Sixth Annual Symposium
Recent research at the USDA-ARS Walnut Gulch Experimental
Watershed (WGEW) and the
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Past Symposiums: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
We would like to announce the sixth annual Research Insights in Semiarid Ecosystems (RISE) Symposium. The objectives of the symposium are to share recent results of scientific research at the USDA-ARS Walnut Gulch Experimental Watershed (WGEW) and the University of Arizona Santa Rita Experimental Range (SRER), to encourage future research activities at the WGEW and the SRER, and to promote the WGEW and the SRER as outdoor scientific laboratories.
The Symposium will feature invited speakers presenting either recent research on the WGEW or SRER or new reflections on earlier work conducted at either site. There will be time for questions from the audience, which will be made up of federal agency and university researchers, students, and stakeholders from southern Arizona.
Registration for the symposium is
$10 for students and $25 for all others. A lunch will be provided during the
symposium for all registered participants. The deadline for registration
(as a courtesy for catering plans) is 18
September 2009. Late registrations will be accepted at the Symposium site
from 8:30 to 9:00 AM.
There will also be poster sessions where students and researchers are encouraged
to report on completed or in-progress studies. Abstract submission deadline for
poster presentation is 11 September, 2009. We only have space for 20 posters,
so submit your abstract early because they will be accepted in order of
submission.
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8:30-9:00 |
Registration |
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9:00-9:05 |
Mitch McClaran andSusan Moran |
RISE Welcome |
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9:05-9:10 |
Susan
Moran |
Update: New Research Opportunities at WGEW |
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9:10-9:15 |
Mitch McClaran |
Update: Activities at SRER including NEON news |
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9:15-9:20 |
Jake
Weltzin |
Update: USA National Phenology Network (USA-NPN) |
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9:20-9:40 |
Judie
Bronstein |
Pollination and herbivory by hawkmoths are subsidized by bat-pollinated agaves in the Santa Rita Mountains |
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9:40-10:00 |
Mark
Nearing |
The Conservation Effects Assessment Project for Western Rangelands: A National Project to Assess Impacts of US Conservation Programs |
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10:00-10:20 |
Hydrologic control of upland impacts on perennial water quality |
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10:20-10:40 |
Elizabeth Sparks |
Developing an educational outreach program at the Santa Rita Experimental Range |
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10:40-11:00 |
Poster introductions |
Poster abstracts presented by poster authors |
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11:00-1:00 |
Poster Session(Accepting submissions) |
Authors will be with their posters in the hall outside the conference room |
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12:00-1:00 |
Lunch w/ Posters |
Provided at the meeting; included in RISE registration fee |
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1:00-1:20 |
Peter Gierlach (Petey Mesquitey) KXCI Radio |
Man hears own heart and changes perception of natural world |
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1:20-1:40 |
Alfredo Huete
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Satellite-observed shifts in biome seasonality and vegetation -rainfall relationships in the Southwest |
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1:40-2:00 |
Shirley
Kurc |
The nature of the pulse: hydrologic triggers of phenological activity in creosotebush dominated ecosystems |
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2:00-2:20 |
Charles
Van Riper |
Does plant phenology control the distribution of migratory birds in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico? |
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2:20-2:30 |
Discussion |
All speakers and poster authors will be in attendance |
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RISE Organizing Committee: Mark
Heitlinger, Mitch McClaran, Susan Moran |
Undefined Acronyms:ARS: Agricultural Research Service |