8:30 – 8:50 Opening Remarks in Room 140
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Room 141
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Room 143
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Zoology I
Chair: Donald Solick Projectionist: Heather Clarke
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Community Ecology I
Chair: Isabelle Charron Projectionist: Travis Logan
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9.00
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Mona
Chappellaz
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Broken hearts: reducing injury in the ischemic myocardium
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Michelle
Tait
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Potential effects of climate change on photosynthesis and growth of alpine plants in the southwest Yukon
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9:15
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Mike
Johnson
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Parasite effects on the survival, growth and reproductive potential of yellow perch (Perca flavescens) in Canadian Shield Lakes
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Jeff
Webb
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Biodiversity of mayflies in Saskatchewan
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9:30
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Eric
Snively
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The better to eat you with: birds and crocodilians as a guide to tyrannosaurid feeding mechanics
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Ruth
Errington
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Peatland development along a climatic gradient in northwestern British Columbia
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9:45
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Allyson
Hindle
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Energetic implications of aquatic hypothermia in adult and juvenile muskrats (Ondatra zibethicus)
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Lisa
Jones
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Predator-prey interaction between hermit crabs (Pagurus hirsutiusculus) and snail hatchlings (Nucella emarginata): the role and importance of olfactory cues
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10:00
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Liza
McClintock
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The photorepair and photoprotective abilities of Daphnia magna and Daphnia pulex in response to ultraviolet-B radiation
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Glenda
Samuelson
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Analysis of riparian vegetation community types along Drywood and Yarrow Creeks, southwestern Alberta
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10:15
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Craig
Willis
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Defining torpor in free-ranging endotherms: does skin temperature approximate body temperature?
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Arin
MacFarlane
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Influence of seismic lines on Alberta’s boreal plant community
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10:30 – 10:55 Coffee / Juice Break
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Population Ecology I
Chair: Colleen Simpson Projectionist: Travis Logan
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Plant Ecology
Chair: Nora Saona Projectionist: Heather Clarke
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11:00
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Che
Elkin
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Are mountain pine beetles attracted to fire-damaged lodgepole pine trees?
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Eric
Gross
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The birds and the bees: pollinator foraging and its implication for plant sex
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11:15
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Fiona
Johnston
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Recovery of an exploited bull trout population (Salvelinus confluentus) in Lower Kananaskis Lake and Smith-Dorien Creek, Alberta, in response to changes in angling regulations
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Jill
Hamilton
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Before the burn: the ecology of big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii) in Riding Mountain National Park
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11:30
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Jess
Dunford
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Landscape configuration influences on woodland caribou home range size
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Jannice
Friedman
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Pollination in the grasses: are they simply blowin’ in the wind?
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11:45
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Glenn
Mack
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Variation in mallard home range size and composition: correlates and consequences for breeding females
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Elizabeth Jackson
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Beautiful lies: the deceptive pollination strategies of orchids
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12:00
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Micheal
Swystun
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The influence of residual tree patch isolation on habitat use by bats in central British Columbia
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Sean
Michaletz
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Elucidating mechanisms of crown scorch
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12:15 – 1:25 Lunch Break
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Room 141
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Room 143
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Behavioural Ecology
Chair: Erin Kinsella Projectionist: Mireille Miskulin
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Community Ecology II
Chair: Sean Michaletz Projectionist: Trish Rathwell
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1:30
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Ryan
Fisher
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Day-roosts of male common nighthawks (Chordeiles minor): what characterizes quality roosts?
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Chandra
Chambers
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Deep-sea fishes, food web structure, parasites
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1:45
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Jennifer
Sloan
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Assessment of the tonic communication and the monotony-threshold hypotheses in the alarm signalling system of Richardson’s ground squirrels (Spermophilus richardsonii)
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Melissa Brown
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Staying on the trail in a rough fescue grassland: how do trails and modest researcher visitation influence surrounding plant community structure?
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2:00
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Robert
Senkiw
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Evaluating the effects of an implanted tethering system in the diving behaviour of muskrats (Ondatra zibethicus)
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Rebecca
Snell
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Plant-homopteran-ant interactions: an indirect benefit of a pest?
