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Turtle Survival Alliance
4th Annual Conference
August 10-13, 2006, St. Louis, Missouri
4th Annual Conference
August 10-13, 2006, St. Louis, Missouri
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| Ed Moll | Last Curtain Call for the Drummer - A Perspective on the Global Decline of River Turtles (Keynote Address) |
| John Cann | Australian barbeque locations and what lives in the streams |
| Peter Pritchard | Research and Collections at the Chelonian Research Institute (Banquet Speech) |
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Friday, August 11 |
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0800 |
Intro |
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0815 |
KEYNOTE ADDRESS : Last Curtain Call for the Drummer - A Perspective on the Global Decline of River Turtles Ed Moll |
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0830 |
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0845 |
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0900 |
Distribution and population status of the narrow-headed softshell turtle in Thailand Don Moll |
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0915 |
Recent Developments in Asian Turtle Trade Peter Paul van Dijk |
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0930 |
River surveys for the black soft-shelled turtle Aspideretes nigricans and the topical situation of the turtle trade in Bangladesh Peter Praschag |
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0945 |
Cambodia: A case study for in-situ tortoise and freshwater turtle research and conservation David Emmett |
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1000 |
Break/Posters |
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1030 |
Field report from Roti island, June 2004 Cris Hagen |
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1045 |
Update from Roti Island (2006) Anders Rhodin |
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1100 |
Captive Management and Reproduction of the Roti Island Turtle, a 24 year program Fred Caporaso |
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1115 |
Conservation of Sulawesi’s Two Endemic Chelonians, Leucocephalon yuwonoi and Indotestudo forstenii ; An Investigation into In-Situ and Ex-Situ Conservation Concerns * Ian Ives |
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1130 |
Impact Assessment of turtle habitats in the Ganga River, India R. J. Rao |
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1145 |
Mobilizing the Conservation Action Plan for India’s Endangered Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises Rick Hudson |
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1200 |
Hatchling and head starting programme for endangered chelonians in the National Chambal Sanctuary, India. Harry V. Andrews, R K. Sharma, D. Basu, Shilander Singh, Rajeev Chauhan and Ashutosh Tripathi |
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1215 |
Lunch/Posters |
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0115 |
Nature tourism economics drives meta-landscape scale conservation in southern Namibia: implications for a diverse tortoise fauna James Juvik et al |
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0130 |
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0145 |
Macrochelys Session Collaborative conservation planning and the alligator snapping turtle * J. Daren Riedle |
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0200 |
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0215 |
Population demographics of the alligator snapping turtle ( Macrochelys temminckii ): evidence for past overexploitation and present recovery Stephen A. Dinkelacker* & Christopher A. Howey |
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0230 |
Status of the alligator snapping turtle in Oklahoma: Effects of historical harvest and habitat alteration * J. Daren Riedle*, Paul A. Shipman, Stanley F. Fox, & David M. Leslie Jr |
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0245 |
Population Structure of Alligator Snapping Turtles: Conservation Implications * Joseph Hackler, Ronald Van Den Bussche, Joe Roman, Stanley Fox, & David Leslie Jr. |
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0300 |
Break/Posters |
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0330 |
Health assessment of the alligator snapping turtle ( Macrochelys temminckii ) in GA and FL Terry Norton et al |
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0345 |
Reproduction of Alligator Snapping Turtles in northern Louisiana Lori B. Woosley & John L. Carr |
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0400 |
Nesting ecology of the alligator snapping turtle on the Apalachicola River, FL with special reference to temperature-dependent sex determination Dale Jackson |
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0415 |
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0430 |
Conservation implications of incubation temperature for alligator snapping turtles * Day Ligon and Kerry Graves |
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0445 |
Assessment of Paternity in Alligator Snapping Turtle ( Macrochelys temminckii ) Clutches Lauren M. Besenhofer & John L. Carr |
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0500 |
Biotelemetry Of Alligator Snapping Turtles ( Macrochelys temminckii ) In Northwestern Louisiana: Comparison Of Native And Relocated Movement * V. Bogosian & L.M. Hardy |
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0515 |
Break/Posters |
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0545 |
