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
- Amanda Hardy, Colorado State University, Graduate Student

(B)

PRELIMINARY RESEARCH ON EPAULETTED FRUIT BATS IN KRUGER NATIONAL PARK, SOUTH AFRICA AND THEIR EFFECTS ON SYCAMORE FIG SEED GERMINATION
- Emily Snode, University of Nothern Colorado, Graduate Student

(C)

ROADS REDUCE SURVIVAL FOR NAÏVE ISLAND FOXES
- Nathan Snow, Colorado State University, Graduate Student

(D)

DEVELOPMENT OF MANEUVERABILITY IN TWO NEW WORLD FRUIT BATS IN RELATION TO RESROUCE PARTITIONING
- Jason Shaw, University of Nothern Colorado, Graduate Student


Session 2:

8:15-9:15AM

(A)

INVENTORY AND MONITORING OF NATURAL RESOURCES IN LARGE HETEROGENEOUS LANDSCAPES
- Jennifer Jones, Colorado State University, Graduate Student

(B)

DISTINGUISHING FENS AND WET MEADOWS IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS: VARIATION IN SOILS, WATER TABLE, VEGETATION, AND POTENTIAL SENSITIVITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE
- Katharine Driver, Colorado State University, Graduate Student

(C)

WOODY COVER AND HETEROGENEITY IN THE SAVANNA OF KRUGER NATIONAL PARK, SOUTH AFRICA
- Gabriela Bucini, Colorado State University, Graduate Student

(D)

REGIONAL SYNCHRONY OF MOUNTAIN PINE BEETLE POPULATION IN THE SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAINS
- Teresa Chapman, University of Colorado - Boulder, Graduate Student


Session 3:

9:30-10:30AM

(A)

IMPLICATIONS OF METHANOTROPH COMMUNITY COMPOSITION FOR METHANE UPTAKE IN UPLAND SOILS
- Craig Judd, Colorado State University, Graduate Student

(B)

SOIL MOISTURE LIMITATION OF HIGH-ELEVATION PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY MEDIATED BY NITROGEN AVAILABILITY
- Aaron Berdanier, Colorado State University, Graduate Student

(C)

ANALYSIS OF SOIL PROCESSES IN THE ARCTIC DURING FALL FREEZE-THAW CYCLES
- Jessica Ernakovich, Colorado State University, Graduate Student

(D)

DIFFERENCES IN THE ORGANIC LAYER AND MINERAL SOIL PRIOR TO AND FOLLOWING DECOMPOSITION
- Nathan Mellor, Colorado State University, Graduate Student


Session 4:

9:30-10:30AM

(A)

THE IMPACT OF BED DISTURBANCE ON THE GROWTH OF THE NUISANCE DIATOM DIDYMOSPHENIA GEMINATA IN RIVERS
- James Cullis, University of Colorado - Boulder, Graduate Student

(B)

FLOW DISTURBANCE AND AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS – A QUESTION OF SCALE
- Thomas Wilding, Colorado State University, Graduate Student

(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
- Daniel Auerbach, Colorado State University, Graduate Student


Session 5:

10:45-11:45AM

(A)

EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CARBON AND ZEOLITE TREATMENTS TO REDUCE NITROGEN IN SEWAGE SLUDGE TREATED LANDS
- Kirstin Holfelder, Colorado State University, Graduate Student

(B)

AN OUTSIDE PERSPECTIVE ON COASTER BROOK TROUT:THEIR MANAGEMENT AND THEIR FUTURE
- Nate Cathcart, Colorado State University, Undergraduate Student

(C)

USING HUMAN MODIFIED LAND COVER TO CHARACTERIZE LAND USE PATTERNS IN THE SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAINS
- Ian Leinwand, Colorado State University, Graduate Student

(D)

CULTIVATION AS A QUICK PASTORAL RECOVERY MECHANISM: THE CASE OF MAASAI IN SIMANJIRO, TANZANIA
- Stacy Lynn, Colorado State University, Graduate Student


Session 6:

10:45-11:45AM

(A)

FIRE REGIME OF A MIXED CONIFER FOREST IN SOUTHWESTERN COLORAOD
- Carissa Aoki, Colorado State University, Graduate Student

(B)

POTENTIAL AFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON BAT POPULATIONS IN THE SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAINS
- Mark Hayes, University of Northern Colorado, Graduate Student

(C)

STABLE CARBON ISOTOPES AS INDICATORS OF GROSS PRIMARY PRODUCTION AND GROWING CONDITIONS IN AN EXPERIMENTAL EUCALYPTUS PLANTATION
- Toby Gass, Colorado State University, Graduate Student

(D)

BIOPHYSICS OF THE AMAZON BASIN
- Ian Baker, Colorado State University, Graduate Student


Session 7:

1:15-2:30PM

(A)

GROWTH AND DEFENSE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE INTRODUCED WEED VERBASCUM THAPSUS (COMMON MULLEIN)
- Christina Alba-Lynn, Colorado State University, Graduate Studentnt

(B)

ALLEE EFFECTS AND INVATION SUCCESS THROUGH COUPLED EVOLUTIONARY AND ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS
- Andrew Kanarek, Colorado State University, Graduate Student

(C)

CAN ONE INVASION LEAD TO ANOTHER? MECHANISMS OF OLD AND NEW EXOTIC PLANT INVASION ALONG WESTERN RIVERS
- Lindsay Reynolds, Colorado State University, Graduate Student

(D)

THE RANGE EXPANSION OF CHEATGRASS IN ROCY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK
- James Bromberg, Colorado State University, Graduate Student

(E)

PLANT NEIGHBOR IDENTITY INFLUENCES INDIVIDUAL PLANT BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY
- Amanda Broz, Colorado State University, Graduate Student


Session 8:

1:15-2:30PM

(A)

DEGREE DISTRIBUTION IS INSUFFICIENT TO CHARACTERIZE A DIESEASE CONTACT NETWORK
-Gregory Ames, Colorado State University, Graduate Student

(B)

THE ROLE OF WILDFIRE ON PREVALENCE IN SIN NOMBRE VIRUS IN DEER MICE SIX YEARS POST BURN
- Megan Hayes, Fort Lewis College – Durango, Undergraduate Studen

(C)

ENERGETIC STRESS IN THE HONEYBEE APIS MELLIFERA FROM NOSEMA CERANAE INFECTION
- Christopher Mayack, Colorado State University, Graduate Student

(D)

YERSINIA PESTIS INFECTION IN PRAIRIE DOGS AND GROUND SQUIRRELS; THE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF EARLY-PHASE TRANSMISSION IN EXPLAINING PLAGUE OUTBREAK
- Michael Buhnerkempe, Colorado State University, Graduate Student

(E) THE INFLUENCE OF HUNGER ON DIESEASE TRANSMISSION IN A HONEYBEE COLONY
- Craig Feigenbaum, Colorado State University, Graduate Student

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