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2:15
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Cori
Lausen
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Thermoregulation and roost selection by reproductive female big brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus) roosting in rock crevices in the South Saskatchewan River Valley, Alberta
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Dwight
Klippenstine
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Are brown-headed cowbirds and grassland songbirds in a co-evolutionary race?
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2:30
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Rebecca
Stewart
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Did Coccyzus cuckoos previously parasitize red-winged blackbirds and yellow warblers?
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Sherry
Hnatiuk
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Aspen encroachment in the Parkland Region
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2:45
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Lydia
Hollis
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Ontogeny of thermoregulation and influences of diet on torpor use by juvenile big brown bats
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Edward
Mondor
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“Belling the cat”: aphids scent mark predators
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3:00 – 3:25 Coffee / Juice Break
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Micro-Molecular Biology I
Chair: Kerry Tomlin Projectionist: Mireille Miskulin
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Conservation Ecology I
Chair: Kerry Moffat Projectionist:
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3:30
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Kristofor
Ellestad
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Immunoglobulin heavy chain gene organization and implications on the evolution of class switching
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Jennell
Rempel
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Recommendations for qualitative and quantitative methods of estimating Rana pipiens (the Northern leopard frog) populations within Riding Mountain National Park
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3:45
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Brian
Wescott
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Distribution of hexane in a lipid bylayer: molecular dynamics simulation
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Karin
Newman
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Land management, land ethics. What’s the difference?
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4:00
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Christine
Mesa
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Diversity of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) Class I in the mallard
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Julie
Sveinson
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Reconstruction of tallgrass prairie in Winnipeg, Manitoba
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4:15
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Kyle
Thulien
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Cloning and polymorphism of the TAP2 gene in the white pekin duck
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Mark
Thompson
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Comparative phylogeography of northwestern North America: inferred perspectives on adaptive evolutionary conservation
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4:30 – 5:00
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Petr Komers: Information on the Alberta Society of Professional Biologists in Room 143
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6:00 – 7:30 Poster Session and Free Pizza in the Atrium
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7:30 – 8:30 Harold Welch Plenary Lecture by John Acorn in Room 140
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Room 141
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Room 143
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Zoology II
Chair: Lydia Hollis Projectionist: Graeme Poll
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Plant Physiology I
Chair: Joanna Macintosh Projectionist: Renee Mensing-Solick
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9.00
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Philip
Bergmann
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Differential tail growth in the lizard Anolis grahami
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Monique
Wismer
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Potential of native plants to metabolize toluene
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9:15
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Jeffrey
Lane
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Physiological convergence between two taxonomically disparate groups
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Mark Belmonte
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Glutathione and white spruce somatic embryogenesis
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9:30
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Patricia
Tomliens
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Amphibia deformities in Kamloops, B.C.: are trematodes responsible?
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Wil
Wu
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An examination of the response of the alpine and prairie ecotypes of Stellaria longpipes to Ultraviolet radiation
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9:45
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Glenn
Fines
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The effects of fasting on the thyroid hormone status in the plasma of two marine elasmobranches, the spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias) and the little skate (Raja erinacea)
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Dean
Medeiros
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The effects if varying pH levels and nitrate:sulphate ratios on membrane permeability and chlorophyll degradation in Cladonia stellaria and Peltigera canina
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10:00
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Danielle
Thuen
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The effects of UV-B radiation on the development of goldfish, Carassius auratus
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Jennifer
Mustard
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Water relations, growth, and cell wall elasticity of Cornus stolonifera seedlings grown under NaCl stress
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10:15
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Heather
Jamniczky
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Testudine systematics: the utility of cranial arterial canals and foramina in the resolution of turtle phylogeny
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10:30 – 10:55 Coffee / Juice Break
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Community Ecology III
Chair: Cori Lausen Projectionist: Graeme Poll
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Micro-Molecular Biology II
Chair: Kerry Tomlin Projectionist: Renee Mensing-Solick
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11:00
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Megan
Watters
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The effects of grazing by large herbivores on carbon and nitrogen dynamics in grasslands of Jasper National Park
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Yunxiu
Dai
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Knockout analysis of the hypA orthologue in Schizosaccaromyces pombe
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11:15
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Micheal
Pollock
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Habitat characteristics influence the ability of fathead minnows to learn to recognize heterospecific alarm cues
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Rachelle
Dillon
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Initial characterization of the pathway of 3,5-dichloro-para-anisyl alcohol catabolism by a dechlorinating bacterium
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11:30
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Catherine
Ivory
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Creating a butterfly haven: Lepidoptera as indicators of biodiversity in naturally regenerated and harvested black spruce forests
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Amrit
Singh
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Phylogenetic relationships within the Paenungulata inferred from the alph- and beta-globin gene nucleotide sequences
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11:45
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Tanya
Luszcz
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Habitat use by forest-dwelling bats in the northern Skagit watershed, British Columbia
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Amanda
Bergman
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The isolation and identification of microorganisms responsible for the degradation of the herbicide Dicamba
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12:00
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Colleen Simpson
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Thinning the boreal forest: do bark beetles benefit?
