Colorado mountains
 

Animal Population Biology

Phenology across LTER sites and trophic levels

Working Group Reports Final reports:  ASM 2012 Phenology and Climate Change Working Group Report Participant list:  LTER ASM 2012_Phenology Working groupparticipants.pdf Phenology is key research in understanding how climate influences life history events and climate change is and will be impacting ecosystems. Session:  Working Group Session 7 - Thursday Room Assignment:  Longs Peak - Keyhole (60)

Long-term population dynamics of exotic species: a cross-site multi-species investigation

Working Group Reports Final reports:  Working group report.docx Participant list:  Participant list.docx The population dynamics of introduced species may dictate trends in those species' impacts on invaded ecosystems and societies.  For instance, if there are lags in the population growth of an Session:  Working Group Session 3 Tuesday Working Group Session 4 Tuesday Room Assignment:  Eastside - Rainbow Fireside (75)

Identifying alternative indicators for the detection of abrupt transitions in ecosystems: a consideration of time scale and community parameters

Working Group Reports Final reports:  2012 LTER ASM workshop report_final.pdf As climate change continues to accelerate, many ecosystems are poised for frequent abrupt and irreversible transitions (Millenium Ecosystem Assessment, 2005).  In order to enhance prediction a Session:  Working Group Session 3 Tuesday Room Assignment:  Wind River A (100)

Black widows in an urban desert: the behavior, ecology, and evolution of an urban pest

Poster Number:  3 Presenter/Primary Author:  James Johnson As more than half of our population now lives in rapidly expanding urban centers, urbanization is a particularly important example of ‘Human-Induced Rapid Environmental Change’ (HIREC).

Communicating LTER Science Part I and II

Working Group Reports Final reports:  Comm Sci Working Group Report for LTER ASM 2012.pdf Participant list:  Attendees Communicating LTER Science WG Sessions 1 and 2.pdf The LTER 30-year review identified improving communication of LTER science as a high priority. Session:  Working Group Session 1 - Monday Working Group Session 5 - Wednesday Room Assignment:  Ruesch Auditorium - Sweet (50)

 
 
Background Photo by: Nicole Hansen - Jornada (JRN) LTER