Dynamic Deserts

Deserts are increasingly becoming population centers, posing new challenges of resource uncertainty. Similarly, human modifications can result in dramatic effects on desert ecosystems. View from South Mountain, Phoenix, AZ, March of 2008, just after winter rains.

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Dynamic Deserts: Resource Uncertainty in Arid Environments

Overview

A timely, multidisciplinary conference on resource uncertainty in arid systems, Dynamic Deserts: Resource Uncertainty in Arid Environments is a graduate student proposed and organized conference supported by the Frontiers in Life Sciences program in Arizona State University’s School of Life Sciences. The purpose of this conference is to share knowledge and analytical approaches that address the unifying theme of resource uncertainty in deserts across multiple scales of biological and socioecological organization. This event promotes international, cross-disciplinary collaboration among leading scientists and graduate students along with natural resource managers, policy makers, and educators to generate both academic and applied advances. We invite you to join us for this exciting event February 26 – March 1, 2009 at Old Main, Carson Ballroom, Tempe Campus.

  • Day 1: Keynote, oral sessions, working groups, poster session
  • Day 2: Oral sessions, SOLS seminar, working groups, banquet & art show
  • Day 3: Oral sessions, working groups, photoGraphy discussion, closing remarks
  • Day 4: Field trip

School of Life Sciences
Arizona State University
Tempe, Arizona

Abstract submission deadline: January 15, 2009
Early registration deadline: January 1, 2009
Late registration deadline: February 1, 2009

For additional information, contact us at resource.uncertainty@gmail.com