8:00 AM: Darnell, Traci^*,1, Sieving, Kathryn¹, ¹ University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA, Matrix Permeability and Patch Occupancy by an Endemic Dispersal Limited Bird.

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8:20 AM: Radford, James^*,1, Bennett, Andrew¹, ¹ Deakin University, Burwood, Victoria, Australia, Empirical evidence of landscape-level thresholds of habitat cover: woodland-dependent birds in rural landscapes in south-eastern Australia.

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8:40 AM: MacRaild, Lindy^*,1, Bennett, Andrew¹, Radford, James¹, ¹ Deakin University, Burwood, Victoria, Australia, Mistletoe parasitism in agricultural landscapes: an example of landscape structure affecting ecological processes.

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9:00 AM: St-Laurent, Martin-Hugues^*,1, Dussault, Christian², Ferron, Jean¹, Gagnon, Réjean³, ¹ University of Quebec at Rimouski, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada² Ministère des Ressources Naturelles, de la Faune et des Parcs, Quebec, Quebec, Canada³ University of Quebec at Chicoutimi, Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada, Modelling the respective effects of habitat loss and fragmentation on small mammals and forest birds in the Canadian boreal forest.

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9:20 AM: MICHEL, Nadia¹, BUREL, Francoise¹, DELETTRE, Yannick¹, BUTET, Alain¹, ¹ University of Rennes 1, FRANCE, Rennes, Factors driving small mammal assemblage characteristics in hedgerow networks of contrasted farming landscapes.

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10:10 AM: Darlow, Neil^*,1, ¹ University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Patch occupancy by the North American red squirrel, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus, in a fragmented agricultural landscape: the relative role of local factors and landscape composition and configuration.

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10:30 AM: LeBouton, Joseph^*,1, Laurent, Edward¹, Walters, Michael¹, Friedman, Steven¹, Liu, Jianguo¹, ¹ Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, Landscape composition and structure influence winter white-tailed deer density across a forest-dominated landscape.

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10:50 AM: Merrill, Evelyn^*,1, Haydon, Daniel¹, Beyer, Hawthorne ¹, Frair, Jacqui¹, Visscher, Darcy ¹, Webb, Nate ¹, ¹ Department of Biological Sciences, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Landscape Patterns And Movement Strategies Alter Wolf-Elk Encounter Rates In The East Slopes Of Alberta.

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11:10 AM: Manaras, Katherine^*,1, Keeton, William¹, Donovan, Therese¹, Mitchell, Brian¹, ¹ Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, Burlington, VT, USA, Forest structure and avian habitat: Scale dependencies in occurrence prediction.

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