Arctic-Nesting Shorebirds: Responses and Non-Responses to a Changing Climate

Erica NolTrent University, Ontario

Location: 203 LBC – Stibbs Conference Room

Sponsor: Caz Taylor

How do Populations of Tropical Birds Change Over Time and What Does Long-term Study Tell Us About their Future Prospects?

Jeffrey BrawnUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Location: 203 LBC – Stibbs Conference Room

Sponsor: Sunshine Van Bael

Inferring Colonization Histories from Genetic Kinship Analyses

Jim HamrickUniversity of Georgia

Location: 213 LBC – Kendall Cram Lecture Hall

Sponsor: Jordan Karubian

Parrot Conservation and Social Conflict on the Island of Dominica: Agriculture, People, Pride and Prejudice

Leo DouglasColumbia University

Location: 203 LBC – Stibbs Conference Room

Sponsor: Tom Sherry

On the Causes and Consequences of Region-wide Changes in the Dynamics and Disturbance Regimes within the Eastern Deciduous Forest of the U.S.

Walter P. CarsonUniversity of Pittsburgh

Location: Social Work 103

Sponsor: Doctoral Candidate Nicole L. Michel

Dissertation Defense Seminar: Mechanisms and Consequences of Understory Insectivorous Bird Population Decline in Fragmented Neotropical Rainforest

Nicole L. Michelecology and Evolutionary Biology Doctoral Candidate, Tulane University

Location: Social Work 103

Amphibian Immune Defenses Against Chytridiomycosis: Battlefields of the Skin

Louise Rollins-SmithVanderbilt University

Location: 212 LBC – Qatar Ballroom

Sponsor: Cori Richards-Zawacki

Transmission Ecology of Sin Nombre Hantavirus in Deer Mouse Populations in Outdoor Enclosures

Karoun BagamianPopulation Biology, ecology and evolution program, emory university & viral special pathogens branch, centers for disease control and prevention

Location: 212 LBC – Qatar Ballroom

Sponsor: David Heins

Population Dynamics of a Food-caching Boreal Songbird at the Edge of its Range

Ryan NorrisGuelph University

Location: 203 LBC – Stibbs Conference Room

Sponsor: Caz Taylor

Ecological Relationships and Evolutionary Trajectories within the Fundulus notatus Species Complex

Jake Schaefer University of Southern Mississippi

Location: 203 LBC – Stibbs Conference Room

Sponsor: David Heins

Using Metabolic Reasoning to Understand Ant Community Ecology

Michael KaspariUniversity of Oklahoma

Location: 203 LBC – Stibbs Conference Room

Sponsor: Sunshine Van Bael

Neural and Hormonal Adaptations for Complex Avian Courtship Displays

Lainy DayUniversity of Mississippi

Location: 203 LBC – Stibbs Conference Room

Sponsor: Jordan Karubian

Extrapair Paternity in Kingbirds: A Comparative Study

Michael MurphyPortland State University

Location: 203 LBC - Stibbs Conference Room

Sponsor: Thomas Sherry

Landscape-scale Dynamics of Amphibian Parasites Across Human-altered Ecosystem

Valerie McKenzieUniversity of Colorado

Location: 203 LBC – Stibbs Conference Room

Sponsor: Cori Richards-Zawacki