Concurrent Session Abstracts

Room	California 1	California 2	California 3
	Conservation and Challenges in the Urban-Wildlife Interface	Molecular Ecology and Wildlife Conservation Genetics	Designing and Implementing Climate Adaptation Strategies
Wednesday 1:35 PM	Do Electromats Effectively Prevent Large and Medium-sized Mammals from Entering the Highway? John Perrine	Amazing Anguids: The Northern Alligator Lizard (Elgaria coerulea) and Beyond Brian Lavin Student Paper	Climate Adaptation in Action: Case Studies in the South Coast Eco-Region Amber Pairis
Wednesday 1:55 PM	Do Large and Medium-sized Mammals Use Jump-out Ramps to Escape from a Fenced Highway Corridor? John Perrine	Genetic Admixture in the San Diego Fairy Shrimp (Branchinecta sandiegonensis) Ketan Patel Student Paper	Planning for Wildlife Movement in a Changing Climate Megan Jennings
Wednesday 2:15 PM	Addressing Obstacles to Re-establishing the Natural Ecosystem and Native Species at Mountain Lake in the Presidio of San Francisco Terri Thomas	Scaling-up Non-invasive Genetic Capture-Mark-Recapture Estimation to the Regional Scale: An Example with the Pacific Deer Herd Jennifer Brazeal	Tecolote Canyon Natural Park Natural Resource Management Plan Kim Roeland
Wednesday 2:35 PM	Urban Coyotes of Southern California David Lee	A View into the Phylogeography, Historical Demography, and Speciation in the World's Most Basal Canid, Urocyon spp Ben Sacks	Climate Understanding and Resilience in the River Valley (CURRV) Danielle Boudreau
Wednesday 2:55 PM	Human-Coyote Conflict Management in an Urban National Park Jonathan Young	Use of Non-invasive DNA to Characterize a High-Sierra Coyote Population Potentially Impacting the Endangered Sierra Nevada Red Fox During Four Years of Drought Cate Quinn Student Paper	Thin-layer Salt Marsh Sediment Augmentation Pilot Project Kirk Gilligan
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Room	California 1	California 2	California 3
	Challenges and Conflict in Vertebrate Predator Management	Wildlife Health and Disease Ecology	The Effects of Drought and Water Management on Wildlife
Wednesday 3:40 PM	A Model to Evaluate Barred Owl (Strix varia) Removal Strategies for Northern Spotted Owl (Strix occidentalis caurina) Conservation. Ryan Baumbusch Student Paper	Exposure of Turkey Vultures to Pentobarbital in Marin County Stella McMillin	Granivore Movement in Relation to the Conservation of the Rare, Endemic Plant Lassics Lupine (Lupinus constancei) Emily Cate Student Paper
Wednesday 4:00 PM	How to Train Your Raven: Testing the Response to Snowy Plover Nest Exclosures Teresa King Student Paper	Sarcoptic Mange in Urban San Joaquin Kit Foxes: Status, Assessment, and Intervention Strategies Brian Cypher	Grasshopper abundance in blunt-nosed leopard lizard habitat during a major drought Michael Westphal
Wednesday 4:20 PM	Invasive Species Removal Increases Threatened California Red-legged Frog Abundance and Alters the Diet of Endangered San Francisco Gartersnakes Richard Kim	Post-Release Monitoring of Oiled and Rehabilitated Brown Pelicans (Pelecanus Occidentalis) Affected by the 2015 Refugio Oil Spill Christine Fiorello	Challenges Associated with Translocation of a Federally Threatened Amphibian During the Worst Drought in a Generation Rob Schell
Wednesday 4:40 PM	Is Target Mist-netting an Effective Control method for Reducing Brown-headed Cowbird Parasitism? Mary Whitfield	Increasing Evidence for a Novel Marine Harmful Algal Bloom and Putative Anthropogenic Pollutant: Update on Cyanotoxin (Microcystin) Transfer from Land to Sea Otters Melissa Miller	Quantifying Change in Wetland Extent and its Effect on a Western and Clark's Grebe Breeding Population at Eagle Lake, CA 1997-2010 Renee Robison
