Concurrent Session Abstracts

Room	Alexander 1	Alexander 2	Dry Creek Ballroom
	Bat Mitigation	Communicating Science to Diverse Audiences	Ecology and Conservation of Amphibians and Reptiles I
Wednesday 12:45 PM	Location, location, location: Where bat roosts are installed can be an important factor in mitigating transportation projects. Jill Carpenter	Fifteen minutes of fame for monk seals: turning a communications challenge into a unique opportunity Angela Amlin	Using 20 years of California tiger salamander survey data to determine appropriate monitoring duration periods Jeff Alvarez
Wednesday 1:05 PM	Bats and mine closures. Patricia Brown	Communicating change: developing California's 2017 conceptual mountain lion depredation policy Lynn Cullens	Exclusionary fencing for California tiger salamanders: lessons learned Claudia Funari
Wednesday 1:25 PM	Bat acoustic survey approaches: key considerations in a developing field Leila Harris	Communicating science through public meetings Lisa Fields	Road mortality mitigation: the effectiveness of mesh fencing versus Animex fencing Travis McCleary
Wednesday 1:45 PM	Mitigating for noise near roosts: what frequency of noise and which species of bats? Dave Johnston	Engaging the public through a community of practice: California naturalists and climate stewards Adina Merenlender	Preliminary findings on the life history of a rare population of tailed frogs in the Trinity Alps Adrian Macedo Student Paper
Wednesday 2:05 PM	Role of land banking in compensatory mitigation for loss of bat habitat in California Robert Schell	Citizen science and shared personal narratives: keys to communicating science to diverse audiences Lisa Murphy	Assessing the response of the Alameda whipsnake to fuels management and habitat variation in East Bay Regional Park District, California: preliminary results Ricka Stoelting
Wednesday 2:25 PM	Successfully mitigating loss of bridge roost habitat Greg Tatarian	Human diversity: What is it and why does it matter to your organization and wildlife conservation efforts? Katie Smith Student Paper	The Impact of wildfire and changing seasonal climate variables on terrestrial amphibians and reptiles in northern California: patterns in community composition Julie Wittmann
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Room	Alexander 1	Alexander 2	Dry Creek Ballroom
	Ecology and Conservation of Mammals I	Ecology and Conservation of Birds I	Public Policy and Wildlife Management
Wednesday 3:10 PM	Twenty years of harbor seal population dynamics in northern California Benjamin Becker	Migration and wintering areas used by Swainson's hawks breeding in the Central Valley of California Daniel Airola	Planning Rule history, purpose, and approach to wildlife Meryl Harrell
Wednesday 3:30 PM	Sunbathers, snowy plovers, and seals: northern elephant seal colony growth at Point Reyes, California, 1981-2017 Sarah Allen	Unexpected movements and migration by breeding peregrine falcons (Falco peregrinus) in Plumas County, California Colin Dillingham	Improving at-risk species distribution information to support forest planning and management Healy Hamilton
Wednesday 3:50 PM	Summer movement patterns and fourth order habitat selection of North American porcupines (Erethizon dorsatum) in a coastal dune system Pairsa Belamaric Student Paper	How does landscape composition affect forging patterns of barn owls (Tyto alba) in an urban-agricultural setting of California? Xeronimo Castaneda	Evaluating conservation status: risk assessment in land management Greg Hayward
Wednesday 4:10 PM	Multi-region, multi-scale, mescocarnivore monitoring: developing a scientifically defensible broad-scale monitoring framework Jody Tucker	Anthropogenic nightlight and noise effects on FeederWatch bird abundance and distribution Ashley Wilson Student Paper	Coarse and fine-filter assessments under the Forest Service's 2012 Planning Rule Barry Noon
Wednesday 4:30 PM		Temporal and Spatial Attributes of the California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus) to Predict Habitat Use and Potential Interactions with Power Lines: an Innova Andi Henke	The Upper Rio Grande Connectivity Initiative Josh Hicks
Wednesday 4:50 PM			Planning for species conservation in a rapidly changing environment Sarah Sawyer
Wednesday 5:10 PM			Monitoring multiple wildlife species: why and why not Patricia Manley
