WILDLIFE SESSION

8:00-8:20	A GENETIC APPROACH TO DETERMINE RIVER OTTER (Lontra canadensis) ABUNDANCE AND EFFECTS ON FISH POPULATIONS IN MISSOURI Rebecca Mowry, Lori Eggert, Matthew Gompper, and Jeff Beringer
8:20-8:40	TESTING MANAGER’S MENTAL MODELS OF BOBWHITE QUAIL HABITAT - Steven Noll, Sam Amerman, and Beth Emmerich
8:40-9:00	INTEGRATING NORTHERN BOBWHITE (Colinus virginianus) HABITAT ENHANCEMENT PRACTICES ON MU AGRICULTURE EXPERIMENT STATIONS: AN EDUCATIONAL MODEL THAT PUTS KNOWLEDGE INTO ACTION THROUGH THE USE OF DEMONSTRATIONS - Tim Reinbott, Robert Pierce II, Ray Wright, and Bill White
9:00-9:20	CUMULATIVE EFFECTS OF IMPOUNDMENTS ON THE HYDROLOGY OF RIPARIAN WETLANDS ALONG THE MARMATON RIVER, WEST-CENTRAL MISSOURI - David Heimann and Heather Krempa
9:20-9:40	EFFECTS OF PROPOSED IMPOUNDMENTS WITHIN THE MARMATON RIVER BASIN ON BREEDING AMPHIBIAN COMMUNITIES AT THREE SEASONALLY FLOODED WETLANDS - Heather Krempa, Stefan Cairns, and David Heimann
9:40-10:00	THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF ALTERED HYDROLOGY ON RIPARIAN WETLAND VEGETATION ALONG THE MARMATON RIVER IN WEST-CENTRAL MISSOURI - Joseph Ely, Paige Mettler-Cherry, and David Heimann
10:00-10:20	BREAK
10:20-10:40	AFTER 25 YEARS OF PRESCRIBED FIRE: WOODLAND BIRD POPULATIONS IN THE HA HA TONKA OAK WOODLAND NATURAL AREA - Allison Vaughn
10:40-11:00	AN ECOLOGICAL POTENTIAL MODEL FOR CENTRAL HARDWOODS FORESTS AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR REGIONAL AVIAN CONSERVATION PLANNING - D. Todd Jones-Farrand, Lee O’Brien, and Jane Fitzgerald
11:00-11:20	EFFECTS OF LEAF LITTER SPECIES ON GROWTH AND SURVIVAL OF AMPHIBIAN TADPOLES - Julia Earl, Kara Cohagen, and Raymond Semlitsch
11:20-11:40	RESPONSE OF ABOVE-GROUND ARTHROPODS TO RESTORATION OF NATIVE WARM SEASON GRASSLANDS - Adrian Andrei, Emily Magrowski, and Larry Mechlin
11:40-12:00	BIOTIC HOMOGENIZATION: MISSOURI’S NATURAL COMMUNITIES IN THE ASSIMILATION BLENDER - Paul Nelson