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Friday January 26th |
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9:00-10:00 | Keynote by Dr. Chris Neill | “Agriculture, Climate and the Future of the Amazon” |
10:00-10:45 | Led by Michael Roberts | Storytelling in environmental science panel discussion |
10:45-11:00 | Break | |
11:00-12:00 | Lightning Talks | |
11:00-11:05 | Donovan Drummey | Estimating American marten density in New Hampshire |
11:05-11:10 | Javzansuren Norvanchig | Modeling sustainability of water resources in Tuul River watershed in Mongolia |
11:10-11:15 | Ashleigh Novak | Broad- and fine-scale movement ecology of yellowtail snapper Ocyurus chrysurus within a marine protected area in the U.S. Virgin Islands |
11:15-11:20 | Aaron Grade | Non-lethal effects of predation: An experimental test of house wren nesting across an urban-to-rural gradient |
11:20-11:25 | Tierney Bocsi | A breakeven point: The costs and benefits of planting street trees |
11:25-11:30 | Kadambari Devarajan | Study design and statistical inference in multi-species models: The story so far |
11:30-11:35 | Carolyn Anderson | Controls on soil carbon cycling in a dynamic floodplain system |
11:35-12:00 | Lighting Talk Q&A | |
12:00-1:30 | Lunch | |
1:30-2:30 | Traditional Talks | |
1:30-1:45 | Michael Roberts | The Women’s Action: Narrative constructions of hegemonic power and resistance |
1:45-2:00 | Jill Fleming | Spatial design considerations for a method to monitor the prospective indicator species, the red-backed salamander |
2:00-2:15 | Bia Dias | A marine ecosystem perspective of the anadromous forage fish role |
2:15-2:30 | George LoCascio | Plant sperm kills parasite in bumble bee guts |
2:30-2:45 | Guest Introductions | |
2:45-3:15 | Break | |
3:15-4:00 | Led by Tierney Bocsi | Urban ecology panel discussion |
4:00-5:00 | Traditional Talks | |
4:00-4:15 | Evan Kuras | Connecting to nature in and out of school |
4:15-4:30 | Kate McClellan Press | Response of juvenile lemon sharks, Negaprion brevirostris, to electric fields produced by an experimental submarine power cable across a tidal creek, Eleuthera, The Bahamas |
4:30-4:45 | Erin Coates-Connor | Assessing effectiveness and response of native plant communities to different garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) eradication methods |
4:45-5:00 | Carolyn Gorss | Performance of floristic quality assessments in Massachusetts wetlands |
Saturday, January 27th |
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9:30-10:45 | Traditional Talks | |
9:30-9:45 | Ben Padilla | Is there a general decision framework for quantifying urbanization gradients? |
9:45-10:00 | Grace Casselberry | Exploring temporal changes in the spatial use of a Caribbean marine protected area by four shark species |
10:00-10:15 | Rossana Salazar | Indigenous women healers. Traditional health practice at risk. |
10:15-10:30 | Nischal Neupane | Short Messaging Services as effective energy usage feedback mechanism. |
10:30-11:00 | Break | |
11:00-12:00 | Traditional Talks | |
11:00-11:15 | Lian Guo | Measuring otolith growth to infer river herring physiology |
11:15-11:30 | Meghna Marjadi | Pokemon Go Outside: Does outdoor gaming influence environmental perceptions? |
11:30-11:45 | Mariela Garcia Arrendondo | Rhizogenic weathering impacts on deep soil carbon |
11:45-12:00 | Joe Drake | Graph-theoretic approaches to connectivity and dynamic spatial processes |