PROGRAMME Congrès 2010 Meeting May 9 – 12 mai
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PROGRAMME Congrès 2010 Meeting May 9 – 12 mai
PROGRAMME Congrès 2010 Meeting May 9 – 12 mai Université Laval Ville de Québec 1 2 3 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. 4 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 • Fin de la journée de compétition pour le Prix de présentation étudiante de la SCÉÉ – Les derniers participants de la compétition présenteront le matin. • 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. • Réunion générale de la SCÉÉ – Pavillon Pouliot, local 1112, 15h30 à 16h30. • Atelier CRSNG : Subventions – Pavillon Pouliot local 1112, 16h30 à 17h00. • 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 • 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. • 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. 5 Activités du jeudi, 13 mai 2010 • 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 6 7 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 8 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. 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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 10 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 11 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 (greg.henry@geog.ubc.ca) University of British Columbia. A circumpolar synthesis of vegetation responses to recent climate changes. SNord2 Robert Bradley (robert.bradley@usherbrooke.ca) Université de Sherbrooke. Climate change and soil processes. SNord3 David Hik (dhik@ualberta.ca) University of Alberta. Northern alpine herbivores in a warming climate. SNord4 Steeve Côté (steeve.cote@bio.ulaval.ca) Université Laval. The pace of migratory caribou in a changing north. SNord5 Dominique Berteaux (dominique_berteaux@uqar.qc.ca) 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 (aheyland@uoguelph.ca) Univeristy of Guelph, Department of Integrative Biology. Mechanisms underlying life history evolution in Echinoids. SBio2 Rowan Barrett (rbarrett@zoology.ubc.ca) University of British Columbia, Department of Zoology. The genetics of adaptation to freshwater in stickleback. SBio3 Abderrahman Khila (abderrahman.khila@mcgill.ca) 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 (gerstein@zoology.ubc.ca) 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 (asher.cutter@utoronto.ca) 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Plenary3-Plénière3 Room/Local: Pouliot 1112: 8h15-9h15 Paul G. Falkowski Institute of Marine & Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University. The once and future ocean. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ SOc1 Marc Trudel (marc.trudel@dfo-mpo.gc.ca) Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Pacific Biological Station. Climate change and Pacific salmon production in the marine environment. SOc2 Steven E. Campana (steven.campana@dfo-mpo.gc.ca) 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. 20 SOc4 Louis Fortier (louis.fortier@bio.ulaval.ca) Université Laval, Québec-Océan. The Arctic Ocean and its ecosystems: a world poised for rapid change. SOc5 Paul Snelgrove (psnelgro@mun.ca) 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 (amanda.lindeman@gmail.com) & James W.A. Grant. Concordia University. *BE2 Behaviourally-mediated size effects in mosquitofish foraging success Erica Jeffery (ejeffery@sfu.ca) & Bernard Roitberg. Simon Fraser University. *BE3 No inbreeding avoidance in an isolated population of bighorn sheep Elise Rioux-Paquette (elise.riouxpaquette@usherbrooke.ca), Marco Festa-Bianchet & Dave Coltman. Université de Sherbrooke. *BE4 Elk sociality at different densities: implications for pathogen transmission Eric Vander Wal (eric.vanderwal@usask.ca), 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 (l.freschi@gmail.com), 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 (arseneau.jean.m@gmail.com), 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 (marianne.marcoux@mail.mcgill.ca), 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 (vincent.careau@usherbrooke.ca), 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 (jshonfie@uoguelph.ca) 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 (kaia.tombak@mail.mcgill.ca) & Colin Chapman. McGill University. 21 *BE11 Colour change and the chameleon grasshopper (Kosciuscola tristis) an Australian alpine specialist Kate D. L. Umbers (kumbers@bio.mq.edu.au) & Marie E. Herberstein. Macquarie University. *BE12 Spatio-temporal recruitment analysis and planktonic growth of the blue mussel Nicolas Le Corre (nicolas.le-corre.1@ulaval.ca), André martel, Ladd Johnson & Frédéric Guichard. Université Laval. *BE13 The evolutionary consequences of sperm senescence in Drosophila melanogaster Xu Han (7xh1@queensu.ca) 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 (carole.dipoi@gmail.com), Sean Rogers & Nadia Aubin-Horth. Université Laval. BE15 Personality influences zebra finch feeding success in a producer-srounger game Morgan David (Morgan.David@u-bourgogne.fr) & Luc-Alain Giraldeau. Université du Québec à Montréal. BE16 Molecular mechanisms underlying personality variation in sticklebacks Nadia Aubin-Horth (Nadia.AubinHorth@bio.ulaval.ca), 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 (jheath@math.ubc.ca), 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 (velema@zoology.ubc.ca). University of British Columbia. BE19 Notonecta exhibit threat-sensitive, predator-induced dispersal Shannon McCauley (shannon.mccauley@utoronto.ca) & Locke Rowe.University of Toronto. BE20 Use of learning theory for managing black bears in conflict with people Colleen Cassady St.Clair (cstclair@ualberta.ca), 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 (steffi.lazerte@mail.mcgill.ca) & Donald L. Kramer. McGill University. BE22 Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi alter foraging behavior in Achillea millefolium Justine Karst (justine@karst.ca), 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 (limaj@uoguelph.ca), 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 (quinn.fletcher2@mail.mcgill.ca), 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 (cartar@ucalgary.ca).University of Calgary. BE26 Behavioral consequences of the Allée effect at high population densities in patchy environments Marcelo H. Cassini (mcassini@mail.unlu.edu.ar).Depart. Ciencias Básicas, Univ. de Luján, Argentina. 