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Research Advances in Fisheries, Wildlife, and Ecology
The Fisheries and Wildlife Graduate Students Association at Oregon State University (OSU) is sponsoring the second annual Research Advances in Fisheries, Wildlife, and Ecology (RAFWE) symposium on Wednesday, November 3, 2004. The RAFWE symposium showcases research, extension, and outreach activities conducted by the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, related departments at OSU, and state and federal agencies. The symposium will be held from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM at the LaSells Stewart Center on the main campus of OSU in Corvallis, OR. USGS scientists will be presenting the following talks:
Subspecies definition and population structure in Snowy Plovers (S.M. Haig, T.D. Mullins)
Population genetic structure in the endangered Mariana Common Moorhen (N. Evans, S.M. Haig, and T.D.Mullins)
Potential Use of LIDAR data in Snowy Plover Habitat Analyses (E. Elliott-Smith and S.M. Haig)
The relative influence of helpers and resources on reproductive success in cooperatively breeding Micronesian Kingfishers (D.C. Kesler and S.M. Haig)
Jabiru Stork (Jabiru mycteria) Populations: Genetics and Conservation (I. F. Lopes). Population structure and genetic diversity of Least Terns (H. Draheim and S.M. Haig)
Contact: Susan Haig, FRESC, 541-750-7482,
susan_haig@usgs.gov
Terrestrial Nitrogen Cycling: Implications of Leaky Plumbing
USGS scientist Steven Perakis will give invited seminars entitled "Nitrogen Cycling in Terrestrial Ecosystems: Implications of Leaky Plumbing" in the Department of Biology, Duke University (Nov 8th) and the Department of Zoology, Oregon State University (Nov. 15th). Nitrogen is an essential element that determines the productivity, composition, diversity, and dynamics of terrestrial ecosystems. Leaching and gaseous losses of nitrogen from soils can decrease availability to plants, with important implications for a host of fundamental ecological processes, as well as ecosystem response to management and global change. These seminars will draw upon examples from a variety of terrestrial ecosystems to explore how overlooked leaks in the nitrogen cycle act as critical processes that influence the structure and function of terrestrial ecosystems.
Contact: Steven Perakis, FRESC, 541-758-8786,
sperakis@usgs.gov
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