8:00 AM: Tucker, Strahan ^*,1, Bowen, W. Don², Iverson, Sara¹, ¹ Department of Biology, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada² Marine Fish Division, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, Sex differences and inter-annual variation in diets of adult and juvenile grey seals: evidence from stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen.

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8:20 AM: Breed, Greg^*,1, Bowen, W. Don², McMillan, Jim², ¹ Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada² Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, Seasonal segregation of foraging areas by sex in a size dimorphic marine mammal.

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8:40 AM: Austin, Deborah^*,1, Bowen, W.D.², McMillan, J.I.², ¹ Biology Department, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada² Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Dartmouth, NS, Canada, Movement and diving behaviour as predictors of foraging success in a large marine predator: the grey seal, Halichoerus grypus.

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9:00 AM: Brook, Ryan^*,1, McLachlan, Stéphane¹, ¹ University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Incorporating farmer knowledge to determine environmental and farm management factors associated with ungulate use of farms.

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9:20 AM: Hwang, Yeen Ten^*,1, Lariviere, Serge², Messier, Francois¹, ¹ University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada² Fédération des Trappeurs Gestionnaires du Québec, Sainte-Foy, Quebec, Canada, Effects of winter severity, infectious diseases and individual characteristics on the survival of hibernating carnivores: a case study with striped skunks and rabies in a northern environment.

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9:50 AM: Biardi, James^*,1, ¹ PROF Joint Postdoctoral Program, Davis, CA, Mammalian snake venom metalloprotease inhibitors and their distribution in small mammal communities.

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10:10 AM: Hice, Christine^*,1, Velazco, Paul², Brown, Carson¹, Brown, James¹, ¹ Department of Biological Sciences, Albuquerque, NM, USA² Department of Biological Sciences, Chicago, IL, USA, Going beyond presence/absence data: Neotropical bat communities as a case study.

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10:30 AM: McCain, Christy^*,1, ¹ NCEAS, UCSB, Santa Barbara, CA, USA, Elevational gradients in bat diversity: Is declining diversity the norm?

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10:50 AM: Patriquin, Krista^*,1, Chruszcz, Bryan², ¹ Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada² Parks Canada, Banff, Alberta, Canada, Little brown (Myotis lucifugus) and northern long-eared (M. septentrionalis) bat roost selection at different spatial scales.

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11:10 AM: Holloway, Gillian^*,1, Malcolm, Jay¹, ¹ Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Nest tree use by flying squirrels (Glaucomys sabrinus and G. volans) in central Ontario.

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