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Announcing the 2022 Distinguished Awardees
2022 Distinguished Landscape Ecologist Award
2022 Distinguished Landscape Practitioner Award
2022 Distinguished Service Award
- Dr. Carol Johnston, South Dakota State University
2022 Distinguished Landscape Practitioner Award
- Dr. David Theobald, Conservation Planning Technologies
2022 Distinguished Service Award
- Dr. Kristin Byrd, USGS Western Geographic Science Center
Awards Selection Process
Nominations for the three Distinguished awards and the Outstanding Publication award are solicited annually from the membership. The Awards Committee makes decisions based on a review of submitted nominations against the award criteria described below. Nominations can be sent to the Awards Committee Chair.
2022 Awards Committee: Betty Kreakie (Chair), Jennifer Costanza, Sarah Goslee, Dan Kashian, Emily Minor, and Ilona Naujokaitis-Lewis
Foreign Scholar Travel Awards
IALE-North America supports attendance of landscape ecologists from foreign countries and fosters international exchange about advances in landscape ecology at each annual meeting. IALE-NA especially seeks to support more participants from non-G7 countries while also increasing connections and representation from other IALE-NA countries (Mexico, Central America, and The Caribbean). Awards are available to foreign scholars to offset costs associated with attending the IALE-North America meeting.
Award Year 2022 Recipients:
Award Year 2022 Recipients:
- Abdesslam Chai-Allah (Morocco), Ph.D. Student, National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE), France
- Jins VJ (India), Research Associate, Department of Zoology, Sikkim University, Gangtok, India
- Habib Ramezani (Iran), Department of Forest Resource Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden
- Igor Sirodoev (Romania), Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, Ovidius University of Constanta, Constanta, Romania
Diversity Participation Awards
The International Association for Landscape Ecology-North America (IALE-NA) aims to provide support for diverse and traditionally underrepresented voices by proactively addressing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) within our Regional Chapter. Four priority DEI action items are to broaden participation of underrepresented minorities across our region, increase representation of non-G7 IALE-NA countries (Mexico, Central America, and The Caribbean), increase opportunities for engagement through inclusive networking, and form a mentoring program.
Award recipients received funds to offset registration costs associated with attending the 2022 IALE-North America virtual meeting. Award recipients participated in the conference through a newly formed mentoring program as a mentor or mentee and through networking activities.
Award Year 2022 Recipients:
Award recipients received funds to offset registration costs associated with attending the 2022 IALE-North America virtual meeting. Award recipients participated in the conference through a newly formed mentoring program as a mentor or mentee and through networking activities.
Award Year 2022 Recipients:
- Abigail Axness, Boise State University
- Viviana Quiroga Angel, University of Toronto
- Monika Shankar, University of California--Los Angeles
- Ayanna St. Rose, University of Arkansas
Student Travel Awards
In recognition that students are valuable current and future members of IALE-North America, the Student Travel Awards (STA) support student travel to the Annual Meetings. Approximately 10 awards have been awarded annually since 2009. Each award recipient receives up to $500 to help cover travel expenses at the meeting. Students are eligible to receive one IALE-North America sponsored STA per degree program and must have an abstract for an oral or poster presentation at the conference accepted by the Program Committee to obtain funding. Application instructions are available on the conference web page.
Student Travel Awards were made available to 21 students to attend the 2022 Virtual Meeting with funding generously provided by IALE-North America. The following students were selected by the IALE-North America Awards Committee to receive these awards.
Award Year 2022 Recipients:
Student Travel Awards were made available to 21 students to attend the 2022 Virtual Meeting with funding generously provided by IALE-North America. The following students were selected by the IALE-North America Awards Committee to receive these awards.
