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1998

CAPLTER Gets a New Look
The CAP LTER website has been reorganized in order to better serve the diverse audience of scientists, students, community partners and the general public. New divisions such as "Research" and "Outreach" will allow visitors to choose and bookmark the "home page" that is most relevant to their interests while at the same time providing easy access to all programs, activities, and services of the CAP LTER web. (April 1998)

CAP LTER Summer Summit on Human Ecosystem Interactions
The first-ever CAP LTER Summer Summit on Human-Ecosystem Interactions was held on 21 July 1998 at the Dobson Ranch Inn in Mesa, AZ. Fifty ASU faculty, staff, and students attended the Summit. Social scientists met with natural scientists from five core research areas (Bird and Insect Populations, Nutrient Transport and Budgets, Geomorphology and River Dynamics, Plant Populations, and Primary Production and Soils) to discuss how these projects are currently integrating social and natural science and to explore ways to promote further integration. A series of integrative questions to guide future research were developed. (July 1998)

CAP LTER Year 1 Progress Report
The first progress report for the CAP LTER is now available online (August 1998)

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1999

Summer research opportunities
The 1999 REU program will offer opportunities for exceptional undergraduate students to gain experience conducting individual research projects. Student fellows will interact with other scientists, including graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, and faculty who are conducting research on various aspects of environmental science in urban ecological system of the Phoenix metropolitan area. There will be opportunities for interaction with over 50 other biology REU fellows supported by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and other National Science Foundation-sponsored REU programs. (January 1999)

January 22, 1999 First Annual CAPLTER Poster Symposium
Click here for a .pdf version of the program and abstracts. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the file. The complete posters will be on the web at a later date. (February 1999)

CAP LTER Bird Study
The CAP LTER bird study takes flight on ABC News web page. (March 1999)

Bird Population Web Site
A new interactive bird population web site is now posted. One can obtain results for bird censuses that have been going on since 1 May 1998. Volunteers in combination with LTER birders have been censusing birds in over 70 transects located throughout the Phoenix metropolitan area. (March 1999)

1999 Poster Symposium
Web versions of the 1999 CAP LTER poster symposium are now online. These posters summarize research results from the latest projects in the LTER program (August 1999)

LTER Article in Planning Magazine
Ecology Moves Downtown by Mari Jensen (1999. Planning Vol. 65 No. 7, pp. 4-8) provides a brief history of the LTER network and how both the Phoenix (CAP LTER) and Baltimore (BES) metropolitan areas are now LTER sites. Charles Redman (CAP LTER) and Steward Pickett (BES) discuss the research questions of their respective sites. The article points out some differences between Phoenix and Baltimore, and a few of the pilot studies that each LTER is conducting are discussed. (August 1999)

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2000

2000 Poster Symposium
Program of the January 2000 poster symposium in pdf format. Click on authors' names outlined in blue in table of contents to go directly to the abstract. (May 2000)

International Association of Landscape Ecology
The IALE will be holding its 16th Annual Symposium of the U.S. Chapter at Arizona State University, Tempe, April 25-29, 2001. The Call for Abstracts is until November 30, 2000. Click here for more information. (May 2000)

New Issue of the Center for Environmental Studies Newsletter
Visit the Center for Environmental Studies to read the latest issue. (September 2000)

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2001

New CAP LTER Web Site
As you can see one of the newest things here at CAP LTER is our web site. We hope you like it. Send any comments or questions to Webmaster (January 2001)

2001 Poster Symposium
On January 19, the 2001 CAP LTER Third Annual Poster Symposium will be happening. Click here to view the abstracts. (January 2001)

New Issue of the Center for Environmental Studies Newsletter
Visit the Center for Environmental Studies to read the latest issue. (May 2001)

The Fourth Symposium on the Urban Environment
Sponsored by the American Meteorological Society and organized by the AMS Board on the Urban Environment will be held 20-24 May 2002 in Norfolk, Virginia at the Sheraton Norfolk Hotel. The symposium is being held in conjunction with the 25th Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology and the 12th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the Air and Waste Management Association. A number of joint sessions are planned between the conferences. Further details: http://www.indiana.edu/~climate/grimmond/conference/

Abstracts can NOW be submitted at the AMS web site: http://ams.confex.com/ams/AFMAPUE/index.htm