Wednesday 5:00 PM	The Challenge of Navigating California Gray Wolf Conflicts (Real and Perceived) Karen Kovacs	Acute, Sub-Lethal and Long-Term Effects of Exposure to Domoic Acid in California Sea Lions (Zalophus californianus) Tracey Goldstein

Room	California 1	California 2	California 3	Sonoma 1-2
	Ecology and Conservation of Amphibians and Reptiles	Human-Wildlife Conflict and Solutions	Spatial Analysis of Wildlife-Habitat Relationships	Wildlife and Renewable Energy
Thursday 8:35 AM	Giant Gartersnakes (Thamnophis gigas) Selectively Forage on Native Anurans Julia Martins Ersan Student Paper	Biological Conservation - People Matter (A Positive View) Tonya Moore	Fine-scale Movement Decisions in Relation to Habitat Suitability: A Case Study with Tule Elk in the Carrizo Plain National Monument William Bean	A New Approach to Managing Desert Tortoise During Construction and Operation of Renewable Energy Facilities Robert Burton
Thursday 8:55 AM	Pilot Study for Use of Scent-Detection Dogs in Surveys for the Giant Garter Snake (Thamnophis gigas) Katherine Ayres	Opportunity From Conflict: Restoring Special Status Species Habitat on California's North Coast Kenneth Mierzwa	Habitat Selection of Pileated Woodpeckers (Dryocopus pileatus) in a Managed Forest on the Hoopa Valley Reservation Dawn Blake Student Paper	San Joaquin Kit Fox Habitat Utilization at a Large-scale Solar Facility Daniel Meade
Thursday 9:15 AM	Habitat Use and Nest Site Selection by the Western Pond Turtle (Actinemys marmorata) in Managed Central California Rangelands David Riensche	Using a Free Non-lead Ammunition Program to Engage Hunters and Ranchers in the Goal of Reducing Lead Exposure for California Condors Mike Stake	Talking About the Birds and the Bees: Abundance and Diversity of Birds and Bumble Bees in Burned and Unburned Riparian Habitats in the Northern Sierra Nevada Julia Polasik	Background and Results of the Largest and Longest Avian Fatality Monitoring Program at a Wind Farm in History, the Altamont Pass Douglas Leslie
Thursday 9:35 AM	Population structure of Pacific pond turtle (Actinemys marmorata) at a pond in the California Delta: Results from a complete trapping and relocation effort Patricia Valcarcel	Examining Ecosystem Services and Dis-services of Bear Damage on Hoopa Valley Reservation Shannon Mendia Student Paper	Bumble Bee Use of Montane Chaparral and Riparian Vegetation After Wildfire in the Central Sierra Nevada Helen Loffland	Effectiveness of Cut-in Speed Adjustments on Reducing Impacts to Mexican Free-tailed Bats at a Wind Energy Facility in Nevada Joel Thompson
Thursday 9:55 AM	Population Response of California Red-legged Frog to Predator Eradication: A Long-Term Case Study Rob Schell	Mapping, Prioritizing, and Increasing Seasonal Habitats for Greater Sage-Grouse in Colorado Brett Walker	Making Grazing Work as a Conservation Tool Pete Van Hoorn	Predation Ecology of Vertebrates at a California Wind Farm Jade Keehn Student Paper
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Room	California 1	California 2	California 3	Sonoma 1-2
	Ecology and Conservation of Desert Tortoise	Policy, Management, and Human Dimensions of Wildlife Management	Wildlife Techniques and Technologies	Channel Islands Ecology
Thursday 10:40 AM	Modeling Agassiz's Desert Tortoise Population Response to Anthropogenic Stressors Michael Tuma	Who's On First? An Overview of the Key Roles and Entities Involved in Compensatory Mitigation Travis Hemmen	The Reliability of Population Viability Analysis for Species with Different Generation Times Pamela Rueda-Cediel	Island Fox Monitoring and Demography on San Clemente Island Jesse Maestas
Thursday 11:00 AM	Invasive Plant Species Alter Diets and Reduce Fitness and Survival in Juvenile Mojave Desert Tortoises Kristina Drake Student Paper	Species Funds: Establishing Conservation Funds to Benefit Listed Species Recovery Andrea Henke	Evaluating the use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) for monitoring colonial nesting waterbirds Sharon Dulava Student Paper	Reproductive Success of the San Clemente Bell's Sparrow on a Recovering Landscape Susan Meiman