22 BE27 Reproductive success in reindeer males: an experimental test of the effects of males’ characteristics, males’ age structure and sex ratio Robert Weladji (rweladji@alcor.concordia.ca), Knut Røed, Holand Øystein & Mauri Nieminen. Concordia University. BE28 Determinants of male fertilization success in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans Rosalind L. Murray (rosalind.murray@utoronto.ca) & 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 (mrichards@brocku.ca), Marianne Peso & Chris Course. Brock University. Biodiversity and Species Distribution BSD1 Environmental specialization and macroecological patterns: insights from freshwater diatoms Jason Pither (jason.pither@ubc.ca).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 (caroline.tucker@utoronto.ca), A.G. Rebelo & L.L. Manne. University of Toronto. BSD3 Present and future diversity of North American Odonata Christopher Hassall (chassall@connect.carleton.ca). Carleton University. BSD4 Phylogeography of Ontario endemics with disjunct distributions Claudia Ciotir (claudiaciotir2@trentu.ca), 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 (genevieve.dufour-tremblay.1@ulaval.ca) & Stéphane Boudreau. Université Laval, Centre d'études Nordiques. BSD6 Experimental habitat networks for spatial ecology Bronwyn Rayfield (bronwyn.rayfield@mail.mcgill.ca) & 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 (jason.fisher@albertainnovates.ca), 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 (Jeff.Hutchings@Dal.Ca), Coilin Minto, Daniel Ricard & Julia Baum. Dalhousie University. BSD9 Origin and distribution of hybrid fish in the genus Phoxinus Jonathan Mee (mee@zoology.ubc.ca) & Eric B. Taylor. University of British Columbia. BSD10 Metacommunity diversity depends on network connectivity and arrangement in heterogeneous landscapes Zoë Lindo (zoe.lindo@mail.mcgill.ca), Chelsea Chisholm & Andrew Gonzalez. McGill University. BSD11 Competitive dynamics in experimental metacommunities: equalizing and stabilizing mechanisms Michael Pedruski (michael.pedruski@mail.mcgill.ca), 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 (stevec@sbf.ulaval.ca), Kara Lefevre, Erin Bayne, Shoufan Fang, Trish Fontaine, Fiona Schmiegelow & Samantha Song. Université Laval. 23 BSD13 Testing a trait-based model for the assembly of fern communities Monica Radovski (monica.radovski@mail.mcgill.ca) & Martin Lechowicz. McGill University. BSD14 Known unknowns: gaps in our knowledge of marine biodiversity Tom Webb (t.j.webb@sheffield.ac.uk).University of Sheffield, UK. BSD15 Wood you be mine? Forest conservation implications of bryophyte – rotting log associations Leah Dalrymple (leah.dalrymple@unb.ca) & Katherine Frego. University of New Brunswick - Saint John. Biodiversity, Species Distribution and Invasive Species *BSI1 Tropical canopy epiphyte succession in Panama Carrie L. Woods (clw@clemson.edu) & Saara J. DeWalt. Clemson University. *BSI2 Dispersal and establishment of the invasive green alga Codium fragile in eelgrass meadows Karine Gagnon (karine.gagnon.14@ulaval.ca), 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 (hala0028@umn.edu). University of Minnesota. *BSI4 Hypoxia and its effects on the distribution, abundance and growth of Greenland halibut Wahiba Ait Youcef (wahaityou@gmail.com), 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 (vakowal@ucalgary.ca) & 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 (heather.braid@gmail.com), Josie Osborne, Jon Deeds, John Wilson & Robert Hanner. University of Guelph. *BSI7 Flowering Phenology and Plant Community Assembly Sneha Karen Dante (6sd17@queensu.ca), Brandon Schamp & Lonnie Aarssen. Queen's University. *BSI8 Comparative analysis of mitochondrial DNA polymorphisms among and within North American freshwater fish species Julien April (julien.april.1@ulaval.ca), 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 (awinegar@uoguelph.ca) & Karl Cottenie. University of Guelph. *CCC2 Who's moving north? Trends in Canadian butterfly species range shifts over the 1900's Jay Fitzsimmons (jfitz049@uottawa.ca) & 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 (jonathan.whiteley@mail.mcgill.ca) & Andrew Gonzalez. McGill University. 24 *CCC4 Migrant shorebird use of Akimiski Island, Nunavut as a sub-arctic stopover site Lisa Pollock (lisapoll@gmail.com), Erica Nol & Kenneth Abraham. Trent University. *CCC5 Habitat selection of Woodland Caribou on a Managed Landscape: The Owl-Flintstone Herd Mark Basterfield (markbasterfield@trentu.ca). Trent University. *CCC6 Inhibition of respiration in arctic tundra plants Nicholas Mirotchnick (nicholas.mirotchnick@utoronto.ca), 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 (shawn.leroux@mail.mcgill.ca), 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 (vincent.bourret.1@ulaval.ca), 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 (m.tariq06@imperial.ac.uk), Denis J. Wright, John T. Rossiter & Joanna T. Staley. Imperial College London. CCC10 Does connectivity matter for plant communities? Helene H. Wagner (helene.wagner@utoronto.ca), 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 (aerin.jacob@mail.mcgill.ca) & 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 (colin.garroway@gmail.com), 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 (finbone@gmail.com), 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 (philip.p.molloy@gmail.com), Jonathan Anticamara & Amanda Vincent. University of British Columbia. CCC15 Modeling temperature effects on functional response and intraguild predation in an aphidophagous system Arnaud Sentis (asentis@hotmail.fr), 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 (jc.cahill@ualberta.ca), 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 (lgosselin@tru.ca) & Lisa A. Jones. Thompson Rivers University. CCC18 Mechanisms of natural forest expansion in southern Brazil Lucas Silva (lsilva@uoguelph.ca) & Madhur Anand. University of Guelph. 