Wednesday, January 5
5:00 p.m. Registration Opens
7:00 p.m. Opening Reception

Thursday 6 January
8:00-8:15 11th North American Arctic Goose Conference
Opening comments - Jim Sedinger

HARVEST DERIVATION SYMPOSIUM
Organizers: Kim Scribner, Sandra Talbot, and Dirk V. Derksen
8:15-8:25 Opening Remarks - Kim Scribner

Part I: Data needs and sources of Information
Moderator: Sandra Talbot
8:25-8:40 James O. Leafloor. Use of harvest derivation techniques in goose management.
8:40-8:55 Paul I. Padding, Elwood M. Martin, Daniel J. Nieman and Jack Smith. What information can waterfowl parts collection surveys provide for goose research and management?
8:55-9:10 James B. Shaklee, Sewall F. Young, and David J. Teel. Creating and applying standardized genetic data sets for natural resource management: insights and lessons from the pacific salmon experience.

Part II : Analytical tools and statistical inference
9:10-9:25 Jerry W. Hupp and Craig R. Ely. Morphology and plumage as a basis for subspecific and population discrimination.
9:25-9:40 James D. Nichols and J. Andrew Royle. Methods for estimating derivation of harvest based on marked individuals.
9:40-9:55 Keith A. Hobson. Using stable isotope measurements of feathers to determine origin of molt in north american geese: a review and implications for management.

9:45-10:15 BREAK
Moderator: Dirk V. Derksen
10:15-10:30 Michele M. Masuda, Jerome J. Pella, and Kim T. Scribner. Estimating population composition of mixed harvests and individuals' sources from their traits.
10:30-10:45 William Punch, Kim Scribner, Tim Moser, and Alexander Topchy
Machine learning methods of individual classification based on continuous and discrete data.

Part III: Empirical data
10:45-11:00 Craig R. Ely, Judy Gust, and Sandra Talbot. Intra-specific phenotypic and genetic variation in greater white-fronted geese: population, flyway, and continental variation.
11:00-11:15 Kim T. Scribner and Rainy I. Shorey. Variation in snow and Ross's geese at species, subspecies, and population levels across North America.
11:15-11:30 Sandra L. Talbot, Dave H. Ward, Kathryn Dickson, and Sean Boyd Phenotypic and genetic variation in nearctic breeding brant: assessment of markers for admixture analysis.
11:30-11:45 Kim T. Scribner, Rainy I. Shorey, and Sandra L. Talbot. Variation in Canada geese at species, subspecies, and population levels across North America.

11:45- 1:15 LUNCH
1:15-1:20 11th North American Arctic Goose Conference Comments - Jim Sedinger
Plenary Introduction - Joel Schmutz
1:20-2:20 PLENARY 1 - Dr. Tony Fox.
Department of Wildlife Ecology and Biodiversity, National Environmental Research Institute, Kalø, Grenåvej 12, DK-8410 Rønde, Denmark.
Recent changes in abundance amongst geese wintering in the Western Palearctic.

PAPER SESSION 1 - MIGRATION AND WINTERING ECOLOGY
Chair: Joe Fleskes USGS Dixon Field Station
2:20-2:40 Sean Boyd and Kate Hagmeier. Body condition of Pacific Black Brant using the abdominal profile index (API) as a measure of fat accumulation during spring migration in British Columbia.
2:40-3:00 Jerry Hupp, Ryan Nielson, and David Safine. Effects of variable crowberry production on autumn-staging Cackling Geese.
3:00-3:20 Danielle Mather*, Perry S. Barboza and David Ward. Body composition dynamics in Pacific Black Brant wintering in Alaska and Baja California.
3:20-3:40 Kendrew Colhoun, James Robinson, Gudmundur Gudmundsson and Preben Clausen. Migratory behaviour of Eastern Canadian High Arctic Light-bellied Brent Geese tracked using satellite telemetry.