Award Year 2022 Recipients:
- Erin Matula, Northern Michigan University, The Nature Conservancy, and The Conservation Data Lab
- Skye Greenler, Oregon State University, Department of Forest Engineering, Resources, and Management
- Shelby Snapp, Geography and Environmental Sustainability at The University of Oklahoma
- Alison Deak, Department of Geography, University of Oregon
- Casey Hamilton, Department of Geography, The Pennsylvania State University
- Claire Wang, IDCE and Geography Department, Clark University
- Erin Rowland-Schaefer, Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Illinois University
- Thomas Bilintoh, Geography Department, Clark University
- David Grace, University of Michigan, School for Environment and Sustainability
- Wenxin Yang, School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, Arizona State University
- Kimberly Serno, Biology, Baylor University
- Shelby Weiss, Department of Geography, University of Oregon
- Emlyn Crocker, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Connecticut
- Abigail Dunn, Dept. of Natural Resources and the Environment at University of Connecticut
- Louis Jochems, Department of Biological Sciences, Boise State University
- Olivia Spencer, Department of Geography and The Pennsylvania State University
- Stuart Steidle, Geography, University of Oregon
- Logan Hysen, Wildlife Department, Humboldt State University
- Danial Nayeri, Department of Wildlife, Humboldt State University
- Veronica Frans, Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability, Michigan State University
- Ara Metz, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences; University of Northern Colorado
Past IALE-North America Award Recipients
Distinguished Landscape Ecologist
The Award for Distinguished Landscape Ecologist is given for distinguished scientific contribution to the field of landscape ecology. The intent of this award is to specifically recognize those unique individuals whose thinking and writing have helped to shape the field of landscape ecology. This award highlights those scholars whose scientific endeavors pervade our discipline and its continuing development. This award is ordinarily given for outstanding scientific achievement over a period of a decade or more, and it is the most prestigious honor bestowed by our Chapter.
The Award for Distinguished Landscape Ecologist is given for distinguished scientific contribution to the field of landscape ecology. The intent of this award is to specifically recognize those unique individuals whose thinking and writing have helped to shape the field of landscape ecology. This award highlights those scholars whose scientific endeavors pervade our discipline and its continuing development. This award is ordinarily given for outstanding scientific achievement over a period of a decade or more, and it is the most prestigious honor bestowed by our Chapter.
- 2022. Carol Johnston
- 2021. Janet Franklin
- 2020. Tom Spies
- 2019. Kurt Riitters
- 2018. Jianguo “Jack” Liu
- 2017. William Hargrove
- 2016. Kimberly A. With
- 2014. Dean Urban
- 2013. Virginia Dale
- 2013. Marie-Josée Fortin
- 2012. David Mladenoff
- 2011. Lenore Fahrig
- 2010. Joan Iverson Nassauer
- 2010. Jianguo (Jingle) Wu
- 2009. Herman (Hank) Shugart Jr.
- 2007. Eric Gustafson
- 2006. Bruce T. Milne
- 2005. H. Ronald Pulliam
- 2004. Thomas Crow
- 2003. Simon Levin
- 2002. Louis Iverson
- 2001. Gary Barrett
- 2000. Paul Risser
- 1998. Monica G. Turner
- 1997. Gray Merriam
- 1996. John A. Wiens
- 1995. Robert O'Neill
- 1994. Robert Gardner
- 1992. Richard Forman
- 1991. Frank Golley
Distinguished Landscape Practitioner
The award for Distinguished Landscape Practitioner is given for distinguished contributions in the application of the principles of landscape ecology to real-world problems. The intent is to recognize unusual contributions to landscape ecology through the creative applications of this science to the resolution of practical dilemmas. This award is given for outstanding applications over a period of years.
The award for Distinguished Landscape Practitioner is given for distinguished contributions in the application of the principles of landscape ecology to real-world problems. The intent is to recognize unusual contributions to landscape ecology through the creative applications of this science to the resolution of practical dilemmas. This award is given for outstanding applications over a period of years.
- 2022. David Theobald
- 2021. Point Blue Conservation Science
- 2020. Sarah Gergel
- 2019. Michael Dombeck
- 2018. James “Jim” Wickam
- 2018. Sam Cushman
- 2017. The Landscape Conservation Cooperative Network
- 2016. Charles Convis, ESRI Conservation Program (ECP)
- 2014. Andrew Fall
- 2013. K. Bruce Jones
- 2012. United States National Park Service's Inventory and Monitoring (I&M) Program
- 2010. Wes H. Jackson
- 2009. Kevin McGarigal
- 2005. David Hulse
- 2004. Frederick Steiner, University of Texas
- 2003. USGS GAP Program
- 2002. The Great Plains Restoration Council for The Buffalo Commons
- 2001. The Nature Conservancy
- 2000. Larry Harris
- 1998. Joan Iverson Nassauer
- 1997. Michael Hough
- 1996. Carl Steinitz, Harvard School of Design
- 1995. Wisconsin Chapter of the Nature Conservancy for the Baraboo Hills project
- 1994. Nancy Diaz
- 1994. Mt. Hood NF
- 1991. Andropogon Associates
Distinguished Service Award
The award for Distinguished Service recognizes individuals who have contributed exceptionally to IALE-North America. Exceptional service represents a contribution to IALE-North America in terms of time, energy and dedication that advanced the mission of IALE-North America in an extraordinary manner and thus deserves special recognition.
