Date

Friday, January 16, 2026

Location

Skysong

Keynote speaker

Rodrigo Vargas, Arizona State University

Posters and abstracts

Adapting to city life

Brittany N. Blake, Heather L. Bateman, and Kelli L. Larson. Paradoxical stewardship and social-ecological traps in urban bird provisioning. (abstract)

.Meg Davis, Heather L. Bateman, Molly J. Bechtel, and Kelli L. Larson. Human dimensions of captive Sonoran Desert tortoises in Arizona. (abstract)

K .S. Eltze, T. S. Yoon, and J. C. Johnson, Examining the effects of simulated temperature differences in male and female black widows (Latrodectus hesperus), focusing on voracity and changes to their ontogenic stages. (abstract)

Alexander Fenlon, Brendan Larsen, Alexis Cortés-Hernandez, Matthew Prebus, Nathan Upham, and Dakota Rowsey. Biogeographic History of Deer mice in the Madrean Sky Islands. (abstract)

Marissa France, Katharine Smas, Anthony Barley, and James Chadwick Johnson. DNA methylation in black widow spiders: The epigenome of an urban pest. (abstract)

A. K. Gupta and C. Earl. Effects of urbanization and season on avian food preferences. (abstract)

Gisel Guzman-Echavarria, Ariane Middel, Nicholas Ravanelli, Jose-Benito Rosales Chavez, Aaron Caldwell, Carson Metzler, Kendra Rentz, Mary Munoz, Melissa Guardaro, and Jennifer K. Vanos. Personal heat exposure as an expression of differential behavioral adaptation: Insights from older adults in a hot-arid city. (abstract)

Julia R. Hernandez, Katherine C.B. Weiss, and Jesse S. Lewis. Seasonal habitat use of wildlife in relation to water, vegetation, and urbanization along a human-modified river corridor. (abstract)

Kelli L. Larson and Jeffrey D. Haight. Holistically examining ecosystem services and disservices for urban human-wildlife coexistence: An interdisciplinary landscape sustainability approach. (abstract)

Chloe A Martz, Alex Vela, Kelsey Lyberger. Microclimates of Culex mosquitoes in desert regions. (abstract)

Alyssa Moise, Alondra Perez Flores, Maddy Gibson, Gale Larson, Katherine Nicoluzakis, Karen L Sweazea. Effects of urbanization and season on avian food preferences. (abstract)

Morgan L. Pierce, Nathan Upham, Sharon J. Hall. Rodent diversity and gene flow in an arid metropolitan area. (abstract)

Kajaya Pollard, Isabelle Hammond, Kelli Larson, Jessica Ebie, Kaila Eltze, and J. Chadwick Johnson. Socioecological drivers of abundance and web investment in Latrodectus hesperus. (abstract)

Ecosystem structure and function

S. T. Baker, K. Abdelmohsen, Jay S. Famiglietti, and E. Litvak. Water use of flood-irrigated residential lawns. (abstract)

.Meg Davis, Heather L. Bateman, Molly J. Bechtel, and Kelli L. Larson. Human dimensions of captive Sonoran Desert tortoises in Arizona. (abstract)

K .S. Eltze, T. S. Yoon, and J. C. Johnson, Examining the effects of simulated temperature differences in male and female black widows (Latrodectus hesperus), focusing on voracity and changes to their ontogenic stages. (abstract)

Alexander Fenlon, Brendan Larsen, Alexis Cortés-Hernandez, Matthew Prebus, Nathan Upham, and Dakota Rowsey. Biogeographic History of Deer mice in the Madrean Sky Islands. (abstract)

David Fleming, Malawa Gibbs, and Becky Ball. Urbanization and habitat context shape long-term ground-dwelling arthropod communities in metropolitan Phoenix. (abstract)

Julia R. Hernandez, Katherine C.B. Weiss, and Jesse S. Lewis. Seasonal habitat use of wildlife in relation to water, vegetation, and urbanization along a human-modified river corridor. (abstract)

J. Kanter. Reimagining the Central Arizona Project as hybrid social–ecological infrastructure. (abstract)

J. A. Mendoza, S. A. Shaw, and Becky A. Ball.  How can altered precipitation patterns due to climate. (abstract)

Natalie Parra Miguel. Embodied water knowledges: Indigenous memories and sensory design for tribal museum exhibits. (abstract)

Arianna Mistry, Kelli L. Larson, and Maureen Murray. Testing the familiarity hypothesis in the context of urban wildlife.

