1:30 PM: O'Malley, Rachel^*,1, Bean, Caitlin¹, Chu, Jennifer¹, Hill, Kirsten¹, ¹ Environmental Studies, San Jose, CA, Rare species as ecological indicators: a limit to their usefulness?

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1:50 PM: Smith, Marian ^*,1, Mettler-Cherry, Paige², Caswell, Hal³, ¹ Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, IL, US² Lindenwood University, St Charles, MO, US³ Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, US, Management strategies for Boltonia decurrens, a threatened, fugitive plant species in a dynamic environment.

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2:10 PM: Warren, Steven^*,1, Buettner, Reiner², Dale, Debra³, Whelan, Nathaniel⁴, Holbrook, Scott³, ¹ Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA² Institut fuer Vegetationskunde und Landschaftsoekologie, Hemhofen, Germany³ Installation Management Agency - Europe, Heidelberg, Germany⁴ HQ, 7th Army Training Command, Grafenwoehr, Germany, Biodiversity of threatened and endangered species on army training lands.

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2:50 PM: Kallur, Murali^*,1, Puttapriya, Harish¹, ¹ Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology, Bangalore, Karnataka, INDIA, Impact of human visits to caves on population dynamics of insectivorous cave bat (Hipposideros sp) in Savanadurga State Forest, Karnataka.

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3:20 PM: Caverhill, Brennan^*,1, Herman, Tom¹, ¹ Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada, Linking Science & Stewardship in the Nova Scotia population of Blandings turtle (Emydoidea blandingii).

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3:40 PM: Bourque, Guillaume^*,1, Herman, Thomas¹, ¹ Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada, Examining factors influencing Blanding′s turtle (Emydoidea blandingii) detectability through trapping.

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4:00 PM: McIntyre, Blodwyn ^*,1, Boarman, William², ¹ University of Redlands, Redlands, CA, U.S.² U.S. Geological Survey, San Diego, CA, U.S., Spatial Patterns of Raven Nesting and Juvenile Desert Tortoise Predation in the Mojave Desert.

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4:20 PM: Olden, Julian^*,1, Poff, N. LeRoy², Bestgen, Kevin ³, ¹ Center for Limnology, Madison, Wisconsin, USA² Department of Biology, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA³ Department of Fishery and Wildlife Biology, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA, Living on the edge: Species trait synergisms and the predisposition of endemic desert fishes to rarity, extirpation and extinction.

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4:40 PM: Serrouya, Robert^*,1, McLellan, Bruce², Apps, Clayton³, Wittmer, Heiko⁴, ¹ Consultant, South Slocan, British Columbia, Canada² British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada³ Aspen Wildlife Research Inc., Calgary, Alberta, Canada⁴ University of California, Berkeley, California, USA, Scale-dependent ecology of an endangered woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) ecotype: Individual foraging decisions to remaining distribution.

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