25 CCC19 Vulnerability of northern wetlands and permafrost to climate change Merritt Turetsky (mrt@uoguelph.ca). University of Guelph. CCC20 Interactive effects of warming and nitrogen on carbon dioxide flux in a temperate old field Min Ku Kim (mkim386@uwo.ca) & 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 (dialloabdou1@hotmail.com), Mariano Lastra Valdor & Bhen Sikina Toguebaye. Universidade de Vigo, Spain. *DS2 Metabolic response of Northern Shrimp exposed to severe hypoxia Marion Pillet (pillet.marion@gmail.com), Aurélie Prinet-Dupont, Denis Chabot, Réjean Tremblay & Céline Audet. Université du Québec à Rimouski – ISMER. *DS3 Hypoxia, sex steroids, and cichlids Caitlin Nicole Friesen (caitlin.friesen@mail.mcgill.ca), 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 (m-f.barrette@usherbrooke.ca), 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 (william.crosmary.1@ulaval.ca), 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 (annie.seguin@uqar.qc.ca) & Philippe Archambault. Université du Québec à Rimouski – ISMER. *DS7 Fire-induced constraints on treeline expansion in northern Yukon Carissa D. Brown (carissa.brown@usask.ca) & 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 (derek.gray@queensu.ca) & Shelley Arnott. Queen's University. *DS9 Local and regional factors shape post-disturbance diversity responses in a temperate, subtropical and tropical forest Mark Leithead (mleithea@uoguelph.ca) & Madhur Anand. University of Guelph. *DS10 Human Mediated Disturbances and their role in the Decline of Newfoundland’s Woodland Caribou Population Sara McCarthy (sar_mcca@live.concordia.ca), 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 (veronik.campbell@hotmail.com) & Tamara Romanuk. Dalhousie University. DS12 Humans impact evolution in Darwin's finches Luis Fernando De Leon (luis.deleonreyna@mail.mcgill.ca), Joost Raeymaekers, Eldredge Bermingham, Jeffrey Podos, Anthony Herrel & Andrew P. Hendry. McGill University. 26 DS13 Do different populations of Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor victoriae display the same results to environmental stress? Cindy D. Crocker (cd_flowers@laurentian.ca), 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 (6at13@queensu.ca) & 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 (audrey.bourret.1@ulaval.ca) & 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 (bwkopach@ucalgary.ca) & Jeremy W. Fox. University of Calgary. *EE4 The evolution and function of a specialized bird perch in Babiana (Iridaceae) Caroli De Waal (caroli.dewaal@utoronto.ca), Bruce Anderson & Spencer Barrett. University of Toronto. *EE5 Defining the shape of flower deployment Emily Austen (emily.austen@utoronto.ca) & Arthur E. Weis. University of Toronto. Unsuspected hybridization between Calanus spp. (Crustacea: Copepoda) in the West Atlantic: impact on oceanographic surveys Geneviève Parent (genevieve.parent.5@ulaval.ca), Stéphane Plourde & Julie Turgeon. Université Laval. *EE6 *EE7 Males in competition: experimental evaluation of the conditions that promote the evolution of males Laura Perry (perry.laurae@gmail.com) & Marcel Dorken. Trent University. *EE8 The role of predators and aposematic variability in Mullerian mimicry Mathieu Chouteau (mathieu.chouteau@umontreal.ca) & Bernard Angers. Université de Montréal. *EE9 Sex differences in detoxification of methyl mercury in cormorants Stacey A. Robinson (srobinsc@connect.carleton.ca), 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 (mr.morris@ucalgary.ca), Dylan Fraser, Jim Eddington & Jeffrey Hutchings. University of Calgary. EE11 Alternative mating tactics and sexual conflict in an externally fertilizing fish Laura Weir (lwa45@sfu.ca). Simon Fraser University. EE12 Spatial dynamics of tag-based cooperation and defection in the Prisoner’s Dilemma and Snowdrift games Robert Laird (robert.laird@uleth.ca). University of Lethbridge. EE13 Exploitation of host plant morphospace by generalist and specialist phytophagous insects Stephen Heard (sheard@unb.ca), 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 (astrid.vik.stronen@umontreal.ca), Nathalie Tessier, Hélène Jolicoeur & François-Joseph Lapointe. Université de Montréal. 27 EE15 Floral colour versus phylogeny in structuring subalpine flowering communities Jana Vamosi (jvamosi@ucalgary.ca) & Jamie McEwen. University of Calgary. EE16 Suicide as an adaptation to limit the spread of infection Thomas Sherratt (sherratt@ccs.carleton.ca) & Ian Maclean. Carleton University. EE17 The evolution of inbred social systems in spiders: causes and consequences Leticia Avilés (laviles.ubczool@gmail.com). University of British Columbia. EE18 Phytoplankton show no adaptive response to elevated CO2 Etienne Low-Decarie (etienne.lowdecarie@mail.mcgill.ca), Mark Jewell, Gregor Fussmann & Graham Bell. McGill University. EE19 Experimental manipulation of natural selection on red squirrels Andrew McAdam (amcadam@uoguelph.ca), Murray Humphries & Stan Boutin. University of Guelph. EE20 Evolutionary response to range compression Graham Bell (graham.bell@mcgill.ca) & Andy Gonzalez. McGill University. EE21 How parallel is parallel evolution? Andrew P. Hendry (andrew.hendry@mcgill.ca), 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 (njeffery@uoguelph.ca) & T. Ryan Gregory. University of Guelph. *EEG2 Wild genomics: linkage mapping in free-ranging bighorn sheep Jocelyn Poissant (poissant@ualberta.ca) & David Coltman. University of Alberta. *EEG3 Surveying genome size diversity in low arctic molluscs: is variation driven by shorter growth seasons? Paola Pierossi (ppieross@uoguelph.ca) & T. Ryan Gregory. University of Guelph. *EEG4 Grey wolf population genomics: SNP arrays in the wild James Knowles (jcknowle@ualberta.ca), David Coltman, Robert Wayne, Marco Musiani & John Novembre. University of Alberta. *EEG5 Transcriptome-wide signature of hybrid breakdown in lake whitefish Sébastien Renaut (sebastien.renaut@gmail.com) & Louis Bernatchez. Université Laval. *EEG6 Mapping adaptive landscapes of Pseudomonas fluorescens using experimental evolution in two single carbon substrate environments Anita Melnyk (Anita.Melnyk@uottawa.ca) & 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 (vmcniven@uwo.ca) & 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 (marie-julie.fave@mail.mcgill.ca) & Abouheif Ehab. McGill University. EEG9 Standard oxidative treatment in Drosophila melanogaster confounded by the Sucrose Death Effect Laura Douglas (la_douglas@laurentian.ca), Teresa Rzezniczak & Thomas Merritt. Laurentian University. 28 EEG10 The evolution of sex; empirical studies with rotifers Aneil Agrawal (a.agrawal@utoronto.ca) & Lutz Becks.University of Toronto. EEG11 Evolutionary noise in protein interactomes Christian Landry (christian.landry@bio.ulaval.ca). Université Laval. EEG12 X chromosome enrichment in homopolymers indicates genome wide selection on simple sequences Wilfried Haerty (haertyw@mcmaster.ca) & 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 (nicolas.lartillot@umontreal.ca), Raphael Poujol & Frederic Delsuc. Université de Montréal. EEG14 Évolution des ARN polymérases chez les eukaryotes Guy Drouin (gdrouin@science.uottawa.ca) & Robert Carter. Université d'Ottawa. EEG15 Testing the limits of genome size diversity in aquatic insects Kelly Hadfield (khadfiel@uoguelph.ca) & Ryan Gregory. University of Guelph. EEG16 Variation intra-spécifique du gène du codant pour l'ARN ribosomal 5S chez Pythium Kanak Bala (kanak.bala@gmail.com), André Lévesque & Guy Drouin. University of Ottawa. EEG17 Genomic adaptation of gastric pathogen, Helicobacter pylori Xuhua Xia (xxia@uottawa.ca). University of Ottawa. EEG18 Transcriptional patterns of possible adaptations to suspended sediments in gills of different groups of Atlantic salmon Paul Vincent Debes (paul.debes@dal.ca), Eric Normandeau, Dylan J. Fraser, Louis Bernatchez & Jeffrey A. Hutchings. Dalhouise University. EEG19 Ecological genetics of invasive Arabidopsis John R. Stinchcombe (john.stinchcombe@utoronto.ca) & 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 (kotis@uoguelph.ca), Sigrun Kullik, Jonathan Schmidt, Shelley Hunt, Andy Gordon & Paul Sibley. University of Guelph. END2 Ecological stoichiometry of plant-soil feedbacks Esther Chang (esther.ryumin.chang@gmail.com), 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 (dlyons@ualberta.ca), Robert Scheibling & Kathryn Van Alstyne. University of Alberta. IS2 Ecological and evolutionary impacts of introduced salmonids in Patagonian lakes Cristián Correa (cristian.correa@mail.mcgill.ca) & Andrew Hendry. McGill University. 