PROGRAMME Congrès 2010 Meeting May 9 – 12 mai

PROGRAMME
Congrès 2010 Meeting
May 9 – 12 mai
Université Laval
Ville de Québec
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Welcome to the 5th Annual CSEE Meeting, Québec City, May 9 -12, 2010
This year’s CSEE meeting is hosted by Université Laval in Quebec City. The venue is held on campus at the Vandry
Building, with the plenaries across the street in the Pouliot Building. Posters may go up on the 1st floor in the Vandry as of 4
PM Sunday, and must be taken down by noon Wednesday. Lunches are not included this year. For any questions concerning
city buses, restaurant/cafeteria locations, gym access, the weather and more, please consult the CSEE_FAQ manual which
can be downloaded from the meeting website. An information desk and message board will be at your disposal during the
whole meeting on the 1st floor of the Vandry Building. Access to the internet will be provided on the 3rd floor computers,
rooms 3625A and 3625B, also in the Vandry Building. Free wireless access instructions will be provided in the registration
package upon arrival. Underground tunnels connect all major buildings on campus, including the dorms.
Congratulations to the 2010 Meeting Student Travel Award Winners
A. Winegardner, B. Kopach, C. Wagg, C. Brown, C. Crocker, C. Tuck, C. Watt, D. Smith, J. Viglas, J. Poissant, J. Miller, J.
Hughes, J. Shonfield, K. Umbers, L. Lachowsky, L. Silva, L. Warner, M. Delcourt, M. Laturney, N. Weerasuriya, N.
Mirotchnick, P. Debes, S.C. Hansen, T. Rzezniczak, T. Hossie, T. Lum, V. Rook, V.-A. Kowal, V. Srithayakumar, & X. Han.
Sunday Activities – May 9, 2010
• Registration and Information Desk – 1st Floor VANDRY from 4 PM to 9 PM.
• Poster Installation – 1st Floor VANDRY as of 4 PM. Take down Wednesday before noon.
• Outreach Activities – Ecology and Evolution for Kids, 2 PM to 5 PM, La Laurentienne Building Foyer.
• Public Lecture – Nadia Aubin-Horth.
2010: année de la biodiversité, siècle de la biologie (2010: Year of Biodiversity, Century of Biology), 5PM - 6 PM, La
Laurentienne Building, Jean-Paul Tardif conference room. Note that this public lecture will be given in French.
• Opening Reception – Pub Universitaire, Desjardins Building, 6 PM – 9 PM.
Monday Activities – May 10, 2010
• CSEE Student Presentation Award Day – Almost every student participating in this year’s CSEE Student Presentation
Award have been scheduled to present their talk on this day.
• NSERC Fellowships Lunch-Workshop – Bring your own lunch. Marchand Building, Hydro-Québec conference room, 1
PM – 2 PM. Free for meeting participants.
• Poster Session – 1st Floor Vandry, 5 PM – 7 PM.
• Vieux-Québec sightseeing and “beer night” – See the information desk for details.
Tuesday Activities – May 11, 2010
• End of the Student Presentation Award Day – The remaining participants are scheduled in the morning.
• 3rd Annual Student Lunch-Workshop – Workshop registration tickets are required to pick up a free lunch from the 1st
floor Vandry Building as of noon. The workshop is scheduled from 12:50 PM – 2 PM. Food and beverages are not
allowed in the workshop room: Vandry Building, 1811A. Guest speaker: Jim Handman, executive producer of the
Quirks and Quarks CBC show. Workshop title: Talking frogs and silent scientists: A simple survival guide to
speaking with the media. This workshop was organised by your CSEE Student/Post-doc council representative, Kathryn
(Kes) Morton. Free for meeting participants.
• CSEE General Business Meeting – Pouliot Building, Room 1112, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM.
• NSERC Grants Workshop – Pouliot Building, Room 1112, 4:30 PM – 5 PM.
• Banquet on the Louis Jolliet Cruiseship – Buses will be leaving behind the Vandry Building between 5:30 PM and 6:15
PM. The three-hour cruise begins at 7 PM. Buses will be coming back between 10 PM and 11:15 PM. Passengers can
stay on board until 11 PM. Registration Banquet Ticket required to come on board.
Wednesday Activities – May 12, 2010
• Lunch-Workshop – The future of biological field stations. Organised by Mark Forbes. Bring your own lunch.
Marchand Building, Hydro-Québec conference room, 1 PM – 2 PM. Free for meeting participants.
• Announcement of the CSEE Student Presentation Award Winners and Conclusion of Meeting – Pouliot Building, Room
1112, 4:15 PM – 5 PM.
Thursday Activity – May 13, 2010
• Cap Tourmente Field Trip – Buses will leave at 8:30 AM behind the Vandry Building, and come back at 4:30 PM, for
meeting participants that have registered for this event. Lunch will be provided.
The LOC team wishes you an enjoyable stay and a productive meeting in Québec City!
Louis Bernatchez (chair), Jeffrey Hutchings, Nadia Aubin-Horth, Stéphane Boudreau, Nathalie Brodeur, Steeve Côté,
Julie Jeukens, Christian Landry, Julie Turgeon and Éric Normandeau.
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Bienvenu au 5e congrès annuel de la SCÉÉ à Québec, 9 au 12 mai 2010
Cette année, l'Université Laval sera l'hôte officiel du congrès SCÉÉ se déroulant à Québec. Le congrès se déroulera sur le
campus de l’université principalement au Pavillon Vandry. Les plénières auront lieu au pavillon Pouliot, situé de l'autre côté
de la rue par rapport au pavillon Vandry. Les dîners ne seront pas fournis cette année. Pour toutes questions concernant le
transport en commun de la ville, les lieux de restauration et des cafétérias, accès au complexe sportif, la météo et plus,
veuillez consulter le manuel SCEE_FAQ, que vous pouvez télécharger du site web du congrès 2010. Un kiosque ainsi qu’un
panneau d’informations sera à votre disposition pendant tout le congrès, au premier niveau du Pavillon Vandry. L’accès à
l’internet vous sera possible à partir des ordinateurs au troisième niveau du Pavillon Vandry, dans les locaux 3625A et
3625B. Tous les participants au congrès auront accès à Internet sans fil sur le campus. Les modalités d'utilisations vous seront
dévoilées lors de votre inscription sur place. Des tunnels permettent d'accéder à la majorité des pavillons sur le campus,
incluant les résidences.
Félicitations aux gagnants des bourses de voyage de la SCÉÉ 2010
A. Winegardner, B. Kopach, C. Wagg, C. Brown, C. Crocker, C. Tuck, C. Watt, D. Smith, J. Viglas, J. Poissant, J. Miller, J.
Hughes, J. Shonfield, K. Umbers, L. Lachowsky, L. Silva, L. Warner, M. Delcourt, M. Laturney, N. Weerasuriya, N.
Mirotchnick, P. Debes, S.C. Hansen, T. Rzezniczak, T. Hossie, T. Lum, V. Rook, V.-A. Kowal, V. Srithayakumar, & X. Han.
Activités du dimanche, 9 mai 2010
• Inscription et kiosque d’informations – Niveau 1 du Pavillon Vandry de 16h à 21h.
• Installation des affiches – Niveau 1 du Pavillon Vandry à compter de 16h. Les affiches doivent êtres retirées avant l'heure
du dîner le mercredi 12 mai.
• Atelier Grand Public - Écologie et évolution pour les enfants, de 14h à 17h, Hall du Pavillon La Laurentienne.
• Conférence Grand Public – Nadia Aubin-Horth.
2010: année de la biodiversité, siècle de la biologie, 17h à 18h, Salle de conférence Jean-Paul Tardif du Pavillon La
Laurentienne.
• Réception d’ouverture – Le Pub Universitaire, Pavillon Desjardins, 18h à 21h.
Activités du lundi, 10 mai 2010
• Journée de compétition pour le Prix de présentation étudiante de la SCÉÉ – La majorité des participants de ce concours
présenteront pendant cette journée.
• Atelier CRSNG : Bourses – Emporter votre dîner. Salle de conférence Hydro-Québec au Pavillon Marchand de 13h à
14h. Événement gratuit pour les participants du congrès.
• Présentations d’affiches – Niveau 1 du Pavillon Vandry de 17h à 19h.
• Soirée bière dans le Vieux-Québec – Les détails vous seront fournis au kiosque d’informations.
Activités du mardi, 11 mai 2010
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Fin de la journée de compétition pour le Prix de présentation étudiante de la SCÉÉ – Les derniers participants de la
compétition présenteront le matin.
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3e atelier dîner annuel pour les membres étudiants et postdoctoraux – Les participants devront présenter leur billet de
participation à l’atelier pour réclamer la nourriture qui sera fournis pour le dîner avant l’atelier, à compter de 12h00 au
Niveau 1 du Pavillon Vandry. L’atelier se déroulera de 12h50 à 14h au local 1811A du Pavillon Vandry. La nourriture
et breuvages sont interdits dans ce local. Conférencier invité : Jim Handman, producteur exécutif de l'émission Quirks
and Quarks sur CBC. Titre de l’atelier: Talking frogs and silent scientists: A simple survival guide to speaking with
the media. Cet atelier à été organisé par votre représentante des membres aux études / post doc du conseil de la SCÉÉ :
Kathryn (Kes) Morton. Cet événement est gratuit pour les participants du congrès.
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Réunion générale de la SCÉÉ – Pavillon Pouliot, local 1112, 15h30 à 16h30.
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Atelier CRSNG : Subventions – Pavillon Pouliot local 1112, 16h30 à 17h00.
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Banquet : Souper Croisière sur le Louis Jolliet – Les départs des autobus seront effectués entre 17h30 et 18h15 pour le
Louis Jolliet. Lieux de départ : derrière le Pavillon Vandry. La croisière d’une durée de trois heures débutera à 19h. Les
autobus seront sur place entre 22h00 et 23h15 pour vous reconduire à l’université. Les passagers peuvent rester à bord
du bateau jusqu’à fermeture à 23h00. Les participants devront montrer leur billet pour avoir accès à cette activité.
Activités du mercredi, 12 mai 2010
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Atelier midi - The future of biological field stations. Organisé par Mark Forbes. Emporter votre dîner. Salle de
conférence Hydro-Québec au Pavillon Marchand de 13h à 14h. Événement gratuit pour les participants du congrès.
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Remises des prix de la compétition des présentations étudiantes de la SCÉÉ aux gagnants et Conclusion du congrès –
Pavillon Pouliot local 1112, de 16h15 à 17h00.
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Activités du jeudi, 13 mai 2010
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Sortie au Cap Tourmente – Pour les participants qui se sont inscris à cet événement, le départ des autobus s’effectuera à
8h30 derrière le Pavillon Vandry et reviendront à l’université à 16h30. Le dîner est inclus.
L’équipe du comité organisateur local vous souhaite un bon séjour et un congrès productif à Québec!
Louis Bernatchez (responsable), Jeffrey Hutchings, Nadia Aubin-Horth, Stéphane Boudreau, Nathalie Brodeur, Steeve Côté,
Julie Jeukens, Christian Landry, Julie Turgeon and Éric Normandeau.
CODES
Code
Code
BE
BSD
BSI
CCC
DS
EE
EEG
END
IS
LE
LHF
P
PGE
PHI
PIF
QGE
SBio
SES
SNord
SOc
SSM
TS
TSE
Nom de la session
Session Name
Behavioural Ecology
Biodiversity and Species Distribution
Biodiversity, Species distribution and Invasive species
Conservation and Climate Change
Disturbance and Stress
Evolutionary Ecology
Evolutionary and Ecological Genomics
Ecological Nutrient Dynamics
Invasive Species
Landscape Ecology
Life History and Fitness
Poster - Affiche
Population Genetics/Ecology
Parasite/Host and fungi/plant Interactions
Predator/prey Interactions and Food webs
Quantitative Genetics and Epigenetics
Symposium2 - Biodiversity: a molecular perspective
Speciation and Evolution
Symposium1 - Impacts of a changing climate in northern terrestrial ecosystems
Symposium3 - Marine ecosystems in a changing world
Sexual Selection and Mating Systems
Taxonomy and Systematics
Theoretical and Statistical Ecology
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INDEX
Nom / Last Name
Aarssen
Abrams
Addison
Adl
Agrawal
Ait Youcef
Antunes
April
Arbuthnott
Arseneau
Aubin-Horth
Audet
Austen
Avilés
Bailey
Bala
Barks
Barrett
Barrette
Basille
Basterfield
Beauclerc
Bell
Belley
Bennett
Bergeron
Bernard
Berteaux
Bilodeau
Biswas
Blackburn
Boag
Boudreau
Boulding
Bourret
Bourret
Bowman
Brackenridge
Bradley
Braid
Prénom / First Name
Lonnie
Peter
Jason
Sina
Aneil
Wahiba
Pedro
Julien
Devin
Jean
Nadia
Céline
Emily
Leticia
Susan
Kanak
Patrick
Rowan
Marie-France
Mathieu
Mark
Kaela
Graham
Rénald
Jonathan
Patrick
Kristine
Dominique
Émilie
Shekhar
Gwylim
Angela
Stéphane
Elizabeth
Audrey
Vincent
Jeff
Pierre-Luc
Robert
Heather
CODE
P58
PIF19
SES3
P40
EEG10
BSI4
IS7
BSI8
SSM6
BE6
BE16
LHF8
EE5
EE17
P45
EEG16
PIF7
SBio2
DS4
PIF16
CCC5
PGE24
EE20
P38
LHF6
LHF2
QGE1
SNord5
PHI8
P26
PGE12
P50
PGE19
IS5
EE2
CCC8
PGE23
P10
SNord2
BSI6
Nom / Last Name
Breton
Brouard
Brown
Burke
Cahill
Campana
Campbell
Careau
Carpinone
Carroll
Cartar
Cassini
Cassini
Castillo
Chagnon
Chang
Chang
Charvet
Cherif
Chillo
Chouteau
Ciotir
Colbeck
Cole
Correa
Côté
Côté
Couillard
Courant
Courbin
Crocker
Crosmary
Cullingham
Cumming
Cutter
Cyr
Dalrymple
Dante
Dasilva
David
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Prénom / First Name
Sophie
Jean-Simon
Carissa
Lindsey
James
Steven
Véronik
Vincent
Jessica
Justin
Ralph
Marcelo
Marcelo
Sarrah
Pierre-Luc
Esther
Belinda
Sophie
Mehdi
Verónica
Mathieu
Claudia
Gabriel
William
Cristián
Steeve
Héloïse
Pierre-Luc
Sabrina
Nicolas
Cindy
William-Georges
Catherine
Steven
Asher
Frédéric
Leah
Sneha Karen
Cindy
Morgan
CODE
P59
P91
DS7
PGE8
CCC16
SOc2
DS11
BE8
SSM3
PIF13
BE25
BE26
P25
P47
PHI14
END2
Plenary2
P27
PIF17
P39
EE8
BSD4
PGE34
SSM13
IS2
SNord4
P73
LE6
PIF11
LE8
DS13
DS5
PGE39
BSD12
SBio5
PGE3
BSD15
BSI7
P62
BE15
Nom / Last Name
De Lafontaine
De Leon
De Vito
De Waal
Deane
Debes
Delaire
Delcourt
Derraugh
Desnoyers
Dettman
Di Poi
Diallo
Dohms
Dorken
Douglas
Drouin
Dubuc-Messier
Duffy
Dufour Tremblay
Dugas
Dumont
Dupuch
Edokpayi
El Belely
Engelhardt
Estrada-Villegas
Evans
Evans
Falkowski
Favé
Finnegan
Fisher
Fitzsimmons
Fitzsimmons
Fletcher
Fortier
Foxe
Freeland
Freschi
Prénom / First Name
Guillaume
Luis Fernando
Jordan
Caroli
Petra
Paul
Lari
Matthieu
Lindsay
Meggie
Jeremy
Carole
Abdourahmane
Kimberly
Marcel
Laura
Guy
Gabrielle
Sean
Geneviève
Ryan
François
Angélique
Clement
Ehab
Sacha
Sergio
Melissa
Megan
Paul G.
