Twenty-fourth All Scientists Meeting and Poster Symposium

Program and abstracts

Adapting to city life

Asrari, Hasti. Juan Maldonado Ortiz, Keaton Coker, Todd Sandrin, and J. Chadwick Johnson. The effects of urbanization on the internal microbiome of an urban arthropod pest, the western black widow spider.

Buo, Issac, Valentina Sagris, Jaak Jaagus, and Ariane Middel. High-resolution shade and sky view factor maps from LiDAR for cool corridors planning.

Cocroft, Alexandreana, Jesse Lewis, Susannah Lerman, Jeffrey Haight, Zachary Ziebarth, Isabella Escobedo, Marisela Campana, Madison Hatcher, Juan Paredes, Jennifer Ortega, Amy Sheldon, Rafael Salas, Sakura Sinroll, and Sharon J. Hall. Investigating the influence of socio-demographic variables on urban mammal communities.

Davitt, Akilah, and Kelli Larson. Conservation of threatened and endangered species in the Phoenix metro area using social media.

Drake, Dean, and Kevin McGraw. Plasma protein in house finches: Effects of season, disease state, and urbanization.

Dwyer, Jessie, and Jesse S. Lewis. Habitat use and occupancy of bats across the gradient urbanization and seasons.

Enloe, Annika M., Heather L. Bateman, Kelli L. Larson, and Jeff A. Brown. Feeling rattled: Linking attitudes and habitat features to patterns of snake occurrence in urban landscapes. (pdf)

Haight, Jeffrey D., Sharon J. Hall, Solny A. Adalsteinsson, Adam A. Ahlers, Julia Angstmann, Whitney J.B. Anthonysamy, Elizabeth Biro, Barbara Dugleby, Mason Fidino, Travis Gallo, Austin M. Green, Laurel Hartley, Mark J. Jordan, Cria A.M. Kay, Elizabeth W. Lehre,; Robert A. Long, Brandon MacDougall, Seth B. Magle, Darren Minier, Chris Mowry, Maureen Murray, Kristina Nininger, Mary E. Pendergas, Katie R. Remine, Travis Ryan, Carmen Salsbury, Christopher J. Schell, Cagan Sekercioglu, Catherine J. Shier, Kelly C. Simon, Colleen C. St. Clair, Theodore Stankowich, Cassondra J. Stevenson, Dave Will, Jacque Williamson, Larry Wilson, Amanda J. Zellmer, and Jesse S. Lewis. Human-driven landscape changes and species traits shape mammal communities across North American ecoregions.

Harris, Brandi and Heather L. Bateman. Body size is smaller in urban lizards.

Johnson, J. Chadwick, Jared Rusnak, Damara Willis, Carlos Orteaga, Riley Hayes, and Alexandreana Cocroft. Black Widows at Walgreens: The thermal microclimate of an urban pest.

Kreisler, Avin G. Anthony J. Basile, and Karen L. Sweazea. The majority of avian blood metabolites are not altered in urban environments: Results From a systematic review.

Nguyen, Olivia L,. Heather L. Bateman, Daniel L. Childers, Jeffrey Haight, Sharon J. Hall, Nicola Koper, Kelli L. Larson, and Jesse S. Lewis. The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on human behavior and wildlife populations along the gradient of urbanization. (pdf)

Schneider, Florian A. Karthik Kulkarni, Suren Jayasuriya, and Ariane Middel. Project MaRTiny – A new low-cost, IoT sensor measuring thermal conditions and space use.

Weiss, Katherine C. B., Jesse S. Lewis, Savage C. Hess, Jan Schipper, and Beckett Sterner. Assessing the ecological and nutritional drivers of coyote (Canis latrans) diets along the Salt River corridor.

Climate and heat

Brandi, Also, and Robert Balling, and Matei Georgescu. Climatological analysis of 71 years of extreme daily precipitation in Arizona. (pdf)

Buo, Issac, Valentina Sagris, Jaak Jaagus, and Ariane Middel. High-resolution shade and sky view factor maps from LiDAR for cool corridors planning.

Guzmán-Echavarría, Gisel, Jennifer Vanos, and Ariane Middel. Can a reliable personal heat exposure assessment encompass more than a “one-size-fits-all” thermal index approach?

Harris, Brandi and Heather L. Bateman. Body size is smaller in urban lizards.

