2012 LTER ASM - Social Science http://asm2012.lternet.edu/taxonomy/term/67/0 en Dynamics of social-ecological systems in the Colorado Front Range: Fire regimes, thresholds, and stable states http://asm2012.lternet.edu/content/dynamics-social-ecological-systems-colorado-front-range-fire-regimes-thresholds-and-stable-s <div class="field field-type-computed field-field-poster-number"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Poster Number:&nbsp;</div> 356 </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-userreference field-field-poster-presenter"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Presenter/Primary Author:&nbsp;</div> <a href="http://asm2012.lternet.edu/users/pbourgeron" title="View user profile.">Patrick Bourgeron</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-poster-authors"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Co-Authors:&nbsp;</div> humphries </div> <div class="field-item even"> <div class="field-label-inline"> Co-Authors:&nbsp;</div> williams </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline"> Co-Authors:&nbsp;</div> seastedt </div> </div> </div> <p>Forecasting change in mountain social-ecological systems presents significant challenges, as they are likely to display non-linear responses, i.e., they are more easily pushed or “tipped” across cr</p><p><a href="http://asm2012.lternet.edu/content/dynamics-social-ecological-systems-colorado-front-range-fire-regimes-thresholds-and-stable-s" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Site Science Disturbance Patterns Landscape change NWT Patterns and frequency of site disturbances Ecological Complexity Ecological Modeling Ecosystem Ecology Environmental/Resource Management Forest Ecology Social Science Fri, 31 Aug 2012 23:29:12 +0000 pbourgeron 521 at http://asm2012.lternet.edu Boom-bust episodes alter plant species diversity patterns in arid urban landscapes http://asm2012.lternet.edu/content/boom-bust-episodes-alter-plant-species-diversity-patterns-arid-urban-landscapes <div class="field field-type-computed field-field-poster-number"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Poster Number:&nbsp;</div> 353 </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-userreference field-field-poster-presenter"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Presenter/Primary Author:&nbsp;</div> <a href="http://asm2012.lternet.edu/users/jripplinger" title="View user profile.">Julie Ripplinger</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-poster-authors"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Co-Authors:&nbsp;</div> Janet Franklin </div> </div> </div> <p>We often think of cities as designed ecosystems, where biophysical drivers are superseded by human decisions. But what happens during times of economic crisis?</p><p><a href="http://asm2012.lternet.edu/content/boom-bust-episodes-alter-plant-species-diversity-patterns-arid-urban-landscapes" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Site Science Disturbance Patterns Landscape change CAP Patterns and frequency of site disturbances Community Ecology Social Science Vegetation Ecology Fri, 31 Aug 2012 22:17:56 +0000 jripplinger 518 at http://asm2012.lternet.edu Regional Consequences of Changing Climate-Disturbance Interactions for the Resilience of Alaska's Boreal Forest http://asm2012.lternet.edu/content/regional-consequences-changing-climate-disturbance-interactions-resilience-alaskas-boreal-fo <div class="field field-type-computed field-field-poster-number"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Poster Number:&nbsp;</div> 337 </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-userreference field-field-poster-presenter"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Presenter/Primary Author:&nbsp;</div> <a href="http://asm2012.lternet.edu/user/12154" title="View user profile.">Roger Ruess</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>Rapid environmental change in interior Alaska over the past century has altered the interrelationships among physical, biological and social drivers of the regional system.</p><p><a href="http://asm2012.lternet.edu/content/regional-consequences-changing-climate-disturbance-interactions-resilience-alaskas-boreal-fo" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Site Science Core Research Areas Disturbance Patterns Landscape change BNZ Patterns and frequency of site disturbances Patterns of inorganic inputs and movements of nutrients through soils, groundwater and surface waters Biogeochemistry Biological Diversity Community Ecology Disturbance Ecology Ecological Complexity Ecological Modeling Ecosystem Ecology Landscape Ecology Plant-Animal Interactions Social Science Vegetation Ecology Wetlands Ecology Fri, 31 Aug 2012 17:12:03 +0000 jdowning 501 at http://asm2012.lternet.edu The Science of Water Art: A Citizen Science Project http://asm2012.lternet.edu/content/science-water-art-citizen-science-project <div class="field field-type-computed field-field-poster-number"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Poster