Marie-Julie
Laura
Jason
Jay
Lauren
Quinn
Louis
John Paul
Joanna
Luca
CODE
PGE4
DS12
P6
EE4
SES5
EEG18
P43
SSM5
SSM15
P8
P2
BE14
DS1
PGE6
SSM12
EEG9
EEG14
P71
P82
BSD5
P83
P69
PGE15
P22
P33
P12
P57
PHI11
P36
Plenary3
EEG8
PGE28
BSD7
CCC2
P7
BE24
SOc4
SES4
PGE42
BE5
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Nom / Last Name
Friesen
Fu
Fussmann
Gagnon
Gagnon
Garant
Garrah
Garroway
Gerstein
Ghai
Godde
Gomez
Gooderham
Gorelick
Gorelick
Gorrell
Gorton
Gosselin
Granados
Gray
Griswold
Hadfield
Haerty
Halas
Hamdi
Hamilton
Hammill
Han
Hansen
Harniman
Harper
Harsant
Hassall
Hatton
Heard
Heath
Hendry
Henry
Heyland
Hik
Prénom / First Name
Caitlin
Yong-Bi
Gregor
Karine
Marie-Claude
Dany
Katherine
Colin
Aleeza
Ria
Sophie
Celine
Krista
Root
Root
Jamie
Penelope
Louis
Monica
Derek
Cortland
Kelly
Wilfried
Dominik
Helmi
Phineas
Mike
Xu
Sandra
Robert
Fiona
Jeffrey
Christopher
Ian
Stephen
Joel
Andrew
Gregory
Andreas
David
CODE
DS3
PGE26
PGE20
BSI2
SSM2
LHF13
P54
CCC12
SBio4
PHI2
P13
PGE32
PHI13
SSM14
P1
SSM4
P44
CCC17
P93
DS8
P63
EEG15
EEG12
BSI3
PGE18
CCC13
SOc3
BE13
PIF9
PGE35
P68
P34
BSD3
PIF4
EE13
BE17
EE21
SNord1
SBio1
SNord3
Nom / Last Name
Hornseth
Hossie
Hudson
Hughes
Hughes
Hunt
Hurford
Hutchings
Jacob
Jaeger
James
Jean
Jeffers
Jeffery
Jeffery
Jensen
Johnson
Johnstone
Jolicoeur
Judge
Julien
Kambo
Kanippayoor
Karst
Kerr
Khila
Kim
Kim
Kirk
Klaus
Knee
Knowles
Koen
Kopach
Kotanen
Kovach-Orr
Kowal
Kylafis
Lachowsky
Laird
Prénom / First Name
Megan
Thomas
Cameron
Josie
William
David
Amy
Jeffrey
Aerin
Jochen
Patrick
Mélanie
Sascha
Erica
Nicholas
Helen
Ladd
Jill
Ludovic
Kevin
Jean-Rémi
Dasvinder
Rachel
Justine
Kecia
Abderrahman
Min Ku
Shin Hun
Heather
Samantha
Wayne
James
Erin
Brian
Peter
Caolan
Virginia
Grigoris
Leanna
Robert
CODE
LE3
PIF8
P88
PIF6
LHF4
P66
PHI6
BSD8
CCC11
P52
PGE40
P56
P77
BE2
EEG1
PGE17
IS4
LE11
P24
SSM10
PIF3
P49
P48
BE22
LHF15
SBio3
CCC20
P78
IS3
P87
PHI5
EEG4
PGE30
EE3
IS6
PIF1
BSI5
TSE2
LHF1
EE12
Nom / Last Name
Lait
Lambert Koizumi
Landry
Laplante
Largaespada
Larocque
Lartillot
Laturney
Laurence
Laurin
LaZerte
Le Corre
Lebel
Lee-Jenkins
Legagneux
Leithead
Leroux
Leroux
Leung
Lima
Lindeman
Lindo
Lloyd-Smith
Lotz
Low-Decarie
Lum
Lyons
MacEachern
Madriñán Valderrama
Maneli
Marcoux
Marie
Marleau
Massicotte
McAdam
McCarthy
McCauley
McConnell
McNiven
Mee
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Prénom / First Name
Linda
Catherine
Christian
Louis
César
Allen
Nicolas
Meghan
Sophie
Cory
Stefanie
Nicolas
François
Stacey
Pierre
Mark
Claude
Shawn
Christelle
João
Amanda
Zoë
Georgia
Grace
Etienne
Thomas
Devin
Jody
Luis Francisco
David
Marianne
Amandine
Justin
Rachel
Andrew
Sara
Shannon
Murray
Vanda
Jonathan
CODE
PGE7
PGE11
EEG11
P55
P21
TSE1
EEG13
P89
PGE14
P32
BE21
BE12
P4
P14
LHF16
DS9
LHF10
CCC7
PGE33
BE23
BE1
BSD10
P92
P23
EE18
QGE4
IS1
P42
LE12
P29
BE7
PGE9
PIF5
QGE2
EE19
DS10
BE19
P18
EEG7
BSD9
Nom / Last Name
Melnyk
Mesias
Miller
Milot
Mirotchnick
Moehring
Mogensen
Molloy
Montiglio
Mooers
Moore
Mora
Morissette
Morris
Morris
Morris-Pocock
Murrant
Murray
Murray
Nicholls
Nolte
Nougoue
Oomen
Otis
Otto
Paez
Palstra
Parent
Patterson
Paul
Pedruski
Pelletier
Perez-Jvostov
Perley
Perrette
Perry
Petersen
Pierossi
Pillet
Pither
Prénom / First Name
Anita
Veronica
Joshua
Emmanuel
Nicholas
Amanda
Stephanie
Philip
Pierre-Olivier
Arne
Jean-Sébastien
Marcelo
Lyne
Douglas
Matthew
James
Meghan
Brent
Rosalind
Vanessa
Arne
Alphonse
Rebekah
Kirsten
Sarah
David
Friso
Geneviève
Brent
Jennifer
Michael
Fanie
Felipe
Danielle
Guillaume
Laura
Stephen
Paola
Marion
Jason
CODE
EEG6
P17
P74
LHF11
CCC6
SES1
LHF5
CCC14
P11
P28
PGE1
P76
PIF20
Plenary1
EE10
PGE37
P9
PGE38
BE28
TS2
SES2
P60
PGE5
END1
SSM7
SSM16
P70
EE6
PGE22
PGE21
BSD11
PIF21
PHI4
P86
P51
EE7
PGE31
EEG3
DS2
BSD1
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Nom / Last Name
Plasse
Poissant
Pollock
Price
Purchase
Radovski
Rasic
Rayfield
Read
Rees
Renaud
Renaut
Richards
Rioux-Paquette
Ritchie
Robinson
Robus
Rook
Rooney
Ropars
Rousseu
Rundle
Rzezniczak
Samani
Samarasekera
Schamp
Schulte-Hostedde
Séguin
Sentis
Shafer
Sharpe
Sherratt
Shipley
Shonfield
Shutler
Silva
Smith
Smith
Snelgrove
Sparkman
Prénom / First Name
Catherine
Jocelyn
Lisa
Glynis
Craig
Monica
Gordana
Bronwyn
Kaitlyn
Erin
Anaïs
Sébastien
Miriam
Elise
Marina
Stacey
Jennifer
Vanessa
Neil
Pascale
François
Howard
Teresa
Pedram
Gayathri
Brandon
Albrecht
Annie
Arnaud
Aaron
Diana
Tom
Bill
Julia
Dave
Lucas
David Roy
Karen
Paul
Amanda
CODE
LE1
EEG2
CCC4
PGE25
SSM17
BSD13
PGE41
BSD6
PGE10
PHI16
P20
EEG5
BE29
BE3
P81
EE9
LE5
P16
PIF18
LE4
P5
SSM9
QGE3
P61
P72
LHF12
SSM8
DS6
CCC15
P41
LHF14
EE16
TSE3
BE9
PHI12
CCC18
P67
P75
SOc5
LHF7
Nom / Last Name
Srithayakumar
St. Clair
St-Cyr
Stemberger
Stinchcombe
Stronen
Suarez
Sutherland
Taillon
Taillon
Talbot
Tariq
Tatarnic
Taylor
Tennenhouse
Therrien
Thompson
Tombak
Tracey
Trudel
Tuck
Tucker
Turetsky
Umbers
Urriago Suarez
Vagner
Vamosi
Vamosi
Vander Wal
Veilleux-Nolin
Velema
Vergilino
Vézeau
Prénom / First Name
Vythegi
Colleen
Jérôme
Tanya
John
Astrid
Adriana Rocio
Catherine
Joëlle
Joëlle
Benoit
Muhammad
Nikolai
Scott
Erica
Jean-François
Laura
Kaia
Amanda
Marc
Constance
Caroline
Merritt
Kate
Juan Diego
Marie
Jana
Steven
Eric
Mélanie
Gerrit
Roland
Corinne
CODE
PHI3
BE20
P94
P15
EEG19
EE14
P64
P80
LE7
P53
PGE2
CCC9
SSM11
PGE13
P3
PIF10
PGE29
BE10
EE1
SOc1
PIF2
BSD2
CCC19
BE11
PIF14
P35
EE15
SES6
BE4
P37
BE18
PHI9
P31
Nom / Last Name
Vickery
Viglas
Vilimek
Villeneuve Simard
Vincent
Wadgymar
Wagg
Wagner
Wagner
Walker
Wallace
Walpole
Warner
Watt
Webb
Weir
Weladji
Whattam
White
Whiteley
Wilcox
Wilson
Winegardner
Winkler
Wogin
Wong
Wong
Woods
Xia
Yakimowski
Young
Zikovitz
12
Prénom / First Name
William
Jayme
Michael
Marie-Pascale
Crystal
Susana
Cameron
Helene
Viktoria
Xanthe
Sarah
Aaron
Lucas
Cortney
Tom
Laura
Robert
Emily
Peter
Jonathan
Mark
Paul
Amanda
Gesche
Michael
Edward
Alex
Carrie
Xuhua
Sarah
Brent
Andrea
CODE
P19
LE9
LHF3
PGE16
PHI1
P46
PHI10
CCC10
PHI7
P30
P90
LE10
LHF9
P65
BSD14
EE11
BE27
SSM1
LE2
CCC3
PIF15
TS1
CCC1
PGE36
PHI15
TSE4
P84
BSI1
EEG17
PGE27
P79
P85
Lundi matin -10 mai 2010 / Monday AM -May 10, 2010
Journée de compétition pour le prix de présentation étudiante de la SCÉÉ /
CSEE Student Presentation Award Competition Day
Local /
Room
9h309h45
9h4510h00
10h0010h15
10h1510h30
Vandry 2245B
SNord1
G. Henry,
UBC
SNord2
R. Bradley,
U de Sherbrooke
Vandry 2855B
Vandry 2811A
Vandry 2809A
Vandry 2289A
Vandry 2291A
*BE1
A. Lindeman,
Concordia U
*PGE1
J.-S. Moore,
UBC
*EE1
A. Tracey,
Queen's U
*PIF1
C. Kovach-Orr,
McGill U
*EEG1
N. Jeffery,
U of Guelph
*BE2
E. Jeffery,
SFU
*BE3
E. Rioux-Paquette,
U de Sherbrooke
*BE4
E. Vander Wal,
U of Saskatchewan
*PGE2
B. Talbot,
U de Montréal
*PGE3
F. Cyr,
U de Montréal
*PGE4
G. de Lafontaine,
U Laval
*EE2
A. Bourret,
U Laval
*EE3
B. Kopach,
U of Calgary
*EE4
C. De Waal,
U of Toronto
*PIF2
C. Tuck,
Dalhousie U
*PIF3
J.-R. Julien,
U Laval
*PIF4
I. Hatton
McGill U
*EEG2
J. Poissant,
U of Alberta
*EEG3
P. Pierossi,
U of Guelph
*EEG4
J. Knowles,
U of Alberta
10h3011h00
11h0011h15
11h1511h30
11h3011h45
11h4512h00
12h0012h15
12h1512h30
Coffee Break
SNord3
D. Hik,
U of Alberta
SNord4
S. Côté,
U Laval
SNord5
D. Berteaux,
UQAR
Pause Café
*BE5
L. Freschi,
U Laval
*PGE5
R. Oomen,
Trent U
*EE5
E. Austen,
U of Toronto
*PIF5
J. Marleau,
McGill U
*EEG5
S. Renaut,
U Laval
*BE6
J. Arseneau,
Trent U
*PGE6
K. Dohms,
U of Lethbridge
*EE6
G. Parent,
U Laval
*PIF6
J. Hughes,
U of Toronto
*BE7
M. Marcoux,
McGill U
*PGE7
L. Lait,
U of Lethbridge
*EE7
L. Perry,
Trent U
*PIF7
P. Barks,
Carleton U
*EEG6
A. Melnyk,
U of Ottawa
*EEG7
V. McNiven,
U of Western
Ontario
*BE8
V. Careau,
U de Sherbrooke
*PGE8
L. Burke,
U of Alberta
*EE8
M. Chouteau,
U de Montréal
*PIF8
T. Hossie,
Carleton U.