29 IS3 Multiple dispersal mechanisms facilitate bioinvasions: evidence from the common reed, Phragmites australis Heather Kirk (heatherkirk@trentu.ca), 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 (ladd.johnson@bio.ulaval.ca), 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 (boulding@uoguelph.ca). University of Guelph. IS6 Escape of invasive plants from natural enemies: the role of relatives Peter M. Kotanen (peter.kotanen@utoronto.ca). University of Toronto – Mississauga. IS7 Functional divergence in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi from contrasting climatic origins Pedro Antunes (antunes@algomau.ca), 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 (catherine.plasse.1@ulaval.ca) & 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 (pjt.white@gmail.com), Martin Lechowicz & Brian McGill. McGill University. *LE3 Habitat suitability for Canada lynx in Ontario Megan Hornseth (meganhornseth@trentu.ca), 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 (pascale.ropars.1@ulaval.ca) & 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 (jenniferrobus@trentu.ca), 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 (pierre-luc.couillard.1@ulaval.ca) & Serge Payette. Université Laval. *LE7 Moving in the tundra: changes in selection and timing of use of summer habitat by migratory caribou Joëlle Taillon (joelle.taillon@bio.ulaval.ca), 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 (nicolas.courbin.1@ulaval.ca), 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 (jayme.viglas@usask.ca) & Jill Johnstone. University of Saskatchewan. LE10 Functional connectivity along the southern periphery of the Canada lynx range in Ontario Aaron A. Walpole (aaronwalpole@trentu.ca), Jeff Bowman & Paul Wilson. Trent University . 30 LE11 A sensitive slope: Landscape patterns of post-fire forest regeneration in a changing climate Jill Johnstone (jill.johnstone@usask.ca), 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 (madrinan@alcor.concordia.ca), 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 (leanna.lachowsky@gmail.com) & Mary Reid. University of Calgary. *LHF2 Making the best of a variable environment? A case study in eastern chipmunks Patrick Bergeron (patrick.bergeron@usherbrooke.ca), 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 (mv4820@mun.ca), Craig Purchase & Fran Mowbray. Memorial University. *LHF4 Iterative Semelparity: Plastic Reproductive Allocation Patterns in Lobelia inflate William Hughes (pwilliam.hughes@gmail.com) & Andrew Simons. Carleton University. *LHF5 Consequences of reproductive timing and maternal size on early life survival in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) Stephanie Mogensen (smogense@dal.ca) & Jeffrey Hutchings. Dalhousie University. *LHF6 Plant-fungal interactions unimportant for seedling growth Jonathan A Bennett (bennett3@ualberta.ca) & James Cahill. University of Alberta. LHF7 Socially-mediated sex differences in lifetime reproduction success in the red wolf (Canis rufus) Amanda Sparkman (asparkma@gmail.com), Todd Steury & Dennis Murray. Trent University. LHF8 The use of estuarine waters by juvenile brook charr in the Petite Cascapedia River Céline Audet (celine_audet@uqar.qc.ca), 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 (lawarner@mun.ca), 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 (claude.leroux.1@ulaval.ca) & Ladd Johnson. Université Laval. LHF11 Evolution of life-history traits in a preindustrial human population Emmanuel Milot (milot.emmanuel@courrier.uqam.ca), 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 (brandon.schamp@algomau.ca) & Lonnie Aarssen. Algoma University. LHF13 Context dependent sex allocation of female tree swallows Dany Garant (Dany.Garant@usherbrooke.ca), Renaud Baeta & Marc Bélisle. Université de Sherbrooke. 31 LHF14 Life history change in an endemic East African cyprinid fish in response to fishing and an introduced predator Diana Sharpe (diana.sharpe@mail.mcgill.ca) & Lauren Chapman. McGill University. LHF15 The influence of temperature on courtship timing and incubation period in fiddler crabs (Uca spp.) Kecia Kerr (kecia.kerr@mail.mcgill.ca), 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 (legagneux@gmail.com), 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 (jsmoore@zoology.ubc.ca). 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 (b.talbot@umontreal.ca), Jean-François Desroches & Bernard Angers. Université de Montréal. *PGE3 The interacting effects of landscape elements and colonization patterns Frédéric Cyr (frederic.cyr@umontreal.ca) & 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 (guillaume.de-lafontaine.1@ulaval.ca), Julie Turgeon & Serge Payette. Université Laval. *PGE5 Recent evolutionary history of the American white pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) using mitochondrial DNA sequencing Rebekah Oomen (rebekahoomen@trentu.ca), 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 (kim.dohms@uleth.ca) & Theresa Burg. University of Lethbridge. *PGE7 Using molecular markers to study the population structure of the boreal chickadee (Poecile hudsonicus) Linda A. Lait (linda.lait@uleth.ca) & Theresa M. Burg. University of Lethbridge. *PGE8 Genetic Structure of Walleye Populations (Sander vitreus) in Central and Northern Alberta Lindsey Burke (laburke@ualberta.ca), 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 (amandine.marie@usherbrooke.ca), Louis Bernatchez & Dany Garant. Université de Sherbrooke. *PGE10 Outplanting of hatchery-reared juveniles as a restoration tool for northern abalone, Haliotis kamtschatkana Kaitlyn Read (kread@uoguelph.ca) & 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 (cathlambert@ualberta.ca), Jean Carey & Andrew E. Derocher. University of Alberta, Department of Biological Sciences. 