COS 125
Sustainability: Urban Systems

Thursday, August 14, 2014: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
Bondi, Sheraton Hotel
1:30 PM
COS 125-1
 Assessing the impact of gardening practices and pesticide use on butterflies and bumblebees in private gardens
Benoît Fontaine, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle; Audrey Muratet, ODBU; Romain Julliard, UMR 7204 CESCO Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle
1:50 PM
COS 125-2
 Carbon Lost vs. carbon gained:  A study of carbon tradeoffs among land uses in Phoenix, AZ, reveals the inadequacy of statistical spatial scaling techniques and the need for new methodologies for understanding carbon dynamics across cities
Melissa R. McHale, North Carolina State University; Anandamayee Majumdar, University of Soochow; Nancy Grimm, Arizona State University
2:10 PM
COS 125-3
 Water on an urban planet: urbanization, drinking water, and source watershed conservation
Robert I. McDonald, The Nature Conservancy
2:30 PM
COS 125-4
 Characterizing the impacts of fugitive methane emissions from natural gas distribution infrastructure in urban ecosystems
Margaret Hendrick, Boston University; Robert Ackley, Gas Safety Inc.; Bahareh Sanaiemovahed, Boston University; Xiaojing Tang, Boston University; Nathan Phillips, Boston University
2:50 PM
COS 125-5
 Building resiliency of urban and near-urban ecosystems through transportation planning: A hope or a hype?
Namrata Shrestha, Toronto and Region Conservation Authority
3:10 PM
COS 125-
 Break
3:20 PM
COS 125-6
 Photosynthetic capacity of common tree species under conditions of soil metal induced stress within an urban brownfield
Frank J. Gallagher, Rutgers University; Karina VR Schafer, Rutgers University Newark; Jason C. Grabosky, Rutgers University; Allyson B. Salisbury, Rutgers University
3:40 PM
COS 125-7
 Relationship between management of green spaces at business sites and quality of the biodiversity they host
Hortense Serret, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle; Alan Vergnes, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle; Philippe Clergeau, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle; Richard Raymond, Université Paris 1; Nathalie Machon, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle
4:00 PM
COS 125-8
 Pollinator community structure in the shrinking city
Gerardo R. Camilo, Saint Louis Zoo; Paige a. Muñiz, State of Missouri; Alex Vavra, Saint Louis University; Lauren M. Merchant, Saint Louis University
4:20 PM
COS 125-9
 The city as a living laboratory for innovative ecological learning
Timothy Carter, Butler University; John Fraser, New Knowledge Organization Ltd; Mary Miss, Mary Miss / City as Living Laboratory; Gabriel M. Filippelli, IUPUI
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