Wednesday 5:30 PM			Wildlife planning under the 2012 Planning Rule: key implementation issues Peter Nelson
Wednesday 5:50 PM			Moderated Panel Discussion

Room	Alexander 1	Alexander 2	Dry Creek Ballroom
	Ecology and Conservation of Mammals II	Ecology and Conservation of Birds II	Ecology and Conservation of Amphibians and Reptiles II
Thursday 8:15 AM	Identifying resting locations of small, elusive, forest-dwelling carnivores using GPS clusters Katie Moriarty	Annual and seasonal variability in lek attendance rates of greater sage-grouse in Nevada Gregory Wann	Preserve viability for the endangered California tiger salamander in an urbanizing area David Cook
Thursday 8:35 AM	Using LiDAR to describe Pacific marten resting habitat at multiple spatial scales Patrick Tweedy Student Paper	Adverse impacts of wildfire on greater sage-grouse populations and science-driven tools to support management actions Peter Coates	Evaluating the health of managed wetlands in California's Central Valley Dustin Howland
Thursday 8:55 AM	Status of fisher populations in Oregon Brent Barry Student Paper	Effects of GPS tracking devices on sage-grouse survival John Severson	The case for drawing down fishless ponds: predation on California red-legged frog eggs by overwintering newt larvae Michael Westphal
Thursday 9:15 AM	Mixed-severity wildfires have a negative effect on fishers and a positive effect on gray foxes David Green	Spatially-explicit modeling of common raven density and occurrence across sagebrush ecosystems: implications for greater sage-grouse reproductive success Shawn O'Neil	Does the aquatic gartersnake (Thamnophis atratus) depend on introduced salmonids or native amphibians at high elevations in the Trinity Alps Wilderness? Justin Demianew Student Paper
Thursday 9:35 AM	Habitat mediates interactions between Humboldt martens and bobcats: evidence from diet, habitat selection, and gradients in landscape composition Keith Slauson	Landscape and vegetation features improve restoration success for birds: using the riparian bird index to evaluate creek restoration in California rangelands Kathleen Grady Student Paper	Comparison of hard and soft release techniques in a founder population of northern western pond turtles (Actinemys marmorata) Dana Terry
Thursday 9:55 AM	Female age and forest composition influence fisher reproductive success Sean Matthews	Habitat relationships of bird and bumble bee communities in montane riparian corridors Jerry Cole	We want a shrubbery! Why invasive cheatgrass may be ruining the Great Basin desert for reptiles Gareth Blakemore
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Room	Alexander 1	Alexander 2	Dry Creek Ballroom
	Ecology and Conservation of Mammals III	Wildlife Techniques and Technologies	Wildlife Health and Disease Ecology
Thursday 10:40 AM	Female mule deer response to forage availability and predation risk in a Mojave Desert sky-island landscape Christopher Lowrey	Integrating capture-mark-recapture and individual growth models reveals size-dependent survival in an elusive snake Jonathan Rose	Disease threat posed by non-native columbids in California Krysta Rogers
Thursday 11:00 AM	Time related alterations in resource selection of desert bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis nelsoni) Marcus Blum Student Paper	A new method to estimate migration timing Mitchell Gritts	Disease surveillance of wild and pen-reared pheasants in the Central Valley of California Ian Dwight Student Paper
Thursday 11:20 AM	Habitat selection by pygmy rabbit at regional and landscape scales Thomas Dilts	Depredation deterrence: finding common ground by recognizing the obstacles we share Lynn Cullens	Unexpected conspecific Leucocytozoon infection in woodpeckers and corvids Tierra Groff Student Paper
Thursday 11:40 AM	The status and trajectory of a remnant native red fox population in the central Sierra Nevada Cate Quinn Student Paper	Integrating machine-learning with classical wildlife resource selection analyses Kevin Shoemaker	Distribution of Aleutian disease virus-like virus in free ranging striped skunks (Mephitis mephitis) in California Elle Glueckert
Thursday 12:00 PM	From planning to action: implementing habitat connectivity Annika Keeley	Digital technology pushes change in the process of data collection, management, and reporting: how to do it Nancy Douglas	Investigating raccoon abundance and home range: implications for reintroducing the California red-legged frog in Yosemite Valley Esther Kukielka Student Paper

