UBAP herpetologist Sarah Baker co-organized a symposium “Advances and Challenges in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation and Management” and presented “Impact of Snake Fungal Disease on Population Viability” at the 78th Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference in Milwaukee, WI. Jan 28-31. Student Kelsey Low presented a poster on “Ranavirus Effects on Body Condition and Growth of… Continue reading Midwest Fish and Wildlife Meeting
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UBAP staff presents at Ecological Society of America
UBAP Ornithologist Anastasia Rahlin presented a poster at the Ecological Society of America conference held in Portland, Oregon from August 6th-11th. The poster reported on the environmental DNA research being conducted in collaboration with Mark Davis and Matthew Niemiller to collect presence-absence data on cryptic rails in Northern Illinois. The project is testing environmental DNA… Continue reading UBAP staff presents at Ecological Society of America
UBAP staff present at Biology of the Snakes Conference
Members of the Urban Biotic Assessment Program, Michael J. Dreslik and Sarah J. Baker, recently attended and presented at the Biology of the Snakes 2017 Conference in Rodeo New Mexico. They gave two oral and two poster presentations. Oral Presentations Dreslik, M. J., C. E. Petersen, S. M. Goetz, J. D. Kleopfer, and A. H.… Continue reading UBAP staff present at Biology of the Snakes Conference
UBAP staff present at Turtle Survival Alliance
UBAP staff Michael J. Dreslik and Jason P. Ross recently presented at the 2017 Symposium on the Conservation and Biology of Tortoises and Freshwater Turtles. The meeting was held in Charleston, South Carolina from August 6th – 9th and has international attendance. At the meeting, they presented a poster on the effectiveness of passage gates… Continue reading UBAP staff present at Turtle Survival Alliance
UBAP staff present at theJoint Meeting of Ichtyhologists and Herpetologist
Members of the Illinois Natural History Survey’s Urban Biotic Assessment Program and Herpetology Lab recently attended the Joint Meeting of American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, and Herpetologists’ League in Austin, Texas from 12 July to 16 July 2017. They presented on a variety of topics from… Continue reading UBAP staff present at theJoint Meeting of Ichtyhologists and Herpetologist