Number:&nbsp;</div> 329 </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-userreference field-field-poster-presenter"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Presenter/Primary Author:&nbsp;</div> <a href="http://asm2012.lternet.edu/users/hvins" title="View user profile.">Holly Vins</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-poster-authors"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Co-Authors:&nbsp;</div> Colin Kunzweiler </div> <div class="field-item even"> <div class="field-label-inline"> Co-Authors:&nbsp;</div> Christopher Roberts </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline"> Co-Authors:&nbsp;</div> Melissa Beresford </div> <div class="field-item even"> <div class="field-label-inline"> Co-Authors:&nbsp;</div> Amber Wutich </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline"> Co-Authors:&nbsp;</div> Alexandra Brewis </div> </div> </div> <p><span>The Science of Water Art project is a collaborative work that brings together professionals, c</span></p><div class="field field-type-text field-field-poster-student-poster"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Student Poster:&nbsp;</div> Yes </div> </div> </div> <p><a href="http://asm2012.lternet.edu/content/science-water-art-citizen-science-project" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Site Science Education CAP None Education Human Ecology Social Science Thu, 30 Aug 2012 23:10:10 +0000 hvins 492 at http://asm2012.lternet.edu Boater perceptions of environmental issues affecting lakes in the Northern Highlands of Wisconsin http://asm2012.lternet.edu/content/boater-perceptions-environmental-issues-affecting-lakes-northern-highlands-wisconsin <div class="field field-type-computed field-field-poster-number"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Poster Number:&nbsp;</div> 313 </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-userreference field-field-poster-presenter"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Presenter/Primary Author:&nbsp;</div> <a href="http://asm2012.lternet.edu/users/abeardmore" title="View user profile.">Ben Beardmore</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-poster-authors"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Co-Authors:&nbsp;</div> Bill Provencher </div> </div> </div> <p>Recreation is a primary use of many lakes in the Northern Highlands Lake District, and the NTL-LTER has committed to better understanding the interactions between these users and the ecology of the</p><p><a href="http://asm2012.lternet.edu/content/boater-perceptions-environmental-issues-affecting-lakes-northern-highlands-wisconsin" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Site Science None NTL None Social Science Wed, 29 Aug 2012 19:57:11 +0000 abeardmore 476 at http://asm2012.lternet.edu The Konza Prairie LTER Program: Grassland Dynamics and Long-Term Trajectories of Change http://asm2012.lternet.edu/content/konza-prairie-lter-program-grassland-dynamics-and-long-term-trajectories-change <div class="field field-type-computed field-field-poster-number"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Poster Number:&nbsp;</div> 308 </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-userreference field-field-poster-presenter"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Presenter/Primary Author:&nbsp;</div> <a href="http://asm2012.lternet.edu/user/10368" title="View user profile.">John Blair</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-poster-authors"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Co-Authors:&nbsp;</div> Sara Baer, John Briggs, Walter Dodds, Keith Gido, John Harrington, David Hartnett, Anthony Joern, Don Kaufman, Alan Knapp, Jesse Nippert, Brett Sandercock, Melinda Smith </div> </div> </div> <p>The Konza Prairie LTER program (KNZ) is a comprehensive ecological research, education and outreach program, centered on one of the most productive grasslands in North America – the tallgrass prair</p><p><a href="http://asm2012.lternet.edu/content/konza-prairie-lter-program-grassland-dynamics-and-long-term-trajectories-change" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Site Description Core Research Areas KNZ Pattern and control of organic matter accumulation in surface layers and sediments Pattern and control of primary production Patterns and frequency of site disturbances Patterns of inorganic inputs and movements of nutrients through soils, groundwater and surface waters Spatial and temporal distribution of populations selected to represent trophic structure Aquatic Ecology Community Ecology Ecosystem Ecology Habitat Preservation/Restoration Plant Ecology Plant-Animal Interactions Range/Grazing Ecology Social Science Wed, 29 Aug 2012 15:35:36 +0000 jblair 471 at http://asm2012.lternet.edu Florida Coastal Everglades Long-Term Ecological Research Program: Overview of FCE III http://asm2012.lternet.edu/content/florida-coastal-everglades-long-term-ecological-research-program-overview-fce-iii <div