SCCS-NY 2011 Highlights

PLENARY ADDRESSES

ROBIN L. CHAZDON
TEN REASONS WHY CONSERVATION BIOLOGISTS SHOULD VALUE TROPICAL REGROWTH FORESTS
Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut

CHRISTOPHER E. FILARDI
WHY NATURAL HISTORY MATTERS
Director, Pacific Programs, Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural History

ERIKA ZAVALETA
CONTRIBUTING TO EFFECTIVE CONSERVATION AS A SCIENTIST
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz

 

MACK LIPKIN MAN AND NATURE SERIES

2011 MACK LIPKIN MAN AND NATURE SERIES PANEL DISCUSSION: THIS YEAR IN CONSERVATION


BEST TALKS

ROBERT DENTON
EVALUATION OF AMPHIBIAN COMMUNITIES IN CONSTRUCTED PONDS
Eastern Kentucky University
Master's completed 

CLARE GUPTA
PEOPLE-PARK RELATIONS AROUND CHOBE NATIONAL PARK, BOTSWANA
University of California, Berkeley
Ph.D. fourth year 

JULIE RUSHMORE
BEHAVIORAL DETERMINANTS OF DISEASE TRANSMISSION IN WILD APES
University of Georgia
Ph.D. and D.V.M. fourth year


BEST SPEED TALKS

SAMANTHA ATTWOOD
FROG DEFENSE: DOES AMPHIBIAN SKIN PROTECT FROM A PANDEMIC?
Yale University
Undergraduate third year

TEMITOPE KEHINDE
ORGANIC VINEYARD MANAGEMENT SUPPORTS INSECT-FLOWER NETWORKS
Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Ph.D. third year

AUSTIN GALLAGHER
STRESSED SHARKS: MODELING BETTER CATCH AND RELEASE FISHING
University of Miami
Ph.D. first year


BEST POSTERS

ERIK NDAYISHIMIYE
HABITAT FRAGMENTATION AND ANGOLAN BLACK AND WHITE COLOBUS
National University of Rwanda
Undergraduate completed

JENNIFER COSTANZA
WILDFIRE DYNAMICS AND THE FUTURE OF LONGLEAF PINE ECOSYSTEMS
Department of Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh
Ph.D. completed

CHRISTINE DUMOULIN
SELF-INCOMPATIBILITY IS DETRIMENTAL IN HABITAT FRAGMENTS
Northwestern University, Chicago Botanic Garden, and University of Tennessee
Ph.D. first year