*EEG8
M.-J. Favé,
McGill U
*BE9
J. Shonfield,
U of Guelph
*PGE9
A. Marie,
U de Sherbrooke
*EE9
S. Robinson,
Carleton U
*PIF9
S.C. Hansen,
Thompson
Rivers U
EEG9
L. Douglas,
Laurentian U
*BE10
K. Tombak,
McGill U
*PGE10
K. Read,
U of Guelph
*EE10
M. Morris,
U of Calgary
*PIF10
J.-F. Therrien,
U Laval
*DS1
A. Diallo,
U de Vigo,
Spain
( * ) Compétition pour le prix de présentation étudiante de la SCÉÉ
( * ) CSEE Student Presentation Award Competition
13
Lundi après-midi -10 mai 2010 / Monday PM -May 10, 2010
Journée de compétition pour le prix de présentation étudiante de la SCÉÉ /
CSEE Student Presentation Award Competition Day
Local /
Room
Vandry 2245B
Vandry 2855B
Vandry 2811A
Vandry 2809A
Vandry 2289A
Vandry 2291A
14h0014h15
*CCC1
A. Winegardner,
U of Guelph
*BE11
K. Umbers,
Macquarie U
*PGE11
C. Lambert Koizumi,
U of Alberta
*LHF1
L. Lachowsky,
U of Calgary
*PIF11
S. Courant,
U Laval
*DS2
M. Pillet,
UQAR - ISMER
14h1514h30
*CCC2
J. Fitzsimmons,
U of Ottawa
*BE12
N. Le Corre,
U Laval
*PGE12
G. Blackburn,
UBC
*LHF2
P. Bergeron,
U de Sherbrooke
*BSI1
C. Woods,
Clemson U
*DS3
C.N. Friesen,
McGill U
14h3014h45
*CCC3
J. Whiteley,
McGill U
*BE13
X. Han,
Queen's U
*PGE13
S. Taylor,
Queen's U
*LHF3
M. Vilimek,
Memorial U
*BSI2
K. Gagnon,
U Laval
*DS4
M.-F. Barrette,
U de Sherbrooke
14h4515h00
*CCC4
L. Pollock,
Trent U
*LE1
C. Plasse,
U Laval
*PGE14
S. Laurence,
Laurentian U
*LHF4
W. Hughes,
Carleton U
*BSI3
D. Halas,
U of Minnesota
*DS5
W.G. Crosmary,
U Laval
15h0015h15
*CCC5
M. Basterfield,
Trent U
*LE2
P. White,
McGill U
*SSM1
E. Whattam,
Carleton U
*LHF5
S. Mogensen,
Dalhousie U
*BSI4
W. Ait Youcef,
UQAR - ISMER
*DS6
A. Séguin,
UQAR - ISMER
15h1515h30
*CCC6
N. Mirotchnick,
U of Toronto
*LE3
M. Hornseth,
Trent U
*SSM2
M.-C. Gagnon,
U Laval
*LHF6
J.A. Bennett,
U of Alberta
*BSI5
V.A. Kowal,
U of Calgary
*DS7
C. Brown
U of Saskatchewan
15h3016h00
Coffee Break
Pause Café
16h0016h15
*CCC7
S. Leroux,
McGill U
*LE4
P. Ropars,
U Laval
*SSM3
J. Carpinone,
Carleton U
*QGE1
K. Bernard,
Laurentian U
*BSI6
H. Braid,
U of Guelph
*DS8
D. Gray,
Queen's U
16h1516h30
*CCC8
V. Bourret,
U Laval
*LE5
J. Robus,
Trent U
*SSM4
J. Gorrell,
U of Alberta
*QGE2
R. Massicotte,
U de Montréal
*BSI7
S.K. Dante,
Queen's U
*DS9
M. Leithead,
U of Guelph
16h3016h45
*CCC9
M. Tariq,
Imperial College
London
*LE6
P.-L. Couillard,
U Laval
*SSM5
M. Delcourt,
U of Ottawa
*QGE3
T. Rzezniczak,
Laurentian U
*BSI8
J. April,
U Laval
*DS10
S. McCarthy,
Concordia U
16h4517h00
CCC10
H. Wagner,
U of Toronto
*LE7
J. Taillon,
U Laval
*SSM6
D.W. Arbuthnott,
U of Ottawa
*QGE4
T. Lum,
Laurentian U
( * ) Compétition pour le prix de présentation étudiante de la SCÉÉ
( * ) CSEE Student Presentation Award Competition
14
*DS11
V. Campbell
Dalhousie U
Mardi matin -11 mai 2010 / Tuesday AM -May 11, 2010
Fin de la journée de compétition pour le prix de présentation étudiante de la SCÉÉ /
End of the CSEE Student Presentation Award Competition Day
Local /
Room
9h309h45
9h4510h00
10h0010h15
10h1510h30
Vandry 2245B
SBio1
A. Heyland,
U of Guelph
SBio2
R. Barrett,
UBC
Vandry 2855B
Vandry 2811A
Vandry 2809A
Vandry 2289A
Vandry 2291A
*PHI1
C.M. Vincent,
U of Toronto
*LE8
N. Courbin,
U Laval
CCC11
A. Jacob,
McGill U
PGE15
A. Dupuch,
Lakehead U
BSD1
J. Pither,
UBC - Okanagan
*PHI2
R. Ghai,
McGill U
LE9
J. Viglas,
U of Saskatchewan
CCC12
C.J. Garroway,
Trent U
PGE16
M.-P. Villeneuve
Simard, U Laval
BSD2
C. Tucker,
U of Toronto
LE10
A. Walpole,
Trent U
CCC13
P. Hamilton,
U of Victoria
PGE17
H. Jensen,
McGill U
BSD3
C. Hassall,
Carleton U
LE11
J. Johnstone,
U of Saskatchewan
CCC14
P. Molloy,
UBC
PGE18
H. Hamdi,
UQAR - ISMER
BSD4
C. Ciotir,
Trent U
*PHI3
V.
Srithayakumar,
Trent U
*PHI4
F. Perez
Jvostov,
McGill U
10h3011h00
Coffee Break
Pause Café
*PHI5
W. Knee,
Carleton U
LE12
L.F. Madriñán
Valderrama,
Concordia U
CCC15
A. Sentis,
U de Montréal
PGE19
S. Boudreau,
U Laval
BSD5
G. Dufour
Tremblay,
U Laval
*PHI6
A.L. Hurford,
Queen's U
EE11
L. Weir
SFU
CCC16
J. Cahill,
U of Alberta
PGE20
G. Fussmann,
McGill U
BSD6
B. Rayfield,
McGill U
*PHI7
V. Wagner,
U of HalleWittenberg,
Germany
EE12
R. Laird,
U of Lethbridge
CCC17
L.A. Gosselin,
Thompson
Rivers U
PGE21
J. Paul,
Trent U
BSD7
J.T. Fisher,
Alberta
Research
Council
11h4512h00
*PHI8
É. Bilodeau,
U Laval
EE13
S. Heard,
UNB
CCC18
L. Silva,
U of Guelph
12h0012h15
*PHI9
R. Vergilino,
UQAR
EE14
A. V. Stronen,
U de Montréal
CCC19
M. Turetsky,
U of Guelph
*PHI10
C. Wagg,
U of Zürich,
Switzerland
EE15
J. Vamosi,
U of Calgary
CCC20
M.K. Kim,
U of Western
Ontario
11h0011h15
11h1511h30
SBio3
A. Khila,
U of Toronto
11h3011h45
SBio4
A. Gerstein,
UBC
12h1512h30
SBio5
A. Cutter,
U of Toronto
PGE22
B. Patterson,
Ontario Ministry
of Natural
Resources
PGE23
J. Bowman,
Ontario Ministry
of Natural
Resources
PGE24
K. Beauclerc,
Trent U
( * ) Compétition pour le prix de présentation étudiante de la SCÉÉ
( * ) CSEE Student Presentation Award Competition
15
BSD8
J. Hutchings,
Dalhousie U
BSD9
J Mee,
UBC
BSD10
Z. Lindo,
McGill U
Mardi après-midi -11 mai 2010 / Tuesday PM -May 11, 2010
Local /
Room
Vandry 2245B
Vandry 2855B
Vandry 2811A
Vandry 2809A
Vandry 2289A
Vandry 2291A
14h0014h15
EEG10
A. Agrawal ,
U of Toronto
PHI11
M. Evans,
U Laval
EE16
T. Sherratt,
Carleton U
SES1
A. Moehring,
U of Western
Ontario
LHF7
A. Sparkman,
Trent U
BSD11
M. Pedruski,
McGill U
14h1514h30
EEG11
C. Landry,
U Laval
PHI12
D. Shutler,
Acadia U
EE17
L. Avilés,
UBC
SES2
A. Nolte,
Max-Planck Institute
for Evolutionary
Biology, Germany
LHF8
C. Audet,
UQAR – ISMER
BSD12
S.G. Cumming,
U Laval
14h3014h45
EEG12
W. Haerty,
McMaster U
PHI13
K. Gooderham,
Laurentian U
EE18
E. Low-Decarie,
McGill U
SES3
J. Addison,
UNB
14h4515h00
EEG13
N. Lartillot,
U de Montreal
PHI14
P.-L. Chagnon,
U de Sherbrooke
EE19
A. McAdam,
U of Guelph
SES4
J.P. Foxe,
York U
LHF9
L. Warner,
Memorial U of
Newfoundland
LHF10
C. Leroux,
U Laval
15h0015h15
EEG14
G. Drouin,
U d'Ottawa
PHI15
M. Wogin,
SFU
EE20
G. Bell,
McGill U
SES5
P. Deane,
Queen's U
LHF11
E. Milot,
UQAM
15h1515h30
EEG15
K. Hadfield,
U of Guelph
EE21
A.P. Hendry,
McGill U
SES6
S.M. Vamosi,
U of Calgary
LHF12
B. Schamp,
Algoma U
PHI16
E.E. Rees
U de Montréal
16
BSD13
M. Radovski,
McGill U
BSD14
T. Webb,
U of Sheffield
BSD15
L. Dalrymple,
UNB Saint John
Mercredi matin -12 mai 2010 / Wednesday AM -May 12, 2010
Local /
Room
Vandry 2245B
Vandry 2855B
Vandry 2811A
Vandry 2809A
Vandry 2289A
Vandry 2291A
PGE25
G. Price,
Trent U
PIF13
J. Carroll,
Carleton U
TSE1
A. Larocque,
McGill U
BE14
C. Di Poi,
U Laval
SSM7
S. Otto,
UBC
9h4510h00
PGE26
Y.-B. Fu,
Plant Gene
Resources
of Canada
PIF14
J.D. Urriago
Suarez,
U Laval
TSE2
G. Kylafis,
McGill U
BE15
M. David,
UQAM
SSM8
A. SchulteHostedde,
Laurentian U
10h0010h15
PGE27
S. Yakimowski,
U of Toronto
PIF15
M.A. Wilcox,
UNB
- Saint John
TSE3
Bill Shipley,
U de Sherbrooke
BE16
N. Aubin-Horth,
U Laval
SSM9
H.D. Rundle,
U of Ottawa
PGE28
L. Finnegan,
Trent U
PIF16
M. Basille,
U Laval
TSE4
E. Wong,
McGill U
BE17
J.P. Heath,
UBC
SSM10
K. Judge,
U of Lethbridge
9h309h45
SOc1
M. Trudel,
DFO Canada
10h1510h30
SOc2
S.E. Campana,
DFO Canada
10h3011h00
11h0011h15
11h1511h30
11h3011h45
11h4512h00
12h0012h15
12h1512h30
Coffee Break
SOc3
M. Hammill,
MPO Canada
SOc4
L. Fortier,
U Laval,
Québec-Océan
SOc5
P. Snelgrove,
Memorial U of
Newfoundland
Pause Café
PGE29
L. Thompson,
Trent U
PIF17
M. Cherif,
McGill U
END1
K.V. Otis,
U of Guelph
BE18
G. Velema,
UBC
SSM11
N. Tatarnic,
U of New South
Wales
PGE30
E. Koen,
Trent U
PIF18
N. Rooney,
U of Guelph
END2
E. Chang,
UBC - Okanagan
BE19
S. McCauley,
U of Toronto
SSM12
M. Dorken,
Trent U
PGE31
S. Peterson,
DFO Canada
PIF19
P. Abrams,
U of Toronto
DS12
L.F. De Leon,
McGill U
BE20
C. Cassady
St.Clair,
U of Alberta
SSM13
W.W. Cole,
U of Toronto
PGE32
C. Gomez,
Trent U
PIF20
L. Morissette,
U de Guelph et
UQAR
DS13
C.D. Crocker,
Laurentian U
BE21
S. LaZerte,
McGill U
SSM14
R. Gorelick,
Carleton U.
PGE33
C. Leung,
U de Montréal
PIF21
F. Pelletier,
U de Sherbrooke
TS1
P. Wilson,
Trent U
BE22
J. Karst,
U of Alberta
SSM15
L. Derraugh,
Carleton U
TS2
V. Nicholls,
Trent U
BE23
J. Lima,
U of Guelph
SSM16
D.J. Paez,
U Laval
PGE34
G. Colbeck,
U Laval
17
Mercredi après-midi -12 mai 2010 / Wednesday PM -May 12, 2010
Local /
Room
Vandry 2245B
Vandry 2855B
Vandry 2811A
14h0014h15
EEG16
K. Bala,
U of Ottawa
PGE35
R. Harniman,
Laurentian U
14h1514h30
EEG17
X. Xia,
U of Ottawa
14h3014h45
14h4515h00
Vandry 2289A
Vandry 2291A
IS1
D. Lyons,
U of Alberta
BE24
Q.E. Fletcher,
McGill U
SSM17
C. Purchase,
Memorial U
PGE36
G. Winkler,
UQAR - ISMER
IS2
C. Correa,
McGill U
BE25
R. Cartar,
U of Calgary
LHF13
D. Garant,
U de Sherbrooke
EEG18
P.V. Debes,
Dalhouise U
PGE37
J.A. Morris-Pocock,
Queen's U
IS3
H. Kirk,
Trent U
BE26
M.H. Cassini,
U de Luján,
Argentina
LHF14
D. Sharpe,
McGill U
EEG19
J.R. Stinchcombe,
U of Toronto
PGE38
B.W. Murray,
UNBC
IS4
L.E. Johnson,
U Laval
BE27
R. Weladji,
Concordia U
LHF15
K. Kerr,
McGill U
15h0015h15
PGE39
C. Cullingham,
U of Alberta
IS5
E.G. Boulding,
U of Guelph
BE28
R.L. Murray,
U of Toronto
LHF16
P. Legagneux,
U Laval
15h1515h30
PGE40
P. James,
U of Alberta
IS6
P.M. Kotanen,
U of Toronto
- Mississauga
BE29
M. Richards,
Brock U
15h3015h45
PGE41
G. Rasic,
U of Western Ontario
IS7
P.M. Antunes,
Algoma U
15h4516h00
PGE42
J. Freeland,
Trent U
18
Vandry 2809A
Plenaries and Symposia
Plénières et Symposiums
Symposium 1
Impacts of a changing climate in northern terrestrial ecosystems
« Impacts du changement climatique dans les écosystèmes terrestres nordiques »
Organizers-Organisateurs : Stéphane Boudreau & Steeve Côté
Sponsor-Commanditaire : Centre d’Études Nordiques
___________________________________________________________________________________________
Plenary1 - Plénière1
Presidential address - Discours du president
Room/Local: Pouliot 1112:
8h15-9h15
Doug Morris, Research Chair in Northern Studies, Department of Biology, Lakehead University.
Adaptation for a changing planet.
___________________________________________________________________________________________
SNord1
Gregory Henry ([email protected]) University of British Columbia.
A circumpolar synthesis of vegetation responses to recent climate changes.
SNord2
Robert Bradley ([email protected]) Université de Sherbrooke.
Climate change and soil processes.
SNord3
David Hik ([email protected]) University of Alberta.
Northern alpine herbivores in a warming climate.
SNord4
Steeve Côté ([email protected]) Université Laval.
The pace of migratory caribou in a changing north.
SNord5
Dominique Berteaux ([email protected]) Université du Québec à Rimouski.
Impact of climate change on northern carnivores.
