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Title:
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3rd Annual S.C. Herpetological Conference
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Event Type:
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Symposium
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Description:
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SOUTH CAROLINA HERPETOLOGY CONFERENCE
SCHEDULE OF TALKS AND UPDATE
DATE: SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 2006
PLACE: NDOKI LODGE
RIVERBANKS ZOO
COLUMBIA, SC
* Admission to the Zoo will be free for Conference Attendees. Come to the main entrance and tell the cashier/security guard you are attending the herpetology conference. You can get directions to Ndoki Lodge at this point.
REGISTRATION FEE $10 - Make check payable to SC Herpetology Conference (the registration fee is waived for conference speakers)
SCHEDULE:
9:00 – 9:30 AM Registration and Welcome
9:30 - 10:00 AM Timber Rattlesnakes of Oklahoma: Movements and
Behavior. Jeff Mohr: Clemson University
10:00 – 10:30 AM The thermal biology and energetics of the eastern diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus). Dr. Michael Dorcas: Davidson College
10:30 – 11:00 AM Break
11:00 – 11:30 AM The influence of intensive pine management on Coastal
Plain herpetofauna at the community and species level.
Dr. Jeff Humphries: Clemson University
11:30 – 12:00 AM Sea Turtle Conservation in South Carolina: Three
Decades...and Counting. Sally Hopkins Murphy: SCDNR
12:00-1:30 PM Lunch – on your own
1:30 – 1:45 PM Update on SC's Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Plan
Steve Bennett: SCDNR
1:45 – 2:15 PM Habitat Specificity and Home-Range Size as Attributes of
Species Vulnerability to Extinction: A Case Study Using
Sympatric Rattlesnakes. Dr. Jayme Waldron: Clemson
University
2:15 – 2:45 PM Road trips for herps: finding the right map. Kimberly
Andrews and Dr. Whit Gibbons: University of Georgia-
SREL
2:45 – 3:15 PM Break
3:15 – 3:45 PM Population Status Of the genus Desmognathus In The
Coastal Plain. Dave Beamer: East Carolina
University
3:45 – 4:15 PM Translocation as a conservation tool: site fidelity
and home range size of translocated gopher
tortoises. Tracey D. Tuberville, Erin E. Clark,
Kurt A. Buhlmann & J. Whitfield Gibbons: University
of Georgia – SREL
4:15 – 4:30 Closing Remarks
Notes: The new location for the Conference, Ndoki Lodge can accommodate a larger crowd with additional room for posters and tables. We will be making 10 tables available (free of charge) for groups/organizations that want to display information about their programs etc. The tables will be available on a first come-first serve basis, so if you want a table let me know A.S.A.P. !
Contact Steve Bennett of the S.C.D.N.R. with any questions at:
(803) 734-3930
BennettS@dnr.sc.gov
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Starting Date:
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01/20/06
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Ending Date:
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01/20/06
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City:
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Columbia
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State:
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SC
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Contact:
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Steve Bennett
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Email:
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sbennett@scdnr.state.sc.us
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