Concurrent Session Abstracts

Poster Session Abstracts

Statewide coordination and stakeholder input to inform 2015 CDFW regulation changes affecting Scientific Collecting Permits Alminas, Ona	Links between demography, climate, and forage availability Boan, Brianne Student Poster	Foraging and Nesting Habitat Association of Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni) Along Lower Cache Creek, Yolo County, California Cahill, Kevin	Water drawdown from Four Bighorn Sheep Water Developments Darby, Neal
Modeling movement corridors for the Humboldt marten (Martes caurina humboldtensis) in northwestern California Delheimer, Matt	Neonate prey preferences of giant gartersnakes (Thamnophis gigas) from the Sacramento Valley of California: Implications of an exotic diet for a threatened nati Ersan, Julia	Bees of the American River Watershed Project: Community Structure, Niche Overlap, and Resource Competition Finnell, Micheal Student Poster	The Greater Sandhill Crane TAC: Developing a Strategy for Crane Conservation in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Gardiner, Rachel
Lek geography predicts fine-scale genomic structure of sage-grouse Gibson, Daniel Student Poster	Future Direction of the California Wildlife Habitat Relationships System Gogol-Prokurat, Melanie	Wildlife connectivity from the Central Valley to the Sierra Nevada Mountains Gogol-Prokurat, Melanie	Avian response to small-scale riparian restoration on private lands in Marin and Sonoma counties Grady, Kathleen
Correlates of community structure and diversity of small mammal communities in Great Basin sagebrush habitats Hegg, Sarah Student Poster	Lifetime Reproductive Success in a Small Population of the Snowy Plover (Charadrius nivosus) Herman, Dana	Male sex bias in capture samples of the endangered salt marsh harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys raviventris) from a range-wide population genetics study Hernandez, Luis	Prevalence of Internal Parasites Based on Fecal Testing of Wild Mammals in Sonoma and Marin County Rehabilitation Centers Hohn, Janet
Understanding the Effects of Mercury Concentration Levels on Wood Ducks: Are Males or Females More Susceptible? Jabali, Eman	The unexpected diet and foraging patterns of Western Pond Turtles (Emys marmorata) in two Northern California urban streams Karres, Nicole Student Poster	-- WITHDRAWN -- A Summary of the Effects of Dredging on California Least Tern Foraging -- WITHDRAWN -- Keane, Kathleen	Patterns in the Forest: The Northern Alligator Lizard (Elgaria coerulea) as an indicator of biodiversity Lavin, Brian Student Poster
The Effects of Habitat Restoration and Sea Level Rise on Breeding Western Snowy Plovers in Coastal Northern California Leja, Stephanie Student Poster	Acoustic Monitoring in California's Northern Central Valley Loeblich, Aithne	The historical range of beaver (Castor canadensis) in coastal California: an updated review of the evidence Lundquist, Kate	Conservation incentive program leads to higher waterbird densities in enrolled rice fields in the Sacramento Valley, California Navarre, Kelsey
Home Ranges of Ringtails (Bassariscus astutus) in a Central Valley Oak Woodland, Sutter Co., California Newton, D. Scott	Hopping Fox Syndrome - Treatment Outcomes 2009-2013 Pesch, Lisa	Canine Field Assistants at the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System: The Safe and Effective Use of Ecological Detection Dogs in Challenging Field Conditions Powers, Robyn	Avian community response to drought differs along elevation gradients and riparian and upland habitats, San Gabriel Mountains, California Rechel, Jennifer
Effects of laying order and egg volume on black brant apparent pre-fledging survival rates Riecke, Thomas	An integrated population model for mottled ducks in Texas: harvest, habitat, and survival Riecke, Thomas	Western Snowy Plover Nest Site Selection and Oyster Shell Enhancement Riensche, David	Habitat Associations for Three Montane Mammal Species Rossi, Aviva
Transmission of ectoparasites across kin-structured social networks of California ground squirrels Russell, Imani	Native kangaroo rat consumption of non-native veldt grass seed even when presented with other, highly preferred, seed Schlageter, Summer Student Poster	Strain variation of Borrelia burgdorferi and Anaplasma phagocytophilum in sciurids and woodrats in northwestern California Sholty, Kathleen	Fecal glucocorticoid metabolites in free-living California ground squirrels: Experimental validation and inter-individual differences in the stress response Surber, Lisa
Habitat Selection of the White-footed Vole in northern California Tange, David	Impacts to Mexican Free-tailed Bats from Wind Energy Development in the Western US Thompson, Joel	Factors influencing mule deer fawn survival and recruitment Walsh, Danielle Student Poster	Status of Sarcoptic Mange in Urban San Joaquin Kit Foxes (Vulpes macrotis mutica) Westall, Tory
Nest-site selection and feeding behavior of Red-tailed Hawks (Buteo jamaicensis) and Cooper's Hawks (Accipiter cooperii) across urban density using citizen scie White, Justin	Current Status of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife's Spotted Owl Observations Database Whitney, Katherine	The California Department of Fish and Wildlife's BIOS Data Viewer Whitney, Katherine	The effects of the Rim Fire on Great Gray Owl habitat in Yosemite National Park Wu, Joanna