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Twenty-fifth Annual All Scientists Meeting and Poster Symposium

Friday, January 13, 2023
Location: ASU Skysong
Keynote Speakers: Dr. Christine Hemphill Fuller and Dr. Jennifer Vanos
CAP Service Awards: Dr. Billie L. Turner II, Quincy Stewart, and Dr. Elizabeth Cook

Program and Abstracts

Adapting to city life

Ballantyne, Brian, Beth Ponn, Damara Willis, Tristan Pedroza, and J. Chadwick Johnson. Urban pest and invasive species behavioral differences: The web building and foraging aggression of two widow spiders. (pdf)

Enloe, Annika, Jeffrey Brown, Kelli L. Larson, and Heather L. Bateman. Feeling rattled? Resident attitudes, urban habitat features, and patterns of snake removals in the Phoenix metropolitan area.

Fleming, David. Long-term trends in insect populations across multiple Phoenix land types. (pdf)

Haight, Jeffrey D., Kelli L. Larson, Jeffrey A. Brown, Sharon J. Hall, and Jesse S. Lewis. Social-ecological drivers of Phoenix residents’ comfort living with wildlife. (pdf)

Lewis, Jesse S., Jessie Dwyer, Jeffrey Haight, Kate Weiss, and Zachary Ziebarth. Predictive maps of habitat quality for multiple terrestrial wildlife species across the Phoenix Valley, AZ.

Polekoff, Sarah E., Ray Pressman, and Kylie Maxwell. Adapting to city life: Physiology and behavior of urban and desert house finch (Haemorhous mexicanus). (pdf)

Willis, Damara, Brian Ballantyne, Tristan Pedroza, and J. Chadwick Johnson. Artificial light at night effects on black widow spider behavior.(pdf)

Climate and heat

Aparecido, Luiza Maria T., Kallika Naylor, Isabella Werner, Raven Braithwaite, Ella Schmidt, Heather Throop, Jnaneshwar Das, and Kevin Hultine. Cooling capacity of urban trees exposed to thermal stress. (pdf)

Cisco, Jordan T. The fate of microplastics in Tres Ríos Wetlands. (pdf)

Keith, Ladd, Sara Meerow, Shaylynn Trego, and Erika Schmidt. Applying a plan integration for resilience scorecard for heat in Tempe, AZ.

Li, Rui, Mikhail V. Chester, Ariane Middel, Jennifer K. Vanos, Danae Hernandez-Cortez, Isaac Newton Buo, and David M. Hondula. Effectiveness of travel behavior and infrastructure change to mitigate heat exposure. (pdf)

Liao, Rosie D., Nico Franz, Laura R. Prado, Laura D. Steger, and Kelsey Yule. Using the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) biorepository collections, samples, and data. (pdf)

Price, Peter, Paul Coseo, and Ariane Middel. Understanding the ecological design benefits and limitations of rooftop green spaces to reduce heat exposure for vulnerable residents. (pdf)

Trego, Shaylynn, Sara Meerow, Aaron Flores, and Kelli Larson. A longitudinal assessment of heat risk perceptions and adaptations in Phoenix, Arizona.

Unal Cilek, Muge, and Ariane Middel. Thermal comfort evaluation of green space geometries in different local climate zone: The case of hot-arid climate. (pdf)

Van Tol, Zachary, Jennifer Vanos, Ariane Middel, and Kristin Ferguson. The climate consequences of privatizing public spaces. (pdf)

Education and management

Earl, Stevan R., and Philip Tarrant. ASU and CAP LTER research data solutions. (pdf)

Reichman, Anne, and Julia Colbert. ASU Project Cities. (pdf)

Governance and institutions

Van Tol, Zachary, Jennifer Vanos, Ariane Middel, and Kristin Ferguson. The climate consequences of privatizing public spaces. (pdf)

Gentry, Zoe, Savage Cree Hess, Michele Clark, Liliana Caughman, Michelle Hale, and Nancy Grimm. Living lands: Cultivating river stewardship through gameplay and storytelling. (pdf)

Lewis, Jesse S., Jessie Dwyer, Jeffrey Haight, Kate Weiss, and Zachary Ziebarth. Predictive maps of habitat quality for multiple terrestrial wildlife species across the Phoenix Valley, AZ.

Ramsey, Luke, Daniel Childers, Elizabeth Makings, and Heather Bateman. Biodiversity and community composition of accidental and restored urban Salt River wetlands. (pdf)

Storey, Garrett, Pierre Herckes, and Daniel Childers. Ultra-trace analysis of plasticizers in constructed wetland ecosystem. (pdf)

Unal Cilek, Muge, and Ariane Middel. Thermal comfort evaluation of green space geometries in different local climate zone: The case of hot-arid climate. (pdf)

Van Tol, Zachary, Jennifer Vanos, Ariane Middel, and Kristin Ferguson. The climate consequences of privatizing public spaces. (pdf)

Residential landscapes and neighborhoods

Enloe, Annika, Jeffrey Brown, Kelli L. Larson, and Heather L. Bateman. Feeling rattled? Resident attitudes, urban habitat features, and patterns of snake removals in the Phoenix metropolitan area.

Mitchell, Abigail, and Kelli L. Larson. Nature interactions, social capital, and wellbeing in metropolitan Phoenix during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Zhu, Qinnan, and Kelli L. Larson. Residential vegetation changes and associated multi-scalar drivers in central Arizona, 2017-2021. (pdf)

Scenarios and futures

Aparecido, Luiza Maria T., Kallika Naylor, Isabella Werner, Raven Braithwaite, Ella Schmidt, Heather Throop, Jnaneshwar Das, and Kevin Hultine. Cooling capacity of urban trees exposed to thermal stress. (pdf)

Caughman, Liliana, Tanishq Jain, and Madison Harris. Future scenarios using process tracing.

Unal Cilek, Muge, and Ariane Middel. Thermal comfort evaluation of green space geometries in different local climate zone: The case of hot-arid climate. (pdf)

Urban design

Ramsey, Luke, Daniel Childers, Elizabeth Makings, and Heather Bateman. Biodiversity and community composition of accidental and restored urban Salt River wetlands.

Water and fluxes

Aparecido, Luiza Maria T., Kallika Naylor, Isabella Werner, Raven Braithwaite, Ella Schmidt, Heather Throop, Jnaneshwar Das, and Kevin Hultine. Cooling capacity of urban trees exposed to thermal stress. (pdf)

Chandrakanthan, Kanchana, and Pierre Herckes. Spatial and temporal distribution of soil microplastics in Phoenix, including the surrounding areas of the Sonoran Desert. (pdf)

Cisco, Jordan T. The fate of microplastics in Tres Ríos Wetlands. (pdf)

Ramsey, Luke, Daniel Childers, Elizabeth Makings, and Heather Bateman. Biodiversity and community composition of accidental and restored urban Salt River wetlands. (pdf)

Storey, Garrett, Pierre Herckes, and Daniel Childers. Ultra-trace analysis of plasticizers in constructed wetland ecosystem. (pdf)

Tarr, Kayla, Mikhail Chester, Daniel Childers, and Abigail York. A social ecological technological analysis of urban ecological infrastructure for stormwater management in Phoenix, AZ. (pdf)