Thursday 11:20 AM	Comparisons of Health in Agassiz's Desert Tortoises at Three Sites in the Mojave Desert Kristin Berry	Climate Change at the Local Level: How Climate Adaptation can be Incorporated into Natural Resource Management Decisions Linda Leeman	Retained Satellite Information Influences Performance of Miniature GPS Devices (45-51g) in a Forested Ecosystem: A Case Study with Pacific Marten Katie Moriarty	Peregrine Falcon Recovery on the Channel Islands Nathan Melling
Thursday 11:40 AM	Identifying Climate Refugia: A Tool to Inform Conservation Strategies for Agassiz's Desert Tortoise in a Warming Future Cameron Barrows	Assessing Climate Change Vulnerability of California's Vegetation: Research Results and Application to Conservation Planning Whitney Albright	GIS Techniques for Analyzing and Mapping Field Data Jennifer Rechel	Argentine Ant (Linepithema humile, Mayr) Detection, Monitoring, and Eradication Effort on Naval Auxiliary Landing Field San Clemente Island Amanda Chisholm

Room	California 1	California 2	California 3
	Ecology and Management of Wildlife on Military Lands	Ecology and Conservation of Birds	Ecology and Conservation of Mesocarnivores
Friday 8:35 AM	Monitoring Endangered Black Abalone on Vandenberg and San Clemente Island Karah Ammann	Cuckoos Attracting Mates: Who Coos for Who? Shannon McNeil	Characteristics of Fisher (Pekania pennanti) Reproductive Dens in the Southern Sierra Nevada Rebecca Green Student Paper
Friday 8:55 AM	Species Level Identification: Genetic Approaches are Closer to Becoming Routine Francis Villablanca	History and Implementation of the Yellow-billed Cuckoo Survey Protocol Murrelet Halterman	Variation in Interspecific Niche Overlap Across a Latitudinal and Climatic Gradient: Marten and Fisher at Their Range Margins in the Southern Sierra Nevada Jody Tucker
Friday 9:15 AM	Endangered Species Predator Control Strategies, MCB Camp Pendleton Sparrow McMorran	Novel Acoustic Environments Compromise Song Performance in Chipping Sparrows Benjamin Davidson Student Paper	Landscape Fuel Reduction, Forest Fire, and Biophysical Linkages to Local Habitat Use and Local Extinction of Fishers (Pekania pennanti) in the Southern Sierra Nevada Rick Sweitzer
Friday 9:35 AM	Long-term Movements of Translocated Raptors, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, 2013 - 2015 Wendy Pearson-Prestera	Effects of Anthropogenic Noise Exposure on the Fitness of Nesting Songbirds Tracy Mulholland	Natural and Human-linked Mortality Risks and Limits to Population Growth of Fishers in California Rick Sweitzer
Friday 9:55 AM	The Current Status of Golden Eagles on the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR) Robert Turner	Parental Care Behaviors in Brandt's Cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus): Effects on Reproductive Success and Use as Indicators of the Marine Environment Shannon Murphy Student Paper	Parental Care in Urban San Joaquin Kit Foxes (Vulpes macrotis mutica): Relative Roles of Adult Group Members in Pup Rearing Tory Westall Student Paper
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Room	California 1	California 2	California 3
	Ecology and Management of Wildlife on Military Lands	Ecology and Conservation of Birds	Ecology and Conservation of Mammals
Friday 10:40 AM	Desert Tortoise Head-Start Research at Three Military Bases in California's Mojave Desert Kenneth Nagy	Amphipod Distribution in Relation to Snowy Plover (Charadrius nivosus nivosus) Habitat in Coastal Northern California David Orluck Student Paper	Statewide Assessment of Townsend's Big-eared Bat in California: A Collaborative Effort for a Candidate Species Leila Harris