Future Collaborative Research and Conservation Goals for the Alligator Snapping Turtle Peter C. H. Pritchard, Discussion Moderator |
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0600 |
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Night |
Barbeque -8PM, Leave hotel 7PM Bill Zeigler - TMG/TMP (40 min) BARBEQUE SPEAKER : John Cann Australian barbeque locations and what lives in the streams |
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Time |
Saturday, August 12 |
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0800 |
Intro |
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0815 |
John L. Behler Tribute Symposium The Wood Turtle, Glyptemys insculpta , in Michigan: Burning the Candle at Both Ends? Jim Harding |
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0830 |
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0845 |
Lessons from 30 years of observation at Bog Brook Unique Area Alvin Breisch & James Eckler |
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0900 |
Captive Management and Propagation of the Endangered Madagascar Flat-tail tortoise Michael Ogle |
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0915 |
Reintroduction of Plowshare Tortoises Richard Lewis |
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0930 |
Reproduction of captive ploughshare tortoises Geochelone yniphora at Ampijoroa, Madagascar: Ovulation is obligatorily induced by mating and copulation Gerald. Kuchling, Ernest Bekarany & Olivier C. Razandrimamilafiniarivo |
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0945 |
WCS Joint Program for Chelonian Conservation in Myanmar Bill Holmstrom |
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1000 |
Break/Posters John L. Behler: A tribute and retrospective Chuck Schaffer et al |
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1030 |
Cap Sainte Marie “at the end of the earth”: The Radiated Tortoise ( Geochelone radiata ) in Southwest Madagascar Thomas Leuteritz |
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1045 |
Nesting Ecology of the Wood Turtle at Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area: Managing Agricultural Fields as Wood Turtle Nesting Areas Christina Castellano & John Behler |
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1100 |
St. Catherines Island Gopher Tortoise Translocation Project 1994-2004: An Overview Terry Norton et al |
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1115 |
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1130 |
The process and progress of the John L. Behler Chelonian Conservation Center Jen Savage |
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1145 |
The Tennessee Bog Turtle Program – A 20 Year Review Bern Tryon |
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1200 |
Health assessments of radiated tortoises ( Geochelone radiata ) in Madagascar Bonnie Raphael |
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1215 |
Lunch/Posters |
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0115 |
International Conservation/Field Research Demographics of age and aging in a long-lived vertebrates (i.e., turtles) Justin Congdon, Roy D. Nagle, Owen Kinney, Todd Quinter, & R. C. van Loben Sels |
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0130 |
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0145 |
Effects of haying and agricultural practices on an imperiled species: the North American Wood Turtle, Glyptemys insculpta Raymond A. Saumure, Rodger Titman, & Tom Herman |
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0200 |
Wetland complexes and upland-wetland linkages: landscape effects on the distribution of rare and common wetland species Bruce Kingsbury*, Omar Attum, Yu Man Lee, & John Roe |
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0215 |
Population ecology of the Blanding’s turtle ( Emydoidea blandingii ) in northeastern Illinois |
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0230 |
Seasonal Movements of Freshwater Turtles Among Missouri River Floodplain Wetlands Mark Mills |
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0245 |
Orientation of five species of naïve river turtles dispersing from experimental nests Michael Pappas, Justin D. Congdon, & Bruce Brecke |
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0300 |
Break/Posters |
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0330 |
Effects of habitat degradation on corticosterone and parasites in aquatic turtles * Anne Readel*, Christopher Phillips, & Rebecca Holberton |
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0345 |
Reassessment of the turtle community in the North Fork of White River * Amber Pitt* & Max Nickerson |
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0400 |
Reproductive ecology of the smooth softshell turtle ( Apalone mutica ) in Louisiana * Amity Byrd & John Carr |
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0415 |
Is there a population structure in the yellow-blotched sawback turtle ( Graptemys flavimaculata ) in a seemingly continuous environment ? * Will Selman, Carls Qualls, & Brian Kreiser |
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0430 |
Efficacy of turtle exclusion devices on passive fishing techniques in freshwater systems * Zachary Fratto, Valerie Barko, & John Scheibe |
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0445 |
Ecology, biology and conservation of the Stripe-necked Terrapin in Jordan * Lina Rifai* & Zuhair Amr |
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0500 |
Tracking tortoises: a local community or radiotelemetry approach Omar Attum * , B. Rabea, S. Osman, S. Habinan, Sherif Baha El Din , & B. Kingsbury |
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0515 |