Symposium 2
Biodiversity: a molecular perspective
« Biodiversité : une perspective moléculaire »
Organizers-Organisateurs : Nadia Aubin-Horth & Christian Landry
Sponsor-Commanditaire : Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes (IBIS), Université Laval
___________________________________________________________________________________________
Plenary2-Plénière2
Room/Local: Pouliot 1112:
8h15-9h15
Une présentation spéciale de PROTEO - Special Presentation of PROTEO
Belinda Chang, Department of Cell & Systems Biology et Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology,
University of Toronto.
Molecular evolution of visual pigment proteins.
___________________________________________________________________________________________
19
SBio1
Andreas Heyland ([email protected]) Univeristy of Guelph, Department of Integrative Biology.
Mechanisms underlying life history evolution in Echinoids.
SBio2
Rowan Barrett ([email protected]) University of British Columbia, Department of Zoology.
The genetics of adaptation to freshwater in stickleback.
SBio3
Abderrahman Khila ([email protected]) University of Toronto-Department of Ecology &
Evolutionary Biology, and McGill University-Department of Biology.
The developmental genetic basis of appendage diversification in the semi-aquatic bugs.
SBio4
Aleeza Gerstein ([email protected]) University of British Columbia, Department of Zoology.
Teasing apart the appearance and subsequent loss of ploidy diversity during experimental evolution with
Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
SBio5
Asher Cutter ([email protected]) University of Toronto, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology.
Levels of molecular genetic variation in Caenorhabditis nematodes: The causes of heterogeneity within, and
between, genomes and species.
Symposium 3
Marine ecosystems in a changing world
«Les écosystèmes marins dans un monde en évolution »
Organizers-Organisateurs : Louis Bernatchez & Brigitte Robineau
Sponsors-Commanditaires : Québec-Océan & Ministère des Pêches et Océans Canada – Department of
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
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Plenary3-Plénière3
Room/Local: Pouliot 1112:
8h15-9h15
Paul G. Falkowski Institute of Marine & Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University.
The once and future ocean.
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SOc1
Marc Trudel ([email protected]) Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Pacific Biological
Station.
Climate change and Pacific salmon production in the marine environment.
SOc2
Steven E. Campana ([email protected]) Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Bedford
Institute of Oceanography.
Declining shark populations due to human activities: what can science do to solve the problem?
SOc3
Mike Hammill Ministère des Pêches et Océans Canada, Institut Maurice Lamontagne.
Harp seals and Grey seals in Canada: Potential Ecosystem Impacts of Conservation Success Stories.
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SOc4
Louis Fortier ([email protected]) Université Laval, Québec-Océan.
The Arctic Ocean and its ecosystems: a world poised for rapid change.
SOc5
Paul Snelgrove ([email protected]) Memorial University, Ocean Sciences Centre.
Marine Biodiversity in the 21st Century: Making Ocean Life Count.
Oral Presentations –Présentations Orales
(*) CSEE Student Presentation Award Competition
(*) Compétition pour le Prix de présentation étudiante de la SCÉÉ
Behavioural Ecology
*BE1
Effects of arrival synchrony and population density on territory size and growth rate in stream salmonids
Amanda A. Lindeman ([email protected]) & James W.A. Grant. Concordia University.
*BE2
Behaviourally-mediated size effects in mosquitofish foraging success Erica Jeffery ([email protected]) &
Bernard Roitberg. Simon Fraser University.
*BE3
No inbreeding avoidance in an isolated population of bighorn sheep Elise Rioux-Paquette ([email protected]), Marco Festa-Bianchet & Dave Coltman. Université de Sherbrooke.
*BE4
Elk sociality at different densities: implications for pathogen transmission Eric Vander Wal
([email protected]), Philip D. McLoughlin, François Messier, & Paul C. Paquet. University of
Saskatchewan.
*BE5
Perception responses and behavioural ecology: Halobacterium salinarum as a case study Luca Freschi
([email protected]), Davide Cangelosi, Giovanni Cercignani, Davide Chiarugi, Nicoletta Deiana,
Salvatore Fabbiano, Claudio Felicioli, Lorenzo Fulgentini, Sabrina Lucia & Roberto Marangoni. Université
Laval.
*BE6
Effects of inter-pack competition on territory quality and migration behaviour in eastern wolves (Canis
lycaon) Jean Arseneau ([email protected]), Karen Loveless, Brent Patterson, Kenneth Mills &
Dennis Murray. Trent University.
*BE7
Do narwhals travel in groups? Statistical tools for the analysis of temporal patterns in behavioural
observations Marianne Marcoux ([email protected]), Guillaume Larocque, Marie
Auger-Méthé, Pierre Dutilleul & Murray M. Humphries. Université McGill.
*BE8
The quantitative genetics of energy expenditure and its relationship with personality in deer mice Vincent
Careau ([email protected]), Denis Réale, Murray Humphries & Fanie Pelletier. Université
de Sherbrooke.
*BE9
Behavioural responses of red squirrels to territorial playbacks of kin and non-kin Julia Shonfield
([email protected]) Jamie Gorrell, Stan Boutin, David Coltman, Murray Humphries & Andrew
McAdam. University of Guelph.
*BE10
Subtle differences in dominance status among folivorous primates might matter: is the folivore paradox
valid? Kaia Tombak ([email protected]) & Colin Chapman. McGill University.
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*BE11
Colour change and the chameleon grasshopper (Kosciuscola tristis) an Australian alpine specialist Kate D.
L. Umbers ([email protected]) & Marie E. Herberstein. Macquarie University.
*BE12
Spatio-temporal recruitment analysis and planktonic growth of the blue mussel Nicolas Le Corre
([email protected]), André martel, Ladd Johnson & Frédéric Guichard. Université Laval.
*BE13
The evolutionary consequences of sperm senescence in Drosophila melanogaster Xu Han
([email protected]) Bob Montgomerie & Adam Chippindale. Queen's University.
BE14
Antipredator behavior in three-spined stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus: Are freshwater fish more bold
than their marine ancestor? Carole Di Poi ([email protected]), Sean Rogers & Nadia Aubin-Horth.
Université Laval.
BE15
Personality influences zebra finch feeding success in a producer-srounger game Morgan David
([email protected]) & Luc-Alain Giraldeau. Université du Québec à Montréal.
BE16
Molecular mechanisms underlying personality variation in sticklebacks Nadia Aubin-Horth ([email protected]), Sophie Cloutier & Marilou Deschênes. Université Laval.
BE17
Adaptive variation in diving and foraging patterns of Common Eiders wintering in sea ice habitats Joel P.
Heath ([email protected]), H. Grant Gilchrist & Ronald C. Ydenberg. University of British Columbia.
BE18
Killing the Mood: Invasive Signal Crayfish Disrupts Reproductive Behaviours of a Threespine Stickleback
Species Pair Gerrit Velema ([email protected]). University of British Columbia.
BE19
Notonecta exhibit threat-sensitive, predator-induced dispersal Shannon McCauley
([email protected]) & Locke Rowe.University of Toronto.
BE20
Use of learning theory for managing black bears in conflict with people Colleen Cassady St.Clair
([email protected]), Lori Homstol & Ian Warrington. University of Alberta.
BE21
Myth of the 'Busy Chipmunk': Long-term quantification of activity and rest in a natural population Stefanie
LaZerte ([email protected]) & Donald L. Kramer. McGill University.
BE22
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi alter foraging behavior in Achillea millefolium Justine Karst
([email protected]), Pamela Belter, Jon Bennett, Gord McNickle & James Cahill. University of Alberta.
BE23
What can we see with C-values? Patterns of genome size, morphology and ecology within Hymenoptera
João Lima ([email protected]), Bob Hanner, Joseph Shorthouse & Ryan Gregory. University of Guelph.
Laurentian University.
BE24
Seasonal energetics of a northern free-ranging mammal in a resource pulse system Quinn E. Fletcher
([email protected]), Stan Boutin, Andrew G. McAdam, Jeff E. Lane, John R. Speakman, &
Murray M. Humphries. McGill University.
BE25
Determinants of foraging gain in wild bumble bees Ralph Cartar ([email protected]).University of
Calgary.
BE26
Behavioral consequences of the Allée effect at high population densities in patchy environments Marcelo
H. Cassini ([email protected]).Depart. Ciencias Básicas, Univ. de Luján, Argentina.
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BE27
Reproductive success in reindeer males: an experimental test of the effects of males’ characteristics, males’
age structure and sex ratio Robert Weladji ([email protected]), Knut Røed, Holand Øystein &
Mauri Nieminen. Concordia University.
BE28
Determinants of male fertilization success in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans Rosalind L. Murray
([email protected]) & Asher D. Cutter. University of Toronto.
BE29
Does relatedness matter at the brink of sociality? In bees, maybe not as much as we thought Miriam
Richards ([email protected]), Marianne Peso & Chris Course. Brock University.
Biodiversity and Species Distribution
BSD1
Environmental specialization and macroecological patterns: insights from freshwater diatoms Jason Pither
([email protected]).University of British Columbia – Okanagan.
BSD2
Differential contribution of fire, space and climate to distribution and abundance in a fire-adapted system
Caroline M. Tucker ([email protected]), A.G. Rebelo & L.L. Manne. University of Toronto.
BSD3
Present and future diversity of North American Odonata Christopher Hassall
([email protected]). Carleton University.
BSD4
Phylogeography of Ontario endemics with disjunct distributions Claudia Ciotir ([email protected]),
Jennifer Coughlan & Joanna Freeland. Trent University.
BSD5
Black spruce regeneration at the treeline ecotone: synergistic impacts of climate change and caribou activity
Geneviève Dufour Tremblay ([email protected]) & Stéphane Boudreau. Université
Laval, Centre d'études Nordiques.
BSD6
Experimental habitat networks for spatial ecology Bronwyn Rayfield ([email protected])
& Andrew Gonzalez. McGill University.
BSD7
From absence of proof, to proof of absence: Wolverine density and habitat selection on the edge of the
Canadian Rockies Jason T. Fisher ([email protected]), Steve Bradbury, Luke Nolan &
Matthew Wheatley. Alberta Research Council.
BSD8
The Convention on Biological Diversity 2010 Target: Hits and Misses for Marine Fishes Jeffrey
Hutchings ([email protected]), Coilin Minto, Daniel Ricard & Julia Baum. Dalhousie University.
BSD9
Origin and distribution of hybrid fish in the genus Phoxinus Jonathan Mee ([email protected]) & Eric
B. Taylor. University of British Columbia.
BSD10
Metacommunity diversity depends on network connectivity and arrangement in heterogeneous landscapes
Zoë Lindo ([email protected]), Chelsea Chisholm & Andrew Gonzalez. McGill University.
BSD11
Competitive dynamics in experimental metacommunities: equalizing and stabilizing mechanisms Michael
Pedruski ([email protected]), Andrew Gonzalez & Gregor Fussmann. McGill University.
BSD12
The relative importance of climate and landcover covariates in modelling the spatial distribution of boreal
songbirds Steven G. Cumming ([email protected]), Kara Lefevre, Erin Bayne, Shoufan Fang, Trish
Fontaine, Fiona Schmiegelow & Samantha Song. Université Laval.
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BSD13
Testing a trait-based model for the assembly of fern communities Monica Radovski
([email protected]) & Martin Lechowicz. McGill University.
BSD14
Known unknowns: gaps in our knowledge of marine biodiversity Tom Webb
([email protected]).University of Sheffield, UK.
BSD15
Wood you be mine? Forest conservation implications of bryophyte – rotting log associations Leah
Dalrymple ([email protected]) & Katherine Frego. University of New Brunswick - Saint John.
Biodiversity, Species Distribution and Invasive Species
*BSI1
Tropical canopy epiphyte succession in Panama Carrie L. Woods ([email protected]) & Saara J. DeWalt.
Clemson University.
*BSI2
Dispersal and establishment of the invasive green alga Codium fragile in eelgrass meadows Karine
Gagnon ([email protected]), Chris McKindsey & Ladd Johnson. Université Laval.
*BSI3
Using Nuclear Genes to Elucidate Patterns of Biogeographical Diversification in Time and Space in The
Freshwater Fish Radiation of North America's Central Highlands Dominik Halas ([email protected]).
University of Minnesota.
*BSI4
Hypoxia and its effects on the distribution, abundance and growth of Greenland halibut Wahiba Ait
Youcef ([email protected]), Céline Audet & Yvan Lambert. Université du Québec à Rimouski –
ISMER.
*BSI5
Spider community responses to anthropogenic forest disturbances on the local and landscape scales
Virginia Anne Kowal ([email protected]) & Ralph V. Cartar. University of Calgary.
*BSI6
Dietary Analysis of Stranded Humboldt Squid from Vancouver Island, a recent invader to the eastern North
Pacific Ocean Heather Braid ([email protected]), Josie Osborne, Jon Deeds, John Wilson &
Robert Hanner. University of Guelph.
*BSI7
Flowering Phenology and Plant Community Assembly Sneha Karen Dante ([email protected]), Brandon
Schamp & Lonnie Aarssen. Queen's University.
*BSI8
Comparative analysis of mitochondrial DNA polymorphisms among and within North American freshwater
fish species Julien April ([email protected]), Robert Hanner, Rick Mayden & Louis Bernatchez.
Université Laval.
Conservation and Climate Change
*CCC1
Zooplankton metacommunity responses to climate change in the sub arctic Amanda Winegardner
([email protected]) & Karl Cottenie. University of Guelph.
*CCC2
Who's moving north? Trends in Canadian butterfly species range shifts over the 1900's Jay Fitzsimmons
([email protected]) & Jeremy Kerr. University of Ottawa.
*CCC3
Interactive effects of climate change and fragmentation on Cyanobacteria and associated rates of N-fixation
in boreal forest moss of northern Québec Jonathan Whiteley ([email protected]) &
Andrew Gonzalez. McGill University.
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*CCC4
Migrant shorebird use of Akimiski Island, Nunavut as a sub-arctic stopover site Lisa Pollock
([email protected]), Erica Nol & Kenneth Abraham. Trent University.
*CCC5
Habitat selection of Woodland Caribou on a Managed Landscape: The Owl-Flintstone Herd Mark
Basterfield ([email protected]). Trent University.
*CCC6
Inhibition of respiration in arctic tundra plants Nicholas Mirotchnick ([email protected]),
Matthew H. Turnbull, Owen K. Atkin & Kevin L. Griffin. University of Toronto.
*CCC7
Global protected areas and IUCN designations: Do the categories match the conditions? Shawn J. Leroux
([email protected]), Meg A. Krawchuk, FIona Schmiegelow, Steven G. Cumming, Kim Lisgo,
Lee G. Anderson & Mirela Petkova. McGill University.
*CCC8
Temporal change in adaptive and neutral genetic integrity in wild Atlantic salmon following introgression
by farmed escapees revealed by SNP and microsatellites Vincent Bourret ([email protected]),
Patrick T. O'Reilly, Jonathan W. Carr & Louis Bernatchez. Université Laval, IBIS.
*CCC9
Aphids in a changing world: testing the plant stress, plant vigour and pulsed stress hypotheses Muhammad
Tariq ([email protected]), Denis J. Wright, John T. Rossiter & Joanna T. Staley. Imperial College
London.
CCC10
Does connectivity matter for plant communities? Helene H. Wagner ([email protected]),
Jacqueline C. Diacon-Bolli, Barbara Schlup & Yessica Rico. University of Toronto.
