COS 71: Arid And Semi-Arid Systems

Wednesday, August 4, 2021

8:30 AM – 9:30 AM Pacific

Moderator(s)

Samuel Jordan

School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ, USA

Presentations:

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Bat habitat use along a gradient of urbanization varies seasonally in relation to forage and water availability
Presenting Author: Jessica M. Dwyer – Arizona State University
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Climate dictates the effects of increased drought and physical disturbance on dryland soil biogeochemsitry
Presenting Author: Brooke B. Osborne – Southwest Biological Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey
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Declining biocrust lichen cover suggests warming tipping point has already been met in a protected grassland in Canyonlands National Park, Utah
Presenting Author: Rebecca Finger Higgens – Southwest Biological Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey
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Differential responses of microbial substrate-use in dryland shrub, grass, and bare ground patches
Presenting Author: Alejandro Cueva – School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University
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From whom and for what? Deforestation in Dry Chaco from local-urban inhabitants’ perception
Presenting Author: Sofia Marinaro – Instituto de Ecologia Regional, CONICET
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Low soil nitrogen and moisture limit the expansion of exotic invasive grass, Megathyrsus maximus (Guinea grass)
Presenting Author: Pushpa Soti – Biology, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
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Modeling the impact of adaptative stocking strategies on dry rangeland
Presenting Author: Toyo Vignal – Mathematics, University of Edinburgh
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The response of plant-microbe interactions to global change drivers in dryland ecosystems
Presenting Author: Parikrama Sapkota – Biological Science, University of Texas at El Paso
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Woody plant encroachment modifies the ecohydrology of a sub-tropical savanna landscape: Implications for hydrological connectivity and plant community
Presenting Author: Shishir Basant – Ecology and Conservation Biology, Texas A&M University