8:00 AM

Garcia, Tiffany*,1, Paoletti, David1, Blaustein, Andrew1, 1 Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, Trait interactions and compensatory response to multiple stressors: comparing amphibian populations across an elevation gradient.

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8:20 AM

Regester, Kurt*,1, Lips, Karen1, Whiles, Matt1, 1 Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, USA, Trophic basis of production and energy flow associated with emergence among assemblages of larval ambystomatid salamanders in forested ponds in southern Illinois.

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8:40 AM

Ransom, Tami*,1, Jaeger, Robert1, 1 The University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA, Intergeneric salamander interactions across an ecotone.

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9:00 AM

Whitfield, Steven*,1, Bell, Kristen1, 2, Philippi, Thomas1, Sasa, Mahmood3, Bolaños, Federico4, Chaves, Gerardo4, Savage, Jay5, Donnelly, Maureen1, 1 Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA2 Hudsonia Ltd., Red Hook, New York, USA3 Instituto Clodomiro Picado, San José, Costa Rica4 Universidad de Costa Rica, San Pedro, Costa Rica5 San Diego State University, San Diego, California, USA, Amphibian and reptile declines over 35 years in a lowland rainforest at La Selva, Costa Rica.

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9:20 AM

Montgomery, Chad*,1, Lips, Karen1, 1 Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, IL, Effects of amphibian decline on a mid elevation tropical snake community.

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9:40 AM

, Break.

9:50 AM

Cablk, Mary1, Heaton, Jill2, Esque, Todd*,3, Nussear, Ken3, 1 Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV2 University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV3 US Geological Survey, Henderson, NV, Humans vs K9s: is fear warranted in the race to save the desert tortoise.

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10:10 AM

Picco, Angela*,1, Collins, James1, 1 Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, Human-mediated spread of amphibian pathogens through the tiger salamander bait trade.

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10:30 AM

Doyle, Jacqueline1, 2, Whiteman, Howard1, 2, 1 Department of Biological Sciences, Murray, KY, USA2 Hancock Biological Station, Murray, KY, USA, Paedomorphosis in Ambystoma talpoideum: effects of initial body size variation and density.

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10:50 AM

Liebgold, Eric*,1, Cabe, Paul2, Jaeger, Robert1, Leberg, Paul1, 1 The University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA2 Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA, Multiple paternity in a salamander with socially monogamous behavior.

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11:10 AM

Nelson, David*,1, Borden, Joel1, Langford, Gabriel2, 1 University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL2 University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, Distribution and abundance of the Mississippi diamondback terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin pileata) along coastal Mobile County, Alabama.

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