Deadline for Abstracts: 15 November and Extended Manuscripts: 28 February Papers and posters are invited on all subjects dealing with the urban atmosphere. Observational, modeling, theoretical, and applied studies are all welcome. Sessions will be held to cover themes of urban vegetation/ atmosphere interactions, turbulent transport and dispersion processes (in urban areas and around buildings), urban air quality (urban airshed modeling and urban air chemistry experiments), measurement challenges and observation techniques in urban environments, urban winds and circulation systems, the energy and water balance of cities, the urban heat island effect and its possible contamination of long-term air temperature records, remote sensing of urban meteorological variables, heat waves and urban biometeorology, cities as agents of global change, the urban carbon balance, building climate, road climatology, examples of planning and policy changes resulting from urban climate research, urban rainstorms and other effects on weather, and weather forecasting for urban areas and city dwellers. (August 2001)

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2002

2002 Poster Symposium
On January 17th, the 2002 CAP LTER Fourth Annual Poster Symposium occurred. Click here to view the abstracts. (February 2002)

CAP LTER 4th Annual Poster Symposium
The abstracts and pdf files of the January 17, 2002, Fourth Annual CAP LTER Poster Symposium are now on the web site. (April 2002)

Greater Phoenix 2100
Greater Phoenix 2100 proposes to develop and present a wide variety of scientific and technical data on the past, present, and possible futures of the Phoenix region. Arizona State University (ASU) possesses a significant storehouse of information about greater Phoenix and ASU faculty and students study and analyze practically every important aspect of central Arizona from its underlying geological structure to daily real estate transactions. Significant data exist concerning climatic variations, the flora and fauna of the Sonoran biome, the regional history and economic trends, and the health and education of the population. The goal of Greater Phoenix 2100 is to make this information available in ways that will enable wise, knowledge-based decision-making that can shape this region during the next 100 years. (April 2002)

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2003

CAP LTER 5th Annual Poster Symposium
The abstracts and pdf files of the February 19, 2003, Fifth Annual CAP LTER Poster Symposium are now on the web site. (March 2003)

Summer Research Opportunities
The 2003 REU program will offer opportunities for exceptional undergraduate students to gain experience conducting individual research projects. Student fellows will interact with other scientists, including graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, and faculty who are conducting research on various aspects of environmental science in urban ecological system of the Phoenix metropolitan area. There will be opportunities for interaction with over 50 other biology REU fellows supported by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and other National Science Foundation-sponsored REU programs. (March 2003)

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2004

Summer Graduate Student Grants for Urban Ecology Research
The CAP LTER is initiating a new program in support of graduate student research. We invite applications from graduate students in any department with ties to the CAP LTER program. (April 2004)

CAP LTER 6th Annual Poster Symposium
The program of abstracts of the February 23, 2004, Sixth Annual CAP LTER Poster Symposium is now on the web site. (April 2004)

Summer Research Opportunities
The 2004 REU program will offer opportunities for exceptional undergraduate students to gain experience conducting individual research projects. Student fellows will interact with other scientists, including graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, and faculty who are conducting research on various aspects of environmental science in urban ecological system of the Phoenix metropolitan area. There will be opportunities for interaction with over 50 other biology REU fellows supported by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and other National Science Foundation-sponsored REU programs. (April 2004)

New Publication!
Socioeconomics Drive Urban Plant Diversity. Click here to read online.

Sixth Annual Poster Session
The CAP LTER Sixth Annual Poster Symposium posters are now online! (May 2004)

CAP2 Renewal
NSF has officially approved our renewal proposal (6 more years), which includes an addendum that addresses our plans to develop our conceptual framework and models. (August 2004)

REU Program
This summer, CAP LTER supported two REU students; Erin Adley working with Paige Warren and Ann Kinzig, and Kristina Waterbury working with Les Landrum. A third REU student, Mark Shen, will be affiliated with CAP but supported by Sharon Harlan's neighborhood ecosystems project during AY 2004-05 (funded by a Biocomplexity planning grant). If any CAP LTER researchers have undergraduates doing CAP-related research, funded from whatever source, we are trying to support the new Community of Undergraduate Research Scholars that the Honors College is starting up this fall. Our own Peggy Nelson is running the program, and we would love to involve CAP LTER students. Deadline for adding students is September 2, 2004. After that, no new students will be added until Fall 2005.
(August 2004)

