January 19, 2005
Carson Ballroom, Old Main
Arizona State University
Program Abstracts (pdf)
Land-Use and Land-Cover Changes
Accuracy Assessment of Vegetation Cover Estimated with Remote Sensing Data (pdf) Alexander Buyantuyev and Jianguo Wu
People, Forests, and Fire Hazard Vulnerability to Arizona’s White Mountains Tim Collins
Variations of Landscape Preferences among Phoenix Residents: A Socio-demographic Analysis (pdf) Louis Machabee and Ann Kinzig
Integrating Urban Ecological Models (pdf) Peter McCartney, Ray Quay, Corinna Gries, Robin Schroeder, Jana Hutchins, Michael Zoldak, Joseph Zehnder, Dale Mason, Anubav Bagley, and Bill Griffins
Monitoring LULC Dynamics in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area (pdf) Matthias Moeller
Remote Sensing and Climate from North to South in CAP LTER (pdf) Lela Prashad, Anthony J. Brazel, Jay Golden, Brent Hedquist, Sharon Harlan, and Dale Sherwood
Climate-Ecosystems Interactions
Stream Channel Morphology along the Urban Fringe: Flood Frequency and Flood Hazards in the Hassayampa River Region (pdf) Jessica Block, Ted Lehman, Ramon Arrowsmith, and Nancy Grimm
Testing a Planetary Boundary Layer Schema in MMS for the Phoenix Metropolitan Region (pdf) Susanne Grossman-Clarke, Joseph A. Zehnder, U. Liu, and J. D. Fast
Urbanization Effects on Spatio-temporal Patterns of Fowering Phenology of Plants in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area (pdf) Kaesha Neil and Jianguo Wu
Water Policy, Use, and Supply
Elegy of the Salt River: Successional Tales of a Southwestern Social-Ecological System (pdf) Marea B. Baggetta
Initial Findings of the North Desert Village Landscaping Experiment: The Green, Green Grass of Home (pdf) Elizabeth Farley Metzger, S. Yabuki, Patricia Gober, David Casagrande, Charles Redman, Nancy Grimm, and Sharon Harlan
Investigating Human Decision Making under Climatic Uncertainty (pdf) Patricia Gober, Charles L. Redman, Bill Edwards, and Nancy S. Jones
Fluxes of Materials and Socio-Ecosystem Response
Use of the Green Microalga Scenedesmus obliquus for Bioremediation of Nitrate-Contaminated Agricultural Runoff in an Outdoor Photobioreactor (pdf) Michael Bellefeuille, Milton Sommerfeld, and Qiang Hu
Utilizing Microalgae to Remediate Nitrate-Contaminated Groundwater (pdf) Natalie Case, Milton Sommerfeld, and Qiang Hu
A Distinct Urban Biogeochemistry? (pdf) Nancy B. Grimm, Jason P. Kaye, Sharon J. Hall, Jonathon O. Allen, and David B. Lewis
Children’s Vulnerability to Unmanaged Asthma in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area (pdf) Sara Grineski
Streamflow and Demography in the Lower Salt River Basin of Central Arizona, ca. A.D. 775 to 1450 (pdf) Scott E. Ingram
Nitrogen Dynamics in Urban Man-made Lakes: Denitrification Potential of Sediments (pdf) Elisabeth Larson and Nancy B. Grimm
Effects of Three Landscape Surface Mulches on Thermal Processes in a Drip-Irrigated Xeric Landscape (pdf) Catherine Singer and Chris A. Martin.
Human Control of Biodiversity
Landscape-Level Influences of Urbanization on Reptile Communities in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area (pdf) Laura Becht
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Species Richness is Lower in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area in Comparison to the Surrounding Desert (pdf) Robert J. Bills and Jean C. Stutz
Long-Term Bird Community Patterns at Phoenix’s Desert Botanical Garden (pdf) William M. Cook
Trophic Dynamics in Urban Communities (pdf) Stanley H. Faeth, Paige S. Warren, Eyal Shochat, and Wendy A. Marussich
The Role of Nitrogen in Plant Migration along Freeway Corridors in Phoenix, Arizona (pdf) Kris Gade and Ann P. Kinzig
Does Phosphorus Limit Growth in Insects? (pdf) Matthew Harwood
Tree Composition in Small Urban Parks and Surrounding Neighborhoods of Phoenix, Arizona (pdf) Chris Martin, Paige Warren, and Ann Kinzig
Legacies of Farming in Central Sweden: An Archaeological Perspective on Modern Plant Communities (pdf) Hoski Schaafsma and John Briggs
The Legacy of Former Drip-Irrigation and Pruning Practices on Two Landscape Shrubs: Effects on Growth Rate and Leaf Morphology After Two Years (pdf) Catherine K. Singer, Chris A. Martin, and Darin K. Mahkee
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area: Diversity and Functioning (pdf) Jean C. Stutz, Robert J. Bills, Jamaica R. Cousins, Linda B. Stabler, Sean Whitcomb, and Chris A. Martin
Birds of a Feather: A Story of Urban and Exurban Avian Population Biology (pdf) Jason S. Walker
Effects of Predators and Landscaping Type on Avian Ground-Foraging Behavior in Phoenix Parks (pdf) Paige Warren and Erin Adley
Effects of River Modification on the Riparian Soil Seed Bank of the Salt River, Arizona: A Case Study of an Arid Region River (pdf) Jacqueline White and Juliet Stromberg
Education and Outreach
Graduate Students and Ecology Explorers: Challenges and Benefits (pdf) Monica Elser and Charlene Saltz
Concept Maps: A Multipurpose Tool for Environmental Education (pdf) John Jung
Open-Ended Inquiry in the Schoolyard (pdf) Kathryn Kyle.
Middle School Students Performing University Level Environmental Work (pdf) Shea Lemar, Charlene Saltz, and Monica Elser
Service at Salado, an Urban Environmental Service-Learning Project (pdf) Charlene Saltz, Nancy Crocker, Danielle Taddy, Debra Banks, and Monica Elser
Information Management
The New Intranet and Data Management for CAP2 (pdf) Corinna Gries, Nancy B. Grimm, Charles L. Redman, Ravi Peri, and Peter McCartney
Reorganizing Research Teams into Integrated Project Areas (IPA) for CAP2 (pdf) Nancy Grimm and Charles L. Redman