2021 Symposium

Presentations

SpeakerTitle
McClaran, Mitch
Heilman, Phil		RISE Welcome
Karam, AbeUpdates and opportunities with NEON, the National Ecological Observatory Network
Blum, BrettUpdates and opportunities at the Santa Rita Experimental Range
Hubbard, AndyCitizen science, research and monitoring in Sonoran Desert national parks
Fisher, LarryUsing indicators of watershed health to guide management decision making
Mauritz, MargueriteA decade of ecosystem carbon fluxes in Chihuahuan Desert shrubland and outlook on new research
Swetnam, TysonThe Airborne Environmental Observations Laboratory for Unoccupied Systems (AEOLUS)
Hass, BridgetLeveraging NEON remote sensing data in the Desert Southwest
Nabhan, GaryThe status of crop wild relatives and their significance to monitoring efforts in USDA ARS Climate Hubs
Spiegal, SheriCircular management of beef supply chains in the Southwestern United States: strategies for sustainability
Ponce-Campos, GuillermoApplying machine learning with NEON-AOP data products to classify vegetation using Google Earth Engine
Goodrich, DaveUSA continental scale intensification or not, of sub-daily precipitation intensities

Posters

AuthorTitle
Katz, N.Biological soil crust coverage and abundance are reduced along a gradient of disturbance by livestock at the Santa Rita Experimental Range
Rasmussen, C.Pedogenic record of environmental change in the Upper San Pedro River basin
Bradley, R.Are symbionts of invasive grasses a key to their ecological dominance in grasslands of southern Arizona?
Nagler, P.A Machine Learning and Data Fusion Approach for Classifying Landsat OLI Spectral and Vegetation Dynamic Data in Support of Habitat Mapping in the Santa Rita Mountains
Huerta, A.Rainfall Frequency and Intensity Impact Root Growth and Root Depth Variability in a Semi-Arid Grassland of the Southwest
Biederman, J.An introduction to RainManSR: A field manipulative experiment linking above- and below-ground responses to temporal repackaging of precipitation in a semiarid grassland agroecosystem
Blais, J.Quantifying the response of soil respiration to rainfall pulses: A comparison of weekly manual and continuous automated measurement techniques
Rutherford, A.Monsoon season precipitation variation, not herbaceous cover, controls shrub (Prosopis velutina) recruitment in Sonoran grasslands
Pierce, N.Investigating the drivers of perennial grass transplant mortality in a semiarid rangeland
Hu, T.The effect of Biological and Physical Processes on Soil Water Dynamics and its Feedback to Arizona Grassland
Zhang, F.Field evidence reveals atmospheric demand determines photosynthesis in a semiarid ecosystem
Javadian, M.Impacts of Rainfall Repackaging on Canopy Temperature in a Semiarid Grassland
Smith, W.Rainfall pulses drive coordinated responses in leaf hydraulic, biochemical, and photosynthetic traits that can be tracked with hyperspectral remote sensing
Devine, C.Applying novel remote sensing techniques in a rainfall manipulation experiment - progress and updates from the RainManSR project
Mayer, B.Grazing Management: Virtual Approach
Dwivedi, R.Use of SNOTEL, snow photography and lidar datasets for an improved understanding of amount, timing and duration of net water input to soil at contrasting forested sites in Arizona, USA
Wang, X.Characterizing the response of photosynthesis, spectral reflectance, and sun-induced chlorophyll fluorescence to extreme drought at a semi-arid grassland site
Research Insights in Semiarid Ecosystems
RISE Organizing Committee:

Brett Blum, Phil Heilman, Mitch McClaran, Heather Throop (alphabetical)

bcb@arizona.edu
phil.heilman@usda.gov
mcclaran@u.arizona.edu
heather.throop@asu.edu 

Acronyms:
  • AES: Arizona Experiment Station
    AIR: Arizona Institute for Resilience
  • ARS: Agricultural Research Service
  • NEON: National Ecological Observatory Network
  • SAES: Southern Arizona Experiment Station
  • SNRE: School of Natural Resources and the Environment
    SRER: Santa Rita Experimental Range
  • SWRC: Southwest Watershed Research Center
  • UA: University of Arizona
    UO BIO: Univ Oklahoma School Biological Sciences
  • USDA: United States Department of Agriculture
    USGS: United States Geological Survey