Eighteenth Annual All Scientists Meeting and Poster Symposium
Program Abstracts
Biogeochemical Patterns, Processes, and Human Outcomes
Ball, Becky. A., Sharon J. Hall, and Julie Ripplinger. Influence of Climate, Plant Communities, and Land Use on Long-term Patterns of Soil Properties in the CAP LTER Ecosystem.
Eagar, Jershon D., Pierre Herckes, and Hilairy E. Hartnett. Particle Deposition and Frequency of Haboobs in the CAP LTER. (pdf)
Handler, Amalia M., Amanda K. Suchy, Nancy B. Grimm, Monica M. Palta, Daniel L. Childers, and Juliet C. Stromberg. Chemical and Hydrologic Connectivity of Surface and Porewater in an Urban Accidental Wetland, with Implications for Nitrogen Removal. (pdf)
Hartnett, Hilairy, Monica Palta, Albert Ruhi, Maria van Schajik, and Nancy Grimm. Modeling DOC Quantity and Quality in Tempe Town Lake: Time-Series Analysis of a 10-Year Data Set. (pdf)
Ramos, Jorge, and Dan Childers. Drying and Rewetting Periods Trigger High Pulses of Greenhouse Gases in Wetland Mesocosms from Tres Rios Permanently Flooded Constructed Treatment Wetland. (pdf)
Sanchez, Christopher A., Nicholas A. Weller, Daniel L. Childers, Laura Turnbull, and Robert Upham. The Effects of Macrophyte Productivity and Community Composition on the Water and Nutrient Budgets of an Aridland Constructed Treatment Wetland. (pdf)
Suchy, Amanda K., Ian Crandall, Emily Sprague, Erin E. Shortlidge, and James J. Elser. Nutrient Limitation and Carbon Dioxide Fluxes in Urban Lakes Supplied with Groundwater and Surface Water in Tempe, Arizona. (pdf)
Climate, Ecosystems, and People
Cayetano, Zoe, Ryan Taylor, Christian Monahan, Elijah Campbell, Kelsey O’Brien, Rebecca Lydford, Amy Dicker, Ariane Middel, and Bjoern Hagen. The Influence of Vegetation and Built Environments on Midday Summer Thermal Comfort. (pdf)
Chipman, Danielle, and Kelli Larson. Calculated Risk: Comparing Global Perceptions of Climate Change Impacts and Responsibilities. (pdf)
du Bray, Margaret, Amber Wutich, Rhian Stotts, and Alexandra Brewis. Hope, Fear, and Worry: Emotional Geographies of Communities Affected by Climate Change. (pdf)
Upreti, Ruby, Zhihua H. Wang, and Jiachuan Yang. Assessing Impact of Landscape Characteristics on Urban Hydroclimate. (pdf)
Zhao, Qunshan, Soe W. Myint, Elizabeth A. Wentz, and Chao Fan. Rooftop Surface Temperature Analysis in an Urban Residential Environment.
Education, Outreach, and Co-creation of Knowledge
Beute, Stacie, Cass Blodgett, Wendy Hodgson, Kim McCue, Ken Vonderscher, and Susanne Rothwell. Co-Creating Citizen Science in the Phoenix Mountains Preserve: The North Mountain Plant Inventory Project.
Comeaux, Victoria. Environmental Education Outreach with Preschool to Middle School Age Children in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area. (pdf)
Elser, Monica, Marcia Nation, and Stevan Earl. Engaging Non-Scientists in Urban Ecology: Lessons Learned from Designing, Implementing, and Sustaining Three Place-Based Citizen Science Projects.