Ecological Society of America Meeting
CAP LTER was well represented at the ESA meeting in Portland the first week of August. Postdoc David Casagrande organized a session and made a presentation; postdoc David Lewis, graduate students John Roach and Darrel Jenerette, and PIs Nancy Grimm and Stan Faeth gave presentations; postdoc Bill Cook, IGERT fellows Kris Gade and Hoski Schaafsma, graduate students Jason Walker, and PIs John Briggs and Monica Elser all gave posters; and graduate student Stephen Metzger and undergraduate Sophie Beym (and probably others) were seen having a great time. No doubt we've missed a few―but witnessing the number of sessions on human-dominated ecosystems, urban ecosystems, and - an even more encouraging trend - the integration of these kinds of topics into all of the ESA's sessions was exciting and makes one think that our work is indeed having an impact on helping to change the culture of ecology. (August 2004)

Research Events
Here's a list of some of the new CAP LTER research projects just underway:

• North Desert Village residential landscaping experiment: Landscape modification will be starting in September, with the installation of the irrigation systems by an outside contractor. Planting will follow in October. Pre-treatment sampling has been ongoing since late last fall. This research has a significant social component being led by Scott Yabiku and David Casagrande. Our PIs at ASU East, especially Chris Martin and Jean Stutz are heavily involved. Contact Diane Hope (dihope@asu.edu) for more information.
• Survey 200/2005 version: Planning will begin this fall, with a working group organized by Diane Hope and Corinna Gries to begin meeting soon. Pre-survey preparations, including renegotiating permissions to access & survey sites will commence in September. A field crew will be hired in January and the survey will be conducted between mid-February and May 2005.
• Fertilization experiments: Nancy Grimm will be forming a working group to design and implement the desert fertilization experiments proposed in the CAP2 proposal. Please contact NBG if interested in participating.
  PASS and Parks Extensions: Supplemental funds have been received to extend PASS to new neighborhoods and repeat the analysis at the same neighborhoods as before. Sharon Harlan is heading up this project (from afar). The Parks Project is shifting from Parks to Neighborhoods (co-located with PASS and Survey 200) and will be doing parallel sampling this year. (August 2004)

Decision Center for a Desert City (DCDC)
The DCDC is just funded and there will be lots of activity at the Center for Environmental Studies in getting that large Center underway. Pat Gober and Chuck Redman are Co-Directors, ensuring that we'll develop good synergies between their work and the CAP LTER. (August 2004)

IGERT and CAP LTER Researchers Attend Urban Ecology Workshop
Elisabeth Larson, Jason Walker, Carol Atkinson-Palombo, and Marty Andries attended a mini-workshop entitled "Berlin-Seattle-Phoenix Urban Ecology Workshop 2004" at the University of Washington, Seattle. This workshop brought urban researchers from Berlin, Germany, University of Washington, and Arizona State University together to discuss urban research related issues.
German Postgraduate Research and Study Programme in Urban Ecology
University of Washington Urban Ecology (September 2004)

CAP LTER in the News
Read the excellent article Footprints that never disappear on CAP LTER and Arizona State University's urban research in The Christian Science Monitor on 10/28. (October 2004)

Seventh Annual CAP LTER Poster Symposium
Wednesday January 19th, 2005
Call for Abstracts
The goal of the Symposium is to discuss current and proposed CAP LTER research, and to promote further research on urban systems. This year we are particularly interested in the issue of sustainability. Explicit discussion of interdisciplinary research is also desirable. We encourage attendance and presentation of posters by community partners, faculty, staff, and students.
Please provide an abstract electronically (see format) no later than December 17, 2004 to Cindy Zisner. Final posters will need to be provided electronically as they are put on the CAP LTER web site.

