Poster Abstracts in Word 29oct - American Museum of Natural History

esult in different actions toward nature and goals for conservation. The evolution ofcollaborative research and conservation across fishermen, scientists, and conservationpractitioners is critical for oysters, other estuarine resources, and those who depend on thegoods and services they provide.CONSERVATION STATUS OF RARE PRIMATES OF THE PERUVIAN ANDESANNEKE DELUYCKERButler University, Department of History and AnthropologyIndianapolis, Indiana USAPh.D. completedadeluyck@butler.eduConservation problem or question: Little is known concerning the conservation status andspecific threats facing two geographically rare and endemic primate species of the PeruvianAndes (Oreonax flavicauda and Callicebus oenanthe). Both species are highly endangeredand persist in increasingly isolated, threatened cloud forests and premontane forests inscattered areas of the Departments of San Martín and Amazonas, in northern Peru.Research methods: Data were collected on the range use and group size of yellow-tailedwoolly monkey (O. flavicauda) in the Bosque de Protección de Alto Mayo, and itsconservation threats were assessed. Behavioral and ecological data were collected onAndean titi monkey (C. oenanthe) using instantaneous focal animal sampling, and datawere gathered on its conservation threats and general distribution.Relevance to conservation: In this research I document the conservation status of theyellow-tailed woolly monkey, which had not been studied in 20 years; and I present resultsof the first long-term study on the socio-ecology and conservation of the Andean titimonkey. Due to intense, rapid fragmentation and scarcity of potential habitat, I suggestspecific, targeted management is needed.CHANGES IN BIRD ARRIVALS AND COHORT SIZES IN MASSACHUSETTSELIZABETH ELLWOODBoston University, Department of BiologyBoston, Massachusetts USAPh.D. third yeareellwood@bu.eduConservation problem or question: Animals are responding to an altered climate andconditions that are often less favorable than they once were. The degree to which speciesare capable of adjusting their phenologies is highly variable. Here we consider how birdswith different population sizes have adjusted the timing of arrival to breeding grounds, andwhether these patterns can be explained by evolutionary relatedness.Research methods: Bird banding data from the Manomet Center for Conservation Sciencesin Manomet, Massachusetts, for the years 1970-2008 were analyzed to examine how arrivaldates have changed over time and relative to temperature and how these variables relate toa changing population cohort size. This was expanded with a phylogenetic analysis to test ifevolutionary relatedness helps to further explain variation.Relevance to conservation: The population size of most of the studied species hassignificantly declined. They show varying degrees of change in arrival date and temperatureresponse, with only limited evidence for the phylogenetic conservatism of these traits. Byunderstanding such changes we can begin to investigate their causes, decipher where alongthe birds’ migratory routes they are occurring, and inform conservation practices.EVALUATING GOVERNMENT-DRIVEN CONSERVATION PLANNINGBJORN ERICKSONUniversity of California at Davis, Graduate Group in Ecology