BAY AREA CONSERVATION BIOLOGY SYMPOSIUM on FEBRUARY 6, 1999
SPONSORED BY:
THE BERKELEY CHAPTER OF THE SOCIETY FOR CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

speaker schedule

*Subject to last minute changes

PATCH DYNAMICS AND HABITAT USE
Chair:Dr. Adina Merenlender, UC Berkeley
Location:            Room 2060, VLSB
Time:9:30-11:00a.m., Session 1

    

MARSH, D.M. and *TRENHAM, P.C.; Department of Environmental Science and Policy; One Shields Ave.; University of California, Davis; Davis, CA 95616; *EPA/NHEERL; Mid-Continent Ecology Division; 6201 Congdon Blvd.; Duluth, MN 55804
Do amphibians exhibit metapopulation dynamics and does it matter?

RUBINOFF, D.; Department of Environmental Science Policy and Management; University of California, Berkeley; Berkeley, CA 94720
The California gnatcatcher as an umbrella species for three coastal sage scrub-dependent Lepidoptera

FRENCH, A.R.; Center for Tropical Research; Department of Biology; San Francisco State University; 1600 Holloway Ave.; San Francisco, CA 94132-4202
Interference competition and social structure in a guild of Afro-tropical seed dispersers.

HOLBROOK, K.M.; Center for Tropical Research; Department of Biology; San Francisco State University; 1600 Holloway Avenue; San Francisco, CA 94132
Seed dispersal and implications of long distance movements of Ceratogymna hornbills in Cameroon.

STEFANI, R.A.; Department of Environmental Science and Policy; University of California Davis; One Shields Avenue; Davis, CA 95616
Historic and contemporary status of the Swainson's thrush population in the Sierra Nevada: conservation and restoration implications

RICKETTS, T.H., DAILY, G.C. and EHRLICH, P.R.; Center for Conservation Biology; Department of Biological Sciences; Stanford University; Stanford, CA 94305-5020
The matrix matters: effective isolation for populations in patchy habitats.

 

GENETIC APPLICATIONS
Chair:Dr. Christine Schoenwald, UC Davis
Location:            Room 2060
Time:11:15-12:15p.m., Session 2

    

WILLIAMSON, E. and SLATKIN, M.; Department of Integrative Biology; U.C. Berkeley; 3060 VLSB; Berkeley, CA 94720-3141
Using maximum likelihood to estimate population size from temporal changes in allele frequencies

KIMURA, M.; Center for Tropical Research; Department of Biology; San Francisco State University; 1600 Holloway Avenue; San Francisco, CA 94132
Using molecular markers to match breeding and wintering populations of Wilsonia pusilla (Wilson's warbler).

PARKS, D., MAHONEY, M.J., and FELLERS, G.M.; Department of Integrative Biology; University of California, Berkeley; Berkeley, CA 94720
Mitochondrial DNA sequence documents artificial introduction of two lizards to the Channel Islands of California

JONES, W.J.; Department of Biology; University of California, Santa Cruz; A316 EMS; Santa Cruz, CA 95064
Phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary significant units of California roach.

 

INTRODUCED SPECIES
Chair:Dr. Hall Cushman, Sonoma State University
Location:            Room 2062
Time:1:30-3:00p.m., Session 3

     CADMAN, D.C. and CUSHMAN, J.H. Sonoma State University; Rohnert Park; CA 94928
Restoration Ecology in vernal pools: litter accumulation and the composition of plant communities.

WEINSTEIN, A., CARLTON, J. and COHEN, A.; Center for Biological Invasions; San Francisco Estuary Institute; 180 Richmond Field Station; 1325 South 46th Street; Richmond, CA 94804
Aquatic bioinvasions in the San Francisco Estuary

VREDENBURG, V.T.; Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Department of Integrative Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720
Amphibian declines in the high elevation Sierra Nevada Mountains of California: Experimental tests of two hypotheses, introduced predators and UV- B radiation.