Organizers: Bill Cook and David Casagrande at the Center for Environmental Studies, PO Box 873211, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287-3211. (November 2004)

SCENE Makes the News
The Southwest Center for Education and the Natural Environmental (SCENE) received mention in the ASU Magazine in an article on public service at Arizona State University. CAP LTER researchers often serve as mentors for the students in the SCENE program. (November 2004)

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2005

CAP in the ASU News & Information
James Hathaway reports on the findings of CAP1 (January 2005)

CAP LTER Research Featured in AMNH Science Bulletin
The American Museum of Natural History is featuring urban sprawl on their website and Phoenix and CAP LTER data are featured in the Science Bulletin. It is a great interactive site and full of information. (March 2005)

SCENE and Salt River Project-sponsored Students at Intel ISEF
Four high school students sponsored by Salt River Project in the Southwest Center for Education and the Natural Environment (SCENE) were chosen the represent Arizona at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) Arizona 2005. Two of the students won scholarships and grant awards. (May 2005)

Jim Collins, New head of NSF's Directorate for Biological Sciences
Jim Collins, is currently the Virginia M. Ullman Professor of Natural History and Environment, and Faculty Leader of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Sciences in ASU's School of Life Sciences. National Science Foundation Director Arden L. Bement, Jr., has named James Collins of Arizona State University to head the Foundation's Directorate for Biological Sciences. More.... (August 2005)

Brainstorming Session for LTER Planning
A meeting to brainstorm about the LTER network planning process and CAP’s role in it is scheduled for next week (Oct 25). If you would like to participate, contact Shirley Stapleton for information on date and time. (October 2005)

Nancy Grimm new president of the Ecological Society of America
Elected by the members of ESA for a one-year term, Nancy Grimm presides over more than 9,000 members in the United States and internationally. The Society, considered the country's premier professional organization of ecologists, was founded in 1915 to stimulate sound ecological research. Read the press release(October 2005)

North Desert Village Working Group
A new working group, the North Desert Village (NDV) is forming at CAP. If you would like to participate please contact Chris Martin. (October 2005)

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2006

CAP LTER 8th Annual Poster Symposium
The 8th Annual CAP LTER Poster Symposium is going to be held January 19, 2006. The Brief Program is now out. Please join us in the Carson Ballroom, Old Main, Arizona State University Tempe campus (January 2006)

Ecology Exporers Featured in ASU in the Community
Congratulations to Ecology Explorers participants for being the featured story on the ASU in the Community website and newsletter. (January 2006)

CAP LTER Summer RA Requests
We are asking CAP LTER scientists to submit requests for graduate Research Assistants (RAs) for the summer 2006. RAs can be supported for up to five pay periods for any faculty-led research related to the CAP LTER objectives and theme. All faculty members wishing summer RA support through CAP LTER should follow the process below in making their RA requests. The request for an RA should clearly indicate: 1) A general description of the project(s) the RA will work on, including where it fits into CAP LTER research and contributes to the work of an IPA. 2) Specific duties of the RA. 3) Name and qualifications (e.g., narrative or CV) of the student who is proposed to fill the position. 4) Amount of time (pay periods) RA support is requested, up to a maximum of five pay periods. 5) If applicable, results from previous RA support received by the student (including publications, datasets, etc.). Please note that is a requirement of every CAP LTER-supported project that project leaders or their designates develop their datasets for contribution to the LTER database in consultation with CAP Data Manager (Corinna Gries). The student may also be called upon to work with the Ecology Explorers summer program (supervised by Monica Elser).

March 3, 2006 is the deadline for submitting RA requests for summer 2006. We anticipate that decisions on these requests will be made by March 10th. Requests should be made electronically via the GIOS (a.k.a. Center for Environmental Studies) Intranet at http://iis.asu.edu/intranet. Step-by-step instructions for submission in a pdf file may be obtained from corinna@asu.edu. (February 2006)

CAP LTER Faculty Summer Salary Proposals
Funds are available for CAP LTER faculty summer salary. Maximum amount of individual summer salary support per year is $7,000 or one month, whichever is lower. Participants may also request one half-month (or up to $3,500) for work not requiring such extensive faculty contributions. Participants are encouraged to seek and use other funds for summer salary. Principles guiding allocation of summer salary support are (in order of priority): 1) Staffing of CAP LTER projects that require a large investment of faculty time. 2) Support for sub-projects with a high likelihood of success, based on investigator record, quality of work plan, etc. 3) Support for junior participants who do not yet have other sources of grant support. 4) Support for senior participants. Any requests should be accompanied by sufficient information on project, duties, qualifications, and progress on prior summer salary funding from CAP LTER to permit judgment of the application’s merits. Please also assign requests to either one of the Integrated Project Areas or to a project-wide activity (such as “200-point survey” or “PASS”). Summer salary requests may also be tied to summer RA requests if the applicant wishes, although a separate application for summer RA assistance should be made. Please note that is a requirement of every CAP LTER-supported project that individuals develop their datasets for contribution to the LTER database in consultation with CAP Data Manager (Corinna Gries).

