Human Ecology

Social Drivers of Residential Lawncare in the Plum Island Ecosystem (PIE) LTER Site: Preliminary Results from a Household Mail Survey

Poster Number: 
385
Presenter/Primary Author: 
Colin Polsky

Human alterations of the earth's surface are widely recognized as one of the planet's most significant cumulative global environmental changes. Increasing population and per capita income suggest that this trend will continue in coming decades. In countries such as the US this process manifests principally as suburbanization.

ULTRA-Ex: Connecting the social and ecological sciences with planners, managers, and the public: Building a broad foundation for the Chicago Region ULTRA

Poster Number: 
285
Presenter/Primary Author: 
David Wise

The Chicago Region ULTRA-Ex will address a question fundamental to understanding the dynamic interactions between biodiversity conservation, ecosystem processes, and human well being in urban landscapes: In a complex urban/metropolitan system, what are the synergies and tradeoffs between conserving biodiversity and providing ecosystem services to people? The project focuses on the Green Infrastructure Vision of the Chicago Wilderness alliance, a conservation consortium of over 240 organizations.

Integrating Science, Society, and Education for Sustainability

Organizer: 
Nancy Grimm

The Integrative Science for Society and Environment (ISSE) initiative and its working model for the interaction of ecosystems and social systems represent the product of tremendous investment by the LTER network and its scientists as part of the 20-year planning process. Researchers in the emerging field of sustainability science promote similar frameworks that fundamentally integrate economy, ecology, and equity.

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Working Group Session 2

Time: 
Mon, 09/14/2009 - 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Room: 
Wind River B

Metrology for aquatic urban systems: comparison of the French and US approach

Organizer: 
Morgan Grove

During the LTER-ZA meeting in Baltimore in October 2008, it appeared that US and French research teams involved in the study of urban and periurban aquatic systems were not measuring the same parameters in their field studies. Any cooperation between our research teams will be difficult as long as methods and monitoring approaches are different or at least their differences are well understood on both sides.

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Working Group Session 1

Time: 
Mon, 09/14/2009 - 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Room: 
Longs Peak Boulder Field

Urban Long-Term Ecological Research in Baltimore: From Sanitary to Sustainable City

Poster Number: 
149
Presenter/Primary Author: 
Steward Pickett

Urban ecology is evolving as the scientific base grows and new concerns of urban partners emerge. In the Baltimore Ecosystem Study (BES), both of these drivers are at work.

Cross-Site Working Group on Coupled Human-Natural Systems

Organizer: 
William Freudenburg

This session is intended both for social and biophysical scientists who want to help develop a proposal for the kind of “multi-site, highly collaborative and integrated research initiative” envisioned by the LTER planning group. The focus will be on what the LTER planning process calls the “centerpiece” of the group's conceptual framework, as well as one of “Grand Challenges” to be addressed at the network level – “the dynamics of coupled human-natural ecosystems.”

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Working Group Session 5

Time: 
Wed, 09/16/2009 - 10:00am - 12:00pm
Room: 
Reusch Auditorium Sweet

Arid Urban Aquatic Ecosystems: A Case Study of Ecology, Design, and Restoration in the Central Arizona – Phoenix LTER

Poster Number: 
118
Presenter/Primary Author: 
Elisabeth Larson

Human settlements in both arid lands and cities must, of necessity, alter hydrological regimes and geomorphology to provide clean, reliable drinking water, water for agriculture, and protection from flooding. Additionally, people also create substantial modifications to provide water for manufacturing, recreation, aesthetics, and sense of place. All of these practices can result in elimination or degradation of existing aquatic ecosystems, as well as creation of new ecosystems such as artificial lakes, stormwater retention basins, mitigation wetlands, groundwater recharge ponds, etc.

An interdisciplinary, multi-scalar framework for linking social and ecological dynamics of residential landscapes: A case study in Phoenix, Arizona.

Poster Number: 
117
Presenter/Primary Author: 
Elizabeth Cook

Human management of landscapes is a primary cause of global environmental change. In residential landscapes, homeowner yard management can affect ecological properties and processes locally and regionally. For example, turfgrass lawns are now one of the largest irrigated crops in the U.S., contributing to high water and fertilizer use. Social drivers, such as personal values or Homeowner Association (HOA) regulations, also impact individual yard management decisions.

EcoTrends: past, present, and future - an opportunity to promote synthetic analyses

Organizer: 
Christine Laney

Join us for an update on the progress of the EcoTrends project, an introduction to the functionality of the new EcoTrends website (http://www.ecotrends.info), lessons learned during the project, and a description of plans for the future. We will also use this time to solicit and discuss ideas on how to better incorporate and display data via database design, web services and tools (e.g., mapping, analysis tools, modeling tools, and customizable features) that will further engage and support the research and information management community.
 

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Working Group Session 1

Time: 
Mon, 09/14/2009 - 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Room: 
Reusch Auditorium Hobbs

How Is Urbanization Making America Socially and Ecologically Homogeneous?

Organizer: 
Kelli Larson

Land uses and management practices in residential parcels (e.g., aesthetic/recreational/economic uses, land-cover choices, irrigation and chemical applications) impact and are impacted by social (e.g., stratification and status, environmental perceptions, zoning) and ecological (e.g., carbon sequestration, nutrient cycling, water demand and quality) processes.

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Working Group Session 6

Time: 
Wed, 09/16/2009 - 1:30pm - 3:30pm
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Working Group Session 7

Time: 
Wed, 09/16/2009 - 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Room: 
Longs Peak Boulder Field
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