ICCB 2013 Program - Society for Conservation Biology

management decisions. A key scientific challenge to incorporating climate into regional ecosystem impacts assessments is
translating global climate model projections to regional and local scale climate changes. As advances are being made to downscale
global climate models and incorporate this information into ecological models, strengths and weaknesses in model projections
must be carefully conveyed to managers, policy-makers, and the public. We have assembled a list of speakers who have
confronted these challenges successfully. Talks will range from specific case studies addressing scientific and policy challenges to
meta-analyses of global climate trends in marine systems. We will conclude with talks presenting the latest efforts to incorporate
climate change into mitigation, adaptation, and protected species applications.
10:30 Projected response of an endangered marine turtle population to climate change
Vincent Saba, NOAA NMFS NEFSC, Princeton, NJ
10:45 Mechanistic insights into the effects of climate change on larval cod
Trond Kristiansen, Institute of Marine Research
11:00 Predicted habitat shifts of Pacific top predators in a changing climate
Elliott Hazen, NOAA NMFS NWFSC
11:15 Spawning of Atlantic tunas in the northern Gulf of Mexico: environmental constraints and response to climate
change
Barbara Muhling, NOAA NMFS SWFSC, Miami, FL
11:30 Incorporating climate change scenarios into models for Ecosystem-Based Management
Gavin Fay, NOAA NMFS NEFSC, Woods Hole, MA
11:45 Assessing the vulnerability of fish stocks to a changing climate
Wendy Morrison, NOAA NMFS Office of Sustainable Fisheries
Open discussion period follows from 12:00 to 12:30
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Conservation Economics & Conservation Psychology
Room 302
Thursday, July 25, 10:30 to 12:30
10:30 Stability and change in social values: The influence of culture and modernization on wildlife-related cognition
Michael Manfredo, Colorado State University; Alia Dietsch, Colorado State University; Tara Teel, Colorado State University
10:45 What Really Motivates Voluntary Urban Conservation Stewardship: Why and How It Matters for Conservation
Practice
Stanley Asah, University of Washington; Miku Lenentine, University of Washington; Dale Blahna, USDA Forest Service
11:00 Money talks: Understanding the drivers of online donations for conservation
Diogo Veríssimo, Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, University of Kent; Greg Vaughan, Geospatial Services;
Douglas MacMillan, Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology
11:15 How Hunters and Agriculturalists are defining the Urban Bushmeat Trade in Ghana
James McNamara, Imperial College and the Zoological Society of London; EJ Milner-Gulland, Imperial College; Marcus
Rowcliffe, Zoological Society of London; Justine Shanti-Alexander, Bejing Forestry University; Guy Cowlishaw, Zoological
Society of London
11:30 How much is new information worth Evaluating the benefits and costs of resolving uncertainty in natural resource
management
Sean Maxwell, The Environmental Decisions Group
11:45 Noah Revisits Biodiversity Protection Prioritization
David Martin, Davidson College
12:00 The role of awareness programs in influencing Willingness To Pay (WTP)
Allwin Jesudasan, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE)
12:15 Breaking down barriers: Application of veterinary medicine to conservation of critically endangered species
Christopher Whittier, Smithsonian National Zoological Park; Christopher Whittier, Smithsonian National Zoological Park
Suzan Murray, Smithsonian National Zoological Park; Angelique Todd, WWF; Peter Walsh, University of Cambridge
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