The award for Distinguished Service recognizes individuals who have contributed exceptionally to IALE-North America. Exceptional service represents a contribution to IALE-North America in terms of time, energy and dedication that advanced the mission of IALE-North America in an extraordinary manner and thus deserves special recognition.
- 2022. Kristin Byrd
- 2021. Jessica Price
- 2020. Steven Walters
- 2019. Todd Lookingbill and Kathleen Vigness-Raposa
- 2018. Nancy E. McIntyre
- 2017. Anita Morzillo
- 2016. Robert Scheller
- 2014. Peter August
- 2012. Jianguo (Jingle) Wu
- 2010. Monica G. Turner
- 2006. Garik Gutman
- 2006. William Taylor
- 2006. Jack Liu
- 2005. David Mladenoff
- 2001. Jerry Franklin
- 1998. Eugene Odum
- 1998. Frank Golley
- 1997. Richard Forman
- 1995. Forest Stearns
Outstanding Paper Award
This award recognizes an outstanding paper published in the discipline of landscape ecology in the preceding two years that significantly advances the science or practice of landscape ecology.
This award recognizes an outstanding paper published in the discipline of landscape ecology in the preceding two years that significantly advances the science or practice of landscape ecology.
- 2022. Andrade, R., J. Franklin, K.L. Larson, C.M. Swan, S.B. Lerman, H.L. Bateman, P.S. Warren, and A. York. 2021. Predicting the assembly of novel communities in urban ecosystems. Landscape Ecology 36: 1-15
- 2021. Halstead, K.E., J.D. Alexander, A. S. Hadley, J.L. Stephens, Z. Yang, and M.G. Betts. 2019. Using a species-centered approach to predict bird community responses to habitat fragmentation. Landscape Ecology 34: 1919-1935
- 2020. McCullough, I.M., K.S. Cheruvelil, J.-F. Lapierre, N.R. Lottig, M.A. Moritz, J. Stachelek, and P.A. Soranno. 2019. Do lakes feel the burn? Ecological consequences of increasing exposure of lakes to fire in the continental United States. Global Change Biology 25: 2841-2854
- 2019. Bürgi, M., C. Bieling, K. Hackwitz, T. Kizos, J. Lieskovský, M. Martín, S. McCarthy, M. Müller, H. Palang, T. Plieninger, and A. Printsmann. 2017. Processes and driving forces in changing cultural landscapes across Europe. Landscape Ecology 32: 2097-2112
- 2018. McClure, M.L., A.J. Hansen, and R.M. Inman. 2016. Connecting models to movements: testing connectivity model predictions against empirical migration and dispersal data. Landscape Ecology 31: 1419–1432
- 2017. Jenerette, G.D., S.L. Harlan, A. Buyantuev, W.L. Stefanov, J. Declet-Barreto, B.L. Ruddell, S.W. Myint, S. Kaplan, and X. Li. 2016. Micro-scale urban surface temperatures are related to land-cover features and heat related health impacts in Phoenix, AZ USA. Landscape Ecology 31: 745-760
- 2016. Bruton, M. J., M. Maron, N. Levin, and C. A. McAlpine. 2015. Testing the relevance of binary, mosaic and continuous landscape conceptualisations to reptiles in regenerating dryland landscapes. Landscape Ecology 30: 715-728
- 2014. Hoffman, F., J. Kumar, R. Mills, and W. Hargrove. 2013. Representativeness-based sampling network design for the State of Alaska. Landscape Ecology 28: 1567-1586
- 2013. McKenzie, D., and M. Kennedy. 2012. Power laws reveal phase transitions in landscape controls of fire regimes. Nature Communications 3: 726
- 2012. Uriarte, M., A. Marina, M.T.B. da Silva, P. Rubim, E. Johnson, and E.M. Bruna. 2011. Disentangling the drivers of reduced long-distance seed dispersal by birds in an experimentally fragmented landscape. Ecology 92: 924-937
- 2011. Gilbert-Norton, L., R. Wilson, J.R. Stevens, and K.H. Beard. 2010. A meta-analytic review of corridor effectiveness. Conservation Biology 24: 660-668