Rianna Sandoval, Leodivina Dodoo, Maggie Hantak, Brendan Enochs, and Laura Steger. Using NEON specimens to understand morphological changes in the Eastern Red-backed Salamander (Plethodon cinereus) over time. (abstract)

Environment and human wellbeing

O. M. Bachhuber, J. M. Nation. and E. N. Taylor. RattlEd: Improving perceptions of rattlesnakes in elementary classrooms. (abstract)

.Meg Davis, Heather L. Bateman, Molly J. Bechtel, and Kelli L. Larson. Human dimensions of captive Sonoran Desert tortoises in Arizona. (abstract)

K .S. Eltze, T. S. Yoon, and J. C. Johnson, Examining the effects of simulated temperature differences in male and female black widows (Latrodectus hesperus), focusing on voracity and changes to their ontogenic stages. (abstract)

Md. Farhan Asef Jit, Jared Jorde, and Paul Coseo. Roots of resilience: Developing a GIS-based green stormwater infrastructure database and performance fFramework for the CAP LTER study area. (abstractI

Gisel Guzman-Echavarria, Ariane Middel, Nicholas Ravanelli, Jose-Benito Rosales Chavez, Aaron Caldwell, Carson Metzler, Kendra Rentz, Mary Munoz, Melissa Guardaro, and Jennifer K. Vanos. Personal heat exposure as an expression of differential behavioral adaptation: Insights from older adults in a hot-arid city. (abstract)

J. Kanter. Reimagining the Central Arizona Project as hybrid social–ecological infrastructure. (abstract)

Waqar Hassan Khan, Isaac Buo, and Ariane Middel. Outdoor heat exposure: Assessing thermal walkability in three PASS neighborhoods. (abstract)

Parker King, Jennifer Vanos, and Ariane Middel. Initial radiative and pedestrian-scale thermal responses of TiO₂ fog Seal pavement across diurnal phases. (abstract)

Kelli L. Larson and Jeffrey D. Haight. Holistically examining ecosystem services and disservices for urban human-wildlife coexistence: An interdisciplinary landscape sustainability approach. (abstract)

Arianna Mistry, Kelli L. Larson, and Maureen Murray. Testing the familiarity hypothesis in the context of urban wildlife.

Peter M. Price, Paul Coseo, and Ariane Middel. Mobile assessment of mean radiant temperature in a Tempe, Arizona rooftop garden during extreme heat. (abstract)

T. Robledo. Ripples of memory: Youth, elders, and water stewardship in the Colorado River Indian Tribes. (abstract)

Abigail L. Rutrough, Kelli L. Larson and Elizabeth A. Corley. Untangling attitudinal drivers and wellbeing outcomes linked to residential wildlife gardening. (abstract)

Q. Zhu, D. Tong, Kelli L. Larson, Ariane Middel, and A. Frazier. Moving toward sustainable urban landscapes: assessing and optimizing urban vegetation change in Central Arizona. (abstract)

Governance and just transitions

Julius Addai and Sara Meerow. Where best lLaid plans get waylaid: Assessing the green infrastructure planning implementation gap In US cities. (abstract)

Consolata Macharia and Sara Meerow. Green infrastructure governance in U.S. cities. (abstract)

Mahin Rahman, Sara Meerow, Consolata Macharia, Olga Wilhelm, Cenlin He, Aaron Flores, Thomas Hopson, Aubrey Dugger, and Jennifer Boehnert. Spatial planning of urban vegetation: A sensitivity analysis of prioritization indicators in Phoenix, Arizona. (abstract)

Urban climate and air quality

Isaac Buo, Waqar Hassan Khan, Evan Crabtree, Fletcher Emmott, Devbrat Hariyani, Ariane Middel. Cool Routes: Real-time human thermal exposure routing. (abstract)

K .S. Eltze, T. S. Yoon, and J. C. Johnson, Examining the effects of simulated temperature differences in male and female black widows (Latrodectus hesperus), focusing on voracity and changes to their ontogenic stages. (abstract)

Gisel Guzman-Echavarria, Ariane Middel, Nicholas Ravanelli, Jose-Benito Rosales Chavez, Aaron Caldwell, Carson Metzler, Kendra Rentz, Mary Munoz, Melissa Guardaro, and Jennifer K. Vanos. Personal heat exposure as an expression of differential behavioral adaptation: Insights from older adults in a hot-arid city. (abstract)

Md. Farhan Asef Jit, Jared Jorde, and Paul Coseo. Roots of resilience: Developing a GIS-based green stormwater infrastructure database and performance framework for the CAP LTER study area. (abstract)

Waqar Hassan Khan, Isaac Buo, and Ariane Middel. Outdoor heat exposure: Assessing thermal walkability in three PASS neighborhoods. (abstract)

Chloe A Martz, Alex Vela, Kelsey Lyberger. Microclimates of Culex mosquitoes in desert regions. (abstract)

Protik Bose Pranto, Isaac Buo, and Ariane Middel. A scalable LiDAR-based framework for automated tree inventory and management. (abstract)

Pouya Shaeri, Yasaman Mohammadpour, and Ariane Middel. Data-driven analysis of playground use under varying weather conditions using MaRTiny. (abstract)

U. Tank and Paul Coseo. Urban shade qhere trees cannot grow: Everyday shade strategies from sidewalk to bus stop. (abstract)

Bin Xue, Jianing Zhang, Nancy B. Grimm, Elizabeth M. Cook, and Bingsheng Liu. Substantial but unequal effects of global blue and green spaces on human wellbeing. (abstract)