Johnson, J. Chadwick, Jared Rusnak, Damara Willis, Carlos Orteaga, Riley Hayes, and Alexandreana Cocroft. Black Widows at Walgreens: The thermal microclimate of an urban pest.

Karanja, Joseph, Dan Wanyama, and Lawrence M. Kiage. Weighting mechanics and the spatial pattern of composite metrics of heat vulnerability in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

Keith, Ladd, Sara Meerow, Shaylynn Trego*, Erika Schmidt, Lauren Jensen, Philip R. Berke, Joseph DeAngelis. Evolving a plan integration for resilience scorecard for heat (PIRSH).

Schneider, Florian A. Karthik Kulkarni, Suren Jayasuriya, and Ariane Middel. Project MaRTiny – A new low-cost, IoT sensor measuring thermal conditions and space use.

Sehner, Brian, Amy E. Frazier, and Billie L. Turner II. Connectivity of thermal refuges in the surface urban heat island.

Wright, Mary K. David Hondula, and Kelli Larson. A meta-analysis of social factors predicting household-level heat-related illness in Phoenix, Arizona. (pdf)

Education and management

Earl, S. R. ASU and CAP LTER research data solutions.

Parks and rivers

Aguilar, Sofia Leanne M., Sajad I. Al-Zubaidy, Julian R. Arrieta, Camryn T. Barbosa, Helena Hanna, Kendra Lemke, Sara M. Marshall, Nathan G. Mitchell, Madison H. Newell, Annette R. Palumbo, Johnathon E. Ramirez, Anastasia K. Stats, Kendra D. Conrow, Richard B. Bireley, Ken G. Sweat, and Maxwell C. K. Leung. Precision remediation with industrial hemp: Human activities, exposure, and the environment.

Cocroft, Alexandreana, Jesse Lewis, Susannah Lerman, Jeffrey Haight, Zachary Ziebarth, Isabella Escobedo, Marisela Campana, Madison Hatcher, Juan Paredes, Jennifer Ortega, Amy Sheldon, Rafael Salas, Sakura Sinroll, and Sharon J. Hall. Investigating the influence of socio-demographic variables on urban mammal communities.

Dwyer, Jessie, and Jesse S. Lewis. Habitat use and occupancy of bats across the gradient urbanization and seasons.

Haight, Jeffrey D., Sharon J. Hall, Solny A. Adalsteinsson, Adam A. Ahlers, Julia Angstmann, Whitney J.B. Anthonysamy, Elizabeth Biro, Barbara Dugleby, Mason Fidino, Travis Gallo, Austin M. Green, Laurel Hartley, Mark J. Jordan, Cria A.M. Kay, Elizabeth W. Lehre,; Robert A. Long, Brandon MacDougall, Seth B. Magle, Darren Minier, Chris Mowry, Maureen Murray, Kristina Nininger, Mary E. Pendergas, Katie R. Remine, Travis Ryan, Carmen Salsbury, Christopher J. Schell, Cagan Sekercioglu, Catherine J. Shier, Kelly C. Simon, Colleen C. St. Clair, Theodore Stankowich, Cassondra J. Stevenson, Dave Will, Jacque Williamson, Larry Wilson, Amanda J. Zellmer, and Jesse S. Lewis. Human-driven landscape changes and species traits shape mammal communities across North American ecoregions.

Harris, Brandi and Heather L. Bateman. Body size is smaller in urban lizards.

Nguyen, Olivia L,. Heather L. Bateman, Daniel L. Childers, Jeffrey Haight, Sharon J. Hall, Nicola Koper, Kelli L. Larson, and Jesse S. Lewis. The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on human behavior and wildlife populations along the gradient of urbanization. (pdf)

Residential landscapes and neighborhoods

Andrade, Riley, Nathan Shipley, Dana Johnson, and Kelli L. Larson. Yard management implications for people’s experiences with desert wildlife in shaping a sense of place.

Avilez, Dayanara, Kelli L. Larson, Jorge Morales Guerrero, Jeffery Brown, Akilah Davitt, Zane Encinas, Jose-Benito Rosales Chavez, and Janelle Siefert. Residents’ experiences and attitudes toward urban wildlife: Implications for human-wildlife coexistence and outcomes.

Brown, Jeffrey A., and Kelli L. Larson. The 2021 Phoenix Area Social Survey (PASS): Overview and investigating temporal trends.