class="field field-type-computed field-field-poster-number"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Poster Number:&nbsp;</div> 283 </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-userreference field-field-poster-presenter"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Presenter/Primary Author:&nbsp;</div> <a href="http://asm2012.lternet.edu/user/9849" title="View user profile.">Evelyn Gaiser</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-poster-authors"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Co-Authors:&nbsp;</div> Michael G. Rugge </div> </div> </div> <p>The Florida Coastal Everglades Long Term Ecological Research (FCE LTER) site is located in South Florida, where the expansive coastal Everglades wilderness interacts with an urban and agricultural </p><p><a href="http://asm2012.lternet.edu/content/florida-coastal-everglades-long-term-ecological-research-program-overview-fce-iii" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Site Description Coastal Systems Core Research Areas FCE Pattern and control of organic matter accumulation in surface layers and sediments Pattern and control of primary production Patterns and frequency of site disturbances Patterns of inorganic inputs and movements of nutrients through soils, groundwater and surface waters Spatial and temporal distribution of populations selected to represent trophic structure Agronomy Animal Behavior Animal Ecology Animal Physiological Ecology Animal Population Biology Animal Systematics Anthropology Aquatic Ecology Atmospheric Science Behavioral Ecology Biogeochemistry Biogeography Biological Diversity Biology Botany Chemical Ecology Climatology Community Ecology Computer Science Conservation Biology Disturbance Ecology Ecological Complexity Ecological Modeling Ecosystem Ecology Education Entomology Environmental Economics Environmental Education Environmental Law Environmental Policy Environmental/Resource Management Epidemiology Estuarine Ecology Forest Ecology Forestry Geography Geology GIS/Remote Sensing Habitat Preservation/Restoration Human Ecology Hydrology Informatics Information Technology Invertebrate Biology Landscape Ecology Limnology Marine Ecology Microbial Ecology Microbiology Nutrient Fluxes Oceanography OTHER Paleoclimatology Paleoecology Plant Ecology Plant Physiological Ecology Plant Population Biology Plant Systematics Plant-Animal Interactions Population Biology Population Genetics Range/Grazing Ecology Social Science Sociology Soil Science Statistical Ecology Statistics Theoretical Population Biology Trace Gas Fluxes Vegetation Ecology Wetlands Ecology Wildlife Biology Zoology Mon, 27 Aug 2012 16:15:20 +0000 egaiser 446 at http://asm2012.lternet.edu Ecological Homogenization of Urban America http://asm2012.lternet.edu/working-groups/ecological-homogenization-urban-america <p>Meeting of investigators involved in an NSF Macrosystems Biology Program funded project.&nbsp; We need to meet on Tuesday, September 11 from 4 - 6 and are requesting a room for this meeting.</p> <div class="field field-type-userreference field-field-wg-organizer"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Organizer:&nbsp;</div> <a href="http://asm2012.lternet.edu/users/pgroffman" title="View user profile.">Peter Groffman</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-wg-preferred-date"> <div class="field-label">Preferred date(s):&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Sept 11 </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-wg-duration"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Number of 2 hour sessions requested:&nbsp;</div> 1 </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-wg-equipment"> <div class="field-label">Equipment requested:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> LCD Projector </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-wg-comments"> <div class="field-label">Additional Comments:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Meeting of investigators involved in an NSF Macrosystems Biology Program funded project. We need to meet on Tuesday, September 11 from 4 - 6 and are requesting a room for this meeting. </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-wg-terms"> <div class="field-label">Terms of submission:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> I agree </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-wg-session"> <div class="field-label">Session:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/sessions/ancillary-working-group-session-3-tuesday">Ancillary Working Group Session 3 - Tuesday</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-session-room"> <div class="field-label">Room Assignment:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Ruesch Auditorium - Hobbs (50) </div> </div> </div> Biogeochemistry Ecosystem Ecology Human Ecology Nutrient Fluxes Plant Ecology Social Science Soil Science Ancillary meetings Thu, 23 Aug 2012 19:08:52 +0000 pgroffman 416 at http://asm2012.lternet.edu Ecological Homogenization of