We invite you to submit an abstract for a session linking biogeochemistry and biogeography in urban landscapes at next spring's AAG meeting. We hope to fill two sessions.
Annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers (AAG) Los Angeles, California, 9-13 April 2013 Urban Ecosystems: Linking Biogeography and Biogeochemistry (I and II) Organizers: Erika Marín-Spiotta, University of Wisconsin-Madison Emily Atkinson, University of Wisconsin-Madison Alexandra Ponette-González, University of North Texas Daniela Cusack, University of California, Los Angeles Urban ecosystems have a distinct and complex ecology, possessing unique biophysical characteristics while hosting a majority of the global human population. Increasing human pressure makes these stressed systems research priorities as we seek to understand how their structure and function can have significant consequences for ecosystem processes and services. This session will bring together research on plant, soil, nutrient and hydrological dynamics in human-dominated urban ecosystems so that we may address links between biodiversity and ecosystem function and introduce new ideas regarding drivers of plant-soil processes, productivity, hydro-ecological processes and biogeochemical cycling in these systems. We invite studies that measure plant, soil, nutrient and hydrological dynamics in urban ecosystems and address topics such as biodiversity patterns, carbon and nitrogen cycling, urban-rural ecological gradients, hydro-ecology and trace gas fluxes. Please send 250 word abstracts to Erika Marín-Spiotta <[email protected]> or Emily Atkinson <[email protected]> by October 19, 2012. Detailed abstract guidelines can be found here: <http://www.aag.org/cs/annualmeeting/call_for_papers/abstract_guidelines>. Thank you for your consideration. -- Erika Marín-Spiotta Assistant Professor Department of Geography University of Wisconsin-Madison 550 North Park Street Madison, WI 53706 [email protected] Office/lab: Science Hall 223/230 Lab phone: (608) 262-1855 Visit the Biogeolab website: http://www.marinspiotta.com For personal communications: [email protected] Check out the new Wisconsin Ecology website: http://www.ecology.wisc.edu/