- 2010. Smith, A.C., N. Koper, C.M. Francis, and L. Fahrig. 2009. Confronting collinearity: comparing methods for disentangling the effects of habitat loss and fragmentation. Landscape Ecology 24: 1271-1285
- 2009. Treml, E.A., P.N. Halpin, D.L. Urban, and L.F. Pratson. 2008. Modeling population connectivity by ocean currents, a graph-theoretic approach for marine conservation. Landscape Ecology 23: 19-36
- 2008. Falk, D.A., C. Miller, D. McKenzie, and A.E. Black. 2007. Cross-scale analysis of fire regimes. Ecosystems 10: 809-823
- 2007. Laurance, W.F., H.E.M. Nascimento, S.G. Laurance, A. Andrade, J.E.L.S. Ribeiro, J.P. Giraldo, T.E. Lovejoy, R. Condit, J. Chave, K.E. Harms, and S. D'Angelo. 2006. Rapid decay of tree-community composition in Amazonian forest fragments. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (United States) 103: 19010-19014
- 2006. An, L., M. Linderman, J. Qi, A. Shortridge, and J. Liu. 2005. Exploring complexity in a human-environment system: an agent-based spatial model for multidisciplinary and multiscale integration. Annals of the Association of American Geographers 95: 54-79
- 2005. Farhig, L. 2003. Effects of habitat fragmentation on biodiversity. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics 34: 487-515
- 2004. Hargrove, W.H., F.M. Hoffman, and P.M. Schwartz. 2002. A fractal landscape realizer for generating synthetic maps. Conservation Ecology 6: article 2 (online)
- 2003. Tewksbury, J.J., D.J. Levey, N.M. Haddad, J.L. Orrock, A. Weldon, B.J. Danielson, J. Brinkerhoff, E.I. Damschen, and P. Townsend. 2002. Corridors affect plants, animals, and their interactions in fragmented landscapes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (United States) 99: 12923-12926
- 2002. With, K.A. and A.W. King. 2001. Analysis of landscape sources and sinks: the effect of spatial pattern on avian demography. Biological Conservation 100: 75-88
- 2001. Keymer, J.E., P. Marquet, J.V. Hernandez, and S. Levin. 2000. Extinction thresholds and metapopulation persistence in dynamic landscapes. American Naturalist 156: 478-494
- 2000. Wear, D.N., and P. Bolstad. 1998. Land-use changes in southern Appalachian landscapes: spatial analysis and forecast evaluation. Ecosystems 1: 575-594
- 1998. Flather, C.H., and J.R. Sauer. 1996. Using landscape ecology to test hypotheses about large-scale abundance patterns in migratory birds. Ecology 77: 28-35
- 1997. Mladenoff, D.J., T.A. Sickley, R.G. Haight, and A.P. Wydeven. 1995. A regional landscape analysis and prediction of favorable gray wolf habitat in the northern Great Lakes region. Conservation Biology 9: 279-294
- 1996. With, K.A., and T.O. Crist. 1995. Critical thresholds in species' responses to landscape structure. Ecology 76: 2446-2459
- 1995. Johnson, C. 1994. Woodland expansion in the Platte River. Nebraska: patterns and cause. Ecological Monographs 64: 45-84
- 1994. Wiens, J.A., N.C. Stenseth, B. Van Horne, and R.A. Ims. 1993. Ecological mechanisms and landscape ecology. Oikos 66: 369-380
- 1992. Milne, B. 1992. Spatial aggregation and neutral models in fractal landscapes. American Naturalist 139: 32-57
- 1991. Andow, D.A., P.M. Karieva, S.A. Levin, and A. Okubo. 1990. Spread of invading organisms. Landscape Ecology 4: 177-188
Award for Best Student Presentation
The award for Best Student Presentation is given for the best oral or poster presentation given by a student at the previous Annual Meeting. The award consists of a $300 cash award, a certificate commemorating the award, and a waiver of one future meeting registration fee. Waiver of registration may be applied to one of the next two subsequent IALE-North America annual meetings.
