Communications on Carnivores Society for Conservation Biology 16th Annual Meeting July 14-July 19 2002 Hosted by DICE and the British Ecological Society Canterbury, UK

This list of communications was compiled by Guillaume Chapron [email protected] from the SCB 16th Annual Meeting website (as online on 10th July) in order to facilitate attendance of carnivore communications (talks and posters). Please check talk schedules before attending them with the programme given on-site, in the case some changes or mistakes occur. This document is available from http://www.carnivoreconservation.org

MONDAY 15th July 10.45 - 11.00 ZHANG Tiger predation on livestock in Gedang, Medog, southeast Tibet, China Economic and Social Context - Session One - Grimond Lecture Theatre 3 10.45 - 11.00 HOODICOFF Landscape movements and conservation of badgers (Taxidea taxus) in British Columbia, Canada. Spatial Ecology and Conservation - Session One - Eliot Lecture Theatre 2 12.00 - 12.15 FIRESTONE Ancient DNA and the thylacine: conservation issues in the cloning debate Conservation Genetics - Session One - Rutherford Lecture Theatre 1 14.15 - 14.30 ZIMMERMANN Attitudes of ranchers in brazil’s Pantanal to conflicts with jaguars Conservation and People - Session Two - Grimond Lecture Theatre 1 14.30 - 14.45 AUGERI Disturbance effects on Malayan sun bear (Helarctos malayanus) ecology, landscape use, and conservation Biogeography - Rutherford Lecture Theatre 1 16.15 - 16.30 ASHENAFI The Gero indigenous resource management supports an important Ethiopian wolf population Indigenous Knowledge - Eliot Lecture Theatre 2 16.30 - 16.45 PAISLEY The spectacled bear in Apolobamba, Bolivia: the conservation of a culturally salient species Indigenous Knowledge - Eliot Lecture Theatre 2

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16.30 - 16.45 HEDGES Conflict between endangered species, extinction risk, and the agony of choice: dholes and banteng in Java Risk Assessment and Uncertainty - Rutherford Lecture Theatre 1 16.30 - 16.45 ROBERT Bobcat restoration, deer herd trends, and oak regeneration on Cumberland island, Georgia, USA Reintroductions and Translocations - Grimond Lecture Theatre 1 16.45 - 17.00 HWANG The impacts of indigenous hunting on Asiatic black bears in Yushan national park, Taiwan Conservation and Mammals - Session One - Grimond Lecture Theatre 2 17.15 - 17.30 DURANT Identifying optimum habitat for threatened cheetahs: plains or woodlands? Conservation and Mammals - Session One - Grimond Lecture Theatre 2 17.45 - 19.30 Poster Session One Reception Marquee Viewing 09.00 - 17.30, Monday 15th July and Tuesday 16th July 3) SELAYA MHC diversity in a species with limited genetic variation: the island fox (Urocyon littoralis) 6) ROBISON Army cutworm moth migration and grizzly bear conservation 7) IYENGAR Use of microsatellite markers to study dhole (Cuon alpinus) populations in southern India and Java 11) ROON Using mtDNA sequencing to reveal fine scale spatial population structure for vagile species (Ursus arctos) in glacier national park 19) CHAPRON Assessing viability and resilience of an Amur (Siberian) tiger population through population models 22) CARBONE The scaling of predator and prey population: implications for carnivore conservation 29) SILVER The use of camera traps to estimate jaguar populations

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TUESDAY 16th July 14.00 - 14.15 MOEHRENSCHLAGER The success of species-oriented approaches in the reintroduction of Canadian swift foxes Symposium Three - Gerald Durrell’s legacy: managing species in human-modified landscapes - Cornwallis Lecture Theatre 1 14.45 - 15.00 CARROLL Impacts of landscape change on wolf restoration success: planning a reintroduction program using dynamic spatial models Population Viability Analysis - Session One - Grimond Lecture Theatre 2 16.15 - 16.30 KOEHLER Project cat (cougars and teaching): integrating science, schools and community in development planning Education and Outreach - Eliot Lecture Theatre 2 16.30 - 16.45 GOLDSTEIN Addressing people-spectacled bear conflicts due to crop raiding and livestock depredation Management of Protected Areas - Session One - Grimond Lecture Theatre 2 16.45 - 17.00 DOBSON Population ecology of pinniped herpesvirus infections and cancer in California sea lions Marine Conservation - Session Two - Grimond Lecture Theatre 3