March 3, 2006 is the deadline for submitting summer salary requests for the summer 2006. Decisions on summer salary requests will be made and communicated by March 24th. Requests should be made electronically via the GIOS (a.k.a. Center for Environmental Studies) Intranet at http://iis.asu.edu/intranet. Step-by-step instructions for submission in a pdf file may be obtained from corinna@asu.edu. (February 2006)

Graduate Student Summer Grants for Research in Urban Ecology
The Central Arizona–Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research (CAP LTER) project is continuing in 2006 its program in support of graduate student research. “Grad grants” will be awarded to on a competitive basis to graduate students conducting research within the CAP LTER study area on some aspect of urban ecology. The summer projects do not necessarily have to be part of current CAP LTER research activities, but priority will be given to work that compliments and potentially enhances ongoing LTER research. An additional condition of the grant is that approximately 20% of the student’s time must be spent working with one of the co-PIs/senior scientists on the CAP LTER project. The timing of any such work will be coordinated with the schedules of the student and co-PI/senior scientist. The student may also be called upon to work with the Ecology Explorers summer program (supervised by Monica Elser). The grants will be for $5,000 and may be used for any category of expenditure (e.g., salary, materials/supplies, equipment, and/or travel, including travel to a scientific meeting to present CAP-related research results). A proposal consisting of a project description (~1500 word limit), plus a simple budget (how do you intend to spend the $?), must be submitted via the CAP Intranet (see instructions below) by March 10, 2006. Student should arrange for a letter of support from their major professor to be sent via email to Nancy Grimm (nbgrimm@asu.edu), also by March 10th. The project description section should clearly describe the proposed research and its relationship to the CAP LTER and/or urban ecology. Students should identify the timeframe of summer research, including potential time(s) that could be spent working with a CAP LTER scientist(s). We will try to link the student with the most appropriate researchers. The student is encouraged to identify the co-PI/senior scientist s/he would like to work with based on relatedness of work, expertise, etc. If the student has received CAP LTER support in the past, a brief update of results from prior support is required (include any publications). To receive funds, students must agree to provide the CAP LTER with the data gathered along with the appropriate data documentation (subject, of course, to the access restrictions outline in our data policy). Please indicate your willingness to provide your data to our Information Manager in your application. The proposals will be reviewed by a subcommittee of the CAP LTER program, which includes: Sharon Hall (SOLS), Kelli Larson (Geography), Paige Warren (UMass.-Amherst), Everett Shock (Geological Sciences). An award decision will be made and communicated by March 31st. Grant awards will be based on the following criteria: 1) Overall quality of the science proposed, and feasibility of the research. 2) Contribution of the project to the overall goals of the CAP LTER project. 3) Potential significance of the results to general understanding of ecological theory or human-ecosystem interactions. 4) Ability of the student to work with a coPI on an LTER project (i.e., the 20% time commitment). 5) Results from prior support, where applicable. 6) Demonstrated need.

Requests should be made electronically via the GIOS (a.k.a. Center for Environmental Studies) Intranet at http://iis.asu.edu/intranet. Step-by-step instructions for submission in a pdf file may be obtained from corinna@asu.edu. (February 2006)

Academic Year RA Requests from CAP LTER
We are asking CAP LTER project scientists to submit requests for graduate Research Assistants (RAs) for the academic year, 2006-2007. As during the past two years, one RA is allocated to each of the five Integrated Project Areas (IPAs). IPA leaders will filter these requests, based on the application material provided (see details below) and how the RA request fits into the overall research plan for the IPA. However, we will entertain RA requests for CAP LTER activities that do not readily fit into one of the IPAs. All faculty members wishing RA support through CAP LTER should follow the process below in making their RA requests. The request for an RA should clearly indicate: 1) A general description of the project(s) the RA will work on, including where it fits into the overall plans for the IPA. 2) Specific duties of the RA. 3) Name and qualifications (e.g., narrative or CV) of the student who is proposed to fill the position (if known). 4) Amount of time RA support is requested (one or two semesters; if one semester, please indicate whether fall or spring semester). 5) If applicable, results from previous RA support received by the student (including publications, datasets, etc.). Please note that is a requirement of every CAP LTER-supported project that project leaders or their designates develop their datasets for contribution to the LTER database in consultation with CAP Data Manager (Corinna Gries). (February 2006)

