Program Abstracts (pdf)
Land-Use and Land-Cover Changes
Exploratory Study on the Spatial Extent of Locally Oriented Food Production in Maricopa and Pinal Counties (pdf) Rachel Abrahams, Rimjhim Aggarwal, and Carissa Taylor
Community-Based Gardening in Phoenix Central City South: Developing a University-Nonprofit Partnership (pdf) Tommy Bleasdale, Carolyn Crouch, David Miles, and Sharon Harlan
Monitoring 1985-2005 Residential Land-Use and Land-Cover Change in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area (pdf) Wen-Ching Chuang and Charles L. Redman
Understanding Urban Open Spaces using a Green Index (pdf) Won Kyung Kim and Elizabeth Wentz
Land Fragmentation under Rapid Urbanization: A Cross-Site Comparative Analysis (pdf) Milan Shrestha, Abigail York, Christopher Boone, and Sainan Zhang
Local Food in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area: Barriers and Enablers as Perceived by Food System Stakeholders (pdf) Carissa Taylor, Rimjhim Aggarwal, Hallie Eakin, and Katherine Spielmann
Land Fragmentation under Rapid Urbanization: A Cross-site Comparative Analysis (pdf; large file) Sainan Zhang, Abigail M. York, Christopher G. Boone, and Milan Shrestha
Climate-Ecosystems Interactions
Linking Urban Heat Island Research to Community-Based Greening Efforts: Collaborative Research in Community Partnership (pdf; large file) Juan Declet-Barreto, Anthony J. Brazel, M. Shimizu-Menke, Sharon L. Harlan, and the Sherman Park Neighborhood Association
Historical Temperature Trends in Phoenix, Arizona from 1896-2009 (pdf) Desirae A. Hoffman, Darren M. Ruddell, and Omaya Ahmad
Undercanopy and Below-Ground Microclimate Patterns at the North Desert Village: 2007-2009 (pdf) Chris A. Martin
Climate Change in an Urban Desert: Examining the Role of Vegetation in Local Temperature Variability in Phoenix, AZ (pdf; large file) Darren Ruddell, Juan Declet, Sharon L. Harlan, and Susanne Grossman-Clarke
Modeling the Structure and Functions of Human-Dominated Ecosystems with a Hierarchical Patch Dynamics Approach (pdf) Chi Zhang, Nancy Grimm, and Jianguo Wu
Water Policy, Use, and Supply
Balancing Energy and Water Consumption in an Urban Desert Environment: A Case Study on Phoenix, AZ (pdf) Omaya Ahmad and Darren Ruddell
Can Where You Live Affect How You Think? Public Perceptions of Climate Change and Water Scarcity in Phoenix, Arizona (pdf) Jason Loose and Amber Wutich
Engaging Phoenix-Area Homeowners’ Associations for Long-Term Volunteer Environmental Reporting with Arizona DroughtWatch David Romako
Differentiation in Potential Water Savings from Using Reclaimed Household Grey Water among Phoenix Metro Water Providers; Analyses from a New DCDC Simulation Tool David A. Sampson
The Dynamics of Urban Water Consumption (pdf) Christina P. Wong and Nancy B. Grimm
Fluxes of Materials and Socio-Ecosystem Response
An Environmental Justice and Public Health Analysis of Park Use in South Phoenix (pdf) Robin Cleland, Ashlan Falletta-Cowden, Dorothy Ibes, and Sveinn Sigurdsson
Urban Stoichiometry: An Elemental Approach to Understanding Human-Environment Interactions Elizabeth Cook, Rebecca Hale, David Iwaniec, Jessica Corman, Xiaoli Dong, Genevieve Metson, and Jesse Sayles
Black Carbon Concentration and Bulk Composition in Central Arizona-Phoenix (pdf) Alex Hamilton and Hilairy Hartnett
Annual Geochemical Dynamics of a Spring-Fed Stream in an Arid Climate (pdf; large file) Tracy J. Lund, Everett Shock, and Panjai Prapaipong
Magnitude, Distribution, and Fate of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Urban Highway Soils (pdf) Yevgeniy Marusenko, Pierre Herckes, and Sharon Hall
Geographic Patterns and Temporal Trends of Trace Metal Deposition Using the Lichen Xanthoparmelia in Maricopa County, Arizona, USA (pdf) Ken G. Sweat, Thomas H. Nash III, Panjai Prapaipong, and Paul T. Gremillion
Conceptualizing Urban Ecohydrological Interactions and Feedbacks Laura Turnbull, Daniel L. Childers, Rebecca Hale, and Nancy B. Grimm
Measuring Urban Vulnerability Using a Model of Ecological Resilience: An Assessment Methodology (pdf) Benjamin P. Warner and Chris Kuzdas
Evidence of Arsenic Accumulation in Soils through Irrigation in Maricopa County, AZ (pdf) Xiaoding Zhuo, Panjai Prapaipong, and Everett Shock
Human Control of Biodiversity
Emerging Patterns from Urban Ecological Field Studies (pdf) Christofer Bang, John L. Sabo, and Stanley H. Faeth
The Influence of Acute Stress on Glucose and Protein Utilization of a Desert Songbird (pdf) Scott Davies, Natalie Rodriguez, Karen L. Sweazea, and Pierre Deviche
Species-, Habitat-, and Body Mass-Associated Changes in Plasma Metabolites during the Avian Stress Response (pdf) H. Bobby Fokidis, Richard Sparr, Karen Sweazea, and Pierre Deviche
Chemical Prey Cues Influence the Microhabitat Preferences of Western Black Widow Spiders (pdf) Amanda Johnson, Orenda Revis, and J. Chadwick Johnson
The Urban Behavioral Ecology of the Western Black Widow Spider: The Effect of Nature and Nurture on Development and Cannibalism (pdf) J. Chadwick Johnson, Lindsay Miles, and Patricia Trubl
Suburban Development with Wildlife in Mind: An Investigation of Homeowners’ Associations in Phoenix, AZ (pdf) Susannah B. Lerman, V. Kelly Turner, and Rebecca Watson
Effects of Urbanization on Bat Community Structure in the Phoenix Metropolitan Region Tracy Shoumaker, A. Smith, C. Chambers, and Jianguo Wu
Novelty Responses of Three Birds in a Desert Suburban Habitat (pdf) Nick Vandehei and Heather Bateman
Education and Outreach
Ecology Explorers: K-12 Student Contributions to the CAP LTER Project: Westwood High School Dave Boomgaard and Monica Elser
Ecology Explorers: K-12 Student Contributions to the CAP LTER Project: Desert Vista High School Allison Dekatch, Alinka Caponigro, and Birgit Musheno
Ecology Explorers: K-12 Student Contributions to the CAP LTER Project: Hendrix High School Larry Langstaff and Monica Elser
Pedagogy in Interdisciplinary Higher Education: An Investigation of Faculty and Student Perspectives (pdf) Nathan Toke, Kate Darby, Elizabeth Cook, Chris Mead, Jennifer Brian, Troy Benn, Stuart Fisher, Christopher Boone,and Steven Semken