Eighth Annual Symposium
Recent research at the USDA-ARS Walnut Gulch Experimental
Watershed (WGEW) and the
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Past Symposiums: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
We would like to announce the eighth annual Research Insights in Semiarid Ecosystems (RISE) Symposium. The objectives of the symposium are to share recent results of scientific research at the USDA-ARS Walnut Gulch Experimental Watershed (WGEW) and the University of Arizona Santa Rita Experimental Range (SRER), to encourage future research activities at the WGEW and the SRER, and to promote the WGEW and the SRER as outdoor scientific laboratories.
The Symposium will feature invited speakers presenting either recent research on the WGEW or SRER or new reflections on earlier work conducted at either site. There will be time for questions from the audience, which will be made up of federal agency and university researchers, students, and stakeholders from southern Arizona.
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8:30-9:00 |
Registration |
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9:00-9:15 |
Mitch McClaran andSusan Moran |
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9:15-9:25 |
Dan
Ferguson |
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9:25-9:35 |
Linda Kennedy |
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9:35-9:55 |
Phil Guertin
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AGWA-R: A Decision Support Tool for Western Rangeland Watersheds |
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9:55-10:15 |
Jim Malusa |
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10:15-10:35 |
Goggy Davidowitz |
Nectar type and the flight-fecundity tradeoff in a semi arid environment |
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10:35-11:00 |
Poster introductions |
Poster abstracts presented by poster authors |
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11:00-1:00 |
Poster Session |
Authors will be with their posters in the hall outside the conference room |
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12:00-1:00 |
Lunch w/ Posters |
Provided at the meeting; included in RISE registration fee |
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1:00-1:20 |
Xubin ZengUA DAS |
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1:20-1:40 |
Greg
Barron-Gafford |
The relative controls of temperature and soil moisture on soil CO2 efflux under a changing landscape |
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1:40-2:00 |
Mary Nichols |
Rangeland applications for very high resolution photography |
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2:00-2:20 |
Peter Gierlach (Petey Mesquitey) KXCI Radio |
Eureka Moments: A life revealed by the natural history of a semiarid ecosystem |
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2:20-2:30 |
Discussion |
All speakers and poster authors will be in attendance |
POSTERS
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P1 |
Mickey
Reed |
Mapping Arizona Wetlands |
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P2 |
Uyen Nguyen |
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P3 |
Pamela Nagler |
Monitoring of Tamarisk -- beetle interactions on the lower Virgin |
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P4 |
Daniel Robinett |
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P5 |
Retta
Bruegger |
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P6 |
Hillary Nicholas |
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P7 |
Eva Levi |
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P8 |
Amber Dalke |
Validating Expert-Based State-and-Transition Models using Long-term Data |
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P9 |
Haiyan Wei |
Are droughts more likely during grazing periods than rest periods in rotational systems? |
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P10 |
Daniel Bunting |
Estimating large-scale evapotranspiration in arid and semi-arid systems |
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P11 |
Nicole Pierini |
Watershed-Scale Ecohydrological Dynamics in the Santa Rita Experimental Range |
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P12 |
Dean Keller |
K-12 Standards Conundrum: Teaching Math & Science Through Authentic Field Research |
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P13 |
Stepfanie Aguillon |
Short-Term Leaf Litter Decomposition on the Santa Rita Experimental Range |
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P14 |
Jamie Moy |
Effects of microbial communities on in vitro and in situ degradation of plant material in an arid ecosystem |
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Darin Law UA SNRE |
A new approach for predicting near-surface wind using high-resolution characterizations of canopy architecture from hemispherical photography and LiDAR: a preliminary assessment at the Santa Rita Experimental Range |
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Pierre Deviche ASU SLS |
Rapid effects of capture and handling on circulating hormone concentrations in the male Rufous-winged Sparrow, Peucaea carpalis |
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Stephanie Bittner ASU SLS |
Corticosterone's relationship with parental investments in a Sonoran desert passerine, the Rufous-winged Sparrow, Peucaea carpalis |
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Aaryn Olsson NAU |
Landscape models of non-native plant phenology and invasion to support conservation on military and adjacent lands in the Sonoran Desert |
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RISE Organizing Committee: Mark
Heitlinger, Mitch McClaran, Susan Moran |
Undefined Acronyms:ARS: Agricultural Research Service |