ICCB 2013 Program - Society for Conservation Biology

Poster session: 6:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M.
Protected Area Planning and Design
67 Comparing animal groups as surrogates for conservation planning of a tropical dry forest
Silvia Alvarez, University of Maryland; Diego Gutierrez, ICOMVIS - Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica; Ruben Pacheco, Grupo
de Investigación en Ecología y Biogeografía
68 Comparison of landscape resistance measures as estimated by habitat use, movement behavior, and dispersal
Annika Keeley, Northern Arizona University; Paul Beier, Northern Arizona University; Tabitha Graves, Colorado State University;
Brian Keeley, N/A
69 Protecting the Cross River gorilla (Gorilla gorilla diehli) in a multi-stake landscape of Cameroon: assessment of current
and emerging challenges
Bienvenu Magloire Takem Mbi, University of Yaounde I/INC
Recovery of Endangered Species
70 What’s in a name Reviewing the concept and current practice of critical habitat identification for threatened and
endangered species.
Abbey Camaclang, University of Queensland; Tara Martin, CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences; Hugh Possingham, University of Queensland
Tuesday
71 Improving conservation management of New Zealand’s rarest kiwi (Apteryx rowi): An integrated approach identifies
optimal release group size.
Rachael Abbott, Victoria University of Wellington; Ben Bell, Victoria University of Wellington; Nicky Nelson, Victoria University of
Wellington
72 Is bog turtle (Glyptemys muhlenbergii) habitat buried under 250 year-old sediment Re-evaluating conventional wisdom
concerning habitat loss
David Bowne, Elizabethtown College; Candace Grand Pre, Franklin and Marshall College; Jeffrey Hartranft, PA Department of
Environmental Protection; William Hilgartner, Johns Hopkins University & Friends School of Baltimore; Dorothy Merritts, Franklin
and Marshall College; Aleah Miller, Elizabethtown College; Michael Rahnis, Franklin and Marshall College; Robert Walter, Franklin
and Marshall College
73 Piloting Vulture Safe Zone in Nepal as an integrated approach to conserving Asia’s critically endangered vultures
Anand Chaudhary, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry; Khadananda Paudel, Bird Conservation Nepal; Richard
Cuthbert, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds; Bhupal Nepali, Bird Conservation Nepal; Ishwari Chaudhary, Bird Conservation
Nepal; Hirulal Dangaura, Bird Conservation Nepal; Krishna Bhusal, Bird Conservation Nepal
74 Floating Nesting Platforms for Least Terns: A possible antidote to sea level rise and loss of gravel rooftops
Elizabeth Forys, Eckerd College; Jenna Sciarrino, Eckerd College; Kirsten Poff, Eckerd College
75 Evaluation of population impacts using reproductive value: moving beyond the
Selina Heppell, Oregon State University
76 An analysis of bioeconomic tradeoffs in Vaquita (Phocoena sinus) conservation policies for the Upper Gulf of California,
Mexico
Sean Herron, University of California, Santa Barbara; Jamie Afflerbach, University of California, Santa Barbara; Delsin Brunkow,
University of California, Santa Barbara; Sanaz Sohrabian, University of California, Santa Barbara; Jade Sainz, University of
California, Santa Barbara; Anthony Broderick, University of California, Santa Barbara
77 Predicting population extinction risk based on biological traits and anthropogenic threats
Judy Che-Castaldo, National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center; Maile Neel, University of Maryland, College Park
78 Improving the demographic and genetic management of polar bears through greater understanding of their reproductive
physiology
Katrina Knott, Memphis Zoo; Gabriela Mastrmonaco, Toronto Zoo; Joanne Simerson, San Diego Zoo; Megan Owen, San Diego
Zoo Global; Monica Stoops, Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Gardens; Erin Curry, Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden; Terri Roth,
Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden; Beth Roberts, Memphis Zoo
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