32 antagonism promotes evolution of sex ratio adjustment Gwylim Blackburn (gwylim@zoology.ubc.ca), 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 (scott.taylor@queensu.ca), 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 (slaurence@laurentian.ca) & Albrecht Schulte-Hostedde. Laurentian University. *PGE14 Effects PGE15 Can competition explain habitat selection by three species of Arctic rodents Angélique Dupuch (adupuch@lakeheadu.ca), 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 (mariepascale.villeneuve-simard.1@ulaval.ca), 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 (helen.jensen@mail.mcgill.ca), 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 (helmi.hamdi@uqar.qc.ca), 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 (stephane.boudreau@bio.ulaval.ca) & Geneviève Dufour Tremblay. Université Laval. PGE20 Source-sink dynamics in experimental microcosm metacommunities Gregor Fussmann (gregor.fussmann@mcgill.ca) & 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 (jenniferpaul@trentu.ca), 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 (brent.patterson@ontario.ca), Tyler Wheeldon & Dennis Murray. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. PGE23 Phenotypic variation in domestic-wild hybrid mink Jeff Bowman (jebowman@trentu.ca), 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 (kbeaucle@trentu.ca), Jeff Bowman & Albrecht Schulte-Hostedde. Trent University. PGE25 Genetic Assessment of Moose (Alces alces) Populations in Ontario Glynis Price (glynisprice@trentu.ca), Marie-Josée Fortin & Paul Wilson. Trent University. 33 PGE26 Interpolating genetic variation in natural populations: a case study of plains rough fescue Yong-Bi Fu (yong-bi.fu@agr.gc.ca). 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 (sarah.yakimowski@utoronto.ca), Laura Southcott & Spencer Barrett. University of Toronto. PGE28 Crossing the line? Delineation of caribou ecotypes in Ontario Laura Finnegan (lfinnega@gmail.com), 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 (laurathompson2@trentu.ca), Laura Finnegan, Micheline Manseau & Paul J. Wilson. Trent University. PGE30 Landscape resistance predicts marten gene flow in Ontario Erin Koen (erinkoen@trentu.ca), Jeff Bowman & Paul Wilson. Trent University. PGE31 Population genetic structure of Canadian narwhal, Monodon monoceros Stephen D. Petersen (stephen.petersen@dfo-mpo.gc.ca), Lianne Postma, Denise Tenkula, & Steve H. Ferguson. Fisheries & Oceans Canada. PGE32 Large scale genetic structure of Canadian Lynx Celine Gomez (celinegomez55@gmail.com), 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 (christelle.leung@umontreal.ca), 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 (gabriel.colbeck.1@ulaval.ca), Julie Turgeon, Pascal Sirois & Julian J. Dodson. Université Laval. PGE35 Genetic Differentiation of the African Cyprinid Barbus neumayeri in only decades Robert Harniman (robertharniman@hotmail.com). Laurentian University. PGE36 Spatial and trophic niche separation of a copepod species complex in the transition zone of the St. Lawrence Estuary Gesche Winkler (gesche_winkler@uqar.qc.ca), 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 (0jam3@queensu.ca), 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 (murrayb@unbc.ca), 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 (cculling@ualberta.ca), Janice Cooke & David Coltman. University of Alberta. PGE40 Landscape heterogeneity and complex patterns of gene flow in the mountain pine beetle Patrick James (pjames@ualberta.ca), Brent Murray, Dave Coltman & Felix Sperling. University of Alberta. 34 PGE41 Landscape genetics of the pitcher plant midge, Metriocnemus knabi Gordana Rasic (grasic@uwo.ca) & 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 (joannafreeland@trentu.ca), Pamela Biss, Kelvin Conrad & Jonathan Silvertown. Trent University. Parasite/Host and fungi/plant Interactions *PHI1 Crickets Groom to Avoid Lethal Parasitoids Crystal Marie Vincent (crystal.vincent@utoronto.ca). University of Toronto. *PHI2 Long-term changes in primate intestinal parasite infections: evaluation of the biological island hypothesis Ria Ghai (ria.ghai@mail.mcgill.ca), 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 (vsrithayakumar@nrdpfc.ca), Sarrah Castillo & Christopher Kyle. Trent University. *PHI4 Variation in host-parasite dynamics across populations: guppy-Gyrodactylus interactions in experimental stream channels Felipe Perez-Jvostov (felipe.perezjvostov@mail.mcgill.ca), 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 (wknee@connect.carleton.ca), Mark Forbes, & Frédéric Beaulieu. Carleton University. *PHI6 The evolution of mimicry in parasites. Amy Louise Hurford (ahurford@mast.queensu.ca) & 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 (viktoria-wagner@gmx.de), 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 (emilie.bilodeau.1@ulaval.ca), 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 (roland.vergilino@uqar.qc.ca), 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 (cameron.wagg@art.admin.ch), 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 (mevans28@uwo.ca) & Bryan Neff. Université Laval. PHI12 Competition between fungal parasites of honey bees Dave Shutler (dave.shutler@acadiau.ca) & Geoff Williams. Acadia University. 35 PHI13 Parasites and Progeny: The effects of parasites on host condition and reproductive success Krista Gooderham (kx_gooderham@laurentian.ca). Laurentian University. PHI14 Integrating network theory to mycorrhizal research : challenges and promises Pierre-Luc Chagnon (Pierre-Luc.Chagnon@USherbrooke.ca) & Robert Bradley. Université de Sherbrooke. PHI15 Offspring sex ratio shifts in a European parasitoid in response to intraspecific competition Michael J. Wogin (mjw10@sfu.ca), David R. Gillespie, Tim Haye & Bernard D. Roitberg. Simon Fraser University. PHI16 Targeting wildlife disease surveillance: Raccoon rabies detection in Québec Erin E. Rees (erin.e.rees@umontreal.ca), 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 (caolan.kovach-orr@mail.mcgill.ca) & Gregor Fussmann. McGill University. *PIF2 The Effect of Temperature Variation on Food-Web Structure of Rock Pool Communities Constance Tuck (ctuck@dal.ca) & Tamara Romanuk. Dalhousie University. *PIF3 Junk food in the Arctic: Feeding ecology of the Long-tailed Jaeger at Alert, Ellesmere Island, Canada JeanRémi Julien (jeanremijulien@hotmail.com), 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 (ian.hatton@mail.mcgill.ca) & Michel Loreau. McGill University. *PIF5 Destabilization of spatially coupled ecosystems: The role of nutrients Justin Marleau (justin.marleau@mail.mcgill.ca), 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 (js.hughes@utoronto.ca), 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 (pbarks@connect.carleton.ca), Jennifer Doucette & Christopher Somers. Carleton University. *PIF8 Dealing with a temporal variation in predation risk: plasticity limits in frog tadpoles Thomas J. Hossie (thossie@connect.carleton.ca) & 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 (sc.hansen@hotmail.com) & Louis A. Gosselin. Thompson Rivers University. *PIF10 The tundra buffet: is there any lemming left after avian predators have eaten? Jean-François Therrien (jean-francois.therrien.3@ulaval.ca), 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 (sabrina.courant.1@ulaval.ca) & Daniel Fortin. Université Laval. 