Oral Session #38: Amphibian Ecology.

Presiding: C. Paszkowski, University of Alberta.
Tuesday, August 8, 2000
8:15 AM to 12:00 PM
Magpie Room - Cliff Lodge

8:15 AM	Design and outcome in ecological experiments: An analysis of tadpole density manipulations. SKELLY, D.K. , J.M. KIESECKER
8:30 AM	Intraspecific competition within and between hatching cohorts of oophagous tadpoles of the Taiwanese tree frog, Chirixalus eiffingere. KAM, Y. , Y.H. CHEN and Y.S. SU, Y.S. LIN
8:45 AM	Food preferences of keystone predators: Does a keystone predator prefer prey species with high relative abundances? CHALCRAFT, D.R. , W.J. RESETARITS, JR.
9:00 AM	Direct and indirect effects of the predatory dragonfly nymph Anax imperator on green toad Bufo viridis tadpoles. STAV, G. , B.P. KOTLER and L. BLAUSTEIN
9:30 AM	Non-lethal effects of predators on anuran oviposition site selection: Implications for aquatic community structure . BINCKLEY, C.A. , W.J. RESETARITS JR.
9:45 AM	Are male and female frogs equally choosy when selecting reproductive sites?--Experiments show females override calling males based on risks to offspring. MURPHY, P.J.
10:00 AM	Break
10:15 AM	Ontogeny of microhabitat use in the Wood Frog (Rana sylvatica). FREIDENBURG, L.K.
10:30 AM	A Bayesian habitat model for the southern Green Frog (Rana clamitans). WILLIAMS, A.K. , J.M. BERKSON and J.C. MITCHELL
10:45 AM	Effects of changes in land-use/land-cover and moisture levels on connectivity: Modeling characteristic habitat scales from the perspective of the organism. WALTERS, S.
11:00 AM	Arroyo toad terrestrial habitat preferences vary by sex and scale of analysis. GRIFFIN, P.C. , T.J. CASE
11:15 AM	Parasitism and the distribution of pond breeding amphibians. KIESECKER, J.M.
11:30 AM	Effect of prescribed burning on amphibians in the Francis Marion National Forest, SC. SCHURBON, J.M.
11:45 AM	In search of keystone predators: An experimental test of a field method. FAUTH, J.E.