CCC11
Primate community dynamics between 1970-2010 in Kibale National Park, Uganda: The roles of climate
change and non-equilibrium forces Aerin L. Jacob ([email protected]) & Colin. A. Chapman.
McGill University.
CCC12
The genetic signature of rapid range expansion by flying squirrels in response to contemporary climate
warming Colin J. Garroway ([email protected]), Jeff Bowman & Paul J. Wilson. Trent
University.
CCC13
Temperature mediates the outcome of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis exposure in red-legged frog (Rana
aurora) tadpoles Phineas Hamilton ([email protected]), Jean M.L. Richardson & Bradley R. Anholt.
University of Victoria.
CCC14
The accuracy and usefulness of family-level data in describing fish communities Philip Molloy
([email protected]), Jonathan Anticamara & Amanda Vincent. University of British Columbia.
CCC15
Modeling temperature effects on functional response and intraguild predation in an aphidophagous system
Arnaud Sentis ([email protected]), Jacques Brodeur & Jean-Louis Hemptinne. Université de Montréal.
CCC16
Impacts of warming, drought, and defoliation on vegetation and soil processes in a native grassland James
Cahill ([email protected]), S. White, E. Bork, B. Attaien, S. Change, S. Wilson, S. Nyanumba, J.
Newton, J. Bennett & H. Proctor. University of Alberta.
CCC17
Does solar radiation influence early postsettlement mortality or community development of sessile
organisms in the intertidal zone? Louis A. Gosselin ([email protected]) & Lisa A. Jones. Thompson Rivers
University.
CCC18
Mechanisms of natural forest expansion in southern Brazil Lucas Silva ([email protected]) & Madhur
Anand. University of Guelph.
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CCC19
Vulnerability of northern wetlands and permafrost to climate change Merritt Turetsky
([email protected]). University of Guelph.
CCC20
Interactive effects of warming and nitrogen on carbon dioxide flux in a temperate old field Min Ku Kim
([email protected]) & Hugh Henry. University of Western Ontario.
Disturbance and Stress
*DS1
Trachurus trachurus L. 1758 (Téléostéen, Carangidés): étude comparative du stress de deux populations
Abdourahmane Diallo ([email protected]), Mariano Lastra Valdor & Bhen Sikina Toguebaye.
Universidade de Vigo, Spain.
*DS2
Metabolic response of Northern Shrimp exposed to severe hypoxia Marion Pillet
([email protected]), Aurélie Prinet-Dupont, Denis Chabot, Réjean Tremblay & Céline Audet.
Université du Québec à Rimouski – ISMER.
*DS3
Hypoxia, sex steroids, and cichlids Caitlin Nicole Friesen ([email protected]), Lauren J.
Chapman & Nadia Aubin-Horth. McGill University.
*DS4
Individual variation in reproductive rates and patterns of glucocorticoid levels in female meerkats, Suricatta
Suricata Marie-France Barrette ([email protected]), Steven Monfort, Marco Festa-Bianchet,
Tim Clutton-Brock, & Andrew F. Russell. Université de Sherbrooke.
*DS5
Human-elephant interference may promote densities of a are antelope in elephant-dominated African
savannas William-Georges Crosmary ([email protected]), Simon Chamaillé-Jammes,
Godfrey Mtare, Steeve D. Côté, & Hervé Fritz. Université Laval.
*DS6
Plus ça change plus c’est pareil : Diminution de la variabilité spatiale d’un assemblage des suites d’une
perturbation chronique Annie Séguin ([email protected]) & Philippe Archambault. Université du
Québec à Rimouski – ISMER.
*DS7
Fire-induced constraints on treeline expansion in northern Yukon Carissa D. Brown
([email protected]) & Jill F. Johnstone. University of Saskatchewan.
*DS8
Dispersal and local environmental conditions interact to determine the probability of reestablishment for
zooplankton species impacted by a regional stressor Derek Gray ([email protected]) & Shelley
Arnott. Queen's University.
*DS9
Local and regional factors shape post-disturbance diversity responses in a temperate, subtropical and
tropical forest Mark Leithead ([email protected]) & Madhur Anand. University of Guelph.
*DS10
Human Mediated Disturbances and their role in the Decline of Newfoundland’s Woodland Caribou
Population Sara McCarthy ([email protected]), Robert Weladji, Christine Doucet, Paul
Saunders. Concordia University.
*DS11
Effects of mortality frequency on the decline and recovery dynamics of micro-invertebrate populations
Véronik Campbell ([email protected]) & Tamara Romanuk. Dalhousie University.
DS12
Humans impact evolution in Darwin's finches Luis Fernando De Leon ([email protected]),
Joost Raeymaekers, Eldredge Bermingham, Jeffrey Podos, Anthony Herrel & Andrew P. Hendry. McGill
University.
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DS13
Do different populations of Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor victoriae display the same results to
environmental stress? Cindy D. Crocker ([email protected]), Mery L. Martinez & Lauren J.
Chapman. Laurentian University.
Evolutionary Ecology
*EE1
Species size and reproductive economy in an old field plant community Amanda J. Tracey
([email protected]) & Lonnie W. Aarssen. Queen's University.
*EE2
Evolutionary history of two recently radiated Enallagma damselflies (Odonata: Zygoptera): insights from
distributional patterns and genetic structure Audrey Bourret ([email protected]) & Julie
Turgeon. Université Laval.
*EE3
Examining the role of neighbours as agents of selection in alpine plant communities: A case study using
Potentilla diversifolia Brian Kopach ([email protected]) & Jeremy W. Fox. University of Calgary.
*EE4
The evolution and function of a specialized bird perch in Babiana (Iridaceae) Caroli De Waal
([email protected]), Bruce Anderson & Spencer Barrett. University of Toronto.
*EE5
Defining the shape of flower deployment Emily Austen ([email protected]) & Arthur E. Weis.
University of Toronto.
Unsuspected hybridization between Calanus spp. (Crustacea: Copepoda) in the West Atlantic: impact on
oceanographic surveys Geneviève Parent ([email protected]), Stéphane Plourde & Julie
Turgeon. Université Laval.
*EE6
*EE7
Males in competition: experimental evaluation of the conditions that promote the evolution of males Laura
Perry ([email protected]) & Marcel Dorken. Trent University.
*EE8
The role of predators and aposematic variability in Mullerian mimicry Mathieu Chouteau
([email protected]) & Bernard Angers. Université de Montréal.
*EE9
Sex differences in detoxification of methyl mercury in cormorants Stacey A. Robinson
([email protected]), Mark R. Forbes, Craig E. Hebert & Tony M. Scheuhammer. Carleton
University.
*EE10
The effects of farmed-wild hybridization on compensatory growth in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)
Matthew Morris ([email protected]), Dylan Fraser, Jim Eddington & Jeffrey Hutchings. University
of Calgary.
EE11
Alternative mating tactics and sexual conflict in an externally fertilizing fish Laura Weir ([email protected]).
Simon Fraser University.
EE12
Spatial dynamics of tag-based cooperation and defection in the Prisoner’s Dilemma and Snowdrift games
Robert Laird ([email protected]). University of Lethbridge.
EE13
Exploitation of host plant morphospace by generalist and specialist phytophagous insects Stephen Heard
([email protected]), William Godsoe & Susan Timmons. University of New Brunswick.
EE14
Hybridization between Eastern wolves (proposed as species Canis lycaon) and other canids: An example of
contemporary evolution in human-modified landscapes Astrid Vik Stronen
([email protected]), Nathalie Tessier, Hélène Jolicoeur & François-Joseph Lapointe.
Université de Montréal.
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EE15
Floral colour versus phylogeny in structuring subalpine flowering communities Jana Vamosi
([email protected]) & Jamie McEwen. University of Calgary.
EE16
Suicide as an adaptation to limit the spread of infection Thomas Sherratt ([email protected]) & Ian
Maclean. Carleton University.
EE17
The evolution of inbred social systems in spiders: causes and consequences Leticia Avilés
([email protected]). University of British Columbia.
EE18
Phytoplankton show no adaptive response to elevated CO2 Etienne Low-Decarie ([email protected]), Mark Jewell, Gregor Fussmann & Graham Bell. McGill University.
EE19
Experimental manipulation of natural selection on red squirrels Andrew McAdam
([email protected]), Murray Humphries & Stan Boutin. University of Guelph.
EE20
Evolutionary response to range compression Graham Bell ([email protected]) & Andy Gonzalez.
McGill University.
EE21
How parallel is parallel evolution? Andrew P. Hendry ([email protected]), Caroline Leblond,
Renaud Kaeuffer, Dan Bolnick, & Katie Peichel. McGill University, Redpath Museum.
Evolutionary and Ecological Genomics
*EEG1
Are genomes larger in the arctic? Testing the correlation between genome size and latitude in crustaceans
Nicholas Jeffery ([email protected]) & T. Ryan Gregory. University of Guelph.
*EEG2
Wild genomics: linkage mapping in free-ranging bighorn sheep Jocelyn Poissant ([email protected]) &
David Coltman. University of Alberta.
*EEG3
Surveying genome size diversity in low arctic molluscs: is variation driven by shorter growth seasons?
Paola Pierossi ([email protected]) & T. Ryan Gregory. University of Guelph.
*EEG4
Grey wolf population genomics: SNP arrays in the wild James Knowles ([email protected]), David
Coltman, Robert Wayne, Marco Musiani & John Novembre. University of Alberta.
*EEG5
Transcriptome-wide signature of hybrid breakdown in lake whitefish Sébastien Renaut
([email protected]) & Louis Bernatchez. Université Laval.
*EEG6
Mapping adaptive landscapes of Pseudomonas fluorescens using experimental evolution in two single
carbon substrate environments Anita Melnyk ([email protected]) & Rees Kassen. University of
Ottawa.
*EEG7
Genetic linkage of loci for male trait and female preference and the induction of behavioral isolation in two
species of Drosophila Vanda McNiven ([email protected]) & Amanda Moehring. University of Western
Ontario.
*EEG8
Ecological and developmental genetics basis of winged and wingless morphs in the ant Monomorium
emersoni Marie-Julie Favé ([email protected]) & Abouheif Ehab. McGill University.
EEG9
Standard oxidative treatment in Drosophila melanogaster confounded by the Sucrose Death Effect Laura
Douglas ([email protected]), Teresa Rzezniczak & Thomas Merritt. Laurentian University.
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EEG10
The evolution of sex; empirical studies with rotifers Aneil Agrawal ([email protected]) & Lutz
Becks.University of Toronto.
EEG11
Evolutionary noise in protein interactomes Christian Landry ([email protected]). Université
Laval.
EEG12
X chromosome enrichment in homopolymers indicates genome wide selection on simple sequences
Wilfried Haerty ([email protected]) & G. Brian Golding. McMaster University, Biology Department.
EEG13
Mammalian phenotypic evolution and divergence times in the light of an integrated nearly neutral model
Nicolas Lartillot ([email protected]), Raphael Poujol & Frederic Delsuc. Université de
Montréal.
EEG14
Évolution des ARN polymérases chez les eukaryotes Guy Drouin ([email protected]) & Robert
Carter. Université d'Ottawa.
EEG15
Testing the limits of genome size diversity in aquatic insects Kelly Hadfield ([email protected]) &
Ryan Gregory. University of Guelph.
EEG16
Variation intra-spécifique du gène du codant pour l'ARN ribosomal 5S chez Pythium Kanak Bala
([email protected]), André Lévesque & Guy Drouin. University of Ottawa.
EEG17
Genomic adaptation of gastric pathogen, Helicobacter pylori Xuhua Xia ([email protected]). University of
Ottawa.
EEG18
Transcriptional patterns of possible adaptations to suspended sediments in gills of different groups of
Atlantic salmon Paul Vincent Debes ([email protected]), Eric Normandeau, Dylan J. Fraser, Louis
Bernatchez & Jeffrey A. Hutchings. Dalhouise University.
EEG19
Ecological genetics of invasive Arabidopsis John R. Stinchcombe ([email protected]) &
Karen E. Samis. University of Toronto.
Ecological Nutrient Dynamics
END1
Leaf litter decomposition in seasonally flooded vernal pools of Central Ontario, Canada Kirsten V. Otis
([email protected]), Sigrun Kullik, Jonathan Schmidt, Shelley Hunt, Andy Gordon & Paul Sibley.
University of Guelph.
END2
Ecological stoichiometry of plant-soil feedbacks Esther Chang ([email protected]),
Marinka de Puijenbroek, John Klironomos & Wim van der Putten. University of British Columbia –
Okanagan.
Invasive Species
IS1
Phenotypic plasticity in secondary chemical production by an invasive seaweed: the roles of temperature,
light, and grazing Devin Lyons ([email protected]), Robert Scheibling & Kathryn Van Alstyne.
University of Alberta.
IS2
Ecological and evolutionary impacts of introduced salmonids in Patagonian lakes Cristián Correa
([email protected]) & Andrew Hendry. McGill University.
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IS3
Multiple dispersal mechanisms facilitate bioinvasions: evidence from the common reed, Phragmites
australis Heather Kirk ([email protected]), Jennifer Paul, Jason Straka & Joanna Freeland. Trent
University.
IS4
Historic patterns and mechanisms of the continuing invasion of the European rockweed Fucus serratus in
North America Ladd Erik Johnson ([email protected]), Susan Brawley & Walter Adey.
Université Laval.
IS5
Comparing Scales of Local Genetic Adaptation to Exotic Predators by Prey with High and Low Dispersal
Potential Elizabeth Grace Boulding ([email protected]). University of Guelph.
IS6
Escape of invasive plants from natural enemies: the role of relatives Peter M. Kotanen
([email protected]). University of Toronto – Mississauga.
IS7
Functional divergence in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi from contrasting climatic origins Pedro Antunes
([email protected]), Alexander Koch, Joseph Morton, Matthias Rillig & John Klironomos. Algoma
University.
Landscape Ecology
*LE1
Analyse biogéographique de la répartition et de la colonisation des gélivasques en fonction de la latitude
(Québec) Catherine Plasse ([email protected]) & Serge Payette. Université Laval.
*LE2
Predicting and interpreting the spatial pattern of woody debris influx in an old growth forest following a
catastrophic ice storm Peter White ([email protected]), Martin Lechowicz & Brian McGill. McGill
University.
*LE3
Habitat suitability for Canada lynx in Ontario Megan Hornseth ([email protected]), Aaron
Walpole, Jeff Bowman, Lyle Walton, Marie-Josee Fortin, Justina Ray & Dennis Murray. Trent University.
*LE4
Déterminants de la dynamique de la strate arbustive à la limite des arbres Pascale Ropars
([email protected]) & Stéphane Boudreau.Université Laval, Centre d'Études Nordiques.
*LE5
The impact of climate change on the use of geese by First Nations in the Hudson Bay Lowlands Jennifer
Robus ([email protected]), Kenneth Abraham & Chris Furgal. Trent University.
*LE6
Dynamique des sapinières à bouleau blanc d'altitude de la réserve faunique des Laurentides, Québec
Pierre-Luc Couillard ([email protected]) & Serge Payette. Université Laval.
*LE7
Moving in the tundra: changes in selection and timing of use of summer habitat by migratory caribou Joëlle
Taillon ([email protected]), Marco Festa-Bianchet & Steeve D. Côté. Université Laval.