Friday 11:00 AM	Into the Great Wide Open: Health and Survival of 119 Head-started Agassiz's Desert Tortoises at Edwards Air Force Base, CA Jeremy Mack	Western Snowy Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus) Nest Site Selection and Oyster Shell Enhancement David Riensche	Changes in the Distribution of the Eastern Gray Squirrel, Sciurus Carolinensis, in California from 1900-2015 with Projections for its Potential Future Range Carly Creley Student Paper
Friday 11:20 AM	Landscape Genetics of the San Diego Fairy Shrimp (Branchinecta sandiegonensis) Natalie Goddard Student Paper	Great Gray Owls Nesting in Atypical, Low-elevation Habitat in the Sierra Nevada Joanna Wu	Salt Marsh Harvest Mouse Habitat Past, Present, and Future: Our Evolving Understanding of the Habitat Requirements of this "Habitat Specialist" Katie Smith Student Paper
Friday 11:40 AM	Understanding Feral Cat Ecology in an Island Ecosystem: Research Allows for Adaptive Management Mitigating Impacts on Sensitive Endemic Species Curtis Twellmann	Nesting Bird Policy: We Can Do Much Better Robert Hamilton	Digging Into the Importance of Anthropic Land Use in Species Distribution Models Morgan Gray Student Paper
Session Break
Room	California 1	California 2
	Ecology and Management of Wildlife on Military Lands	Ecology and Conservation of Birds
Friday 12:00 PM	Snowy Plover Nest Site Selection and Distribution Before and After Restoring Coastal Dune Habitat on Vandenberg Air Force Base, California Jamie Miller	Observed and Predicted Effects of Housing Development on Bird Species Richness and Abundance in US Protected Areas Eric Wood

Poster Session Abstracts

Multi-Method and Multi-Model Differences in Connectivity Alexander, Nathan	The Effects of Ocean Noise on White-crowned Sparrow Song Structure Antonova, Gabriela Student Poster	Seasonal Home Range and Habitat Selection of Porcupines in a Coastal Dune Forest Appel, Cara Student Poster	Drought-Related Giant Kangaroo Rat Decline in the Ciervo-Panoche Bean, William
Summer Diet of Coastal North American Porcupines (Erethizon dorsatum) in Tolowa Dunes State Park: a Microhistological Approach Belamaric, Pairsa Student Poster	Effect of Distance to Forest on Mesocarnivore Activity in Northern California Coastal Dunes Bortot, Claire Student Poster	Comparison of Methods to Estimate Fledging Rates for California Least Terns Boylan, Jeanette	Exploitation, Interference, and Niche Partitioning: Competition and Coexistence in a Rodent Community Chock, Rachel Student Poster
Cavity-Nesting Bird Habitat Utilization in Restored Riparian Woodlands of the Sacramento Valley Cochran, Holly	Do California Highways Act as Barriers to Gene Flow for Ground-dwelling Mammals? Coen, Amanda Student Poster	Using Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) Technology to Characterize California Spotted Owl Habitat in the Central Sierra Nevada (U.S. Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region, Remote Sensing Lab and Tahoe National Forest) Conway, Scott	Effects on Watershed Function with Changes in Plant Functional Groups Across Impaired Watersheds on the Angeles National Forest Coreas, Roxana
PG&E Land Conservation Committment Program Crawford, Aimee	Conservation of the Western Gray Squirrel in Griffith Park Through Non-Invasive Genetic Sampling with mtDNA and Microsatellite Analysis DeMarco, Christopher	Annual vs. Perennial: The Use of Radio Telemetry to Inform Adaptive Management Strategies for Western Pond Turtle, Actinemys pallida, Within Riverside County. Dionne, Elizabeth	Aircraft Disturbance to Common Murres (Uria aalge) at a Central California Breeding Colony Fuller, Allison
