2025 Midwest Fish & Wildlife Conference

2025 Midwest Fish & Wildlife Conference

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10:20am CST

Wildlife Track: Influence of Raccoon (Procyon lotor) Abundance on Prevalence of Raccoon Roundworm (Baylisascaris procyonis) in Northern Illinois TBAAshley McDonald Wildlife Track: Response of White-tailed Deer Movement to Exurban Mountain Bike Trails TBATadao Kishimoto

10:40am CST

Wildlife Track: Temporal Dynamics and Potential Niche Separation Amongst Carnivores: A Decadal Analysis TBAMax Larreur Wildlife Track: The power of bats: evaluating protected bats during energy project planning TBABrittany Schweiger

11:00am CST

Wildlife Track: Bobcat Survival Across North America: A Meta-Analysis Approach TBAKatherine Buckman Wildlife Track: Widespread pesticide exposure and plant damage in natural areas in Illinois TBAT.J. Benson

11:20am CST

Wildlife Track: Forest Management Impacts on Bat Health: Insights from Northeast Missouri Conservation Areas TBAKatie Fitzgerald Wildlife Track: Rodents in an Urban Forest: Exploring Small Mammal Ecology and the Impact of Restoration  TBASamantha Dennis

11:40am CST

Wildlife Track: Impact of invasive Burmese python on the abundance of two endemic endangered species in the Florida Keys TBAShauna Sayers Wildlife Track: Movement ecology of an urban community in Forest Park, Saint Louis TBAStephen Blake

1:20pm CST

Wildlife Track: Multi-Method Occupancy of Semi-Aquatic Mammals in Southern Illinois TBADerek Whipkey Wildlife Track: Quantifying the biodiversity benefit of forest cover in agricultural landscapes using environmental DNA metabarcoding TBAOlivia Reves

1:40pm CST

Wildlife Track: Assessing white-tailed deer body condition using trail camera photos TBAJamie Goethlich Wildlife Track: Inter-specific differences in waterfowl responses to hunting pressure and environmental conditions at an autumn stopover TBAAbigail Blake-Bradshaw

2:00pm CST

Wildlife Track: An assessment of small mammal monitoring methods within restored prairies in Illinois TBABianca Saftoiu Wildlife Track: Surfing the Blue Wave: Is blue-winged teal resource selection influenced by fine-scale variation in wetland availability? TBAJeffrey Edwards

2:20pm CST

Wildlife Track: Use of thermal-imaging drones to assess assumptions of density estimation techniques TBADavid Delaney Wildlife Track: Wetland Management and Habitat Associations of Breeding Secretive Marsh Birds, including King Rail, in Missouri TBARyan McGinty

2:40pm CST

Wildlife Track: River-Floodplain Connectivity: Effects on Ecological Communities in Restored Wetlands along the Lower Missouri River TBAJosh Williams