY AND MONITORING OF NATURAL RESOURCES IN LARGE HETEROGENEOUS LANDSCAPES
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| (B) | DISTINGUISHING FENS AND WET MEADOWS IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS: VARIATION IN SOILS, WATER TABLE, VEGETATION, AND POTENTIAL SENSITIVITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE
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| (C) | WOODY COVER AND HETEROGENEITY IN THE SAVANNA OF KRUGER NATIONAL PARK, SOUTH AFRICA
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| (D) | REGIONAL SYNCHRONY OF MOUNTAIN PINE BEETLE POPULATION IN THE SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAINS
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Session 3: |
9:30-10:30AM |
| (A) | IMPLICATIONS OF METHANOTROPH COMMUNITY COMPOSITION FOR METHANE UPTAKE IN UPLAND SOILS
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| (B) | SOIL MOISTURE LIMITATION OF HIGH-ELEVATION PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY MEDIATED BY NITROGEN AVAILABILITY
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| (C) | ANALYSIS OF SOIL PROCESSES IN THE ARCTIC DURING FALL FREEZE-THAW CYCLES
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| (D) | DIFFERENCES IN THE ORGANIC LAYER AND MINERAL SOIL PRIOR TO AND FOLLOWING DECOMPOSITION
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Session 4: |
9:30-10:30AM |
| (A) | THE IMPACT OF BED DISTURBANCE ON THE GROWTH OF THE NUISANCE DIATOM DIDYMOSPHENIA GEMINATA IN RIVERS
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| (B) | FLOW DISTURBANCE AND AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS – A QUESTION OF SCALE
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| (C) | USE OF A BAYESIAN HIERARCHICAL REGRESSION MODEL TO PREDICT SPECIES TRAIT DISTRIBUTIONS OF AQUATIC INSECTS IN STREAMS
-Matthew Pyne, Colorado State University, Graduate Student |
| (D) | FLOW REGIME, HABITAT CONFIGURATION AND FUNCTIONAL TRAITS INFLUENCE DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS IN DYNAMIC RIVER NETWORKS
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Session 5: |
10:45-11:45AM |
| (A) | EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CARBON AND ZEOLITE TREATMENTS TO REDUCE NITROGEN IN SEWAGE SLUDGE TREATED LANDS
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| (B) | AN OUTSIDE PERSPECTIVE ON COASTER BROOK TROUT:THEIR MANAGEMENT AND THEIR FUTURE
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| (C) | USING HUMAN MODIFIED LAND COVER TO CHARACTERIZE LAND USE PATTERNS IN THE SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAINS |
| (D) | CULTIVATION AS A QUICK PASTORAL RECOVERY MECHANISM: THE CASE OF MAASAI IN SIMANJIRO, TANZANIA |
Session 6: |
10:45-11:45AM |
| (A) | FIRE REGIME OF A MIXED CONIFER FOREST IN SOUTHWESTERN COLORAOD |
| (B) | POTENTIAL AFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON BAT POPULATIONS IN THE SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAINS |
| (C) | STABLE CARBON ISOTOPES AS INDICATORS OF GROSS PRIMARY PRODUCTION AND GROWING CONDITIONS IN AN EXPERIMENTAL EUCALYPTUS PLANTATION |
| (D) | BIOPHYSICS OF THE AMAZON BASIN |
Session 7: |
1:15-2:30PM |
| (A) |
GROWTH AND DEFENSE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE INTRODUCED WEED VERBASCUM THAPSUS (COMMON MULLEIN) |
| (B) | ALLEE EFFECTS AND INVATION SUCCESS THROUGH COUPLED EVOLUTIONARY AND ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS |
| (C) | CAN ONE INVASION LEAD TO ANOTHER? MECHANISMS OF OLD AND NEW EXOTIC PLANT INVASION ALONG WESTERN RIVERS |
| (D) | THE RANGE EXPANSION OF CHEATGRASS IN ROCY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK |
| (E) | PLANT NEIGHBOR IDENTITY INFLUENCES INDIVIDUAL PLANT BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY |
Session 8: |
1:15-2:30PM |
| (A) | DEGREE DISTRIBUTION IS INSUFFICIENT TO CHARACTERIZE A DIESEASE CONTACT NETWORK |
| (B) | THE ROLE OF WILDFIRE ON PREVALENCE IN SIN NOMBRE VIRUS IN DEER MICE SIX YEARS POST BURN |
| (C) | ENERGETIC STRESS IN THE HONEYBEE APIS MELLIFERA FROM NOSEMA CERANAE INFECTION |
| (D) | YERSINIA PESTIS INFECTION IN PRAIRIE DOGS AND GROUND SQUIRRELS; THE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF EARLY-PHASE TRANSMISSION IN EXPLAINING PLAGUE OUTBREAK |
| (E) | THE INFLUENCE OF HUNGER ON DIESEASE TRANSMISSION IN A HONEYBEE COLONY - Craig Feigenbaum, Colorado State University, Graduate Student |