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Nicolle
Bristow
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Survivor: does EGF increase the expression of the anti-apoptotic protein mc11 and allow uncontrolled cell survival
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12:15 – 1:15 Lunch Break
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Room 141
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Room 143
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Plant Physiology II
Chair: Gillian Donald Projectionist: Arminty Carson
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Conservation Ecology II
Chair: Tanya Luszcz Projectionist: Nicolle Germscheid
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1:30
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Ryan
Cormack
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Germination and longevity of spores from Manitoba fern species using fresh and herbarium material
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Kathy Murray
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Industrial and municipal impacts on water quality in the Assinibione River
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1:45
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Morgan
Day
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Natural hybridization between Packera paupercula and Packera indecora; two species with different breeding systems
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Leif
Olson
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An evaluation of a risk index model for a developing mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins) infestation in Banff National Park
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2:00
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Jasmine
Garrett
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Autobahn: understanding the plant “Superhighway”
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Jeremy
Ross
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Phylogenetic analysis of Greater Prairie-chicken across North America: determing Canadian settlement
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2:15
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Amanda
Karst
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Correlations in photosynthesis, foliar nitrogen, specific leaf area, and leaf longevity in ferns
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Bill
Thompson
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Seed dispersal and the restoration of Winnipeg’s riparian forests
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2:30
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Nicole
Verin-Treusch
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Photo-repair in duckweed (Lemma minor); a population growth study
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Karilynn
Sweet
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Environmental and clonal influences on the rate of invasion of Smooth brome (Bromus inermis Leyss.)
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2:45 – 3:10 Coffee / Juice Break
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Micro-Molecular Biology III
Chair: Karla Krewulak Projectionist: Arminty Carson
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Population Ecology II
Chair: Brett van Poorten Projectionist: Steve Carmicheal
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3:15
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Tara
Christie
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Molecular cloning and preliminary characterization of connexin45.6: a putative zebrafish gap junction gene
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Jennifer
Cassin
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Location, location, location: long-term habitat selection and size dependence in fathead minnows, Pimephales promelas
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3:30
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Elizabeth
McLachlan
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Molecular cloning, expression analysis, and preliminary functional analysis of zebrafish connexin35.1
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Jane
Park
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Landscape influences on dispersal by bark beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) in managed forests
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3:45
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Tara
Klassen
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The population structure of two lineages of sea cucumber, Cucumaria pseudocurata using genetic analysis
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Scott
Lovell
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Song variation in a population of alder flycatchers in southwestern Alberta
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4:00
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Elliott
Cantor
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The genetic basis of interspecific variation in male and female pheromone profile in Drosophila
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Jalene
Lamontagne
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Population ecology and population dynamics of Yukon red squirrels (Tamiasciuris hudsonicus)
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4:15
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Cameron
Jackson
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Breeding ecology of prairie nesting shorebirds: effects of mammalian predators and habitat
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6:30 – … Cocktails/Banquet/Dance at the Grad Lounge
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