3:40-4:00 BREAK
4:00-4:20 Jón Jónsson** and Alan Afton. Snow geese wintering in southwest Louisiana use two distinct habitats - is there evidence for separate populations?
4:20-4:40 David Ward, Lee Tibbitts, James Sedinger, Sean Boyd, and Jim Hines. Population Structure and Migration Chronology of Wintering Brant Black.
4:40-5:00 Katherine Hagmeier, Barry Smith, and Sean Boyd. Estimating volumes of Black Brant during spring migration using long-term datasets.
5:00-5:20 Manuel Ochoa Barraza, Alberto Tarrazas, Rod Drewien*, John Taylor (deceased), Michael Spindler, and Debra Webb. Winter distribution of Greater White-Fronted Geese in the interior highlands of Mexico.
5:20-5:40 Local committee notes and updates

Friday 7 January
8:00-8:05 Announcements - Jim Sedinger
Plenary Introduction - Jim Leafloor
8:05-9:05 PLENARY 2. Dr. Robert M. Zink.
Bell Museum, Univ. of Minnesota,
What, if any, are the taxonomic, evolutionary and conservation roles for subspecies?

PAPER SESSION 2 - LIFE HISTORY
Chair: Jim Leafloor - Canadian Wildlife Service
9:05-9:25 Todd Boonstra* , Mark Clark and Wendy Reed. Effects of Maternal investments on egg metabolic rates, hatching synchrony and offspring performance in Canada Geese (Branta canadensis)
9:25-9:45 Michael Sertle and Michael Eichholz. Nesting success, gosling growth, and adult body condition of giant Canada Geese in southern Illinois.
9:45-10:05 Kiel Drake* and Ray Alisauskas. Experimental effects of nest success on breeding site fidelity in a capital breeder.

10:05-10:25 BREAK
PAPER SESSION 3 - GRAZING ECOLOGY
Chair: Jim Leafloor
10:25-10:45 Richard Inger*, Graeme Ruxton, Stuart Bearhop, and James Robinson. Factors affecting prey choice in a despotic herbivore: using individuals to predict a population response.
10:45-11:05 Jeffrey Gleason, Kenneth Abraham, David Ankney, and James Leafloor. Canada Goose brood-rearing behavior: further evidence of nutrient limitation on Akimiski Island, Nunavut.
11:05-11:25 Scott McWilliams and James Leafloor. Effects of elevated CO2 on keystone herbivores in modern Arctic ecosystems.
11:25-11:45 Dries Kuijper and Martin Loonen. Depletion of food plants by Branacle geese.

11:45-1:15 LUNCH
Announcements - Jim Sedinger
Plenary Introduction - Mark Lindberg
1:15-2:15 PLENARY 3: Dr. Craig R. Ely,
Alaska Science Center, U. S. Geological Survey. Influence of breeding chronology, competition, and landscape heterogeneity on growth rates and survival of arctic-nesting geese: a non-colonial perspective.
PAPER SESSION 4 - BREEDING ECOLOGY
Chair: Mike Samuel - Wisconsin Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit
2:15-2:35 Frank Baldwin*, James Leafloor, Ray Alisauskas. Canada geese in a Ross's goose colony; a protective nesting association?
2:35-2:55 Julien Mainguy*, Gilles Gauthier, Jean-François Giroux, and Joël Bêty. Long distance brood movements in Greater Snow Geese: effects on gosling growth and survival.
2:55-3:15 Marie-Hélène Dickey * and Gilles Gauthier. Effect of climatic variables on the phenology and reproductive success of Greater Snow Geese.

3:15-3:35 BREAK
3:35-3:55 Christopher Nicolai*, James Sedinger, and Jason Schamber. Consequences of individual choice of brood rearing areas and carryover effects of these decisions on reproductive measures in Black Brant.
3:55-4:15 Vasiliy V. Baranyuk. Warming of Arctic and Wrangel Island Snow Goose Population.
4:15-4:35 Gustaf Samelius*, Ray Alisauskas, Keith Hobson, and Serge Larivière. Arctic Fox Diets Revealed through Stable Isotopes: the Importance of Cached Foods.
4:35-4:55 Götz Eichhorn, Vsevolod Afanasyev, Henk van der Jeugd, and Rudi Drent. Breeding in relation to upstream stopovers in barnacle geese, an individual-based study relying on resightings and geolocators.