*LE8
Human impact on landscape connectivity and predator-prey relationships clarified by graph theory: a case
study in a wolf-ungulates system in a managed boreal forest Nicolas Courbin
([email protected]), Daniel Fortin, Christian Dussault & Réhaume Courtois. Université Laval.
LE9
Effects of fire interval on seed productivity and regeneration potential of northern black spruce (Picea
mariana) Jayme Viglas ([email protected]) & Jill Johnstone. University of Saskatchewan.
LE10
Functional connectivity along the southern periphery of the Canada lynx range in Ontario Aaron A.
Walpole ([email protected]), Jeff Bowman & Paul Wilson. Trent University .
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LE11
A sensitive slope: Landscape patterns of post-fire forest regeneration in a changing climate Jill Johnstone
([email protected]), Eric Pedersen & Eliot McIntire. University of Saskatchewan.
LE12
Implementing landscape Fragmentation as an environmental indicator on the European level to influence
land use policies Luis Francisco Madriñán Valderrama ([email protected]), Tomas Soukup,
Christian Schwick, Hans-Georg Schwarz-V. Raumer, Felix Kienast & Jochen A.G. Jaeger. Concordia
University.
Life History and Fitness
*LHF1
Habitat determinants of body size and synchrony in natural populations of mountain pine beetles Leanna
Lachowsky ([email protected]) & Mary Reid. University of Calgary.
*LHF2
Making the best of a variable environment? A case study in eastern chipmunks Patrick Bergeron
([email protected]), Denis Réale & Dany Garant. Université de Sherbrooke.
*LHF3
Another piece of the puzzle: Evaluating long-term life history trends of a non-commercial species to better
address fishery impacts on Northwest Atlantic stocks Michael Vilimek ([email protected]), Craig Purchase
& Fran Mowbray. Memorial University.
*LHF4
Iterative Semelparity: Plastic Reproductive Allocation Patterns in Lobelia inflate William Hughes
([email protected]) & Andrew Simons. Carleton University.
*LHF5
Consequences of reproductive timing and maternal size on early life survival in Atlantic salmon (Salmo
salar) Stephanie Mogensen ([email protected]) & Jeffrey Hutchings. Dalhousie University.
*LHF6
Plant-fungal interactions unimportant for seedling growth Jonathan A Bennett ([email protected]) &
James Cahill. University of Alberta.
LHF7
Socially-mediated sex differences in lifetime reproduction success in the red wolf (Canis rufus) Amanda
Sparkman ([email protected]), Todd Steury & Dennis Murray. Trent University.
LHF8
The use of estuarine waters by juvenile brook charr in the Petite Cascapedia River Céline Audet
([email protected]), Jonathan St-Laurent, Martin Dorais & Julian Dodson. Université du Québec à
Rimouski – ISMER.
LHF9
Use of a small Newfoundland estuary by invasive brown trout Lucas Warner ([email protected]), Craig
Purchase & Geoff Veinott. Memorial University of Newfoundland.
LHF10
Variation in resource allocation strategies across environmental gradients in the intertidal snail Littorina
saxatilis Claude Leroux ([email protected]) & Ladd Johnson. Université Laval.
LHF11
Evolution of life-history traits in a preindustrial human population Emmanuel Milot
([email protected]), Francine M. Mayer, Daniel H. Nussey, Mireille Boisvert, Fanie
Pelletier & Denis Réale. Université du Québec à Montréal.
LHF12
Species size and reproductive economy in plants Brandon Schamp ([email protected]) &
Lonnie Aarssen. Algoma University.
LHF13
Context dependent sex allocation of female tree swallows Dany Garant ([email protected]),
Renaud Baeta & Marc Bélisle. Université de Sherbrooke.
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LHF14
Life history change in an endemic East African cyprinid fish in response to fishing and an introduced
predator Diana Sharpe ([email protected]) & Lauren Chapman. McGill University.
LHF15
The influence of temperature on courtship timing and incubation period in fiddler crabs (Uca spp.) Kecia
Kerr ([email protected]), John Christy, Fred Guichard & Rachel Collin. McGill University.
LHF16
Effect of spring condition manipulation on reproductive success in the greater snow geese Chen
caerulescens Pierre Legagneux ([email protected]), Peter Fast, Gilles Gauthier & Joël Bêty.
Université Laval, Département de biologie.
Population Genetics/Ecology
*PGE1
Post-glacial re-colonization of the Canadian Arctic by Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus): a coalescent-based
approach Jean-Sébastien Moore ([email protected]). University of British Columbia.
*PGE2
The impacts of longitudinal barriers on post-glacial colonization: The example of the common garter snake
(Thamnophis sirtalis) Benoit Talbot ([email protected]), Jean-François Desroches & Bernard Angers.
Université de Montréal.
*PGE3
The interacting effects of landscape elements and colonization patterns Frédéric Cyr
([email protected]) & Bernard Angers. Université de Montréal.
*PGE4
Histoire Holocène de l’épinette blanche (Picea glauca) dans l’est de l’Amérique du Nord révélée par la
phylogéographie Guillaume de Lafontaine ([email protected]), Julie Turgeon & Serge
Payette. Université Laval.
*PGE5
Recent evolutionary history of the American white pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) using
mitochondrial DNA sequencing Rebekah Oomen ([email protected]), Matthew Reudink, Chris
Somers, Joe Nocera & Christopher Kyle. Trent University.
*PGE6
Phylogeography and population structure of a high latitude resident songbird in North America Kimberly
Dohms ([email protected]) & Theresa Burg. University of Lethbridge.
*PGE7
Using molecular markers to study the population structure of the boreal chickadee (Poecile hudsonicus)
Linda A. Lait ([email protected]) & Theresa M. Burg. University of Lethbridge.
*PGE8
Genetic Structure of Walleye Populations (Sander vitreus) in Central and Northern Alberta Lindsey Burke
([email protected]), Dave Coltman & Richard Jobin. University of Alberta.
*PGE9
Impact des ensemencements sur le niveau d'introgression des populations d'ombles de fontaine (Salvelinus
fontinalis) Amandine Marie ([email protected]), Louis Bernatchez & Dany Garant.
Université de Sherbrooke.
*PGE10 Outplanting of hatchery-reared
juveniles as a restoration tool for northern abalone, Haliotis kamtschatkana
Kaitlyn Read ([email protected]) & Elizabeth Boulding. University of Guelph.
*PGE11 Assessing the viability and
harvest sustainability of a northern alpine ungulate with less than perfect data
Catherine Lambert Koizumi ([email protected]), Jean Carey & Andrew E. Derocher. University
of Alberta, Department of Biological Sciences.
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antagonism promotes evolution of sex ratio adjustment Gwylim Blackburn
([email protected]), Arianne Albert & Sarah Otto. University of British Columbia, Department of
Zoology.
*PGE12 Sexual
to cold water upwelling systems influences genetic diversity and gene flow in seabirds Scott
A. Taylor ([email protected]), David J. Anderson, Laura Maclagan, Carlos B. Zavalaga & Vicki L.
Friesen. Queen's University.
*PGE13 Specialization
of landscape features on microgeographic genetic structure of muskrat Sophie Laurence
([email protected]) & Albrecht Schulte-Hostedde. Laurentian University.
*PGE14 Effects
PGE15
Can competition explain habitat selection by three species of Arctic rodents Angélique Dupuch
([email protected]), Douglas W. Morris, Ale B. Som & Debra E. Moore. Lakehead University.
PGE16
Stratégies reproductives de la camarine noire (Empetrum hermaphroditum) le long d'une chronoséquence
de feu de plus de 2 000 ans, Québec subarctique Marie-Pascale Villeneuve Simard ([email protected]), Stéphane Boudreau & Julie Turgeon. Université Laval, Centre
d'études nordiques.
PGE17
Loss of genetic structure in a traditional crop variety over a large and heterogeneous area: The effect of
market seed Helen R. Jensen ([email protected]), Antonín Dreiseitl, Mohammed Sadiki &
Daniel J. Schoen. McGill University, Department of Biology.
PGE18
Comparison of blue mussels populations Mytilus spp. in intertidal and subtidal habitats in the St. Lawrence
Estuary Helmi Hamdi ([email protected]), Nicolas Le Corre, Philippe Archambault, Chris
Mckindsey & Ladd Johnson. Université du Québec à Rimouski – ISMER.
PGE19
Croissance de la camarine noire (Empetrum hermaphroditum) sur un système dunaire subarctique :
discordance entre croissance radiale et élongation axiale Stéphane Boudreau
([email protected]) & Geneviève Dufour Tremblay. Université Laval.
PGE20
Source-sink dynamics in experimental microcosm metacommunities Gregor Fussmann
([email protected]) & Alison Derry. McGill University.
PGE21
Broad environmental tolerance in the common reed (Phragmites australis) in the United Kingdom:
Implications for conservation and bioinvasions Jennifer Paul ([email protected]), Nicole Vachon &
Joanna Freeland. Trent University.
PGE22
Population dynamics of wolves, coyotes and wolf-coyote hybrids along the southern edge of wolf range in
Ontario Brent Patterson ([email protected]), Tyler Wheeldon & Dennis Murray. Ontario
Ministry of Natural Resources.
PGE23
Phenotypic variation in domestic-wild hybrid mink Jeff Bowman ([email protected]), Kaela Beauclerc,
Jena Duval, Larissa Nituch & Albrecht I. Schulte-Hostedde. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources.
PGE24
Impacts of gene flow from domestic to wild American mink (Neovison vison) populations in Canada Kaela
Beauclerc ([email protected]), Jeff Bowman & Albrecht Schulte-Hostedde. Trent University.
PGE25
Genetic Assessment of Moose (Alces alces) Populations in Ontario Glynis Price ([email protected]),
Marie-Josée Fortin & Paul Wilson. Trent University.
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PGE26
Interpolating genetic variation in natural populations: a case study of plains rough fescue Yong-Bi Fu
([email protected]). Plant Gene Resources of Canada.
PGE27
From east to west: history and contrasting availability of wetland habitats influence population genetic
structure in Sagittaria latifolia Sarah Yakimowski ([email protected]), Laura Southcott &
Spencer Barrett. University of Toronto.
PGE28
Crossing the line? Delineation of caribou ecotypes in Ontario Laura Finnegan ([email protected]),
Laura Thompson, Mark Ball & Paul Wilson. Trent University.
PGE29
Broad-scale genetic structure of woodland caribou in the North American boreal forest Laura M.
Thompson ([email protected]), Laura Finnegan, Micheline Manseau & Paul J. Wilson. Trent
University.
PGE30
Landscape resistance predicts marten gene flow in Ontario Erin Koen ([email protected]), Jeff Bowman
& Paul Wilson. Trent University.
PGE31
Population genetic structure of Canadian narwhal, Monodon monoceros Stephen D. Petersen
([email protected]), Lianne Postma, Denise Tenkula, & Steve H. Ferguson. Fisheries &
Oceans Canada.
PGE32
Large scale genetic structure of Canadian Lynx Celine Gomez ([email protected]), Erin Koen,
Jeff Bowman, Dennis Murray & Paul Wilson. Trent University.
PGE33
Natal site fidelity of yellow perch (Perca flavescens) in lake Saint-Pierre Christelle Leung
([email protected]), Pierre Magnan & Bernard Angers. Université de Montréal.
PGE34
Intraclade divergence of outlier loci and the potential for divergent selection in a widespread forage fish
Mallotus vi Gabriel J. Colbeck ([email protected]), Julie Turgeon, Pascal Sirois & Julian J.
Dodson. Université Laval.
PGE35
Genetic Differentiation of the African Cyprinid Barbus neumayeri in only decades Robert Harniman
([email protected]). Laurentian University.
PGE36
Spatial and trophic niche separation of a copepod species complex in the transition zone of the St.
Lawrence Estuary Gesche Winkler ([email protected]), Jean-Baptiste Favier, Julie Turgeon &
Julian Dodson. Université du Québec à Rimouski – ISMER.
PGE37
Comparative phylogeography of brown and red-footed boobies: a complex history of isolation and gene
flow James A. Morris-Pocock ([email protected]), Tammy E. Steeves, Felipe A. Estela, David J.
Anderson & Vicki L. Friesen. Queen's University.
PGE38
Mountain Pine Beetle System Genomics: Microsatellite Analysis of Mountain Pine Beetle Outbreak in
Western Canada Brent W. Murray ([email protected]), N Bartell, G Samarasekera, BS Lindgren, K
Mock, C Tsui, R Hamelin, D Coltman, J Bohlmann, & J Cooke. University of Northern British Columbia.
PGE39
Fine-scale delineation of a pine hybrid zone (Lodgepole x Jack) and implications for mountain pine beetle
management Catherine Cullingham ([email protected]), Janice Cooke & David Coltman. University
of Alberta.
PGE40
Landscape heterogeneity and complex patterns of gene flow in the mountain pine beetle Patrick James
([email protected]), Brent Murray, Dave Coltman & Felix Sperling. University of Alberta.
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PGE41
Landscape genetics of the pitcher plant midge, Metriocnemus knabi Gordana Rasic ([email protected]) &
Nusha Keyghobadi. University of Western Ontario.
PGE42
Can genome-wide differentiation occur despite ongoing gene flow? Evidence from the world's longestrunning ecological experiment Joanna Freeland ([email protected]), Pamela Biss, Kelvin Conrad
& Jonathan Silvertown. Trent University.
Parasite/Host and fungi/plant Interactions
*PHI1
Crickets Groom to Avoid Lethal Parasitoids Crystal Marie Vincent ([email protected]).
University of Toronto.
*PHI2
Long-term changes in primate intestinal parasite infections: evaluation of the biological island hypothesis
Ria Ghai ([email protected]), Colin Chapman & Chesley Walsh. McGill University.
*PHI3
Analysis of MHC class II DRß diversity in raccoons reveal alleles associated with raccoon rabies virus
Vythegi Srithayakumar ([email protected]), Sarrah Castillo & Christopher Kyle. Trent
University.
*PHI4
Variation in host-parasite dynamics across populations: guppy-Gyrodactylus interactions in experimental
stream channels Felipe Perez-Jvostov ([email protected]), Andrew P. Hendry, Gregor
Fussmann & Marilyn E. Scott. McGill University.
*PHI5
Mites (Mesostigmata, Oribatida) associated with Ips pini and Dendroctonus valens (Scolytinae:
Curculionidae) in Ontario Wayne Knee ([email protected]), Mark Forbes, & Frédéric Beaulieu.
Carleton University.
*PHI6
The evolution of mimicry in parasites. Amy Louise Hurford ([email protected]) & Troy Day.
Queen's University.
*PHI7
Are populations at the range periphery locally more adapted to their soil biota than central populations? A
case study with the steppe grass Stipa capillata Viktoria Wagner ([email protected]), Pedro
Antunes, Michael Ristow, Ute Lechner & Isabell Hensen. University of Halle-Wittenberg, Institute of
Biology/Geobotany and Botanical Garden, Germany.
*PHI8
Spécialisation de populations d’Aphidius ervi, parasitoïde d’Acyrthosiphon pisum Émilie Bilodeau
([email protected]), Jean-Christophe Simon, Julie Turgeon & Conrad Cloutier. Université Laval.
