COS 203 - Urban Ecosystems 8

Presentations:

• 3:30 PM – 3:45 PM EDT

  Effects of compositional and configurational heterogeneity on urban pollinator diversity and pollination service
  

  Presenting Author: Nicholas Sookhan – University of Toronto Scarborough

  Coauthor: J. Scott MacIvor – Biological Sciences, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto
• 3:45 PM – 4:00 PM EDT

  Improving estimates of land surface temperature at hourly scale for thermal and ecological assessment
  

  Presenting Author: Wei Chen, n/a – Iowa state university

  Coauthor: Yuyu Zhou – Iowa state university
• 4:00 PM – 4:15 PM EDT

  Characterizing spontaneous communities on slag sites in the Chicagoland region
  

  Presenting Author: Alison Anastasio – University of Chicago

  Coauthor: Laura Merwin – Concordia University Chicago

  Coauthor: Lauren Umek – Chicago Park District
• 4:15 PM – 4:30 PM EDT

  Litter manipulation impact on urban ground arthropod communities and decomposition
  

  Presenting Author: Vashti Devi B. Mahadeo – Binghamton University, SUNY

  Coauthor: Amanda Sprague-Getsy – Binghamton University, SUNY

  Coauthor: Weixing Zhu – Binghamton University, SUNY
• 4:30 PM – 4:45 PM EDT

  More green, fewer problems: Nearby landcover relates to perception of environmental problems across a metropolitan region
  

  Presenting Author: Amanda K. Suchy, n/a – Central Michigan University

  Coauthor: Elsa C. Anderson – Cary Institute for Ecosystem Studies

  Coauthor: Megan L. Fork – West Chester University

  Coauthor: Laurence Lin – University of Virginia

  Coauthor: Dexter Locke – US Forest Service

  Coauthor: Peter M. Groffman – ASRC City University of New York

  Coauthor: J Morgan Grove – US Forest Service

  Coauthor: Shannon L. LaDeau – Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies

  Coauthor: Emma J. Rosi – Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
• 4:45 PM – 5:00 PM EDT

  Area is still the greatest predictor of avian biodiversity in urban green spaces, but urban built form matters too
  

  Presenting Author: Morgan L. Rogers – University of California, Los Angeles