What Lies Beneath? The Art and Science of Soil Arthropods

Organizer(s)

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  Monica Farfan

  Postdoctoral Researcher
  School of Global Environmental Sustainability
  Colorado State University
  Fort Collins, Colorado
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  Carlos Barreto

  PhD
  Department of Biology
  University of Western Ontario
  London, Ontario, Canada

Soil biodiversity is on the forefront of climate change science and policy in many parts of world where soil degradation and loss of arthropod biodiversity are occurring. Scientists, artists, and outreach specialists present works intended to educate and draw awareness to soil arthropods and their diversity to inspire their protection.

Presentations:

• 9:00 AM – 9:10 AM PT

  Introductory remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Monica A. Farfan – Colorado State University
• 9:10 AM – 9:25 AM PT

  Photography art and science: Using community-sourced iNaturalist records to understand ecology and biological invasions
  

  Presenting Author: Terry McGlynn – California State University

  Co-author: Nadia Naji – California Desert Studies Consortium
• 9:25 AM – 9:40 AM PT

  Designing agroecosystems to promote soil arthropods
  

  Presenting Author: Dane C. Elmquist – University of Idaho

  Co-author: Bronte M. Sone – University of Idaho

  Co-author: Michael Strickland – University of Idaho

  Co-author: Sanford D. Eigenbrode – University of Idaho
• 9:40 AM – 9:55 AM PT

  Digging deep: Visualizing how the world below influences the world above
  

  Presenting Author: Danielle Ignace – The University of British Columbia

  Co-author: Bryant Paul Johnson – Bryant Paul Johnson Illustrations and Comics
• 9:55 AM – 10:10 AM PT

  Art as simulation: Harnessing virtual tools for ecosystem science
  

  Presenting Author: Victor Leshyk – Northern Arizona University

  Co-Author: Kara S. Gibson (she/her/hers) – Northern Arizona University
• 10:10 AM – 10:25 AM PT

  soilfoodwebs: An R package for analyzing and simulating food web dynamics
  

  Presenting Author: Robert Buchkowski – Canadian Forest Service

  Co-Author: Carlos Barreto – University of Western Ontario

  Co-author: Zoë Lindo – University of Western Ontario
• 10:25 AM – 10:40 AM PT

  Break
• 10:40 AM – 10:55 AM PT

  Artistic avenues to explore and celebrate soil habitats and biodiversity
  

  Presenting Author: Yamina Pressler – California Polytechnic State University
• 10:55 AM – 11:10 AM PT

  Soil arthropods in public art
  

  Presenting Author: Sharon Bladholm – Opal Glass Studio
• 11:10 AM – 11:25 AM PT

  Seasonal phenology considerations may inform management strategies for subterranean termites: The social cockroaches eating your home from the ground up
  

  Presenting Author: Andrew Mason Sutherland, BCE – University of California
• 11:25 AM – 11:40 AM PT

  The role of molecules, morphology and methodology in determining patterns of soil mite diversity
  

  Presenting Author: Marla Schwarzfeld – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

  Co-author: Monica Young – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

  Co-Author: Victoria Nowell – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

  Co-author: Angeli Sahdra – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

  Co-author: Lori Phillips – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

  Co-author: Ana Fernandez-Galliano – University of Waterloo
• 11:40 AM – 11:55 AM PT

  Macrophotography: Looking at soil invertebrates through a different lens
  

  Presenting Author: Frank Ashwood – Forest Research UK
• 11:55 AM – 12:00 PM PT

  Closing remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Monica A. Farfan – Colorado State University