Examining Ecohydrological Feedbacks of Landscape Change Along Elevation Gradients in Semiarid Regions
Boise and Sun Valley, Idaho USA
4–8 October 2009
Conference Objectives
The purpose of this Chapman conference is to examine the ecohydrological feedbacks of landscape change along elevation gradients in semiarid regions. We will explicitly examine the ecohydrological changes taking place in these landscapes, across elevation and precipitation gradients. We propose the seemingly simple guiding question, “Are there ecohydrological trends across precipitation gradients?” and then focus our efforts on specifically contrasting the ecohydrology of spatially contiguous precipitation gradients (e.g., elevation gradients) with conceptually organized precipitation gradients (e.g., semiarid vs. more humid systems). Our goal is to help scientists from different disciplinary backgrounds and land managers better understand and address the substantial changes occurring in semiarid landscapes.
Conveners
Bradford P. Wilcox, Texas A&M University, USA
bwilcox@tamu.edu
Mark S. Seyfried, Northwest Watershed Research Center, USA
mark.seyfried@ars.usda.gov
Jeffrey J. McDonnell, Oregon State University, USA
jeff.mcdonnell@oregonstate.edu
Dave Breshears, University of Arizona, USA
daveb@email.arizona.edu
Program Committee
Amilcare Porporato, Duke University, USA, amilcare@duke.edu
Barbara Bond, Oregon State University, USA, barbara.bond@oregonstate.edu
Brent Newman, Int. Atomic Energy Agency, USA, b.newman@iaea.org
Danny Marks, Northwest Watershed Research Center, USA, ars.danny@gmail.com
David Williams, University of Wyoming, USA, dgw@uwyo.edu
Derek Eamus, University of Technology, USA, derek.eamus@uts.edu.au
Enrique Vivoni, Arizona State University, USA, vivoni@asu.edu
John Wainwright, University of Sheffield, UKj.wainwright@sheffield.ac.uk
Kelly Caylor, Princeton University, USA, kcaylor@princeton.edu
Russell Scott, Southwest Watershed Res. Center, USA
Travis Huxman, University of Arizona, USA, huxman@email.arizona.edu
Financial Sponsors
The conference organizers wish to gratefully acknowledge the generous support of the following sponsors for their substantial student support for this conference.