WEISS, S.B.; Center for Conservation Biology; Department of Biological Science; Stanford University; Stanford, CA 94305
Cars, cows, and checkerspot butterflies: nitrogen deposition and grazing management of serpentintic grasslands for a threatened species

KEITT, B.S.; Department of Ocean Sciences; University of California at Santa Cruz; EMS A316; Santa Cruz CA 95064
Ecology and Conservation of the Black-vented Shearwater (Puffinus opisthomelas)

GAFFNEY, K.A.; Department of Biology; Sonoma State University; 1801 East Cotati Ave.; Rohnert Park, CA 94928
Influence of an invasive exotic grass on a riparian ecosystem: effects of fire and disturbance

 

ASSESSING HUMAN IMPACTS
Chair: Dr. Karen Holl, UC Santa Cruz
Location:             Room 2060
Time: 1:30-3:00p.m., Session 4

     SWANSON, C., YOUNG, P.S., and CECH, J.J. Jr.; Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology; University of California, Davis; One Shields Avenue; Davis, CA 95616
Swimming behavior of delta smelt in complex flows: applications for fish screens

WALL, D.P.; Department of Integrative Biology; University of California, Berkeley; Berkeley, CA 94720
Indicators of effective conservation in south Pacific islands

FOX, H.E.; Integrative Biology; UC Berkeley; 3060 VLSB; Berkeley, CA 94720-3140
Environmental factors influencing recovery of coral reefs damaged by destructive fishing practices

SEKERCIOGLU, C.H.; Center for Conservation Biology; Department of Biological Sciences; Stanford University; Stanford, CA 94305-5020
The effects of selective logging and a conifer plantation on the vegetation structure and the bird community of the Kibale Forest, Uganda

HUGHES, J.B. DAILY, G.C., EHRLICH, P.R. and RICKETTS, T.H.; Center for Conservation Biology; Dept. of Biological Sciences; Stanford University; Stanford, CA 94305
The use of an agricultural countryside by native biodiversity

GRECO, S.E.; Center for Integrated Watershed Science and Management; John Muir Institute of the Environment; University of California, Davis ; One Shields Ave.; Davis, California
Monitoring riparian landscape evolution and the development of critical habitat of the yellow-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus occidentalis) on the Sacramento River, California, miles 197-220.

 

POLICY AND PLANNING
Chair: Dr. Robert Johnston, UC Davis
Location:            Room 2062
Time:3:15-4:30p.m., Session 5

     JOHNSTON, R.A.; Dept. of Environmental Science and Policy; University of California; One Shields Ave.; Davis, CA 95616
Urban growth modeling in GIS

GIUSTI, G.; Forest Advisor; UC Cooperative Extension-Mendocino/Lake Counties; Ag. Ctr./ Courthouse; Ukiah, CA, 95482
Applied conservation biology in today's world: the coho challenge

GOLDSTEIN, B.E.; Department of City and Regional Planning; University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720
A new species of regulatory science: multi-stakeholder consensus processes and the negotiation of habitat conservation plans

NILES, J.O.; Center for Conservation Biology; Stanford University; Stanford, CA 94305-5020
Carbon conservation: financing biodiversity with the Kyoto Protocol

GROSSINGER, R.M.; San Francisco Estuary Institute; 1325 South 46th Street; Richmond, CA 94804
Historical ecology research: an example from the San Francisco Estuary, California.

 

SPATIAL ANALYSIS AND MODELING
Chair: Dr. Brett Sandercock, UC Berkeley
Location:             Room 2060
Time: 3:15-4:30p.m., Session 6

     SANDERCOCK, B.K.; Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management; University of California at Berkeley; 151 Hilgard Hall; Berkeley, CA 94720-3110
The demography of a small neotropical parrot: lessons for population viability analysis

HELLMANN, J.J.; Center for Conservation Biology and Department of Biological Sciences; Stanford University; Stanford, CA 94305-5020;
Predicting the effects of regional climate change: a model of dynamic resource use in a threatened butterfly

MITCHELL, B.R.; Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management; University of California, Berkeley; 151 Hilgard Hall #3110; Berkeley, CA 94720
San Joaquin kit foxes - doomed to extinction?

COPPOLILLO, P.B.; Graduate Group in Ecology, Dept. of Anthropology; Dept of Anthropology; University of California; One Shields Ave.; Davis, CA 95616-8522
Central place models: a tool for analyzing and predicting the impacts of herded cattle (and other resource use systems)

KELLY, M.J. and *DURANT, S.M.; Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology; University of California at Davis; Davis, CA 95616;*Institute of Zoology; Zoological Society of London; Regent's Park; London NW1 4RY; UK
Population viability analysis for Serengeti cheetahs