Nineteenth Annual All Scientists Meeting and Poster Symposium

Program Abstracts

Adapting to City Life

Moen, Claire E., Jennifer Hackney, and J. Chadwick Johnson. The urban heat island’s impact on ecdysone levels throughout development of western black widow.

Smith, Jordan P., Xiaoxiao Li, and Billie L. Turner II. Lots of potential: Urban vacant land identification from high resolution remote sensing imagery.

Urcuyo, Javier C., and J. Chadwick Johnson. Urban heat island effects: How temperature influences male development and behavior in the western black widow spider.

Climate and Heat

DeMyers, Christine A., Chloe L. Warpinski, and Amber Y. Wutich. Urban water insecurity: A case study of homelessness in Phoenix, Arizona, USA.

du Bray, Margaret, Amber Wutich, and Alexandra Brewis. Cross-cultural approaches to understanding the emotional geographies of climate threats in four island nations.

Heavenrich, Hannah, Julea Shaw, and Sharon J. Hall. Long-term drivers of winter annual wildflower production in the Sonoran Desert.

Moen, Claire E., Jennifer Hackney, and J. Chadwick Johnson. The urban heat island’s impact on ecdysone levels throughout development of western black widow.

Smith, Jordan P., Xiaoxiao Li, and Billie L. Turner II. Lots of potential: Urban vacant land identification from high resolution remote sensing imagery.

Urcuyo, Javier C., and J. Chadwick Johnson. Urban heat island effects: How temperature influences male development and behavior in the western black widow spider.

Wang, Chenghao, Ruby Upreti, Zhi-Hua Wang, and Jiachuan Yang. Impact of shade trees on urban hydroclimate for Phoenix and the continental United States.

Wright, Mary K., Paul C. Chakalian, Liza C. Kurtz, Lance E. Watkins, Sharon L. Harlan, Matei Georgescu, and David M. Hondula. Extreme heat and power failures: Understanding household-scale risks.

Education and Management

Earl, Stevan R. The CAP LTER information management system: Data management for project investigators and the scientific community.

Eller, Maria S. Ecology Explorers: Bringing CAP LTER research to community stakeholders.

Governance and Institutions

Chipman, Danielle, Rhian Stotts, Charlotte Till, Kelli Larson, Amber Wutich, and Dave White. Solutions for urban water sustainability transitions: Comparison of cities dependent on water from the Colorado River Basin.

DeMyers, Christine A., Chloe L. Warpinski, and Amber Y. Wutich. Urban water insecurity: A case study of homelessness in Phoenix, Arizona, USA.

Flores, Shalae A. Hallie A. Eakin, and Andres Baeza-Castro. Water conflict, social pressures and management in Mexico City.

Gibbs, Kyle N., Katie E. Peige, and Ray Quay. Arizona’s water crisis: Leadership.

Reichman, Anne, and Erin Rugland. ASU’s Sustainable Cities Network.

Sherpa, Sonam F., and Milan Shrestha. Glacial lake outburst flood risks in the Everest region, Nepal: Analyzing the governance and institutional factors of mitigation options.

Residential Landscapes and Neighborhoods

Andrade, Riley, Susannah B. Lerman, Paige S. Warren, Heather L. Bateman, Kelli Larson, and Julie Ripplinger. How social and landscape characteristics affect the urban arthropod community during recessions.

Ball, Becky A., Sharon J. Hall, Hannah Heavenrich, and Julie Ripplinger. Long-term patterns in land use and soil properties across the CAP LTER ecosystem.

McPhillips, Lauren E., and Nancy B. Grimm. Cross-city comparison of green space distribution and characteristics.

Reichman, Anne, and Erin Rugland. ASU’s Sustainable Cities Network.

Smith, Jordan P., Xiaoxiao Li, and Billie L. Turner II. Lots of potential: Urban vacant land identification from high resolution remote sensing imagery.

Wheeler, Megan M., Enrique R. Vivoni, and Sharon J. Hall. Evaluation of a soil water model to improve outdoor water use recommendations in an arid city.

Scenarios and Futures

Davidson, Melissa, Elizabeth Cook, David M. Iwaniec, Marta Berbes, Matt Boylan, Matei Georgescu, Nancy B. Grimm, Scott Krayenhoff, Xiaoxiao Li, Ariane Middel, Brandon Ramirez, and David A. Sampson. Exploring outcomes and assessing tradeoffs of co-developed sustainable future scenarios for the central Arizona-Phoenix region.