*PHI9
Asexual genomes and transposons: a story of pokey in the Daphnia pulex complex Roland Vergilino
([email protected]), Teresa Crease & France Dufresne. Université du Québec à Rimouski.
*PHI10
Below ground diversity and above ground functioning: The role of mycorrhizal fungal diversity Cameron
Wagg ([email protected]), Jan Jansa, Bernhard Schmid & Marcel van der Heijden. University
of Zürich, Switzerland.
PHI11
Widespread bacterial infections as a potential selective agent in Chinook salmon Melissa Evans
([email protected]) & Bryan Neff. Université Laval.
PHI12
Competition between fungal parasites of honey bees Dave Shutler ([email protected]) & Geoff
Williams. Acadia University.
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PHI13
Parasites and Progeny: The effects of parasites on host condition and reproductive success Krista
Gooderham ([email protected]). Laurentian University.
PHI14
Integrating network theory to mycorrhizal research : challenges and promises Pierre-Luc Chagnon
([email protected]) & Robert Bradley. Université de Sherbrooke.
PHI15
Offspring sex ratio shifts in a European parasitoid in response to intraspecific competition Michael J.
Wogin ([email protected]), David R. Gillespie, Tim Haye & Bernard D. Roitberg. Simon Fraser University.
PHI16
Targeting wildlife disease surveillance: Raccoon rabies detection in Québec Erin E. Rees
([email protected]), Denise Bélanger, Fredérick Lelievre & Nathalie Coté. Université de Montréal,
Département de pathologie et microbiologie.
Predator/Prey Interactions and Food Webs
*PIF1
Differences between phenotypic plasticity and genetic diversity in tri-trophic food webs Caolan KovachOrr ([email protected]) & Gregor Fussmann. McGill University.
*PIF2
The Effect of Temperature Variation on Food-Web Structure of Rock Pool Communities Constance Tuck
([email protected]) & Tamara Romanuk. Dalhousie University.
*PIF3
Junk food in the Arctic: Feeding ecology of the Long-tailed Jaeger at Alert, Ellesmere Island, Canada JeanRémi Julien ([email protected]), Gilles Gauthier, Joël Bêty & R. I. Guy Morrison. Université
Laval & Centre d'études nordiques.
*PIF4
What is regulating the diverse populations of large African mammals? Ian Hatton
([email protected]) & Michel Loreau. McGill University.
*PIF5
Destabilization of spatially coupled ecosystems: The role of nutrients Justin Marleau
([email protected]), Frédéric Guichard & Michel Loreau. McGill University.
*PIF6
Untangling reciprocal interactions in space-time data: effects of jack pine budworm defoliation on jack pine
flowering Josie Hughes ([email protected]), Marie-Josée Fortin & Vince Nealis. University of
Toronto.
There are bigger fish to fry, but not in Dore Lake: factors influencing the growth and size structure of
yellow perch in a boreal lake Patrick Barks ([email protected]), Jennifer Doucette &
Christopher Somers. Carleton University.
*PIF8 Dealing with a temporal variation in predation risk: plasticity limits in frog tadpoles Thomas J. Hossie
([email protected]) & Dennis L. Murray. Carleton University.
*PIF7
*PIF9
Restoring the endangered northern abalone: Are predators responsible for the high mortality of outplanted
juveniles? Sandra Christine Hansen ([email protected]) & Louis A. Gosselin. Thompson Rivers
University.
*PIF10
The tundra buffet: is there any lemming left after avian predators have eaten? Jean-François Therrien
([email protected]), Gilles Gauthier & Joël Bêty. Université Laval.
*PIF11
De la bouchée au temps de résidence : un processus hiérarchique de décisions chez le bison des plaines –
From bite to residence time: a hierarchical process of decisions in plains bison Sabrina Courant
([email protected]) & Daniel Fortin. Université Laval.
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PIF13
Camouflage and chemical defence: which is more effective? Justin Carroll ([email protected])
& Tom Sherratt. Carleton University.
PIF14
Responses of the black sea urchin Tetrapygus niger to its sea star predators Heliaster helianthus and
Meyenaster gelatinosus under wave conditions in the field Juan Diego Urriago Suarez ([email protected]), John H. Himmelman & Carlos Gaymer. Université Laval.
PIF15
Quantitative impact of predation on juvenile lobster (Homarus americanus) by green crab (Carcinus
maenas) in Birch Cove, NB Mark Alan Wilcox ([email protected]) & Remy Rochette. University of New
Brunswick - Saint John.
PIF16
Space use seasonality in a multi-predator multi-prey system Mathieu Basille ([email protected]),
Daniel Fortin, Christian Dussault, Jean-Pierre Ouellet & Réhaume Courtois. Université Laval.
PIF17
Herbivore effects on decomposition and nutrient cycling: does stoichiometry matter? Mehdi Cherif
([email protected]) & Michel Loreau. McGill University.
PIF18
Can food web metrics be employed in environmental assessments? Neil Rooney ([email protected]).
University of Guelph.
PIF19
The evolution of intraguild predation Peter A. Abrams ([email protected]). University of
Toronto.
PIF20
Genetic diversity in predator-prey relationships: the key to stability in populations and foodwebs? Lyne
Morissette ([email protected]), France Dufresne & Kevin McCann. Université de Guelph &
Université du Québec à Rimouski.
PIF21
Predator-induced Allee effects in a bighorn sheep population Fanie Pelletier
([email protected]), Aurélie Bourbeau-Lemieux, Marco Festa-Bianchet. Université de
Sherbrooke.
Quantitative Genetics and Epigenetics
*QGE1
The interaction of SOD and the NADP(H) enzymes in oxidative stress resistance Kristine Bernard
([email protected]), Tony Parks & Thomas Merritt. Laurentian University.
*QGE2
Untangling intrinsic and extrinsic signals as sources of pure epigenetic variation Rachel Massicotte
([email protected]) & Bernard Angers. Université de Montréal.
*QGE3
Interactions of NADP-reducing enzymes under oxidative stress: A model of biological complexity Teresa
Rzezniczak ([email protected]). Laurentian University.
*QGE4
Non-classical regulation of transcription - Transvection at the Malic enzyme locus in Drosophila
melanogaster Thomas Lum ([email protected]) & Thomas Merritt. Laurentian University.
Speciation and Evolution
SES1
A single genomic region can create both the male trait and the female preference necessary for behavioural
isolation Amanda Moehring ([email protected]) & Vanda McNiven. University of Western
Ontario.
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SES2
The genomic makeup of a hybrid lineage of fish Arne W. Nolte ([email protected]), Jie Cheng & Till
Czypionka. Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Germany.
SES3
Population genetics and species boundaries in Strongylocentrotus sea urchins. Jason Addison
([email protected]). University of New Brunswick.
SES4
On the evolutionary origin of Capsella bursa-pastoris, a selfing polyploidy John Paul Foxe
([email protected]) & Stephen I. Wright. York University.
SES5
What traits predispose band-rumped storm petrels to the repeated, independent evolution of sympatric
seasonal populations? Petra Deane ([email protected]), Mark Bolton, Jacob Gonzalez-Solis, Elena
Gomez-Diaz & Vicki Friesen. Queen's University.
SES6
A comparative approach to understanding trait evolution and diversification in fish Steven M. Vamosi
([email protected]). University of Calgary, Department of Biological Sciences.
Sexual Selection and Mating Systems
*SSM1
Do components of the male's acoustic sexual signal act as redundant signals or multiple messages in the
Jamaican field cricket? Emily Whattam ([email protected]) & Susan Bertram. Carleton
University.
*SSM2
Sexual conflict in the water strider Gerris gillettei (Insecta: Hemiptera): experimental assessment of
individual mating success in relation to morphological and genetic variation Marie-Claude Gagnon
([email protected]) & Julie Turgeon. Université Laval.
*SSM3
Trojan Sperm Jessica Carpinone ([email protected]), Root Gorelick & Lindsay Derraugh. Carleton
University.
*SSM4
Mating order and reproductive success in male Columbian ground squirrels Jamie Gorrell
([email protected]), Shirley Raveh, Dik Heg, Steve Dobson, Dave Coltman, Adele Balmer & Peter
Neuhaus. University of Alberta.
*SSM5
Quantitative genetics of female mate preference across environments Matthieu Delcourt
([email protected]), Mark W. Blows & Howard D. Rundle. University of Ottawa.
*SSM6
Divergent patterns of diversification in courtship and genitalia of Timema walking-sticks Devin W.
Arbuthnott ([email protected]) & Bernard Crespi. University of Ottawa,
SSM7
Hitchhiking with the best: Recombination reduces the number of linked deleterious alleles during selective
sweeps Sarah Otto ([email protected]). University of British Columbia.
SSM8
Sexual selection and baculum morphology in fishers and martens Albrecht Schulte-Hostedde
([email protected]), Kevin Midell & Jeff Bowman. Laurentian University.
SSM9
Good genes at mutation-selection balance Howard D. Rundle ([email protected]), Matthieu Delcourt &
Mark Blows. University of Ottawa.
SSM10
Temporal and geographic variation in multivariate sexual selection on male bullfrogs Kevin A. Judge
([email protected]), Susan Z. Herrick, Kentwood D. Wells & Ronald J. Brooks. University of
Lethbridge, Dept. of Biological Sciences.
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SSM11
Sexually antagonistic coevolution in a traumatically inseminating plant bug Nikolai Tatarnic
([email protected]). University of New South Wales.
SSM12
The evolution of sex allocation in clonal organisms Marcel Dorken ([email protected]). Trent
University.
SSM13
Multiple paternity and size biases in a natural population of water striders (Gerris buenoi) William Wayne
Cole ([email protected]), Jen Perry & Locke Rowe. University of Toronto, EEB.
SSM14
What exactly is the difference between females and males? Root Gorelick ([email protected]),
Lindsay Derraugh & Jessica Carpinone. Carleton University.
SSM15
Evolution of Gynogenesis Lindsay Jackson Derraugh ([email protected]) & Root Gorelick.
Carleton University.
SSM16
The genetic basis of alternative life histories in Atlantic salmon David James Paez
([email protected]), Louis Bernatchez & Julian Dodson. Université Laval.
SSM17
Phenotypic plasticity in the swimming performance of cod sperm as a function of temperature Craig
Purchase ([email protected]), Ian Butts, Alexandre Fernandez & Edward Trippel. Memorial University.
Taxonomy and Systematics
TS1
Wolf x coyote hybridization revisited: the role of dogs Paul Wilson ([email protected]), Tyler
Wheeldon, Linda Rutledge & Bradley White. Trent University.
TS2
DNA Barcoding and observed paraphyly in the genus Lucilia Vanessa Nicholls
([email protected]) Christopher Kyle & David Beresford. Trent University.
Theoretical and Statistical Ecology
TSE1
Disentangling the mechanisms of the diversity-stability relationship Allen Larocque
([email protected]), Claire de Mazancourt & Michel Loreau. McGill University.
TSE2
Niche Construction in the Light of Niche Theory Grigoris Kylafis ([email protected]) &
Michel Loreau. McGill University.
TSE3
Community assembly = natural selection + drift Bill Shipley ([email protected]). Université
de Sherbrooke.
TSE4
Short-term evolution of interacting replicators: a synthesis of game, group, inclusive fitness, and spatial
ecological theories Edward Wong ([email protected]). McGill University.
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POSTERS / AFFICHES
(*) CSEE Student Presentation Award Competition
(*) Compétition pour le Prix de présentation étudiante de la SCÉÉ
Evolution, Ecology, and Behaviour Program
P1
Evolution, Ecology, and Behaviour Program Root Gorelick ([email protected]). Carleton
University.
Artificial Selection
P2
The relationship between population density and diversification in experimental adaptive radiations Jeremy
Dettman ([email protected]) & Rees Kassen. University of Ottawa.
Behavioural Ecology
*P3 The influence of number of females and operational sex ratio in the mating group on reproductive effort in
dominant male reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) Erica Tennenhouse ([email protected]), Robert
Weladji, Øystein Holand & Mauri Nieminen. Concordia University.
*P4 Étudier le comportement du chasseur pour augmenter la récolte dans les populations surabondantes de
cervidés François Lebel (franç[email protected]), Steeve Côté & Christian Dussault. Université Laval.
P5
Resource monopolization in a marked population of Ruby-throated Hummingbird François Rousseu
([email protected]) & Marc Bélisle.Université de Sherbrooke.
*P6 How do meadow voles (Microtus pennsylvanicus) in different states manage predation risk? Jordan De Vito
([email protected]) & Douglas Morris. Lakehead University.
*P7 Is calling effort an honest signal of aggression in field crickets? Lauren Fitzsimmons
([email protected]) & Susan M. Bertram. Carleton University.
P8
Le voyage organisé, un aspect inconnu du comportement grégaire de la grande oie des neiges Meggie
Desnoyers ([email protected]) & Gilles Gauthier. Université Laval.
P9
Foraging patterns in relation to social structure in southern flying squirrels (Glaucomys volans) Meghan
Murrant ([email protected]), Jeff Bowman & Colin Garroway. Trent University.
*P10 Social familiarity and boldness in the eastern mosquitofish Pierre-Luc Brackenridge
([email protected]) & Jean-Guy Godin. Carleton University.
*P11 Reproductive success and personality in the Eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus) Pierre-Olivier Montiglio
([email protected]), P. Bergeron, D. Garant & D. Réale. Université du Québec à
Montréal.
*P12 Allogrooming in Captive Mandrills: reciprocity or exploitation? Sacha Engelhardt
([email protected]) & Robert Weladji. Concordia University.
P13 Social structure in female mountain goats (Oreamnos americanus) Sophie Godde
([email protected]), Denis Réale & Steeve Côté. Université du Québec à Montréal.
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*P14 Genetic composition of wild convict cichlid broods: potential mechanisms of brood mixing Stacey LeeJenkins ([email protected]), Adam Densmore, Brian Wisenden, Myron Smith & Jean-Guy Godin.
Carleton University.
P15 Effects of juvenile nutrition on adult aggression in fruit flies Tanya Stemberger
([email protected]) & Mark Fitzpatrick. University of Toronto Scarborough.
P16 The Interactions of Aggression, Calling and Condition on Mating Success in the Jamican Field Cricket
Gryllus assimilis Vanessa Rook ([email protected]) & Susan Bertram, Carleton University.
P17 Analysis of Song dialect in an disjunct population of White-throated sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) in
Western Canada Veronica Mesias ([email protected]), Ken Otter, Marcelo Mora, Scott
Ramsay & Brent Murray. University of Northern British Columbia.
P18 Rover/sitter variation in the foraging gene also influences oviposition preferences in Drosophila
melanogaster Murray McConnell ([email protected]), Chris Chen & Mark Fitzpatrick.
University of Toronto Scarborough.
P19 Comparing habitat quality within and between environments using giving-up-densities William Vickery
([email protected]), Guillaume Rieucau & G. Jean Doucet. Université du Québec à Montréal.
Biodiversity and Species Distribution
*P20 Patterns in spatial and temporal changes in muscid flies from Churchill (MB) Anaïs Renaud
([email protected]), Jade Savage & Rob Roughley. University of Manitoba.
P21 Engineering is not good for the engineer: Negative feedbacks within fragmented mussel bed ecosystems
César Largaespada ([email protected]), Frédéric Guichard & Philippe Archambault.
