8:00 AM: Nolet, Bart^*,1, ¹ Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Nieuwersluis, Netherlands, Towards predictive carrying capacity models.

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8:20 AM: Rompre, Ghislain ^*,1, Robinson, Douglas², Angehr, George³, Desrochers, Andre ¹, ¹ Universite Laval, Quebec, Quebec, Canada² Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, U.S.A.³ Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama City, Panama, Environmental correlates of bird species richness in a Neotropical landscape.

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8:40 AM: Smith, Barry^*,1, Goodinson, Clive², Martin, Kathy^{1, 2}, ¹ Canadian Wildlife Service, Delta, BC, Canada² Department of Forest Sciences, Vancouver, BC, Canada, The challenge of statistically identifying species-resource relationships on an uncooperative landscape.

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9:00 AM: Brennan, Elisabeth ^*,1, Smith, Loren¹, McIntyre, Nancy², ¹ Dept. of Range, Wildlife and Fisheries Management, Lubbock, TX, US² Department of Biological Sciences, Lubbock, TX, US, Assessing species co-occurrence patterns at multiple temporal scales for wetland birds during migration.

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9:20 AM: Belisle, Marc^*,1, Fontaine, Marie-Claude¹, ¹ Departement de biologie, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, Measuring the large-scale, gap-crossing decision rules of Black-capped Chickadees: A translocation experiment.

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9:50 AM: Miller-Rushing, Abraham^*,1, Lloyd-Evans, Trevor², Primack, Richard¹, ¹ Boston University, Boston, MA² Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences, Manomet, MA, Changes in bird migration times in eastern North America.

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10:10 AM: Pfaff, Jeremy^*,1, Zanette, Liana¹, MacDougall-Shackleton, Scott¹, ¹ University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, Song repertoire size and male quality of song sparrows, Melospiza melodia.

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10:30 AM: Knudsen, Jon^*,1, Huntly, Nancy ¹, ¹ Idaho State University, Pocatello, Prehistoric village sites support distinct songbird assemblages.

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10:50 AM: Matthysen, Erik^*,1, Adriaensen, Frank¹, Grosbois, Vladimir^{1, 2}, ¹ University of Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium² CNRS - CEFE, Montpellier, France, Landscape structure constrains the dispersal of a mobile songbird: A paradox?

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11:10 AM: Tittler, Rebecca^*,1, Fahrig, Lenore¹, Villard, Marc-Andre², ¹ Geomatics and Landscape Ecology Lab, Ottawa, ON, Canada² Canada Research Chair in Landscape Conservation, Moncton, NB, Canada, Long-distance dispersal and source-sink dynamics in songbirds.

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