36 PIF13 Camouflage and chemical defence: which is more effective? Justin Carroll (jcarroll@connect.carleton.ca) & 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 (juandiego.urriago-suarez.1@ulaval.ca), 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 (c2wvc@unb.ca) & Remy Rochette. University of New Brunswick - Saint John. PIF16 Space use seasonality in a multi-predator multi-prey system Mathieu Basille (basille@ase-research.org), Daniel Fortin, Christian Dussault, Jean-Pierre Ouellet & Réhaume Courtois. Université Laval. PIF17 Herbivore effects on decomposition and nutrient cycling: does stoichiometry matter? Mehdi Cherif (mehdi.cherif@mail.mcgill.ca) & Michel Loreau. McGill University. PIF18 Can food web metrics be employed in environmental assessments? Neil Rooney (nrooney@uoguelph.ca). University of Guelph. PIF19 The evolution of intraguild predation Peter A. Abrams (peter.abrams@utoronto.ca). University of Toronto. PIF20 Genetic diversity in predator-prey relationships: the key to stability in populations and foodwebs? Lyne Morissette (lyne.morissette@globetrotter.net), France Dufresne & Kevin McCann. Université de Guelph & Université du Québec à Rimouski. PIF21 Predator-induced Allee effects in a bighorn sheep population Fanie Pelletier (fanie.pelletier@usherbrooke.ca), 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 (KE_Bernard@laurentian.ca), Tony Parks & Thomas Merritt. Laurentian University. *QGE2 Untangling intrinsic and extrinsic signals as sources of pure epigenetic variation Rachel Massicotte (rachel.massicotte@umontreal.ca) & Bernard Angers. Université de Montréal. *QGE3 Interactions of NADP-reducing enzymes under oxidative stress: A model of biological complexity Teresa Rzezniczak (tz_rzezniczak@laurentian.ca). Laurentian University. *QGE4 Non-classical regulation of transcription - Transvection at the Malic enzyme locus in Drosophila melanogaster Thomas Lum (tx_lum@laurentian.ca) & 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 (ajmoehring@gmail.com) & Vanda McNiven. University of Western Ontario. 37 SES2 The genomic makeup of a hybrid lineage of fish Arne W. Nolte (nolte@evolbio.mpg.de), Jie Cheng & Till Czypionka. Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Germany. SES3 Population genetics and species boundaries in Strongylocentrotus sea urchins. Jason Addison (jaddison@unb.ca). University of New Brunswick. SES4 On the evolutionary origin of Capsella bursa-pastoris, a selfing polyploidy John Paul Foxe (foxej@yorku.ca) & Stephen I. Wright. York University. SES5 What traits predispose band-rumped storm petrels to the repeated, independent evolution of sympatric seasonal populations? Petra Deane (6ped@queensu.ca), 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 (smvamosi@ucalgary.ca). 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 (ewhattam@connect.carleton.ca) & 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 (marie-claude.gagnon.22@ulaval.ca) & Julie Turgeon. Université Laval. *SSM3 Trojan Sperm Jessica Carpinone (jcarpinone@hotmail.com), Root Gorelick & Lindsay Derraugh. Carleton University. *SSM4 Mating order and reproductive success in male Columbian ground squirrels Jamie Gorrell (jgorrell@ualberta.ca), 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 (matthieudelcourt@gmail.com), 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 (darbuthnott@gmail.com) & Bernard Crespi. University of Ottawa, SSM7 Hitchhiking with the best: Recombination reduces the number of linked deleterious alleles during selective sweeps Sarah Otto (otto@zoology.ubc.ca). University of British Columbia. SSM8 Sexual selection and baculum morphology in fishers and martens Albrecht Schulte-Hostedde (aschultehostedde@laurentian.ca), Kevin Midell & Jeff Bowman. Laurentian University. SSM9 Good genes at mutation-selection balance Howard D. Rundle (hrundle@uottawa.ca), Matthieu Delcourt & Mark Blows. University of Ottawa. SSM10 Temporal and geographic variation in multivariate sexual selection on male bullfrogs Kevin A. Judge (kevin.judge@uleth.ca), Susan Z. Herrick, Kentwood D. Wells & Ronald J. Brooks. University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Biological Sciences. 38 SSM11 Sexually antagonistic coevolution in a traumatically inseminating plant bug Nikolai Tatarnic (n.tatarnic@unsw.edu.au). University of New South Wales. SSM12 The evolution of sex allocation in clonal organisms Marcel Dorken (marceldorken@trentu.ca). Trent University. SSM13 Multiple paternity and size biases in a natural population of water striders (Gerris buenoi) William Wayne Cole (Bill.cole@utoronto.ca), Jen Perry & Locke Rowe. University of Toronto, EEB. SSM14 What exactly is the difference between females and males? Root Gorelick (Root_Gorelick@carleton.ca), Lindsay Derraugh & Jessica Carpinone. Carleton University. SSM15 Evolution of Gynogenesis Lindsay Jackson Derraugh (lindsayderraugh@gmail.com) & Root Gorelick. Carleton University. SSM16 The genetic basis of alternative life histories in Atlantic salmon David James Paez (david.paez.1@ulaval.ca), Louis Bernatchez & Julian Dodson. Université Laval. SSM17 Phenotypic plasticity in the swimming performance of cod sperm as a function of temperature Craig Purchase (cfpurchase@mun.ca), Ian Butts, Alexandre Fernandez & Edward Trippel. Memorial University. Taxonomy and Systematics TS1 Wolf x coyote hybridization revisited: the role of dogs Paul Wilson (pawilson@trentu.ca), Tyler Wheeldon, Linda Rutledge & Bradley White. Trent University. TS2 DNA Barcoding and observed paraphyly in the genus Lucilia Vanessa Nicholls (vanessanicholls@trentu.ca) Christopher Kyle & David Beresford. Trent University. Theoretical and Statistical Ecology TSE1 Disentangling the mechanisms of the diversity-stability relationship Allen Larocque (allen.larocque@gmail.com), Claire de Mazancourt & Michel Loreau. McGill University. TSE2 Niche Construction in the Light of Niche Theory Grigoris Kylafis (grigoris.kylafis@mail.mcgill.ca) & Michel Loreau. McGill University. TSE3 Community assembly = natural selection + drift Bill Shipley (Bill.Shipley@USherbrooke.ca). Université de Sherbrooke. TSE4 Short-term evolution of interacting replicators: a synthesis of game, group, inclusive fitness, and spatial ecological theories Edward Wong (tek.wa.wong@mail.mcgill.ca). McGill University. 