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WEDNESDAY 17th July 11.15 - 11.30 WIKRAMANAYAKE The tiger in the Terai: using the ecology of umbrella species to plan conservation landscapes Landscape Ecology - Session Two - Grimond Lecture Theatre 2 11.30 - 11.45 SHRESTHA Landscape analysis of tiger and its prey base distribution in lowlands of Nepal Landscape Ecology - Session Two - Grimond Lecture Theatre 2 11.45 - 12.00 BIEK Using phylogeography of a microparasite to assess spatial population structure in its mammalian carnivore host Spatial Ecology and Conservation - Session Four - Grimond Lecture Theatre 3 13.30 - 13.45 KARANTH Human-carnivore conflict: strategies for mitigation and prevention Symposium Ten - Human-carnivore conflict: local solutions with global applications - Keynes Lecture Theatre 1 13.45 - 14.00 NAUGHTON Public attitudes toward managing problem wolves. Symposium Ten - Human-carnivore conflict: local solutions with global applications - Keynes Lecture Theatre 1 14.00 - 14.15 ANDERSONE Involving Baltic and Scandinavian hunters in large carnivore research and management Symposium Ten - Human-carnivore conflict: local solutions with global applications - Keynes Lecture Theatre 1 14.15 - 14.30 GINSBERG Human-wildlife conflict as a cause of global carnivore decline Symposium Ten - Human-carnivore conflict: local solutions with global applications - Keynes Lecture Theatre 1 14.30 - 14.45 SU SU Dynamics of a small carnivore community in Myanmar: some preliminary findings Community Ecology - Session One - Grimond Lecture Theatre 2 14.30 - 14.45 LINNELL Livestock husbandry and problem individuals' studies of Eurasian lynx in Norway and France Symposium Ten - Human-carnivore conflict: local solutions with global applications - Keynes Lecture Theatre 1 15.30 - 15.45 OGADA Large carnivore predation on livestock varies with husbandry practices in Laikipia, Kenya Symposium Ten - Human-carnivore conflict: local solutions with global applications - Keynes Lecture Theatre 1 15.45 - 16.00 JHALA Causes of wolf attack on livestock and children: implications for Indian wolf conservation Symposium Ten - Human-carnivore conflict: local solutions with global applications - Keynes Lecture Theatre 1 16.00 - 16.15 MISHRA The role of incentive schemes in conserving the snow leopard (Uncia uncia) Symposium Ten - Human-carnivore conflict: local solutions with global applications - Keynes Lecture Theatre 1

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16.15 - 16.30 SHIVIK Conservation biology in the real world: non-lethal techniques for managing predation Symposium Ten - Human-carnivore conflict: local solutions with global applications - Keynes Lecture Theatre 1 16.30 - 16.45 MUSIANI Anti-wolf barriers to manage captive and wild wolves and protect livestock Symposium Ten - Human-carnivore conflict: local solutions with global applications - Keynes Lecture Theatre 1 16.45 - 17.00 MERTENS The effect of damage prevention methods on large carnivore-livestock conflicts in Romania Symposium Ten - Human-carnivore conflict: local solutions with global applications - Keynes Lecture Theatre 1 17.00 - 17.15 TREVES Conserving carnivores in human-modified ecosystems: strategies for the new millennium Symposium Ten - Human-carnivore conflict: local solutions with global applications - Keynes Lecture Theatre 1 17.45 - 19.30 Poster Session Two Reception Marquee Viewing 09.00 - 17.30, Wednesday 17th July and Thursday 18th July 14) PATTERSON Evaluating tiger conservation: what social conditions allow for success in conservation?

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THURSDAY 18th July 10.45 - 11.00 MIQUELLE Spatial distribution of Far Eastern leopard in southwest Primorski Krai, and recommendations for their conservation Planning and Reserve Design - Session Four - Grimond Lecture Theatre 1 11.00 - 11.15 KRUEGER Managing transboundary populations of Amur tigers Planning and Reserve Design - Session Four - Grimond Lecture Theatre 1 11.00 - 11.15 HEINEMEYER American marten (Martes americana) movement responses to clear-cut forest management Conservation and Mammals - Session Two - Grimond Lecture Theatre 3 11.30 - 11.45 COURCHAMP Implications of the naturally biased sex ratio of Lycaon pictus for its conservation Population Dynamics - Eliot Lecture Theatre 2 11.45 - 12.00 MARKER Cheetah removal on Namibian farmlands: reasons, rates and conservation implications Population Dynamics - Eliot Lecture Theatre 2 13.45 - 14.00 MCCARTHY A snow leopard survival strategy Recovery of Endangered Species - Session Three - Rutherford Lecture Theatre 1 14.00 - 14.15 LYNAM Comparative status and distribution of tigers in Thailand and Myanmar Recovery of Endangered Species - Session Three - Rutherford Lecture Theatre 1 14.15 - 14.30 WAITS Recovering the endangered redwolf (Canis rufus): addressing the challenge of hybridization Recovery of Endangered Species - Session Three - Rutherford Lecture Theatre 1 14.30 - 14.45 MEDINA-VOGEL Assessment of threats facing the river otter in Chile and the human dimension of its conservation problem Recovery of Endangered Species - Session Three - Rutherford Lecture Theatre 1 14.45 - 15.00 GERBER Mortality sensitivity in life-stage simulation analysis: a case study of southern sea otters Recovery of Endangered Species - Session Three - Rutherford Lecture Theatre 1 16.15 - 16.30 PAGANO The European mink: biological conservation of western populations Recovery of Endangered Species - Session Four - Rutherford Lecture Theatre 1 17.00 - 17.15 FU New threats to the giant panda, Ailuropoda melanoleuca, and protection strategy in Pingwu, China Management of Protected Areas - Session Two - Grimond Lecture Theatre 3

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