Suchy, Amanda K., James J. Elser, Sara E. Brownell, Nancy B. Grimm, and Erin E. Shortlidge. Pilot Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) Results in Student Gains and Novel Urban Ecology Data. (pdf)
Human Decisions and Biodiversity
Alvarez Guevara, Jessica, Becky A. Ball, and Sharon J. Hall. Urbanization Alters Herbivore Rodent Composition but not Abundance. (pdf)
Arnett-Romero, Sky, Bridget Harding, Dan Allen, and Albert Ruhi. Drought Modifies Land-Use Effects on Arthropod Communities in an Urban Desert Ecosystem. (pdf)
Harding, Bridget, Sky Arnett-Romero, Dan Allen, Albert Ruhi, and Heather Bateman. Drought and Time Modify Land-Use Effects on Bird Community Structure in an Urban Desert Ecosystem. (pdf)
Hutton, Pierce, and Kevin J. McGraw. Coping with Light Pollution: Sleep, Stress, and Sickness in City Songbirds. (pdf)
Johnson, Chad, Dale Stevens, Annika Vannan, Allison Maney, and Javier Urcuyo. Do Black Widows Like it Hot? Predator-Prey Dynamics on an Urban Heat Island. (pdf)
MacNeille, Benjamin, Dan L. Childers, and Ferran Garcia-Pichel. Microbial Biodiversity in Phoenix’s Public Phyllosphere.
Weaver, Melinda, and Kevin McGraw. Bold Urbanites and Shy Hillbillies? Variation in Novel Environment Exploration in Haemorhous mexicanus. (pdf)
Land Use, Land Cover, Land Architecture, and Ecosystem Services
Burnette, Riley, Paige Warren, Susannah Lerman, Heather L. Bateman, Kelli Larson, and Jessica Hoffmann. Linking Residential Landscape, Socioeconomic Status, and Perceptions to Bird Diversity. (pdf)
Cook, Elizabeth M., and Olga Barbosa. Maximizing Urban Services in Valdivia, Chile with Green Infrastructure. (pdf)
Fan, Chao, S. J. Rey, Soe Myint, and Wenwen Li. A Continuous Approach to Evaluating Vegetation and Built-Up Dynamics in a Fast Growing Desert City. (pdf)
Hoffmann, Jessica, Kelli Larson, and Marcia Nation. Residential Landscape Changes in Phoenix, AZ: Results from PASS 2006 to 2011. (pdf)
Palta, Monica M., Margaret V. du Bray, Rhian Stotts, Amber Wutich, and Amanda Wolf. Urban “Accidental” Wetlands Mediate Water Quality and Heat Exposure For Homeless Populations in a Desert City.
Wheeler, Megan M., Sharon J. Hall, Jennifer Learned, and Hannah Heavenrich. Regional Patterns and Homogenization of Residential Yard Soil Moisture in US Cities. (pdf)
Sustainable Futures
Chakalian, Paul. Phoenix, AZ Heat as a Social Ecological System: A Tool for Analyzing the Urban Heat Island. (pdf)
Colter, Kaylee R., and Chris A Martin. Evaluating Sustainable Landscapes in the Arid Southwest. (pdf)
Davidson, Melissa, David M. Iwaniec, Elizabeth M. Cook, and Nancy B. Grimm. Central Arizona˗Phoenix LTER and Society: Co-developing Sustainable Future Scenarios. (pdf)
Sampson, David A., David M. Iwaniec, Melissa Davidson, and Elizabeth Cook. The Adaptation to Drought Sustainable Future Scenario: Simulations using WaterSim 6. (pdf)
Water Dynamics in a Desert City
Buell, Andrew, Matt Sokolowski, and Peter Fox. Factors Controlling Invasive Mussel Distribution in Arizona. (pdf)
Fang, Lei, Enrique R. Vivoni, and Giuseppe Mascaro. Regional Assessment of Observed Rainfall-Runoff Relations in Maricopa County and Its Hydrologic Modeling for Selected Areas. (pdf)
Hanigan, David, Robert Reed, and Paul Westerhoff. Measuring Nanoparticulate and Dissolved Titanium in Urban Recreational Waterways near Phoenix. (pdf)
Hester, Cyrus, and Kelli Larson. Investigating the Effects of Population, Policy, and Economic Change on Water Use in Tucson and Phoenix, Arizona 1990–2013. (pdf)
Patel, Sarah, Jacelyn Rice, Rhian Stotts, Amber Wutich, and Alexandra Brewis. Cross-Cultural Perceptions of Health Implications from Wastewater Reuse. (pdf)