6:30 POSTER SESSION

Saturday 8 January
8:00-8:05 Announcements - Jim Sedinger
Plenary Introduction - Rocky Rockwell
8:05-9:05 PLENARY 4 - Dr. Evan G. Cooch,
Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University.
Adaptive goose harvest management: not just for ducks.
PAPER SESSION 5 - POPULATION DYNAMICS, STATUS, AND MANAGEMENT
Chair: Mark Lindberg - University of Alaska Fairbanks
9:05-9:25 Ray Alisauskas, Robert Rockwell, Dale Caswell, Evan Cooch, Kiel L. Drake, Stuart M. Slattery, Dana K. Kellett, James O. Leafloor, and Eric Reed. Effect of population reduction efforts on survival of mid-continent Lesser Snow Geese.
9:25-9:45 Gilles Gauthier, Anna Calvert, and Eric Reed. Impacts of special conservation measures on demographic parameters in Greater Snow Geese.
9:45-10:05 Ray Alisauskas, Kiel Drake, Stuart Slattery, and Dana Kellett. Neckbands, harvest, and survival of Ross's geese from Canada's central arctic.

10:05-10:25 BREAK
10:25-10:45 F. Dale Caswell1 and Katherine M. Meeres2
Lesser Snow Goose population trends across the nesting colonies - An Update.
10:45-11:05 Joel Schmutz, Bryce Lake, and Julie Morse. Harvest and climate influences on annual survival and breeding propensity of Emperor Geese.
11:05-11:25 David Miller*, James Grand, Thomas Fondell, Martin Drut, and Robert Trost. Seasonal estimate of survival, detection, and observability for Dusky Canada Geese.
11:25-11:45 Jason Caswell*, Jim Leafloor, and Ray Alisauskas. Neckband hunting - can it affect survival estimates?

11:45-1:15 LUNCH
POPULATION DYNAMICS, STATUS, AND MANAGEMENT Continued
Chair: Joel Schmutz - Alaska Science Center - USGS
1:15-1:35 Paul Conn*, William Kendall, Michael Samuel. A general model for the analysis of mark-resight, mark-recapture, and band recovery data under tag loss.
1:35-1:55 Bryce Lake*, Mark Lindberg, Joel Schmutz, Craig Ely, Michael Anthony, William Eldridge, and Fred Broerman. Spatial and temporal variation in body mass of prefledging Emperor Geese: Effects of interspecific goose densities and grazing lawn availability.
1:55-2:15 Kiel Drake* and Ray Alisauskas. Breeding dispersal by Ross's Geese in the Queen Maud Gulf metapopulation.
2:15-2:35 Nicholas Lecomte*, Gilles Gauthier, Louis Bernatchez, Jean-François Giroux. Population structure of a Greater Snow Goose colony.
2:35-2:55 Sandra Talbot, George Sage, Judy Gust, Jolene Rearick, David Ward, Sean Boyd, Kathy Dickson, and James Robinson. Genetic analysis of North American Brant populations.
2:55-3:15 Christopher Williams, Michael Samuel, Vasiliy Baranyuk, Evan Cooch, and Don Kraege. Winter fidelity and apparent survival of Lesser Snow Goose populations in the Pacific Flyway.

3:15-3:35 BREAK
3:35-3:55 Leif Nilsson. Recent changes in number and distribution of the Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis fabalis in northwestern Europe.
3:55-4:15 Barwolt Ebbinge. Poor breeding causes persistent decline in Dark-bellied Brent Geese.
4:15-4:35 Anne Mini* and Jeffery Black. Expensive management: quantifying the costs of an active hazing program in Aleutian Canada Geese.
4:35-4:55 Michael Samuel, Diana Goldberg, Daniel Shadduck, William Johnson, and Michael Spindler. Reservoirs for avian cholera: wetlands vs. birds.
4:55-5:15 Julie Blanchong, Michael D. Samuel, and Gene Mack. Multi-species patterns of avian cholera mortality in Nebraska's Rainwater Basin.
7:00 p.m. Closing Banquet