2016 Annual Meeting Presentations
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Session: Grassland and sagebrush environments: small mammals, raptors, and species interactions
Returning an endangered species home – a 35 year review of black-footed ferret conservation in Wyoming, Jesse Boulerice
Monitoring Wyoming’s grassland Species of Greatest Conservation Need, Andrea Orabona
Balancing management priorities for grassland and sagebrush birds in the Thunder Basin National Grassland, Courtney Duchardt
Trapping protocol for difficult to detect small mammals, Kristina Harkins
Raptor rehabilitation in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem: common injuries, species diversity and the golden eagle rescue network, M. Warren & C. Adams
Golden eagle migration corridors and seasonal habitat selection in the Rocky Mountains and Western Great Plains, Bryan Bedrosian
Nighttime callback detections, nesting demographics, and habitat selection of great gray owls in western Wyoming, Katherine Gura
The influence of greater sage-grouse management on golden eagles in the Wyoming basin, Geoffrey Bedrosian
Using landscape scale estimates of relative electrocution risk to inform prioritization of retrofits: an example with golden eagles, Gary Williams
Wyoming Chapter of The Wildlife Society’s Fellowship – Summer 2016 Experience, Jace Cussins
Society for Range Management – Wyoming Section
Bureau of Land Management, Tricia Hatle
U.S. Forest Service or National Park Service
Communicating the natural resources/range message to the public, Larry Butler
Keeping rangelands in your backyard, Mae Smith
Recovery of riparian habitat along Pete Creek in central Wyoming, Andy Warren
Restoration techniques to reduce commpetitive pressures on shrub species in a semi-arid system, Amy Jacobs
ESD Update, M. Patz & B. Christiansen
Complementing the showing of “The Range Riders “: Case study in lowstress herding for livestock – Large carnivore coexistence, Matt Barnes
Session: Ungulate behavior, nutrition, and management
Influence of the bark beetle epidemic on elk and hunter resource selection and interaction, Bryan Lamont
Investigating trends in elk habitat selection across time and burn severity, Travis Zaffarano
Linking climate and habitat to nutritional condition and recruitment in moose, Brett Jesmer
Quantifying greenscapes: spatialtemportal patterns of phenology shape green wave surfing in migratory mule deer, Ellen Aikens
Development and application of population genomic tools for conservation and management of Wyoming pronghorn, Melanie LaCava
The role of memory and past experience in shaping migratory behavior, Jerod Merkle
Risk-effects of a human-altered landscape: nutritional tradeoffs in behavior of mule deer, Samantha Dwinnell
Session: Mountain species and systems
Fire history and regeneration dynamics of low-elevation Douglas Fir forests in the Grand Teton area, Kevin Krasnow
Basic information about mountainsnails, Lusha Tronstad
Seasonal resource selection by introduced mountain goats in the southwest Greater Yellowstone Area, Blake Lowrey
What to eat in a warming world: altering forage preferences may buffer climate stress, Embere Hall
The Greater Yellowstone sights and sounds archive: a new tool for wildlife researchers and educators, Nancy Bailey
The Greater Yellowstone Area Mountain ungulate research Project, Robert Garrott
Multi-state wolverine monitoring and conservation, Nichole Bjornlie
Session: Sagebrush ecosystems and sage-grouse
Short-term vegetation response to mowing and herbicide treatments in Wyoming big sagebrush, Jason R. LeVan
Microhabitat selection of brood-rearing sites by greater sagegrouse in Carbon county, Wyoming, Leslie Schreiber
Comparison of songbird population trends to sage-grouse lek trends: assessing sage-grouse core areas and umbrella species concept, Jonathan Dinkins
Beyond breeding habitat: comprehensive habitat requirements of a partial migrant, Aaron Pratt
Geophagy and movements of greater sage-grouse in the upper Green River drainage, Josh Hemenway
The non-target effects of sage-grouse habitat treatments on sagebrush-associated songbirds, Jason Carlisle
Evaluating efficacy of fence markers in reducing greater sage-grouse collisions, Taylor Gorman
Session: Freshwater environments and amphibians
Native freshwater mussel follow up investigations: filling survey gaps and exploring newly discovered populations, Oliver Wilmot
Fire, grazing and toads: vegetation management and Wyoming toads (Anaxyrus baxteri) recovery efforts, Melanie Murphy
Boreal toad habitat selection and survival in relation to grazing intensity and disease prevalence, Gabe Barrile
Enhancing detection of native Wyoming amphibians through environmental DNA and visual surveys, Andrew Gygli
Session: Influence of human disturbance and development on species
Is a mesopredator release underlying increased songbird nest predation near natural gas development, Lindsey Sanders
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Golden eagle reproduction in relation to energy development and landscape composition in the Bighorn Basin, Chuck Preston
Evaluating the influence of development on mule deer migration and phenology tracking, Teal Wyckoff
Effects of roads and deer migration and movement corridors in Wyoming, Corinna Riginos
Mortality risk for pronghorn in the red desert in the face of environmental and anthropogenic change, Adele Reinking