Genetic Diversity and Population Structure of the Riparian Brush Rabbit (Sylvilagus bachmani riparius) Gansberg, Jennifer Student Poster	Keeping the Lights On Garcia, Samuel	Effect of Rodent Seed Predation and Apparent Competition in Native Dune Ecosystems Garten, Kyla	Designing a Wildlife Encounter and Health Data Management System Gritts, Mitchel
GPS-tracking Reveals Molt Migration and Year-round Movements of a Black-headed Grosbeak from Yosemite National Park Helton, Lauren	Species Recovery vs. Species Protection - Maximizing Benefits Henke, Andrea	Current Data Needs of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife's Spotted Owl Observations Database Keiser, Kate Whitney	California-Nevada Golden Eagle Observations Database: Call for Data Keiser, Kate Whitney
Results of Wildlife Monitoring on the Tah.Mah.Lah Project from 2007-2014: Responses of Wildlife to Small Scale Habitat Restoration Kobernus, Patrick	Chromosomal and Morphometric Characteristics, Range, and Habitat Associations of Perognathus inornatus from the Western Mojave Desert Laabs, David	Investigating the Possibility of Changes in the Growing Season of Asclepias fascicularis Due to Climate Change. Lewis, Graham	Effects of Double Infections on Parasitic Flatworm Reproductive Castes Lopez, Maribel
Institute for Wildlife Studies Predator Management Techniques for the Protection of Federally Listed Beach Nesting Species Manley, Steven	Seed Preference of the Native Consumer, Peromyscus maniculatus, in a Coastal Dune Community McCarthy, Aliya	Coccidioidomycosis in Rescued Marine Mammals Along California's Coast Mejia Munoz, Jazmine	Non-breeding Season Behavior of Threatened San Clemente Bell's Sparrow (Artemisiospiza belli clementeae) Munoz, Steven
Impacts of Solar Energy on Protected Areas and Land Cover Change Murphy-Mariscal, Michelle	Preferential Abiotic Differences of Herptofauna in Regards to Wood or Metal Cover Boards Parks, Kathleen	Urban Wildlife Tracking at California State Dominguez Hills and Nature Preserves in Urban Cities Pinedo, Angel	Increasing distribution of nonnative red fox (Vulpes vulpes) haplotypes within the range of the native Sacramento Valley red fox (V. v. patwin) Preckler-Quisquater, Sophie
Great Gray Owl Survey Effort and Occurrence in the Central Sierra Nevada Reno, Matthew	Salt Marsh Harvest Mice (Reithrodontomys raviventris) Distribution, Abundance, and Population Trends in the East Bay Regional Park District Riensche, David	Modeling Black Bear-Vehicle Collision Zones in Yosemite National Park Rodriguez, Katie	The Role of Fostering in San Clemente Loggerhead Shrike Population Management Sheldon, Sarah
Lexicon of Love: Vocalizations in Multiple Populations of Rana boylii Silver, Courtney Student Poster	Predation of Salt Marsh Harvest Mice in the Suisun Marsh Smith, Katherine Student Poster	Using Camera Traps to Estimate Wildlife Abundance and Human Recreational Use in the Lagunitas Creek Watershed Springer, Vanessa Student Poster	Low-Impact Restoration of San Diego Fairy Shrimp Vernal Pool Habitat on Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Stolpe, Richard
California Grunion in the Presidio, San Francisco - Spawning Monitoring in Summer 2015 Tremain, Kristin	Birth Site Selection by Mule Deer Walsh, Danielle Student Poster	Track Tube Modification and Use with the San Bernardino Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys merriami parvus) Wang, Thea	Comparing the Cost-Effectiveness and Reliability of Scat Detection Dogs and Remote Cameras for Sampling Humboldt Martens Watts III, G. Wesley
Endangered Species Management and Climate Change: When Habitat Conservation Becomes a Moving Target Wilkening, Jennifer	Spatial Ecology of Western Burrowing Owls in San Diego County during the Breeding Season Wisinski, Colleen	Greater Sage Grouse Cumulative Effects Assessment: An Innovative Approach for a Landscape-Level Species Wozniak, Liza