ICCB 2013 Program - Society for Conservation Biology

Population Dynamics
Room 306
Monday, July 22, 8:00 to 10:00
08:00 Management of Resident Canada Geese in the Atlantic Flyway
Julie Beston, University of Delaware; Theodore Nichols, New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife; Paul Castelli, US FWS;
Christopher Williams, University of Delaware
08:15 Modeling the influence of Everglades hydrology on population dynamics of endangered wood storks in the
southeastern U.S.
Rena Borkhataria, Everglades Research and Education Center, University of Florida; Peter Frederick, University of Florida;
Colin Saunders; James Beerens, Florida Atlantic University; Jaime Collazo, North Carolina Cooperative Fish and Wildlife
Research Unit; Lawrence Bryan, Savannah River Ecological Laboratory
Monday
08:30 Population dynamics of a forest ungulate respond to winter severity and timber harvest
Sophie Gilbert, Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks; David Person, Alaska Department of Fish and
Game; Kris Hundertmark, Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks; Christine Hunter, University of Alaska
Fairbanks
08:45 Investigating translocation mediated bacterial spread between isolated populations of endangered takahē, using a
network approach
Zoe Grange, Massey University; Brett Gartrell, Massey University; Nicola Nelson, Victoria University of Wellington;
Laryssa Howe, Massey University; Mary van Andel, Massey University; Nigel French, Massey University
09:00 Growth variation in a mid-Atlantic brook trout population
David Kazyak, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Appalachian Laboratory; Robert Hilderbrand,
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Appalachian Laboratory
09:15 Turning back the tide of American mink invasion at unprecedented scales in partnership with scientists and
citizens
Yolanda Melero, University of Aberdeen, Institute of Biology and Environmental Sciences; Matthew Oliver, University of
Aberdeen, Institute of Biology and Environmental Sciences; Xavier Lambin, University of Aberdeen, Institute of Biology and
Environmental Sciences
09:30 Wolves as shepherds: Optimal predator management for mountain sheep conservation depends on the strength of
mesopredator release
Laura Prugh, University of Alaska Fairbanks; Stephen Arthur, Alaska Department of Fish and Game
09:45 Conservation of Istoria medeoloides (Orchidaceae), a tale of dormancy and fungi
Dennis Whigham, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center; Melissa McCormick, Smithsonian Environmental Research
Center; John O’Neill, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center; Rachel Rock-Blake, University of Connecticut
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Symposium: Detecting, Understanding and Deterring Conservation Crime: Session I
Room 307
Monday, July 22, 8:00 to 10:00
Organizer(s): Jennifer Solomon, Colorado State University; Meredith Gore, Michigan State University; Michael Gavin, Colorado State
University
Conservation criminology is an emerging field that cuts across disciplines and requires the cooperation of individuals in
subjects as varied as law enforcement, policy, criminology, natural resource management, conservation biology, psychology, and
risk management. Conservation criminology is “the study of environmental risks at the nexus between humans and natural
resources that involve issues of crime, compliance and/or social control” (Gibbs et al. 2010). Illicit or non-compliant human
behaviors may occur in all ecosystems and range from subsistence illegal resource collection inside protected areas to poaching
of megafauna by organized criminal syndicates. Such acts have an enormous impact on ecosystems and yet the study of them
is limited, primarily because the topic is extremely sensitive and the victims are voiceless. We propose to highlight recent
innovations in detecting, understanding and deterring conservation crimes. Speakers will address issues ranging from novel
methodologies for quantifying subsistence-level illegal resource use to technological advances used to deter poaching. The
intention of the presentations is to bring conference attendees a synopsis of how conservation crime is currently being studied
as well as highlighting future directions for research and the need for an interdisciplinary, collaborative approach that connects
across multiple stakeholder groups in an attempt to deter conservation crime.
08:00 Crimes Against Conservation: Methods and Trends for the Future
Jennifer Solomon, Colorado State University
08:15 Determining the geographic origin of illegally harvested hawksbill sea turtle products
David Foran, Michigan State University
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