Patterns and frequency of site disturbances
Disturbances often shape ecosystems by periodically reorganizing or destroying them, allowing for significant changes in plant and animal populations and communities.
Effects of riparian forest removal on macroinvertebrate functional structure and production along tallgrass prairie streams.
Poster Number: 13 Presenter/Primary Author: Jodi Vandermyde Forest encroachment along tallgrass prairie streams is increasing, mainly due to fire suppression.
Urban Heat Island Unit: Linking Science, Engineering and Society
Poster Number: 9 Presenter/Primary Author: Monica Elser As cities grow, the natural environment has been transformed from native vegetation into a diverse assemblage of built structures and surfaces.
Spatial interactions among multiple ecosystem services in an urbanizing agricultural landscape in the Upper Midwest
Poster Number: 4 Presenter/Primary Author: Jiangxiao Qiu Spatially explicit understanding of the delivery of multiple ecosystem services is essential to inform landscape management that attempts to sustain the benefits people derive from ecosystems.
Maximizing Arid Land Urban Park Ecosystem Services: A framework for Urban Planning & Design
Poster Number: 2 Presenter/Primary Author: Dorothy Ibes Though civic spaces, including parks and greens, have proven to be key providers of ecosystem services both inside and beyond urban boundaries, current research and approaches to their planning and