Room	Alexander 1	Alexander 2	Alexander 3-4
	Ecology and Conservation of Mammals IV	Ecology and Conservation of Birds III	Genetic Techniques in Wildlife Research and Management
Friday 8:15 AM	The influence of natural sounds on California ground squirrel (Otospermophilus beecheyi) vigilance and predator detection My-Lan Le Student Paper	Dynamic surface water distributions mediate movements of non-breeding shorebirds in the Central Valley of California Blake Barbaree	Developing and validating a qPCR assay for the threatened California red-legged frog (Rana draytonii) Gregg Schumer
Friday 8:35 AM	Habitat associations of small mammals along an elevation gradient in southern California Aviv Karasov-Olson Student Paper	Snowy plovers breed in open habitats where their productivity decreases with activity of corvids and humans Mark Colwell	Developing an efficient environmental DNA sampling protocol for aquatic amphibians Mallory Bedwell Student Paper
Friday 8:55 AM	Comparing indices and advanced models for detecting population trends from mark-recapture data for island deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) over two decades Catherin Schwemm	Variation in apparent survival estimates of western snowy plover in northern California Nora Papian Student Paper	Genetic signatures of local adaptation in native desert bighorn sheep herds of the Great Basin Michael Buchalski
Friday 9:15 AM	Site selection in a population monitoring program for Townsend's big-eared bats: Does cave morphology predict abundance of hibernating bats? Katrina Smith Student Paper	Snowy plover nest distribution and habitat changes following coastal dune restoration Jamie Miller	The genetic legacy of forty years of desert bighorn sheep translocations in Nevada Joshua Jahner
Friday 9:35 AM	Year-round changes in body condition in three species of bats provide clues to their overwintering strategies Theodore Weller	Tern Town: a case study in shorebird restoration David Riensche	Population genetics of bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) in Arizona following decades of translocation management Daphne Gille
Friday 9:55 AM	Foraging habitat of bats across Marin County open spaces Gabriel Reyes	Background mortality: setting context for avian mortality rates at solar facilities in the California desert Amy Fesnock	Differentiation of relict populations of the endangered giant kangaroo rat predates agricultural intensification in the San Joaquin Desert Mark Statham
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Room	Alexander 1	Alexander 2	Alexander 3-4
	Endangered Species Recovery	Urban Wildlife Management	Wildlife and Climate Change
Friday 10:40 AM	Insight into the biology, captive management, and conservation of the endangered Amargosa vole (Microtus californicus scirpensis) Nora Allan	Twenty years of efforts to protect wildlife of the Santa Clara River: Success! Ileene Anderson	Differential effects of climate on survival rates drive hybrid zone movement Elizabeth Hunter
Friday 11:00 AM	Saving the Amargosa vole: a case study in research-driven recovery Deana Clifford	Using an independent double observer approach to estimate abundance of light-footed Ridgway's rail (Rallus obsoletus levipes) in a southern California wetland Sheila Madrak	Shrinking giants? Assessing the potential for climate driven morphometric change in the giant kangaroo rat (Dipodomys ingens) Alyssa Semerdjian Student Paper
Friday 11:20 AM	Influences on foraging preference development in an endangered species: implications for a novel conservation strategy Brigit Harvey Student Paper	A grove with a view: habitat characteristics of monarch butterfly overwintering sites in Santa Barbara County, California Jessica Griffiths	Assessing biotic and abiotic limits to species distribution under climate change and comparing niche overlap of isolated populations of an endangered rodent William Bean
Friday 11:40 AM	Re-evaluating translocation objectives: establishing grouse cultural affinity to the restoration site to achieve self-sustaining population growth Steven Mathews	Relocating a historic cormorant nesting colony by installing nesting platforms on the new east span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Natalie Greer	Describing avian species distributions across the drought-stricken California Central Valley through a statewide collaborative monitoring effort Stephanie Leja