March 3, 2006 is the deadline for submitting RA requests for the academic year 2006-2007. IPA leaders will make quick decisions on requests; we anticipate that these will be made by March 10th. Requests should be made electronically via the GIOS (a.k.a. Center for Environmental Studies) Intranet at http://iis.asu.edu/intranet. Step-by-step instructions for submission in a pdf file may be obtained from corinna@asu.edu. (February 2006)

Posters Now on Web
The posters from the 8th Annual CAP LTER Poster Symposium are now online. Click here to see them and the abstracts. (February 2006)

New Managers at CAP LTER
We are pleased to announce that two new Managers have joined the CAP LTER team. Their roles will approximate the roles that Brenda Shears and Diane Hope have had over the past eight years, with some additions and changes based on our experience, changing needs of the project, and their particular skills. Marcia Nation will be joining us as Project Manager. Marcia has a B.A. in Geography and Urban Studies (Macalester College), a M. Phil in Geography (Univ. of Birmingham, England), and a Ph.D. in Geography (University of Toronto), and comes to us with 10 years’ experience in program and project management. Stevan Earl will be our Site Manager. Stevan’s Ph.D. (Virginia Tech) and M.S. (NAU) degrees are in Biology and his B.S. is in Environmental Science (NAU). Stevan recently completed a National Research Council fellowship with the US EPA in Athens, Georgia. (February 2006)

Summer REU Opportunities
Summer fellowships for research experience for undergraduate students in environmental biology and urban ecology are now available. Go to http://sols.asu.edu/ugrad/reu/index.php for more information. (March 2006)

Light Stable Isotope Analysis at ASU
The W. M. Keck Foundation Laboratory for Environmental Biogeochemistry, located in the basement of the Physical Sciences F-wing, is open for the measurement of isotope ratios of N, C, O, and H (sulfur will be coming soon) in a wide variety of sample types. If you have applications which require such measurements, please contact them. The goal of this laboratory is to train users to make the measurements themselves. You, or a member of your group, will be trained to set up the instrument for analysis, acquire the data, and process the results. Please contact the Keck Lab if you have any interests. Similarly, visit their webpage at: http://kfleb.asu.edu/Analytical/gIRMS/IRMS.html If you have an interest in a stable isotope analysis that they do not provide, then let them know. They are developing methods as the demand presents itself. For more information or a visit of the lab contact Anthony Michaud at amichaud@asu.edu (March 2006)

New CAP LTER Brochure
We now have a new CAP LTER brochure. Click here to view. (April 2006)

Service at Salado
The Service at Salado project was featured on Arizona State University's ASU in the Communty website. The overarching goal of Service at Salado is to create after-school clubs that engage children in a local environmental project, while performing a valuable community service. The project also won ASU's President's Medal for Social Embeddedness which recognizes Arizona State University employees who have worked as departmental, interdepartmental, or transdisciplinary teams demonstrating excellence in embedding ASU in the social and cultural fabric of the surrounding communities. (May 2006)

SEEDS Features CAP LTER Undergraduate Student
Christina Wong, undergraduate research fellow of SEEDS, is featured in their newsletter along with her mentor, Dr. Nancy Grimm. (May 2006)

SEEDS Fellowship Professional Development Workshop
The first ever SEEDS leadership workshop was a huge success! Three generations of SEEDS fellowship students and many of their mentors attended this workshop that was held from March 2 – 5 in Tempe, AZ at the Arizona State University (ASU) campus. (May 2006)

Sharon Hall being interviewed on nitrogen removal by urban streams (June 2006)

North Desert Village Featured at Poster Session of Ecological Society of America Meeting
David Casagrande, Scott Yabiku, Elizabeth Farley-Metzger, Diane Hope, Corinna Gries, Kelli Larson, Nancy Grimm and Charles Redman presented a poster, Effects of landscape manipulation on human behavior, knowledge, and social organization in an urban ecosystem from studies of the North Desert Village at Arizona State University Polytechnic campus. The study has been featured at the recent 91st meeting of the Ecologicial Society of America and also Scientific American magazine online. Read more... (August 2006)