39 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 (Root_Gorelick@carleton.ca). Carleton University. Artificial Selection P2 The relationship between population density and diversification in experimental adaptive radiations Jeremy Dettman (jdettman@uottawa.ca) & 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 (ericatennenhouse@hotmail.com), 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 (françois.lebel.2@ulaval.ca), Steeve Côté & Christian Dussault. Université Laval. P5 Resource monopolization in a marked population of Ruby-throated Hummingbird François Rousseu (francois.rousseu@usherbrooke.ca) & Marc Bélisle.Université de Sherbrooke. *P6 How do meadow voles (Microtus pennsylvanicus) in different states manage predation risk? Jordan De Vito (jdevito@lakeheadu.ca) & Douglas Morris. Lakehead University. *P7 Is calling effort an honest signal of aggression in field crickets? Lauren Fitzsimmons (lauren.p.fitzsimmons@gmail.com) & Susan M. Bertram. Carleton University. P8 Le voyage organisé, un aspect inconnu du comportement grégaire de la grande oie des neiges Meggie Desnoyers (meggie.desnoyers.1@ulaval.ca) & Gilles Gauthier. Université Laval. P9 Foraging patterns in relation to social structure in southern flying squirrels (Glaucomys volans) Meghan Murrant (meghanmurrant@trentu.ca), Jeff Bowman & Colin Garroway. Trent University. *P10 Social familiarity and boldness in the eastern mosquitofish Pierre-Luc Brackenridge (plbracke@connect.carleton.ca) & Jean-Guy Godin. Carleton University. *P11 Reproductive success and personality in the Eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus) Pierre-Olivier Montiglio (montiglio.pierre-olivier@courrier.uqam.ca), P. Bergeron, D. Garant & D. Réale. Université du Québec à Montréal. *P12 Allogrooming in Captive Mandrills: reciprocity or exploitation? Sacha Engelhardt (sacha_engelhardt@yahoo.ca) & Robert Weladji. Concordia University. P13 Social structure in female mountain goats (Oreamnos americanus) Sophie Godde (godde.sophie@courrier.uqam.ca), Denis Réale & Steeve Côté. Université du Québec à Montréal. 40 *P14 Genetic composition of wild convict cichlid broods: potential mechanisms of brood mixing Stacey LeeJenkins (ssy.leejenkins@gmail.com), Adam Densmore, Brian Wisenden, Myron Smith & Jean-Guy Godin. Carleton University. P15 Effects of juvenile nutrition on adult aggression in fruit flies Tanya Stemberger (csee@tanyastemberger.com) & 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 (vrook@connect.carleton.ca) & Susan Bertram, Carleton University. P17 Analysis of Song dialect in an disjunct population of White-throated sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) in Western Canada Veronica Mesias (veronica_mesias_tapia@yahoo.com), 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 (murray.mcconnell@utoronto.ca), Chris Chen & Mark Fitzpatrick. University of Toronto Scarborough. P19 Comparing habitat quality within and between environments using giving-up-densities William Vickery (Vickery.William@uqam.ca), 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 (anais_renaud@umanitoba.ca), Jade Savage & Rob Roughley. University of Manitoba. P21 Engineering is not good for the engineer: Negative feedbacks within fragmented mussel bed ecosystems César Largaespada (cesar.largaespada@mail.mcgill.ca), 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 (caedokpayi@gmail.com), Oluwayemisi Oni & Olatunbosum Abidemi. University of Lagos. P23 Experimental design and the outcome and interpretation of diversity-stability relations Grace Lotz (grace.lotz@dal.ca), Veronik Campbell & Tamara Romanuk. Dalhousie University. P24 A view from the top: eastern alpine tundra from a fly's perspective Ludovic Jolicoeur (Ludovic.Jolicoeur@USherbrooke.ca), 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 (mcassini@mail.unlu.edu.ar), 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 (shekhar.biswas@utoronto.ca) & Helene H. Wagner. University of Toronto, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. P27 Impact of light on mixotrophic grazing in arctic lakes Sophie Charvet (sophie.charvet.1@ulaval.ca), Warwick F. Vincent & Connie Lovejoy. Université Laval. 41 P28 What is the expected length of a branch on a phylogenetic tree? Arne Mooers (amooers@sfu.ca), Olivier Gascuel, Heyang Li & Mike Steel. Simon Fraser University. Conservation and Climate Change P29 Réserve naturelle Gault David Maneli (david.maneli@mcgill.ca). Université McGill, Réserve naturelle Gault. *P30 The Dynamics of White Spruce at its Northern Range Limit in Canada Xanthe Walker (xanthe.walker@gmail.com) & 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 (corinne.vezeau.1@ulaval.ca) & Serge Payette. Université Laval. *P32 Identification of Suitable Plant Candidates for Reclaiming New Uplands in the Subarctic: A Functional Ecology Approach Cory Laurin (cd_laurin@laurentian.ca) & Daniel Campbell. Laurentian University. P33 Resource-mediated environmental regulation of herbivore feeding capabilities: experimental evidence using rocky intertidal systems Ehab El Belely (efphyco@yahoo.com), 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 (Jeff.Harsant@utoronto.ca), 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 (marie.vagner@uqar.qc.ca), 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 (mmevans@ucalgary.ca), 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 (melanie.veilleux-nolin.1@ulaval.ca) & 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 (renald.belley@mun.ca), 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 (vchillo@mendoza-conicet.gov.ar), 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 (sadl@dal.ca) & Steve Winfield. Dalhousie University. 