Friday 12:00 PM	Using conspecific songs as a species restoration technique for willow flycatchers Lynn Schofield	Very high densities of mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) associated with suburban development in Marin County, California Brett Furnas	Multi-species to multi-taxa: simultaneously evaluating mammal and songbird distributions in the Mojave Desert Lindsey Rich
Friday 12:20 PM	Western yellow-billed cuckoo nest site selection in the South Fork Kern River Valley Jenna Stanek	Urban muskoxen in Nome, Alaska Claudia Ihl	Microclimate selection of a heat restricted mammal (Aplodontia rufa nigra) Jennie Jones Scherbinski Student Paper
Friday 12:40 PM	Why is there a lead poisoning threat for California condors even after the lead ammunition ban? Mike Stake	Integrating mitigation, carbon sequestration, and ecosystem services at community-relevant scales Steve Kohlmann	Co-producing science to support climate change adaptation Kat Powelson

Poster Session Abstracts

Spatial foraging patterns of North American porcupines in coastal dune habitats Ahmed, Bayan Student Poster	Litter translocations by yellow-bellied marmots, Marmota flaviventris Aliperti, Jaclyn	Predicted habitat selection of the invasive rose-ringed parakeet in Bakersfield, CA Arthur, Tina Student Poster	Presence and prevalence of Haemoproteus in two hummingbird species Baek, Hanna Student Poster
Using an occupancy model to develop an efficient sampling design for population estimation of tule elk using fecal DNA in Colusa and Lake Counties, California Batter, Tom Student Poster	Variation in juvenile Chinook salmon macroinvertebrate prey in the San Joaquin River Restoration area; implications for carrying capacity and restoration success Boortz, Karen Student Poster	Greater sage-grouse conservation in the Vya region Bowden, Tim	Evaluating the use of non-invasive genetic spatial capture-recapture for estimating elk population density Brazeal, Jennifer Student Poster
Pelagic cormorant (Phalacrocorax pelagicus) reproductive success in Humboldt County and the North Coast Seabird Protection Network Brinkman , Shannon	Integrating environmental DNA sampling into long-term monitoring strategies: A case study for detecting Rana sierrae in streams Burger, Holly	Effect of development on mammal use of the riparian habitat in the San Joaquin River Chrysafis, Petros Student Poster	Utilization of riparian woodlands by cavity-nesting birds in the Sacramento Valley Cochran, Leah Student Poster
Examining the influences of landscape and population characteristics on the development of spatial-temporal genetic patterns Coen, Amanda Student Poster	Movements and staging locations of canvasback (Aythya valisineria) in the Pacific Flyway Cook, Nathan Student Poster	Been there, trapped that! Trap success of pygmy rabbits in the Great Basin Crowell, Miranda Student Poster	Marten boxes: Surrogate cavity structures for a cavity-obligate forest carnivore Delheimer, Matthew
Seasonal activity of the pallid bat (Antrozous pallidus) in northern California Divoky, Cameron Student Poster	Short, cheap... & sweet! Informing local government regarding wildlife activity in recreational areas through inexpensive and noninvasive trail camera methodology Domingo, Korinna	Habitat suitability modeling for the reintroduction of cascades frog (Rana cascadae) into Lassen Volcanic National Park Enriquez, Lauren Student Poster	Shell-shocked: Comparing a western pond turtle population pre- and post-drought Fertel, Hannah
Layering landscapes of fear: the role of predation risk and human disturbance in a California large mammal community Gaynor, Kaitlyn	A novel break-away device for use with radiocollars on fishers and other small carnivores Green, Rebecca	Wildlife mortalities in open top pipes in the south fork Kern River valley, Kern County, California Harris, Michelle Student Poster	Resilience of tropical landbirds to storm disturbance Helton, Lauren