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0545 |
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0600 |
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Night |
Banquet Student Awards BANQUET SPEAKER : Peter C. H. Pritchard Research and Collections at the Chelonian Research Institute |
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Time |
Sunday, August 13 |
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0800 |
Intro |
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0815 |
International Conservation/Field Research Do not take our Freshwater Turtles for Granted John Cann |
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0830 |
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0845 |
Population structure and function of Emydura and Chelodina in the Kimberley Plateau, Western Australia prior to arrival of invasive cane toads Tony Tucker & Nancy FitzSimmons |
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0900 |
Turtle Survival Alliance Taxon Management Group Report 2005-2006 Bill Zeigler |
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0915 |
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0930 |
Captive Husbandry & Veterinary Management The ex situ status of the genus Cuora in Europe Henk Zwartepoorte |
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0945 |
How to assess sex ratios and how to avoid gender bias mistakes in recovery projects of critically endangered turtles Gerald Kuchling |
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1000 |
Break/Posters |
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1030 |
Health assessment of captive Dermatemys mawii in Nacajuca, Mexico Sam Rivera, Gracia Syed, & Claudia Zenteno Ruiz |
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1045 |
Reproduction of the pig-noised turtle Carettochelys insculpta at the Rotterdam Zoo Henk Zwartepoorte |
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1100 |
Investigation of an upper alimentary tract disorder in a group of captive Arakan forest turtles ( Heosemys depressa ) Charles Innis*, Michael Garner, April Johnson & Richard Ogust |
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1115 |
An ecophysiological approach to design and management of river turtle captive breeding and head starting facilities in tropical countries. Gerald Kuchling |
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1130 |
Synopsis of the North Carolina State College of Veterinary Medicine’s Turtle Rescue Team involvement with TSA confiscations Shane Boylan |
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1145 |
Elements of Captive Tortoise Nutrition Gary Lynch & David Salmon |
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1200 |
Developing a Biomaterials Action Plan for Turtles and Tortoises Cathi Lehn |
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1215 |
Lunch/Posters |
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0115 |
Notes on the successful reproduction of Platysternon megacephalum in captivity Julie Tougas |
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0130 |
Keeping and breeding yellow blotched sawback turtles, Graptemys flavimaculata Paul Van der Schow |
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0145 |
Graduate Research Conservation phylogenetics of the Asian box turtles: Inferences from multiple nuclear loci Phillip Spinks* & H. Bradley Shaffer |
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0200 |
Why Do Some Turtles Take So Long to Hatch? Brian Horne |
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0215 |
Levels of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in plasma from two species of riverine turtle Stefan Moss, Thomas Wilson*, Jennifer Keller, & Sean Richards |
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0230 |
Ecological Aspects of a Turtle Assemblage in the Tennessee River Christopher Manis & Thomas Wilson |
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0245 |
Spatial ecology of turtle populations within an urban landscape: implications for conservation and habitat management Travis Ryan, Christopher Conner, & Bill Peterman |
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0300 |
Break/Posters |
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0330 |
International Conservation/Field Research Use of satellite transmitters in determining habitat use of Podocnemis expansa in the Rio Trombetas, Para, Brazil Richard Vogt |
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0345 |
Advances on the Central American River Turtle’s Conservation Program Gracia Patricia Syed |
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0400 |
Neotropical Freshwater Turtle Conservation Update Richard Vogt |
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0415 |
A Comprehensive Podocnemis unifilis Recovery Program Implemented by the Cofan Cofán Community on the Rio Aguarico, Ecuador Randall Borman, Wendy Townsend, Pablo Salvador Puig, A. Ross Kiester* |
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0430 |
Field notes on the critically endangered Dahl ’s toad-headed turtle in Colombia Pierre Fidenci* & Catalina López-Ospina |
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0445 |
TFWTSG General Meeting Anders Rhodin, Peter Paul Van Dijk |
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0500 |
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0515 |
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0545 |
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0600 |
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Night |
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