H41H:
Emerging Issues in Ecohydrology, Agricultural Systems, Land Use Change, and Climate Change in the Tropics I
Session ID#: 10584
Session Description:
Tropical landscapes are remarkably variable, ranging from some of the wettest places on Earth such as humid lowland forests, to high elevation grasslands and even semiarid savannas. Tropical environments are also undergoing pronounced changes in response to persistent anthropogenic pressure, particularly with respect to changes in land use and climate. Three billion people worldwide live in tropical regions and depend on important ecosystem services, including freshwater resources and healthy ecosystems. While temperate regions have been the focus of much ecohydrology research, the tropics remain generally understudied. This session focuses on emerging ecohydrological issues in tropical environments. Research topics include but are not limited to (1) the influence of landscape characteristics on water cycling and storage; (2) atmosphere–landscape exchange of water, nutrients, and energy, (3) anthropogenic and climate change effects on the water cycle; and (4) interactions between plants, microbes, and water at various spatial and temporal scales.
Primary Convener: Diego A Riveros-Iregui, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Geography, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
Conveners: Ricardo de Oliveira Figueiredo, Embrapa Environment, Jaguariúna, Brazil, Jia Hu, University of Arizona, School of Natural Resources and the Environment, Tucson, AZ, United States and Timothy R Green, USDA ARS, Pendleton, OR, United States
Chairs: Diego A Riveros-Iregui, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Geography, Chapel Hill, NC, United States, Jia Hu, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, United States and Timothy R Green, USDA ARS, Pendleton, OR, United States
OSPA Liaison: Ricardo de Oliveira Figueiredo, EMBRAPA Brazilian Agricultural Research Corportation, Embrapa Meio Ambiente, Campinas, Brazil
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Abstracts Submitted to this Session:
Mark S. Johnson, University of British Columbia, Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Vancouver, BC, Canada; University of British Columbia, Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, Vancouver, BC, Canada, Alicia B. Speratti, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, Michael J Lathuilliere, Stockholm Environment Institute, Davis, CA, United States, Higo José Dalmagro, Universidade de Cuiabá, Cuiabá, Brazil and Eduardo G Couto, UFMT Federal University of Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, Brazil
Kathi Jo Jankowski1, Christopher Neill2, Eric A Davidson3, Marcia Macedo4, Ciniro Costa Jr.5, Gillian L Galford6, Michael Thomas Coe4, Christine O'Connell7, Paulo M Brando8,9, Paul Lefebvre10, Leonardo Maracahipes11, Darlisson Nunes11 and Richard McHorney2, (1)Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, United States, (2)Marine Biological Laboratory, Ecosystems Center, Woods Hole, MA, United States, (3)University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Appalachian Laboratory, Frostburg, MD, United States, (4)Woodwell Climate Research Center, Falmouth, United States, (5)CENA Center for Nuclear Energy in Agriculture, Piracicaba, Brazil, (6)University of Vermont, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, Burlington, United States, (7)University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN, United States, (8)Department of Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, United States, (9)Woodwell Climate Research Center, Falmouth, MA, 02540-1644, USA, Falmouth, MA, United States, (10)Woods Hole Research Center, Falmouth, MA, United States, (11)IPAM Amazon Environmental Research Institute, Brasilia, Brazil
Marcos Heil Costa1, Livia Cristina Pinto Dias1, Marcia Macedo2, Michael Thomas Coe2 and Christopher Neill3, (1)UFV Federal University of Vicosa, Vicosa, Brazil, (2)Woodwell Climate Research Center, Falmouth, United States, (3)Marine Biological Laboratory, Ecosystems Center, Woods Hole, MA, United States
Jeffrey E Richey1, Alex V Krusche2, Victoria Ballester2 and Rede Beija Rio, (1)University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States, (2)CENA Center for Nuclear Energy in Agriculture, Piracicaba, Brazil
Beverley Coghill Wemple, University of Vermont, Geography & Geosciences, Burlington, United States and Catherine Schloegel, Fundación Cordillera Tropical, Cuenca, Ecuador
Juan Camilo Villegas1, Juan Fernando Salazar2, Ruben Molina3 and Daniel A Mercado-Bettin2, (1)Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia, (2)GIGA, Escuela Ambiental, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín Colombia, Medellin, Colombia, (3)GIGA, Escuela Ambiental, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia, Medellín, Colombia
Morgan C Levy, University of California San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and School of Global Policy and Strategy, La Jolla, CA, United States, Alan Vaz Lopes, University of California Berkeley, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Berkeley, CA, United States, Avery Cohn, Tufts University, The Fletcher School, Medford, MA, United States and Sally E Thompson, University of California Berkeley, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Berkeley, CA, United States
Abigail L. S. Swann, University of Washington, Department of Atmospheric and Climate Science and Department of Biology, Seattle, United States, Marcos Longo, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division, Berkeley, CA, United States, Ryan G Knox, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States, Eunjee Lee, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States and Paul R Moorcroft, Harvard University, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Cambridge, MA, United States
