PARENT SESSIONOrganized Oral Session 2: Measuring landscape connectivity - tool for species conservation
Organizer(s): P Kindlmann, F Burel, and J Baudry
Monday, August 8, 8:00 AM - 11:30 AM, Meeting Room 510b, Level 5, Palais des congrès de Montréal
8:00 AM: Cavender-Bares, Kent*,1, O'Malley, Robin1, 1 The H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics & the Environment, Washington, DC, National-scale indicators of landscape pattern.
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8:20 AM: Burel, Françoise*,1, Baudry, Jacques 2, 1 CNRS, Rennes, France2 INRA, Rennes, France, connectivity dynamics in contemporary farming systems.
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8:40 AM: Baguette, Michel*,1, Schtickzelle, Nicolas, Van Dyck, Hans1, 1 Catholic University Louvain (UCL), Biodiversity Research Centre, Ecology & Biogeography unit, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, Behavioural aspects of landscape connectivity: Perceptual range, grain of the landscape and special dispersal movements in the bog fritillary butterfly Proclossiana eunomia.
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9:00 AM: Stevens, Virginie*,1, Polus, Emmanuelle1, Verkenne, Catherine 1, Baguette, Michel1, 1 Catholic University Louvain (UCL) - Biodiversity Research Centre, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, Behavioural aspects of landscape connectivity: Experimental tests and genetic validation in the Natterjack toad.
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9:20 AM: Bowne, David *,1, 1 Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA, Connecting behavior to the landscape: Interactions between vertebrate behavior and landscape structure in measures of connectivity.
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9:50 AM: Goodwin, Brett*,1, 1 University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, USA, Using simulation models to assess different connectivity metrics in heterogeneous landscapes.
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10:10 AM: Cerdeira, J. Orestes*,1, Gaston, Kevin J.2, Pinto, Leonor S.3, 1 Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Lisboa, Portugal2 University of Sheffield, Sheffield, England3 Instituto Superior de Economia, Lisboa, Portugal, Connectivity in reserve selection: Mathematical questions.
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10:30 AM: Wiegand, Thorsten*,1, Wiegand, Kerstin2, 1 Department of Ecological Modelling, Leipzig, Germany2 Institute of Ecology, Jena, Germany, Effects of habitat loss and fragmentation on population dynamics.
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10:50 AM: Noss, Reed *,1, Breininger, David 2, Hoctor, Thomas3, Smith, Daniel 1, 1 University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL2 Dynamac Corporation, Kennedy Space Center, FL3 University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, Considering connectivity in conservation planning at multiple scales: a focal species approach.
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11:10 AM: Kindlmann, Pavel *,1, 2, Burel, Francoise 2, 1 Institute of Landscape Ecology, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic2 UMR Ecobio, CNRS, Rennes, France, Connectivity measures: Can a ceasefire be achieved by focusing on target organisms?
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