The award for Best Student Presentation is given for the best oral or poster presentation given by a student at the previous Annual Meeting. The award consists of a $300 cash award, a certificate commemorating the award, and a waiver of one future meeting registration fee. Waiver of registration may be applied to one of the next two subsequent IALE-North America annual meetings.
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- 2021. Tin Hang Hung, University of Oxford, GenDivRange: A Novel Database of Population Genetic Diversity and Dispersal Distance across a Wide Range of Taxa to Test the Evolutionary Determinants of Species Range Limits
- 2020. Dalal Hanna, McGill University: Assessing the Relationship Between Water Quality and Watershed Protection
- 2019. Courtney Larson, Colorado State University: Recreation and Wildlife Conservation in a Fragmented Urban Landscape
- 2018. Timothy Swartz, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Integrating Historical, Ecological, and Social Data to Understand Patterns of Amphibian Occupancy and Habitat Availability in an Agroecosystem (oral)
- 2017. Mark Herse, Kansas State University: Habitat fragment shape and landscape matrix composition mediate abundance of a declining grassland songbird (oral)
- 2016. Erika Newman, University of California - Berkeley: Macroecology meets disturbance ecology: connecting species diversity patterns to disturbance ecology through information entropy statistics (oral)
- 2015. Theraesa Coyle, McGill University: Conserving God’s Own Country: Biodiversity in Agroforestry Landscapes of Kerala, India (oral)
- 2014. Amy Mui, University of Toronto: Seasonal changes in core wetland connectivity for a threatened freshwater turtle in southern Ontario (oral)
- 2013. Micah Hahn, University of Wisconsin - Madison: Roosting Behavior and Habitat Selection of Pteropus Giganteus Reveals Potential Links to Nipah Virus Epidemiology (oral)
- 2012. Jenica Allen, University of Connecticut: Socio-economics drive invasive plants in New England through forest fragmentation (oral)
- 2011. Mao-Ning Tuanmu, Michigan State University: Can the Giant Panda survive climate change? (oral)
- 2010. Kathleen Vigness-Raposa, University of Rhode Island: Habitat of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the North Atlantic Ocean (oral)
- 2009. Alisa Wade, Colorado State University: Urban encroachment on the US protected area network (oral)
- 2008. Bronwyn Rayfield, University of Toronto: Identifying potential movement pathways in fragmented landscapes: incorporating uncertainty in landscape resistance (oral)
- 2008. Sarah Olson, University of Wisconsin: Malaria patterns and hydrology in the Amazon - will land use and cover changes alter risk? (poster)
- 2007. Cathy Collins, Kansas University: Patch size affects plant extinction rates in an experimentally fragmented grassland (oral)
- 2007. Benjamin Zuckerberg, State University of New York: Implications of the abundance-occupancy rule: Can atlas data be used to monitor avian population change? (oral)
- 2006. Patrick James, University of Toronto: Simulating the effects of shifting harvest policies on long term spatial patterns of forest age structure. (oral)
- 2005. Yolanda Wiersma, University of Guelph: Beta-diversity and reserve design in Canada. (oral)
- 2004. Brad McRae, Northern Arizona University: Integrating landscape ecology and population genetics: new tools from circuit theory (oral)
- 2003. Jennifer Miller, West Virginia University: A comparison of methods for incorporating spatial dependence in predictive vegetation models (oral)
- 2002. Tenley Conway, Rutgers University: The impact of future development on the water and terrestrial resources in the Barnegat Bay Watershed NJ (oral)
- 2001. Matthew Baker, University of Michigan: Predicting spatial variation in riparian hydrology and forest composition across lower Michigan (oral)
- 2000. Edward Laurent, Purdue University: Modeling habitat context for the endangered copperbelly water snake (oral)
- 1998. Patrick Zollner, Indiana State University: Search strategies for landscape-level inter-patch movements (oral)
- 1997. Jing Huang, Oregon State University: Characterizing forest spatial pattern using digitized aerial photographs (oral)
- 1996. Nancy McIntyre, Colorado State University: Effects of internal and external motivational factors on animal movements in experimental landscapes (oral)
- 1995. Timothy Keitt, University of New Mexico: Detecting critical scales in fragmented landscapes (oral)
