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SUMMARY:SFWS Seminar Series - Lora Smith
DESCRIPTION:Lora Smith\, Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center\n“Biological Connectivity Among Geographically Isolated Wetlands: Patterns Across Space and Time” \nSeminar is held at 11 a.m. in Classroom 1221 in the SFWS Building\, 602 Duncan Drive\, Auburn\, AL. \n\nFaculty\, students and the public are invited to attend this free program.\nComplimentary cookies and coffee will be served.\nCFEs are available by request.\nAdvanced registration is not required.\nParking is available on the 3rd and 4th floors of the South Quad parking deck on Duncan Drive\, directly across from the SFWS Building. See Parking Services on Level 2 to obtain a visitor pass.\n\nAbstract:  Geographically isolated wetlands (GIWs) provide important ecosystem services including water storage\, nutrient processing and sequestration\, and wildlife habitat. Although there is increasing recognition of these services\, many GIWs are not afforded regulatory protection at the state or federal level and it has been estimated that more than 50% of GIWs in the southeastern U.S. have been altered by agricultural and urban land uses. Despite large scale alterations of wetlands and surrounding forests\, many GIWs persist within agricultural landscapes and a basic understanding of the role of these wetlands as wildlife habitat is of interest. We have examined the effects of local and landscape scale variables on wetland use and connectivity for a broad suite of fauna (amphibians\, reptiles\, and wading birds) in southwestern Georgia. Among amphibians species richness\, diversity and abundance is highest in GIWs with more surrounding forest and wetland land use. Likewise\, genetic data indicate that connectivity among populations of some amphibian species (southern cricket frog and dwarf salamander) is positively related to the amount of forest and wetlands in the surrounding landscape. However\, populations of another amphibian species (southern leopard frog) show little genetic differentiation even at large spatial scales (>20 km) and within agricultural landscapes. Freshwater turtles frequently move over land among wetlands. One species\, the yellow-bellied slider\, moves through natural pine forests more frequently than agricultural land or pine plantations. American alligators use GIWs for nesting and juvenile habitat\, whereas adults use perennial streams. Alligators use intervening wetlands as stepping stones for movements among habitats. Wading bird use of GIWs is high in wetlands in agricultural landscapes during breeding season\, but increases in GIWs in forested landscapes late in the hydroperiod\, when larval amphibians are the most abundant prey. Understanding biological connectivity among these wetlands is critical to ensure that landscapes are protected at appropriate scales to conserve species and ecosystem function. \nBiography:  Lora Smith is a research scientist at the Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center (Jones Center) in southwestern Georgia. She received a B.S. in Biology from Eckerd College and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation from the University of Florida. Her M.S. research focused on the ecology of the gopher tortoise in north-central Florida and her Ph.D. research was on the status and ecology of the ploughshare tortoise in northwestern Madagascar. After completing her Ph.D. in 1999 she worked for the U.S. Geological Survey as a research wildlife biologist conducting an amphibian inventory and monitoring project at Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. She joined the Jones Center in 2001 and her research program includes a long term study of the effects of predation on the gopher tortoise\, ecology of upland snakes\, and habitat predictors of pond-breeding amphibians. She is an active member of the Gopher Tortoise Council and The Wildlife Society.
URL:https://cfwe.auburn.edu/event/sfws-seminar-series-lora-smith/
LOCATION:College of Forestry\, Wildlife and Environment\, 602 Duncan Drive\, Auburn\, AL\, 36849\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Dr. Lori Eckhardt":MAILTO:eckhalg@auburn.edu
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SUMMARY:SFWS to host campus-wide screening of the APT series episode on "Forestry"
DESCRIPTION:As part of Alabama Public Television’s ongoing “Spotlight on Agriculture” documentary series\, the network is producing three episodes focused on Auburn University’s School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences research and the importance of forestry\, wildlife and natural resources to the state’s economy and quality of life. \nThe episodes will air on APT during the first three quarters of 2019\, with the first episode on “Forestry” scheduled to air Monday\, Feb. 18\, at 8 p.m. CST.  To celebrate the launch of the series trilogy\, the School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences will host a public screening and reception for the premiere of the “Forestry” episode. \nDuring the “Forestry” episode\, viewers will learn how Auburn’s research is improving timber harvesting and forestry operations\, developing sustainable products from forest biomass and discovering solutions to many of today’s most critical challenges facing wildlife and natural landscapes. \nThe campus-wide screening will be held at the SFWS Building located at 602 Duncan Drive in Conference Hall\, room 1101\, at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday\, Feb. 13. The event is free and open to the public. Parking will be available on the third and fourth levels of the South Quad Parking Deck. \nMore information about the series can be found online at: https://cfwe.auburn.edu/apt-series-will-showcase-auburn-research-and-forestry-wildlife-natural-resource-industries/ \nVisit APT to review the trailer and for broadcast details: http://aptv.org/episodes/1816735/Spotlight-On-Agriculture/Forestry-Management/ \n 
URL:https://cfwe.auburn.edu/event/sfws-to-host-campus-wide-screening-of-the-apt-series-episode-on-forestry/
LOCATION:College of Forestry\, Wildlife and Environment\, 602 Duncan Drive\, Auburn\, AL\, 36849\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="SFWS Office of Communications and Marketing":MAILTO:sfwscom@auburn.edu
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