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Presentation Information
Papers
Preparing and submitting your presentation Contributed paper sessions will be held daily from the afternoon of July 13 through July 17 at the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel. Oral presentations that are not part of one of the symposia will be grouped by subject matter. Time limits will be strictly enforced: fifteen minutes total (twelve minutes for presentation and three minutes for questions). Oral presentation awards for students include: The AES Samuel Gruber Award, The ASIH Stoye Award, The SSAR Henri Seibert Awards, and The HL Robert G. Jaeger Award for Graduate Research. Each presentation room is equipped with LCD projectors and PCs. Each computer will contain one DVD/CD ROM and is loaded with QuickTime, Windows Media, Microsoft Office 2003, and Windows XP. Any other audio-visual equipment must be requested by contacting sharonb@k-state.edu. Presenter practice rooms are available each day. A sign-up schedule sheet is posted outside the entrance door to each practice room. The practice rooms are available the following hours: Wednesday - Sunday, July 12-16, 7:00 am - 10:00 pm Posters
Click here for important information for poster presenters. Because time for oral presentation is limited, we encourage you to consider a poster exhibit, especially if you are making multiple presentations (i.e. invited symposia and submitted abstract). Poster exhibits offer an excellent opportunity for interaction between presenter and audience, allowing a more extensive exchange of ideas. A larger audience is likely to view a poster, and a poster allows greater flexibility in presentation. All poster presentations will be displayed in the Napoleon Ballroom, among the exhibits, to provide maximum visibility. Poster presentations require submission of an abstract, in the same format as for oral papers. Session assignments, and the time during which presenters must be present at the poster session, will be posted on the Web in early May. Maximum size is four feet (height) by eight feet (width) and will be erected back to back. Presenters are responsible for bringing their own push pins and/or other materials to secure posters to the boards. Student presenters who are members of ASIH should consider registering for the ASIH Storer Awards for best student poster, or if a member of AES, registering for the Carrier Award for best student poster. American Elasmobranch Society (AES) The Biology of Skates Organizers: James Sulikowski Recent Advances in the Biology and Conservation of the White Shark
(Carcharodon carcharias) This symposium will focus on the results of recent research, including those from tagging and tracking studies to assess white shark geographic movements, habitat utilization patterns and other behaviors, both regionally and globally. A review of these results on the white shark’s movements, physiology and habitat will help assess and identify threats still facing their population and help ensure protection and recovery. Organizers: Manny Ezcurra American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (ASIH) Phylogeny, evolution, and ecology of the gobioid fishes Organizers: Kassi Cole Patterns and Causes of Amphibian Populations Declines in Latin America: Results from the RANA network Organizers: Herpetologists’ League (HL) A Celebration of the Life of Joe Slowinski Organizers: Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR) Amphibian and Reptile Use of Golf Courses There is increasing interest in golf courses as wildlife habitat. The Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program for Golf Courses, which is managed by Audubon International, has steadily grown to include more than 2,300 courses in all fifty states and Canada. Since the first U.S. 18-hole golf course was constructed in 1893, the game has grown to some 36 million participants and over 15,000 regulation courses in 2000 in the United States. The industry is still growing with 482 new courses developed in 2000, although the growth rate has slowed in recent years to <1% annually. The investment in constructing new golf course facilities totaled approximately $2.2 billion in 2000. The landscape modifications associated with golf course construction present an opportunity for the herpetology community to become actively involved in making recommendations for best management practices on golf courses. The Wildlife Links program, a cooperative effort of the United States Golf Association (USGA) and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), has sponsored studies in recent years that focus on herpetological research on golf courses. This research has included investigations of the effects of golf-course chemicals (i.e., pesticides, herbicides, fungicides) on amphibians, dispersal of radio-tagged salamanders on golf courses, descriptions of amphibian community structure, and the influence of seasonal wetland habitats on herpetofaunal biodiversity. We will bring together these researchers, plus additional participants who have worked in similar landscapes on restoration projects, to make the academic community aware of the ecology of herpetofauna on golf courses. This symposium will be applied in nature, as it will not only focus on “golf course effects” but also outline design and management suggestions for more “herp friendly” courses in the future. We will bring in several researchers who have worked on wetland creation/restoration projects to discuss ideas on strategies to enhance existing golf courses for herpetofauna or design golf courses in the future that would minimize impacts on biodiversity.
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