8:00 AM: Browne, Constance¹, Foote, A.², Paszkowski, Cynthia¹, ¹ Department of Biological Sciences, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada² Department of Renewable Resources, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Relating local and landscape habitat features to anuran distributions: what scale is most appropriate?

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8:20 AM: Regester, Kurt^*,1, Whiles, Matt¹, Lips, Karen¹, ¹ Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Biotic and abiotic influences on pond and forest subsidies associated with ambystomatid salamanders in southern Illinois.

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8:40 AM: Hilton, Alana^*,1, Richardson, John¹, ¹ University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Effects of forest harvesting and food limitation on body condition of juvenile and adult northwestern salamanders (Ambystoma gracile).

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9:00 AM: Wissinger, Scott^{*,1, 3}, Whiteman, Howard ^{2, 3}, ¹ Biology Department, Meadville, PA, USA³ Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Crested Butte, CO, USA² Department of Biological Sciences, Murray, KY, USA, Mechanisms underlying long-term fluctuations in a subalpine population of tiger salamanders.

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9:20 AM: Segev, Ori^*,1, Blaustein, Leon², Mangel, Marc³, Wolf, Nicolas⁴, ¹ University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel² University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel³ University of California, Santa cruz, California⁴ University of California, Santa cruz, California, Larviposition strategies of the fire salamander: A dynamic state variable model and empirical evidence.

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9:50 AM: Boorse, Dorothy¹, Camp, Ed¹, Hamel, Laura ¹, Kerry, Jennifer¹, Daya, William ¹, Matthieson, Cliff¹, ¹ Gordon College, Wenham, MA, USA, Wood frog (Rana sylvatica) and spotted salamander (Ambystoma maculatum) egg mass abundances in relation to landscape, basin and micro-site characteristics.

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10:10 AM: Mazerolle, Marc^{*,1, 2, 3}, Vos, Claire¹, ¹ Alterra Wageningen University and Research Center, Wageningen, The Netherlands² Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada³ USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, MD, USA, Choosing the safest route when homing to the pond: Frog orientation in an agricultural landscape.

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10:30 AM: Goates, Michael ^*,1, Hatch, Kent¹, ¹ Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, U.S.A., Boreal toad (Bufo boreas boreas) movement patterns and habitat use in south-central Utah.

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10:50 AM: Marsh, David^*,1, ¹ Department of Biology, Lexington, VA, 24450, Landscape barriers to the dispersal of woodland salamanders.

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