Ed Hackett, New Director of Social and Economic Sciences at NSF
Dr. Edward J. Hackett of Arizona State University's School of Human Evolution and Social Change has recently been appointed as Director of the Division fo Social and Ecnomic Sciences at the National Science Foundation. Read more... (August 2006)

High Country News Features CAP LTER
Chris Martin's research on landscape water use research findings were recently featured in High Country News. You do need to be a subscriber to read the entire article. (10/03/06)

Urban Wildlife Research in National Wildlife Federation Magazine
Paige Warren's research is featured in the October/November issue of the National Wildlife Federation magazine. (10/03/06)

Call for Abstracts for 9th Annual CAP LTER Poster Symposium
The Central Arizona - Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research Project is hosting its Ninth Annual Poster Symposium to discuss current research and promote further research on urban systems. It will be held at the ballroom of Old Main on the Arizona State University Tempe campus on Wednesday, January 10, 2007. A detailed schedule will be forthcoming. The Symposium will consist of presentations in the morning followed by a keynote address and poster sessions in the afternoon. The keynote speaker will be Elinor Ostrom, the Arthur F. Bentley Professor of Political Science and Professor of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University. Her talk will be entitled, Insights Linking Forests, Trees, and People from the Air, on the Ground, and in the Lab. The focus of the Symposium is on current research in CAP LTER and associated programs. We are particularly interested in posters that present interdisciplinary approaches to understanding urban systems. We encourage our community partners, faculty, staff and students to participate by presenting of posters and attending the symposium. Please provide an abstract, in both electronic and paper formats, by November 30, 2006. The abstract should be single-spaced, 12-point font size, no more than 250 words in length and in Word or WordPerfect. Final posters will need to be provided electronically for the CAP-LTER web site. Posters need not be submitted by November 30th , but should be submitted as close to the Symposium as possible. Posters often are sized 3 x 5 ft (h x w), but the primary space consideration will be that the final product fits on a 4 x 8 ft (h X w) tack board. You will be expected to have your posters on the tack boards ready for viewing by 8:00 am on January 10th.

Sample abstract:

M. Howard¹, L. Fine², and C. Howard¹. Effects of urban air quality on aggression in research scientists. ¹School of Life Sciences, POB 874501, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ 85287-4501: and ²ASU West Department of Physical Education, …..[address].
We assessed levels of aggression in research scientists exposed to different amounts of airborne particulates….

Please provide all authors' complete names and addresses as they are entered into the program. If you prefer to be categorized under a specific CAP LTER Integrative Project Area (IPA), please submit the name of that IPA along with your abstract. IPA descriptions can be found at: (http://caplter.asu.edu/home/areas.jsp) Submit one electronic copy of the abstract by November 30, 2006 to Cindy.Zisner@asu.edu (480) 965-2490. Questions should be addressed to Amber Wutich (amber.wutich@asu.edu) or Eyal Shochat (eyal.shochat@asu.edu) at the Global Institute for Sustainability. (11/06/06)

CAP LTER 9th Annual Poster Symposium
The program and abstracts are now available. Please join us January 10, 2007 in the Carson Ballroom, Old Main, Arizona State University Tempe campus for our 9th Annual CAP LTER Poster Symposium. This is a chance to learn about the research we have been conducting. (12/26/06)

2007

CAP LTER 9th Annual Poster Symposium
The program and posters are now available. This is a chance to learn about the research we have been conducting. (March 2007)

High School Teacher Uses Hands-on Science
Highland High School in Gilbert, AZ has been using Ecology Explorers protocols and contributing to the CAP LTER database. (April 2007)

Smithsonian National Zoological Park's Zoogoer
BES and CAP LTER are featured in A City's Living Secret. (May/June 2007)

ScienceNOW Interview
Blackbirds Evolving Uptown article includes interview with Eyal Shochat. (May 2007)

High Country News
Scientists and the city (August 20, 2007)

Tenth Annual Poster Symposium
This year marks the tenth anniversary of the Central Arizona–Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research (CAP LTER) project at Arizona State University. To celebrate our accomplishments and move forward toward new research endeavors, we are hosting our Tenth Annual Poster Symposium to be held on Thursday, January 10, 2008 in the Carson Ballroom, Old Main, Arizona State University-Tempe. View the program. (December 18, 2007)

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