Evaluation of California condor (Gymnogyps californianus) GPS telemetry data in relation to the electrical grid using GIS and risk scoring methods Henke, Andrea	Prevalence of internal parasites determined by fecal testing of wildlife at a Sonoma County rehabilitation center Howard, Grant Student Poster	A proposed analysis of deer use of jumpout ramps and felid use of culverts along highways with wildlife exclusion fencing Jensen, Alex Student Poster	Pilot study: Amphibian occurrence on a multi-aged managed forest Johnson, Bethany
Establishing a long-term monitoring program to characterize spatio-temporal changes in bat assemblage of a typical Central Valley riparian habitat Lin, Jessica Student Poster	High-resolution GPS tracking of hunters and black-tailed deer in California McInturff, Alex	Estimating the effects of restoration to density of Belding's savannah sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis beldingi) in a southern California coastal wetland McMorran, James	Effects of disturbance on migration behavior of a large migratory ungulate Merrell, Jerrod Student Poster
Tule elk habitat selection at the local and landscape scale Mohr, Adam Student Poster	Western red bat (Lasiurus blossevillii) activity patterns in northern California Moore, Trevor	Threatened San Clemente Bell's sparrow nests in new micro-habitats as the island recovers following goat removal Munoz, Steven	On the rolling behavior of the Mount Lyell salamander: escape strategy or scuttlebutt? Nelson, Nicolette Student Poster
Analysis of ultrasonic bat recordings for incidental rodent call detections Newton, David	Ecological interactions in a hybrid zone between two species of woodrat (genus Neotoma) Nielsen, Danny Student Poster	What's in a pellet? A diet analysis of double-crested cormorants using pellets in south Humboldt Bay, California Oakden, Karen Student Poster	Use of noninvasive DNA to determine genetic subdivisions among ecoregional coyote populations in the Sierra Nevada Owen, Julia Student Poster
Effects of forest management techniques on bat habitat use Paul, Carolyn	Assessing selective introgression of nonnative red fox genes into the genomic background of the native Sacramento Valley red fox Preckler-Quisquater, Sophie Student Poster	Western snowy plover macro-invertebrate prey availability at Robert Crown Memorial State Beach Riensche, David	Diet trends and nesting success of two sympatric terns breeding in the San Francisco Bay Riensche, David
Bat distribution and abundance in the East Bay Regional Park District Riensche, David	Pacific marten (Martes caurina) reproductive chronology in the Lassen National Forest, California Roddy, Alyssa	Growth rate variation among juvenile Chinook salmon cohorts due to rearing conditions Rosenthal, Elianna Student Poster	Comparison of niches of three sympatric high-elevation ground-dwelling squirrels Rossi, Aviva Student Poster
Identifying ecological traps for targeted pinyon-juniper removal in greater sage-grouse habitat Roth, Cali	Long-term aquatic monitoring of stream-breeding amphibians of The Geysers region of Sonoma and Lake Counties Ryan, Liza	Genetic characteristics of a recently established coyote population in San Francisco Sanchez, Camilo Student Poster	Biotic and abiotic effects on coffee berry borer (Hypothenemus hampei) abundance and distribution on coffee farms in Kenya Schooler, Sarah Student Poster
Evaluating the species distribution for the giant kangaroo rat (Dipodomys ingens) Semerdjian, Alyssa Student Poster	Impact of nesting microhabitat and foraging habitat on colony locations of the northern black swift (Cypseloides niger borealis) Single, Alex Student Poster	Using automated bird recorders to determine differences in bird occupancy of four silviculture treatments in a post-fire setting Stanish, Anastasia	Studying habitat use of the riparian brush rabbit (Sylvilagus bachmani riparius) in San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge with camera traps Tarcha, Celia Student Poster
Determining drivers of bumble bee distributions in montane meadow systems of northern California Terry, Naomi	Effects of mammalian aposematic pattern and contrast variation on predator avoidance learning Vo, Kathy Student Poster	Monitoring native tree squirrels with citizen science in Humboldt County, California Whalen, Jessica	Long term avian abundance and diversity on the Stone Lakes NWR Wright, Stan
Remote camera use on rangeland: Methods to keep your camera intact when itchy cattle abound Wuenschel, Andrea