Urban America http://asm2012.lternet.edu/content/ecological-homogenization-urban-america <div class="field field-type-computed field-field-poster-number"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Poster Number:&nbsp;</div> 249 </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-userreference field-field-poster-presenter"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Presenter/Primary Author:&nbsp;</div> <a href="http://asm2012.lternet.edu/users/pgroffman" title="View user profile.">Peter Groffman</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-poster-authors"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Co-Authors:&nbsp;</div> J. Morgan Grove </div> <div class="field-item even"> <div class="field-label-inline"> Co-Authors:&nbsp;</div> Sharon J. Hall </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline"> Co-Authors:&nbsp;</div> Kelli Larson </div> <div class="field-item even"> <div class="field-label-inline"> Co-Authors:&nbsp;</div> Colin Polsky </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline"> Co-Authors:&nbsp;</div> Jim Heffernan </div> <div class="field-item even"> <div class="field-label-inline"> Co-Authors:&nbsp;</div> Laura Ogden </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline"> Co-Authors:&nbsp;</div> Rinku Roy Chowdhury </div> <div class="field-item even"> <div class="field-label-inline"> Co-Authors:&nbsp;</div> Chris Neill </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline"> Co-Authors:&nbsp;</div> Diane Pataki </div> <div class="field-item even"> <div class="field-label-inline"> Co-Authors:&nbsp;</div> Sarah Hobbie </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline"> Co-Authors:&nbsp;</div> Jeanine Cavender-Bares </div> <div class="field-item even"> <div class="field-label-inline"> Co-Authors:&nbsp;</div> Kristin Nelson </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline"> Co-Authors:&nbsp;</div> Jarlath O&#039;Neil-Dunne </div> </div> </div> <p>Urban, suburban and exurban ecosystems are important and increasing in the U.S.&nbsp; An apparent, but functionally untested result of urban land use change is homogenization across cities, where n</p><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-poster-related-materials"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Related Materials and Graphics:&nbsp;</div> <div class="filefield-file"><img class="filefield-icon field-icon-application-pdf" alt="application/pdf icon" src="http://asm2012.lternet.edu/sites/all/modules/filefield/icons/application-pdf.png" /><a href="http://asm2012.lternet.edu/sites/default/files/Urban homogenization poster.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=116775">Urban homogenization poster.pdf</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <p><a href="http://asm2012.lternet.edu/content/ecological-homogenization-urban-america" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Cross-site Science Cross-site Research Landscape change BES Pattern and control of organic matter accumulation in surface layers and sediments Pattern and control of primary production Patterns of inorganic inputs and movements of nutrients through soils, groundwater and surface waters Spatial and temporal distribution of populations selected to represent trophic structure Aquatic Ecology Biogeochemistry Biological Diversity Ecosystem Ecology Forest Ecology Human Ecology Hydrology Landscape Ecology Microbial Ecology Nutrient Fluxes Plant Ecology Social Science Soil Science Tue, 21 Aug 2012 15:58:35 +0000 pgroffman 403 at http://asm2012.lternet.edu Governance of 21st Century Sustainable Cities: A Study of Stewardship Networks in Baltimore and Seattle http://asm2012.lternet.edu/content/governance-21st-century-sustainable-cities-study-stewardship-networks-baltimore-and-seattle <div class="field field-type-computed field-field-poster-number"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Poster Number:&nbsp;</div> 201 </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-userreference field-field-poster-presenter"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Presenter/Primary Author:&nbsp;</div> <a href="http://asm2012.lternet.edu/users/mromolini" title="View user profile.">Michele Romolini</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-poster-authors"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Co-Authors:&nbsp;</div> J. Morgan Grove </div> </div> </div> <p>&nbsp;</p><div class="field field-type-text field-field-poster-student-poster"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Student Poster:&nbsp;</div> Yes </div> </div> </div> <p><a href="http://asm2012.lternet.edu/content/governance-21st-century-sustainable-cities-study-stewardship-networks-baltimore-and-seattle" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Site Science Landscape change BES Spatial and temporal distribution of populations selected to represent trophic structure Environmental/Resource Management Social Science Mon, 13 Aug 2012 14:06:53 +0000 mromolini 347 at http://asm2012.lternet.edu