Gibbs, Kyle N., Katie E. Peige, and Ray Quay. Arizona’s water crisis: Leadership.

Ramierz, Brandon, Melissa J. Davidson, Elizabeth M. Cook, and David Iwaniec. Sustainable future scenarios for central Arizona-Phoenix: Designed and visualized with 3D modeling.

Sampson, David A., David Iwaniec, Melissa Davidson, and Elizabeth Cook. Sustainable futures scenarios and WaterSim 6: Influence of alternative water supply policies on net potable water use.

The Salt River

DeMyers, Christine A., Chloe L. Warpinski, and Amber Y. Wutich. Urban water insecurity: A case study of homelessness in Phoenix, Arizona, USA.

Handler, Amalia, Amanda Suchy, Nancy B. Grimm, Monica M. Palta, Daniel L. Childers, and Juliet C. Stromberg. Nitrate attenuation pathways and capacity in urban wetlands of Phoenix, Arizona.

Lee, Joomee, and Chingwen Cheng. Land use patterns, water quality, and social vulnerability: A spatial analysis of Phoenix’s drainage systems.

Urban Design

Andrade, Riley, Kelli Larson, and Janet Franklin. Social-spatial analyses of attitudes towards the desert in Phoenix, Arizona.

McPhillips, Lauren E., and Nancy B. Grimm. Cross-city comparison of green space distribution and characteristics.

Reichman, Anne, and Erin Rugland. ASU’s Sustainable Cities Network.

Smith, Jordan P., Xiaoxiao Li, and Billie L. Turner II. Lots of potential: Urban vacant land identification from high resolution remote sensing imagery.

Teal, Coby, Beth Polidoro, Richard Rushford, and Becky Ball. Testing compost use in Phoenix city parks: Impacts on soil nutrients and biology.

 

Water and Fluxes

Ball, Becky A., Sharon J. Hall, Hannah Heavenrich, and Julie Ripplinger. Long-term patterns in land use and soil properties across the CAP LTER ecosystem.

Caulkins, Corey C., Monica M. Palta, and Nancy B. Grimm. Effects of land use on denitrification potential in Oak Creek.

Chipman, Danielle, Rhian Stotts, Charlotte Till, Kelli Larson, Amber Wutich, Dave White. Solutions for urban water sustainability transitions: Comparison of cities dependent on water from the Colorado River Basin.

Clem, Bill L., Dan L. Childers, and Christopher A. Sanchez. Soil nutrient and organic matter patterns in an aridland constructed treatment wetland.

DeMyers, Christine A., Chloe L. Warpinski, and Amber Y. Wutich. Urban water insecurity: A case study of homelessness in Phoenix, Arizona, USA.

Flores, Shalae A. Hallie A. Eakin, and Andres Baeza-Castro. Water conflict, social pressures and management in Mexico City.

Gibbs, Kyle N., Katie E. Peige, and Ray Quay. Arizona’s water crisis: Leadership.

Handler, Amalia, Amanda Suchy, Nancy B. Grimm, Monica M. Palta, Daniel L. Childers, and Juliet C. Stromberg. Nitrate attenuation pathways and capacity in urban wetlands of Phoenix, Arizona.

Kowal, Nikita B., Pamela A. Marshall, and Becky A. Ball. Nitrogen deposition effects on microbial communities in desert soils.

Sampson, David A., David Iwaniec, Melissa Davidson, and Elizabeth Cook. Sustainable futures scenarios and WaterSim 6: Influence of alternative water supply policies on net potable water use.

Teal, Coby, Beth Polidoro, Richard Rushford, and Becky Ball. Testing compost use in Phoenix city parks: Impacts on soil nutrients and biology .

Templeton, Nicole P., Enrique R. Vivoni, Zhi-Hua Wang, and Adam P. Schreiner-McGraw. Quantifying water and energy fluxes over different urban land covers in Phoenix, Arizona.

Vega, Miranda N., Katlyn Berry, Steven Peters-Collaer, Patrick Susman, Lynn Christenson, Kyle Wickings, and Becky Ball. Pathways and patterns of plant litter chemistry during decomposition.

Wheeler, Megan M., Enrique R. Vivoni, and Sharon J. Hall. Evaluation of a soil water model to improve outdoor water use recommendations in an arid city.