- 1994. George Hess, North Carolina State University: Could increased connectivity be more than we bargained for? (poster)
- 1991. Joseph Miller, Penn State University: Landscape patterns and biotic communities characteristics in central Pennsylvania (poster)
Best Student Presentation - Honorable Mention
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- 2021. April Martinig, University of Alberta, Temporal clustering of prey in wildlife passages provides no evidence of a prey-trap, instead vegetated highway medians act as foraging habitat
- 2020. Caitlin Cunningham, Dalhousie University: Developing a method to examine changes in effective mesh size across a landscape: A case study of Nova Scotia, Canada
- 2019. Michele Buonanduci, University of Washington: Individual Tree and Local Tree Neighborhood Factors Affecting Mountain Pine Beetle-Induced Lodgepole Pine Mortality
- 2018. Brooke Cassell, Portland State University: Under Extreme Weather Conditions, Dry Mixed-conifer Forests in the Western U.S. Benefit from Spatial Optimization of Fuel Treatments (oral)
- 2017. Samantha Hauser, University of Louisiana - Lafayette: Understanding landscape variables that influence gene flow in a highly vagile species, the black-capped vireo (Vireo atricapilla) (oral)
- 2017. Carly Ziter, University of Wisconsin - Madison: Ecosystem service provision by urban greenspaces: Effects of land cover, land-use history, and within-land cover variability on soil-based services (oral)
- 2016. Elsa Anderson, University of Illinois - Chicago: Evaluating historic, local, social, and landscape drivers of species diversity in vacant lots in Chicago, IL, USA (oral)
- 2015. Jesse Miller, University of Wisconsin - Madison: Encroachment of woody vegetation drives rapid state change in insular grasslands (oral)
- 2015. Kathy Zeller, University of Massachusetts - Amherst: Evaluating resistance surfaces for wildlife (oral)
- 2014. Binbin Li, Duke University: Impacts and solutions of livestock grazing in protected areas for the Giant Panda (oral)
- 2013. Camille Beasley, University of Georgia: Suspended Development: Disentangling Effects of Habitat Alteration and Human Habitation on Birds (oral)
- 2013. Katherine Renwick, Colorado State University: Interactive Effects of Climate and Disturbance on Landscape-scale Range Dynamics of Rocky Mountain Tree Species (oral)
- 2012. Steven Collins, Texas Tech University: Developing species distribution models for riverine dragonflies with multiscale environmental parameters (oral)
- 2011. Kristin Marshall, Colorado State University: Wolves, elk, and willows: landscape configurations on Yellowstones Northern Range (oral)
- 2009. Niko Balkenhol, University of Idaho: Hierarchial multi-scale analysis of landscape-genetic relationships in Idaho cougars (oral)
- 2009. Jennifer Litteral, Arizona State University: Effects of urbanization on avian species diversity in the Phoenix metropolitan area: patters in vegetation fragments (oral)
- 2005. Alicia Ellis, Darmouth College: Linking individual movement to population level processes in tree hole mosquito systems (oral)
- 2004. Don Falk, University of Arizona: Event-area relationships: scaling rules for fire regimes (oral)
- 2003. Monika Moskal, University of Kansas: Harmonic analysis of natural and man made disturbances in the Yellowstone region (oral)
- 2002. Kenneth Pierce, Duke University: Detecting scale-specific interactions between seed dispersal and environment (oral)
- 2001. Geoffrey Hay, University of Montreal: Scale-space for landscape ecologists: a novel approach for defining multi-scale landscape structure in high-resolution imagery (oral)
- 2000. Jennifer Fraterrigo, Colorado State University: Low density human settlement in the Rocky Mountain west: does it matter to bird communities? (poster)
- 2000. Veronique St.Louis, University of Montreal: Does vegetation heterogeneity have any effect on territory delimitation of black-throated blue warblers (Dendroica caurulescens) and ovenbird (Sierus aurocapillus)? (oral)
- 1998. Penny Flick, Duke University: A multiple-scale approach to reserve site selection (poster)
- 1997. Deborah Bishop, Baylor University: Topographic effects on avian richness, abundance, and probability of site use during spring migration (poster)
- 1996. Sandra Luque, Rutgers University: The impact of management practices on the landscape of a natural reserve: The New Jersey Pine Barrens, a case study