42 Evolutionary Ecology *P41 Does reduced heterozygosity influence dispersal? Aaron B. A. Shafer (shafer@ualberta.ca), 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 (jmaceach@lakeheadu.ca) & Douglas Morris. Lakehead University. *P43 Evolutionary effects of parasitism on the Trinidadian guppy (Poecilia reticulata) Lari C. Delaire (lari.delaire@mail.mcgill.ca), 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 (p.gorton@utoronto.ca) & Locke Rowe. University of Toronto. *P45 The effects of competition on the evolution of diversity in Pseudomonas fluorescens Susan Bailey (Susan.Bailey@uottawa.ca) & 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 (susana.wadgymar@utoronto.ca) & 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 (scastillo@nrdpfc.ca), Vythegi Srithayakumar, Catherine Cullingham & Christopher J Kyle. Trent University. P48 Morphological Abnormalities of Hybrid Testes in Drosophila Rachel Kanippayoor (rkanippa@uwo.ca) & Amanda Moehring. University of Western Ontario. Invasive Species P49 Variation in Performance of Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata) Among Four Habitats Dasvinder Kambo (daz.kambo@utoronto.ca), 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 (5ab55@queensu.ca). 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 (gc_perrette@laurentian.ca) & 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 (jjaeger@alcor.concordia.ca), 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 (joelle.taillon@bio.ulaval.ca), Marco Festa-Bianchet & Steeve D. Côté. Université Laval. 43 *P54 Establishing reference conditions for the rehabilitation of mining waste uplands in the Hudson Bay Lowland Katherine Garrah (KL_Garrah@Laurentian.ca) & Daniel Campbell. Laurentian University. *P55 Impacts de l'intensification agricole sur les communautés de Diptères Schizophores Louis Laplante (louis.laplante@usherbrooke.ca), 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 (melanie.jean.7@ulaval.ca) & Serge Payette. Université Laval. P57 Effects of a precipitation gradient on the structure of a tropical insectivorous bat ensemble Sergio EstradaVillegas (sergio.estradavillegas@mail.mcgill.ca), Elisabeth K. V. Kalko & Brian McGill. McGill University. Life History and Fitness P58 Within-genus size distributions in angiosperms: small is better Lonnie Aarssen (aarssenl@queensu.ca) & 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 (breton.sophie@gmail.com), 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 (nougoue2000@yahoo.fr) & Donal Hickey. Concordia University. Natural Selection P61 Effect of population size on adaptation in experimental yeast populations Pedram Samani (pedram.samani@mail.mcgill.ca) & Graham Bell. McGill University. Oceanography P62 The diversity of eucaryote picophytoplankton in the North Atlantic Ocean Cindy Dasilva (cindy.dasilva.1@ulaval.ca), Connie Lovejoy & W.K.W. Li. Université Laval. Population Genetics/Ecology P63 The genealogical partitioning of mutational interactions in haploid populations Cortland K. Griswold (cgriswol@uoguelph.ca). 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 (adrizua@yahoo.com) & Sara Good-Avila. University of Winnipeg. *P65 Narwhal (Monodon monoceros) social structure as determined by diet and genetics Cortney Watt (cortneywatt@gmail.com), 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 (dhunt01@uoguelph.ca), Elizabeth Boulding, Courtland Griswold. University of Guelph. 44 P67 Unparalled GC content in the organelle DNA of Selaginella David Roy Smith (smithdr@dal.ca). Dalhousie University. P68 Trans-Atlantic phylogeography and migration of the northern seastar, Asterias rubens Fiona Harper (fharper@rollins.edu), 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 (dumont.francois.3@courrier.uqam.ca) & 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 (fpalstra@dal.ca) & Daniel Ruzzante. Dalhousie University. P71 Context-dependent spatial genetic structure in eastern chipmunks (Tamia striatus) Gabrielle DubucMessier (dubuc-messier.gabrielle@courrier.uqam.ca), Dany Garant & Denis Réale. Université du Québec à Montréal. P72 Analysis of Gene-linked Microsatellites in Mountain Pine Beetles (Dendroctonus ponderosae) N. Gayathri Samarasekera (samaras@unbc.ca), 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 (heloise.cote@usherbrooke.ca), 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 (jmm1@ualberta.ca), James Kijas, Jocelyn Poissant & Dave Coltman. University of Alberta. P75 Investigating the genetic component to variation in metabolism in caribou Karen Smith (kmcquade@nrdpfc.ca), 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 (mora@unbc.ca), Veronica Mesias, Ken Otter, Scott Ramsay & Brent Murray. University of Northern British Columbia. P77 Ecological Genomics of Arctoid Carnivores Sascha Jeffers (sascha@ualberta.ca), 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 (shk421@mun.ca), 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 (brent.young@dfo-mpo.gc.ca), Lisa L. Loseto, & Steven H. Ferguson. University of Manitoba. *P80 Latitudinal Gradients in Food Web Structure Catherine Sutherland (cosuther@gmail.com) & Tamara Romanuk. Dalhousie University. *P81 Network Structure of the Human Microbiome Marina Ritchie (mr881384@dal.ca), Tamara Romanuk, Karla Armsworthy, Dave Jerome & Richard Williams. Dalhousie University. 45 P82 Predator-prey interactions between the blue mussel Mytilus edulis and zooplankton--a case of intraguild predation Sean Duffy (sean.duffy@mail.mcgill.ca), Gregor Fussmann & Chris W. McKindsey. McGill University. Quantitative Genetics and Epigenetics P83 Testing the Link between the Transcriptome and Proteome Ryan Dugas (rx_dugas@laurentian.ca) & 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 (awong@uottawa.ca) & Howard Rundle. University of Ottawa. P85 Intersexual differences in the strength of selection on condition in Drosophila melanogaster Andrea Zikovitz (a.zikovitz@utoronto.ca) & Aneil Agrawal. University of Toronto. P86 Correlated Evolution of Ploidy and Sexual System in the Moss Genus Atrichum Danielle Perley (d.perley@unb.ca) & Linley Jesson. University of New Brunswick. *P87 Is bigger really better? A possible alternative reproductive strategy for small male house crickets Samantha Klaus (klaus.samantha@gmail.com), 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 (cam.hudson@gmail.com), 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 (mlaturne@uwo.ca) & Amanda Moehring. University of Western Ontario. *P90 A species tree for the Hydrobatinae (Aves: Procellariiformes): phylogenetic evidence for sympatric speciation Sarah J. Wallace (6sw6@queensu.ca), 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 (jean-simon.brouard.1@ulaval.ca), 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 (georgialloydsmith@gmail.com) & Stephen C. Lougheed. Queen’s University. 46 Theoretical and Statistical Ecology *P93 Constructing reference conditions through best professional judgment Monica Granados (monica.granados@mail.mcgill.ca), 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 (jerome.st-cyr@bio.ulaval.ca), Svetlana Kalujnaia, Gordon Cramb, Thomas D Als, Michael M Hansen & Louis Bernatchez. Université Laval. 47 48