McGill University.
P22 Malacofauna found in the sediment of some oil producing field in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria, West
Africa Clement Edokpayi ([email protected]), Oluwayemisi Oni & Olatunbosum Abidemi.
University of Lagos.
P23 Experimental design and the outcome and interpretation of diversity-stability relations Grace Lotz
([email protected]), Veronik Campbell & Tamara Romanuk. Dalhousie University.
P24 A view from the top: eastern alpine tundra from a fly's perspective Ludovic Jolicoeur
([email protected]), Jade Savage & Marc Bélisle. Université de Sherbrooke.
P25 Interactions of exotic and native carnivores in an ecotone, the coast of the Beagle Channel, Argentina
Marcelo H. Cassini ([email protected]), Jonatan Gómez, Ana C. Gozzi, David W. Macdonald,
Emilce Gallo & Daniela Centrón. Depart. Ciencias Básicas, Univ. de Luján, Argentina.
P26 How do metacommunity studies consider landscape spatial heterogeneity? Shekhar R. Biswas
([email protected]) & Helene H. Wagner. University of Toronto, Department of Ecology and
Evolutionary Biology.
P27 Impact of light on mixotrophic grazing in arctic lakes Sophie Charvet ([email protected]),
Warwick F. Vincent & Connie Lovejoy. Université Laval.
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P28 What is the expected length of a branch on a phylogenetic tree? Arne Mooers ([email protected]), Olivier
Gascuel, Heyang Li & Mike Steel. Simon Fraser University.
Conservation and Climate Change
P29 Réserve naturelle Gault David Maneli ([email protected]). Université McGill, Réserve naturelle
Gault.
*P30 The Dynamics of White Spruce at its Northern Range Limit in Canada Xanthe Walker
([email protected]) & Greg Henry. University of British Columbia.
Disturbance and Stress
*P31 Évolution spatio-temporelle de la mortalité de l’épinette noire dans une forêt nordique ancienne Corinne
Vézeau ([email protected]) & Serge Payette. Université Laval.
*P32 Identification of Suitable Plant Candidates for Reclaiming New Uplands in the Subarctic: A Functional
Ecology Approach Cory Laurin ([email protected]) & Daniel Campbell. Laurentian University.
P33 Resource-mediated environmental regulation of herbivore feeding capabilities: experimental evidence using
rocky intertidal systems Ehab El Belely ([email protected]), Ricardo Scrosati, Markus Molis. St. Francis
Xavier University.
P34 A comparison of the Effects of High Temperature Stress on the upcoming temperate grass model organism
Brachypodium distachyon with two temperate grasses: Bromus tectorum and Bromus rubens Jeffrey
Harsant ([email protected]), Olga Bykova, Lazar Pavlovic, Greta Chiu, Rowan Sage & Tammy
Sage. University of Toronto.
P35 Effect of sex on the acute stress response of brook charr (Salvelinus fontinalis) Marie Vagner
([email protected]), Celine Audet, Christopher Sauvage & Louis Bernatchez. Université du Québec
à Rimouski – ISMER.
P36 Influence of grazing on bee pollinators and their floral resources in rough fescue prairie landscapes Megan
Evans ([email protected]), Ralph Cartar & Mark Wonneck. University of Calgary.
*P37 Influence de la sévérité des feux récents sur la régénération de l’épinette noire dans la pessière noire à
mousses du Québec Mélanie Veilleux-Nolin ([email protected]) & Serge Payette.
Université Laval, Centre d'études Nordiques.
*P38 Effects of hypoxia on benthic macrofauna and bioturbation in the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada
Rénald Belley ([email protected]), Philippe Archambault, Bjorn Sundby, Franck Gilbert & Jean-Marc
Gagnon. Memorial University of Newfoundland.
P39 Can we quantify plant functional group’s vulnerability in managed ecosystems? A case study in Monte
desert rangelands of South America Verónica Chillo ([email protected]), Madhur Anand &
Ricardo Ojeda. IADIZA - CONICET (Argentina) and University of Guelph.
P40 Short-term and long-term patterns in recovery of soil diversity Sina Adl ([email protected]) & Steve Winfield.
Dalhousie University.
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Evolutionary Ecology
*P41 Does reduced heterozygosity influence dispersal? Aaron B. A. Shafer ([email protected]), Jocelyn
Poissant, Steeve D. Côté & David W. Coltman. University of Alberta.
P42 Land of the free, or not: coexistence of multiple habitat-selection strategies Jody MacEachern
([email protected]) & Douglas Morris. Lakehead University.
*P43 Evolutionary effects of parasitism on the Trinidadian guppy (Poecilia reticulata) Lari C. Delaire
([email protected]), Gregor Fussmann & Andrew P. Hendry. McGill University.
P44 Reproductive senescence and mortality in a wild cohort of the water strider species Gerris buenoi Penelope
Gorton ([email protected]) & Locke Rowe. University of Toronto.
*P45 The effects of competition on the evolution of diversity in Pseudomonas fluorescens Susan Bailey
([email protected]) & Rees Kassen. University of Ottawa.
P46 Phenology, Fitness and Gene Flow: experiments on the annual plant Chamaecrista fasciculata to test
assumptions behind the feasibility of assisted migration Susana M. Wadgymar
([email protected]) & Arthur E. Weis. University of Toronto.
P47 Spatial Variation of raccoon MHC genes provides insight into patterns of local adaptation to rabies
epizootics Sarrah Castillo ([email protected]), Vythegi Srithayakumar, Catherine Cullingham &
Christopher J Kyle. Trent University.
P48 Morphological Abnormalities of Hybrid Testes in Drosophila Rachel Kanippayoor ([email protected]) &
Amanda Moehring. University of Western Ontario.
Invasive Species
P49 Variation in Performance of Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata) Among Four Habitats Dasvinder Kambo
([email protected]), Peter M. Kotanen & Helene H. Wagner. University of Toronto.
P50 Evaluating the purple loosestrife biological control program in Ontario: does host distribution dictate
efficacy? Angela Boag ([email protected]). Queen's University.
Landscape Ecology
P51 Étude comparative de la dendrochronologie de l'épinette noire (Picea mariana) entre les hautes terres et
basses terres dans la baie de Hudson Guillaume Perrette ([email protected]) & Daniel Campbell.
Université Laurentienne.
P52 Tracking landscape fragmentation over 120 years as an indicator for the Swiss Monitoring System of
Sustainable Development (MONET): How do protected areas differ? Jochen A.G. Jaeger
([email protected]), Christian Schwick & René Bertiller. Concordia University, Dept. of
Geography, Planning and Environment.
P53 Moving in the tundra: changes in selection and timing of use of summer habitat by migratory caribou Joelle
Taillon ([email protected]), Marco Festa-Bianchet & Steeve D. Côté. Université Laval.
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*P54 Establishing reference conditions for the rehabilitation of mining waste uplands in the Hudson Bay Lowland
Katherine Garrah ([email protected]) & Daniel Campbell. Laurentian University.
*P55 Impacts de l'intensification agricole sur les communautés de Diptères Schizophores Louis Laplante
([email protected]), Jade Savage & Marc Bélisle. Université de Sherbrooke.
P56 Impact du couvert forestier sur le pergélisol des palses boisées de la région de la rivière Boniface, Québec
subarctique Mélanie Jean ([email protected]) & Serge Payette. Université Laval.
P57 Effects of a precipitation gradient on the structure of a tropical insectivorous bat ensemble Sergio EstradaVillegas ([email protected]), Elisabeth K. V. Kalko & Brian McGill. McGill University.
Life History and Fitness
P58 Within-genus size distributions in angiosperms: small is better Lonnie Aarssen ([email protected]) &
Sarah Dowbroskie. Queen's University.
Molecular Mechanisms of Biodiversity
P59 Comparative mitochondrial genomics of freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionoida): Are unassigned regions
responsible for developmental control of the doubly uniparental inheritance of mitochondrial DNA? Sophie
Breton ([email protected]), Donald T. Stewart, Helene Doucet Beaupre, Arthur E. Bogan, Pierre U.
Blier & Walter R. Hoeh. Kent State University.
P60 DNA barcoding as a tool for the identification of illegally traded wildlife products Alphonse Nougoue
([email protected]) & Donal Hickey. Concordia University.
Natural Selection
P61 Effect of population size on adaptation in experimental yeast populations Pedram Samani
([email protected]) & Graham Bell. McGill University.
Oceanography
P62 The diversity of eucaryote picophytoplankton in the North Atlantic Ocean Cindy Dasilva
([email protected]), Connie Lovejoy & W.K.W. Li. Université Laval.
Population Genetics/Ecology
P63 The genealogical partitioning of mutational interactions in haploid populations Cortland K. Griswold
([email protected]). University of Guelph.
*P64 Effects of forest fragmentation on the reproductive success and breeding system of Chokecherry (Prunus
virginiana), a self-incompatible fruit shrub from temperate regions Adriana Rocio Suarez
([email protected]) & Sara Good-Avila. University of Winnipeg.
*P65 Narwhal (Monodon monoceros) social structure as determined by diet and genetics Cortney Watt
([email protected]), Stephen Petersen & Steven Ferguson. University of Manitoba.
*P66 Simulation of drift and effective number of breeders in an age-structured population and a potential field
study David Hunt ([email protected]), Elizabeth Boulding, Courtland Griswold. University of Guelph.
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P67 Unparalled GC content in the organelle DNA of Selaginella David Roy Smith ([email protected]). Dalhousie
University.
P68 Trans-Atlantic phylogeography and migration of the northern seastar, Asterias rubens Fiona Harper
([email protected]), James Bruner & Zachary Stachura. Rollins College, Florida.
*P69 La spécialisation des individus à l'intérieur des groupes chez la marmotte alpine (Marmota marmota)
François Dumont ([email protected]) & Denis Réale. Université du Québec à Montréal.
P70 Factors driving the effective size of a metapopulation: An empirical example from Atlantic salmon (Salmo
salar) Friso Palstra ([email protected]) & Daniel Ruzzante. Dalhousie University.
P71 Context-dependent spatial genetic structure in eastern chipmunks (Tamia striatus) Gabrielle DubucMessier ([email protected]), Dany Garant & Denis Réale. Université du Québec à
Montréal.
P72 Analysis of Gene-linked Microsatellites in Mountain Pine Beetles (Dendroctonus ponderosae) N. Gayathri
Samarasekera ([email protected]), Brent W Murray, Chris Keeling, Joerg Bohlmann & The Tria Project
Consortium. University of Northern British Columbia.
P73 Landscape influence on population genetic structure of raccoons (Procyon lotor) in southern Québec Héloïse
Côté ([email protected]), Dany Garant & Fanie Pelletier. Université de Sherbrooke.
*P74 A genome wide set of SNPs detects population substructure and long range linkage disequilibrium in wild
sheep Joshua Miller ([email protected]), James Kijas, Jocelyn Poissant & Dave Coltman. University of
Alberta.
P75 Investigating the genetic component to variation in metabolism in caribou Karen Smith
([email protected]), Stephen Petersen, Laura Finnegan & Paul Wilson. Trent University.
*P76 Population Structure of the White-throated sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) in Western Canada: Genetic
determination of migratory routes Marcelo Mora ([email protected]), Veronica Mesias, Ken Otter, Scott
Ramsay & Brent Murray. University of Northern British Columbia.
P77 Ecological Genomics of Arctoid Carnivores Sascha Jeffers ([email protected]), David Coltman & Corey
Davis. University of Alberta.
P78 Genetic structure, phylogeography and connectivity among populations of the hybridizing mussels Mytilus
edulis and M. trossulus in Atlantic Canada Shin Hun Kim ([email protected]), David Innes, Raymond
Thompson. Memorial University of Newfoundland, Dept. of Biology.
Predator/Prey Interactions and Food Webs
P79 Diet differences among age classes of Arctic seals: evidence from stable isotope and mercury biomarkers
Brent G. Young ([email protected]), Lisa L. Loseto, & Steven H. Ferguson. University of
Manitoba.
*P80 Latitudinal Gradients in Food Web Structure Catherine Sutherland ([email protected]) & Tamara
Romanuk. Dalhousie University.
*P81 Network Structure of the Human Microbiome Marina Ritchie ([email protected]), Tamara Romanuk,
Karla Armsworthy, Dave Jerome & Richard Williams. Dalhousie University.
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P82 Predator-prey interactions between the blue mussel Mytilus edulis and zooplankton--a case of intraguild
predation Sean Duffy ([email protected]), Gregor Fussmann & Chris W. McKindsey. McGill
University.
Quantitative Genetics and Epigenetics
P83 Testing the Link between the Transcriptome and Proteome Ryan Dugas ([email protected]) &
Thomas J. S. Merritt. Laurentian University.
Sexual Selection and Mating Systems
P84 Testing the effects of natural and sexual selection on a Drosophila seminal fluid protein by experimental
evolution Alex Wong ([email protected]) & Howard Rundle. University of Ottawa.
P85 Intersexual differences in the strength of selection on condition in Drosophila melanogaster Andrea
Zikovitz ([email protected]) & Aneil Agrawal. University of Toronto.
P86 Correlated Evolution of Ploidy and Sexual System in the Moss Genus Atrichum Danielle Perley
([email protected]) & Linley Jesson. University of New Brunswick.
*P87 Is bigger really better? A possible alternative reproductive strategy for small male house crickets Samantha
Klaus ([email protected]), Sue Bertram, Lauren Fitzsimmons & Trevor Pitcher. Carleton
University.
P88 Male Mating Tactics and Hybridization Between Secondary Contact Populations of a Temperate Tree Frog
Species Cameron Hudson ([email protected]), Kathryn Stewart & Stephen Lougheed. Queen's
University.
Speciation and Evolution
P89 What women want: Locating genes for interspecific female preference in Drosophila simulans Meghan
Laturney ([email protected]) & Amanda Moehring. University of Western Ontario.
*P90 A species tree for the Hydrobatinae (Aves: Procellariiformes): phylogenetic evidence for sympatric
speciation Sarah J. Wallace ([email protected]), James A. Morris-Pocock, Jacob González-Solís & Vicki
L. Friesen. Queen's University.
Taxonomy and Systematics
P91 The exceptionally large chloroplast genome of the green alga Floydiella terrestris illuminates the
evolutionary history of the Chlorophyceae Jean-Simon Brouard ([email protected]),
Christian Otis, Claude Lemieux & Monique Turmel. Université Laval, IBIS.
P92 Taming the BEAST: Evaluating the influence of model selection on time to most recent common ancestor
(TMRCA) estimates in a commonly used phylogenetic program Georgia Lloyd-Smith
([email protected]) & Stephen C. Lougheed. Queen’s University.
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Theoretical and Statistical Ecology
*P93 Constructing reference conditions through best professional judgment Monica Granados
([email protected]), Nicholas E. Mandrak & Donald A. Jackson. McGill University.
Transcriptomics and Molecular Ecology
P94 Early divergence in gene expression between American (Anguilla rostrata) and European (Anguilla
anguilla) eel leptocephali Jérôme St-Cyr ([email protected]), Svetlana Kalujnaia, Gordon
Cramb, Thomas D Als, Michael M Hansen & Louis Bernatchez. Université Laval.
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