Cocroft, Alexandreana, Jesse Lewis, Susannah Lerman, Jeffrey Haight, Zachary Ziebarth, Isabella Escobedo, Marisela Campana, Madison Hatcher, Juan Paredes, Jennifer Ortega, Amy Sheldon, Rafael Salas, Sakura Sinroll, and Sharon J. Hall. Investigating the influence of socio-demographic variables on urban mammal communities.

Davitt, Akilah, and Kelli Larson. Conservation of threatened and endangered species in the Phoenix metro area using social media.

Enloe, Annika M., Heather L. Bateman, Kelli L. Larson, and Jeff A. Brown. Feeling rattled: Linking attitudes and habitat features to patterns of snake occurrence in urban landscapes.

Haight, Jeffrey D., Sharon J. Hall, Solny A. Adalsteinsson, Adam A. Ahlers, Julia Angstmann, Whitney J.B. Anthonysamy, Elizabeth Biro, Barbara Dugleby, Mason Fidino, Travis Gallo, Austin M. Green, Laurel Hartley, Mark J. Jordan, Cria A.M. Kay, Elizabeth W. Lehre,; Robert A. Long, Brandon MacDougall, Seth B. Magle, Darren Minier, Chris Mowry, Maureen Murray, Kristina Nininger, Mary E. Pendergas, Katie R. Remine, Travis Ryan, Carmen Salsbury, Christopher J. Schell, Cagan Sekercioglu, Catherine J. Shier, Kelly C. Simon, Colleen C. St. Clair, Theodore Stankowich, Cassondra J. Stevenson, Dave Will, Jacque Williamson, Larry Wilson, Amanda J. Zellmer, and Jesse S. Lewis. Human-driven landscape changes and species traits shape mammal communities across North American ecoregions.

Morales Guerrero, Jorge, Jose-Benito Rosales Chavez, Kelli L. Larson, Dayanara Avilez, Jeffrey Brown, Akilah Davitt, Zane Encinas, and Janelle Siefert. Human-wildlife interactions: Implications for human-wildlife coexistence and human health outcomes.

Zhu, Qinnan, Kelli Larson, and Megan Wheeler. How yard management priorities and the extent of yard changes contribute to residents’ yard satisfaction.

Scenarios and futures

Aguilar, Sofia Leanne M., Sajad I. Al-Zubaidy, Julian R. Arrieta, Camryn T. Barbosa, Helena Hanna, Kendra Lemke, Sara M. Marshall, Nathan G. Mitchell, Madison H. Newell, Annette R. Palumbo, Johnathon E. Ramirez, Anastasia K. Stats, Kendra D. Conrow, Richard B. Bireley, Ken G. Sweat, and Maxwell C. K. Leung. Precision remediation with industrial hemp: human activities, exposure, and the environment.

Proffitt, David G., David Iwaniec, Nancy B. Grimm, Elizabeth Cook, and Marta Berbes. Estimating greenhouse gas emissions from long-term future development scenarios.

Sampson, David A., Giuseppe Mascaro, Ross Maciejewski, Rimjhim Aggarwal, Dave D. White, Hessam S. Sarjoughian, Fan Lei, Xin Guan, Adil Mournir, and Matyn Roy Choudbury. Modeling and visualizing food-energy-water (FEW) interactions at the metropolitan scale. (pdf)

Urban design

Buo, Issac, Valentina Sagris, Jaak Jaagus, and Ariane Middel. High-resolution shade and sky view factor maps from LiDAR for cool corridors planning.

Schneider, Florian A. Karthik Kulkarni, Suren Jayasuriya, and Ariane Middel. Project MaRTiny – A new low-cost, IoT sensor measuring thermal conditions and space use.

Sehner, Brian, Amy E. Frazier, and Billie L. Turner II. Connectivity of thermal refuges in the surface urban heat island.

Water and fluxes

Aguilar, Sofia Leanne M., Sajad I. Al-Zubaidy, Julian R. Arrieta, Camryn T. Barbosa, Helena Hanna, Kendra Lemke, Sara M. Marshall, Nathan G. Mitchell, Madison H. Newell, Annette R. Palumbo, Johnathon E. Ramirez, Anastasia K. Stats, Kendra D. Conrow, Richard B. Bireley, Ken G. Sweat, and Maxwell C. K. Leung. Precision remediation with industrial hemp: human activities, exposure, and the environment.

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

Seelig, Matthew, Becky Ball, Yue Wang, and Sharon Hall. Temporo-anthropogenic dynamics of soil biogeochemistry in the Phoenix metropolitan.