19:00-21:00

Registration

Ballroom Foyer

Social Evening & Cash Bar

"Wildlife Improv Evening" – a fun and humorous evening of improv presentations. Hosted by the UofA Student Chapter of the Wildlife Society.

Lakeland Room

Friday, March 8

08:00-10:00

Registration

Ballroom Foyer

08:00-5:00

Poster Presentations

Ballroom Foyer

09:00-09:15

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Turner Valley

09:15-12:00

Plenary Session: "Challenges and Opportunities for Managing Alberta’s Riparian-Wetland Systems"

Turner Valley

09:15-09:45

Challenges and Opportunities for Managing Alberta’s Riparian-Wetland Systems, "the forest zone"

(Lee Foote)

09:45-10:15

Challenges and Opportunities for Managing Alberta’s Riparian-Wetland Systems, "the forest zone"

(Milo Mihajlovich)

10:15-10:40

Break

Ballroom Foyer

10:40-11:10

Challenges and Opportunities for Managing Alberta’s Riparian-Wetland Systems, "the agricultural zone"

(Lorne Fitch)

11:10-11:40

Challenges and Opportunities for Managing Alberta’s Riparian-Wetland Systems, "the agricultural zone"

(Terry Veeman)

11:40-12:00

Questions and Discussion

12:00-13:00

Lunch (hosted)

Drayton Valley

1:00-4:40

Break into Concurrent Sessions

13:30-14:40

Concurrent Session 1

Turner Valley

13:00-13:20

Roost Selection by Myotis Bats on North Vancouver

(Scott D. Grindal)

13:20-13:40

Bats – Species at Risk

(K. Patriquin)

13:40-14:00

Reproductive Changes in a Cyclic Population of Snowshoe Hares in the Yukon

(Carol I. Stefan and Charles J. Krebs)

14:00-14:20

Characterising Sub-Boreal Fire Regimes in the Cariboo-Chilcotin Region of Central British Columbia

(S.R. Francis and D.A. Conly)

14:20-14:40

Seasonal Variation in Habitat Use by Resident Boreal Forest Birds FollowingWildfire

(C.A. Stambaugh and F.K.A. Schmiegelow)

14:40-15:00

Break

Ballroom Foyer

13:30-14:40

Concurrent Session 2

Glenora

13:00-13:20

Lost Creek and Wetlands of Edmonton: A Bioregional Mapping Project

(Kathryn Martell)

13:20-13:40

Role of the Beaver in the Ecology of Amphibians

(C.E. Stevens and C.A. Paszkowski)

13:40-14:00

Wildlife, Livestock and Wastewater Contributions of Waterbourne Parasites (Cryptosporidium spp. and Giardia spp.) in the North Saskatchewan River Basin

(L. Roy)

14:00-14:20

Bird Paradigms and the Need for Local Data: A Case Study from Northeastern Alberta

(C.J. De La Mare)

14:20-14:40

Western and Eared Grebes of Central Alberta: A Review of Surveying Techniques, Status and Management Concerns

(S.H. Hanus and L. Wilkinson)

14:40-15:00

Break

Ballroom Foyer

15:00-16:40

Concurrent Session 3

Turner Valley

15:00-15:20

Habitat Selection and Nesting Success of Sharp-Tailed Grouse in the Northern Prairie Biome of Alberta

(Doug Manzer and Susan Hannon)

15:20-15:40

Effects of Scale on the Impacts of Habitat Loss and Fragmentation in Southern Alberta

(N. Koper and F.K.A. Schmiegelow)

15:40-16:00

Investigating Odonates (Dragonflies & Damselflies) as Bio-Indicators of Aquatic Macro-Invertebrate Communities and Habitat Quality at Prairie Wetlands

(C.L. Rice and A.L. Foote)

16:00-16:20

Delineating Elk Sub-Populations in the Cypress Hills Using Hierarchical Cluster Analysis

(T.M. Hegel and C.C. Gates)

16:20-16:40

Bushmeat Utilization in Phu Kheio Wildlife Sanctuary, Northeast Thailand

(N. Magnus, D. Davidson, and P. Crown)

15:00-16:40

Concurrent Session 4

Glenora

15:00-15:20

Changes in Bird Communities Along a Forest Fragmentation Gradient: Do Critical Thresholds Exist?

(E.M. Bayne and K.A. Hobson)

15:20-15:40

The Mammalian Response to Forest Harvesting: Stand-Level Management with Landscape-Level Repercussions

(J.T. Fisher and L. Wilkinson)

15:40-16:00

Ecological Basis for Stand Management

(Jim Schieck)

16:00-16:20

Implications of Stand Level Management for Plants in Alberta’s Boreal Forest

(S.M. Bradbury)

16:20-16:40

Social Perceptions of Harvest Practices Related to Natural Disturbance Models for Forestry

(S.J. Song)

DINNER BREAK – ON YOUR OWN

19:00-21:00

Alberta Chapter Auction and Social Evening and Cash Bar

Glenora

Saturday, March 9

08:00-10:00

Registration

Ballroom Foyer

Poster Presentations

Ballroom Foyer

08:30-10:30

Session 5

Turner Valley

08:30-08:50

Predation Risk to Caribou from Wolves in West-Central Alberta

(G.W. Kuzyk and F.K.A. Schmiegelow)

08:50-09:10

Demography of Woodland Caribou in Northern Alberta

(Philip D. McLoughlin)

09:10-09:30

Multi-Scale Habitat Selection by Mountain Caribou in West Central Alberta

(T.D. Szkorupa and F.K.A. Schmiegelow)

09:30-09:50

Comparison of Habitat Selection Patterns of Woodland Caribou Before and After Forest Fires in Northern Alberta

(J.S. Dunford, P. McLoughlin and S. Boutin)

09:50-10:10

The Introduction of Northern Pike into a Fishless Boreal Lake: Does a Diet of Invertebrates Affect Predators or Prey?

(P.A. Venturelli and W.M. Tonn)

10:10-10:30

On The Analysis of Animal Movements and Behaviour Using Hidden Markov Models

(Alastair Franke)

10:30-10:40

Break

Ballroom Foyer

10:40-12:00

ACTWS Annual Business Meeting

Turner Valley

12:00-13:30

Awards Luncheon (Hosted)

Drayton Valley

13:30-15:15

Session 6

Turner Valley

13:30-13:50

Conservation of Wild Plains Bison: Considerations for an IUCN Conservation Status Survey for North American Bison

(D. Boyd and C.C. Gates)

13:50-14:10

Spatial Response of Wolves to Human Developments in Jasper National Park

(J. Whittington)

14:10-14:30

A Preliminary Analysis of Black Bear Survival and Demography in the Bow River Valley of Banff National Park

(M. Hebblewhite, M. Percy and R. Serrouya)

14:30-14:50

Putting the Resource into Resources Selection Functions: Food Phenology Models for Grizzly Bear Predictions

(S.E. Nielsen, M.S. Boyce, G.B. Stenhouse and R.H.M. Munro)

14:50-15:00

Closing Remarks