JCU/OU Herpetology Symposium 2016 Schedule of Events

Evening
Schedule
8pm-

Talk Schedule
8:15-8:55
9:00-10:00
10:00-10:30
10:30-10:45
10:45-11:00
11:00-11:15
11:15-11:30
11:30-11:45
11:45-12:00
12:00-12:15
12:15-2:15
2:15-2:30
2:30-2:45
2:45-3:00
3:00-3:15
3:15-3:30
3:30-3:45
3:45-4:00
4:00-4:15
4:15-5:30
6:30-11:00pm

Friday, November 4th, 8pmEvening Social at The Tavern Company - 2299 Lee Rd., Cleveland Hts.
This will be an informal mixer where you can meet up with new and old friends, catch up, grab food
and drink, and coordinate with who youre staying with for the weekend.

Saturday, November 5th, 8:15am-4pm

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PLENARY SPEAKER: Joe Mendelson- Snake locomotion

BREAK
Faunal rescue in Brazil - Bridging the gap between scientific knowledge and practice-Julia LaterzaBarbosa
Amphibian road crossing behavior-Charlene Hopkins
Variation in alkaloid defenses of the dendrobatid poison frog Oophaga pumilio lead to differences in
avoidance by the neotropical ant Ectatomma ruidum-Sarah Bolton
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The Rocks are Hotter on the Other Side of the Fence-Garrett Sisson
Chemotaxis of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis-Dave Batholow
The heat is on: thermal biology, climate change, and tropical deforestation-James Watling
LUNCH
Color polymorphism in the Eastern Red-backed Salamander (Plethodon cinereus): is one morph better
camouflaged than the other? -Maggie Hantak
Will behavioral compensation buffer species loss in a warming climate?-Vinny Farallo
The relationship between color, chemical defense, and behavior in the green and black poison frog,
Dendrobates auratus-Annelise Blanchette
BREAK
Geometric Morphometric Analysis of Polymorphic Populations of Eastern Red-Backed
Salamanders, Plethodon cinereus-Marissa Ganzfried
Gopher Tortoise population survey and monitoring in Southern Florida-Jennifer Beck
Evidence of tropic cascades in a temperate forest-floor food web-Dr. Cari Hickerson (Anthony & Walton)
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POSTER SESSION-See authors and titles below

Potluck!

Poster Session
4:15-5:30

Saturday, November 5th 4:15-5:30pm

Decomposition rates of Diamondback Terrapins (Malaclemys terrapin) in crab pots-Olivia Brooks
Within and among year variation in reproductive output from two populations of the diamondback
terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin)-Alayna Tokash
Genetic analysis of distinct lineages of Plethodon cinereus at a secondary contact zone in northeast OhioBrian Waldron
Research in the Anthony/Hickerson Laboratory at John Carroll University-Dr. Cari Hickerson & Dr. Carl
Anthony
Age Estimation of Chelydra serpentina (Chelydridae)-Alex Dahlkemper
The Effect of Temperature on The Circulating Level of Corticosterone in The Polymorphic
Species Plethodon cinereus-Joe Demarchi
Chondrocranium of Lepidochelys olivacea and the Taenia Marginalis -Vinh Trinh
Predictions from Ensemble Distribution Models Scale with Counts from Field Surveys-Alex Cameron
A New Method for Extracting Alkaloid Defenses from Poison Frog Skins-Noemi Becza