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Wednesday afternoon sessions and presentations


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12:00	Crocodylians of the Caribbean	Climate Response Research in the Caribbean

Moderators	Venetia Briggs-Gonzalez and Frank Mazzotti	Pending

12:00-12:05	Introduction to the session	Introduction to the session

12:05-12:20	Andrea Torzone Effects of Heavy Metals and Water Contaminants in Juvenile and Adult Crocodylus morelettii in Various Waterways in Belize	Steven Del Rosario Cosme Effect of Rainfall on the Phenology of the Endangered Aristida portoricensis L. (Poaceae) in Puerto Rico

12:20-12:35	Eimy Martinez-Alvarez Behavioural and Body Condition Variations Between Sexes of Juvenile Crocodylus rhombifer in Captivity	Robert Klinger Drier Wet Seasons and Shifting Seasonality of Precipitation in the Southern Coast Region of Belize

12:35-12:50	Joana F Batalha Distinguishing Sympatric Crocodile Species Through Head Shape Analysis and Geometric Morphometrics in the Yucatán Peninsula	Aaron Shiels Invasive Rodent Responses to Hurricanes in Caribbean Islands

12:50-1:00	Concluding remarks and questions	Concluding remarks and questions

1:00	Reptiles and Snakes of Caribbean	Caribbean and Bermuda Botany

Moderators	Venetia Briggs-Gonzalez and Frank Mazzotti	Pending

1:00-1:05	Introduction to the session	Introduction to the session

1:05-1:20	Graham Reynolds Boas of the West Indies	Justin Lewis Seedlings of Hope: Community Based Mangrove Restoration Following a Catastrophic Hurricane in the Bahamas

1:20-1:35	Joseph Wasilewski Iguanas of the Caribbean and Bahamas, Including Invasive Green Iguanas	Juan-Gilberto García-Cancel Establishment of Native Woody Species in Degraded Tropical Dry Forests in the Cabo Rojo NWR, Boquerón, Puerto Rico

1:35-1:50	Sean Doody Communal Nesting among Caribbean Reptiles	Scott LaGreca The Lichens of Bermuda: Species Diversity, Endemism, and Dispersal in a Remote North Atlantic Archipelago

1:50-2:00	Concluding remarks and questions	Concluding remarks and questions


2:00	Frogs of the Caribbean	Plant/Animal/Bird Interactions

Moderators	Pending	Pending

2:00-2:05	Introduction to the session	Introduction to the session

2:05-2:20	Mary Diez Tiny Frogs, Big Questions: Factors Influencing Distribution of the Endangered Coquí Llanero (Eleutherodactylus juanariveroi) in a Coastal Freshwater Wetland	Cara Rockwell Post Hurricane-Dorian Landscape and Ecosystem Monitoring Project in the Abaco Islands (The Bahamas)

2:20-2:35	Julymar Rodriguez Lopez Population Dynamics and Reproductive Biology of the Melodious Coquiì, Eleutherodactylus wightmanae, in an Assemblage Context	Demonica Brown Investigating Landscape Drivers of Bahama Parrot Nest Site Selection on Great Abaco

2:35-2:50	Curtis Lawrence III Invaders and Imposters: Phylogeography of a Cryptogenic Frog in the Lesser Antilles	Noah Frade What Makes a Hammock a Hotspot? Migratory Bird Habitat Preferences in Urban South Florida

2:50-3:00	Concluding remarks and questions	Concluding remarks and questions


3:00	Freshwater Turtles of the Caribbean	Caribbean Ornithology I

Moderators	Donald McKnight	James Goetz

3:00-3:05	Introduction to the session	Introduction to the session

3:05-3:20	Day Ligon Tough Crap: The Diet of the Durophagous Northern Giant Musk Turtle (Staurotypus triporcatus)	Sebastian Bonilla-Sánchez Seabirds of the Northeastern Caribbean Costa Rica: Two Years of Observations at Sea

3:20-3:35	Vanessa Kilburn Home Range and Spatial Ecology of the White-lipped Mud Turtle (Kinosternon leucostomum) in Belize	Adrianne Tossas Habitat Preferences and Population Trends of Eight Landbird Species in Guánica State Forest, Puerto Rico

3:35-3:50	Denise Thompson Reproductive Cycles and Investment Patterns of the Northern Giant Musk Turtle (Staurotypus triporcatus) in Belize	Laura Camila Gomez Castro Preliminary Results: Morphological and Reproductive Evaluation of the Shiny Cowbird (Molothrus bonariensis) in Southern Puerto Rico

3:50-4:00	Concluding remarks and questions	Concluding remarks and questions

4:00	*Ecology and Conservation of the Central American River Turtle (Dermatemys mawii)*	Caribbean Ornithology II

Moderators	Robert Klinger	Joseph Wunderle

4:00-4:05	Introduction to the session	Introduction to the session

4:05-4:20	Eduardo Reyes Grajales Trophic Ecology of Dermatemys mawii and its Relationship with a Fish Community in a Lentic Ecosystem of Southeastern Mexico	Maikel Canizares Morera Conservation of Psittacids in Cuba

4:20-4:35	Donald McKnight They Really do Move in Herds: Evidence of Group Living in Central American River Turtles	Jean DeJongh Discovering the Hidden Life on an Endemic Cuban Owl

4:35-4:50	Cora Dyslin Activity Patterns of The Critically Endangered Hicatee (Dermatemys mawii)	Michael Akresh Post-Eruption Assessment and Habitat Associations of the Whistling Warbler using PROALAS Surveys

4:50-5:05	Yamira Novelo Assessing the Central American River Turtle Population in the Cox Lagoon, Belize: Four years of Monitoring	Steven Albert New Initiatives in Bird Banding in the Caribbean

5:05-5:20	Robert Klinger Hunting for MSY: Transient Dynamics Models and Persistence of the Central American River Turtle	Concluding remarks and questions

5:20-5:30	Concluding remarks and questions

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