Concurrent Paper Session D
* Indicates Session Chair
D01 Land Change Science 2
Exploring Land Cover Change in the Oklahoma Cross Timbers
Emma L. Kuster and Renee A. McPherson
University of Oklahoma
Monitoring and Classifying Forest Disturbances in Southeastern Oklahoma from 2000 to 2011 using High Spatiotemporal Resolution Imagery
Trung V. Tran (1,3), Kirsten M. de Beurs (1,3), and Jason P. Julian (2,3)
(1) University of Oklahoma, (2) Texas State University – San Marcos, (3) Landscape Land Use Change Institute
A Unified Disturbance Analysis for Forests and Grasslands in New Zealand
Braden Owsley (1,3), Kirsten de Beurs (1,3), Jason Julian (2,3)
(1) University of Oklahoma, (2) Texas State University – San Marcos, (3) Landscape Land Use Change Institute
Agricultural and Residential Land-Use Effects on North Eastern Cross Timbers Forest Structure and Composition
Ingrid Dunn
University of North Texas
Agricultural Changes in European Russia: Implications for Food Security
*Kirsten M. de Beurs
University of Oklahoma
D02 Graduate Program Information Session
Participating Universities and Program Representatives:
Fort Hays State University - Keith Bremer
Kansas State University – Douglas Goodin
South Dakota State University – Darrell Napton
Texas State University – Paul Adams
University of Colorado Colorado Springs – John Harner, Emily Skop, and Curtis Holder
University of Montana - Christiane von Reichert
University of New Mexico - John Carr
University of New Orleans – Juana Ibanez
University of North Texas – Murray Rice
University of Oklahoma - Aondover Tarhule, Deborah Marsh, Fred Shelley, Darren Purcell
Oklahoma State University – Jon Comer
University of Texas – Paul Adams
University of Utah – George Hepner
D03 Sustainability
Littering in Context(s): Using a Spatially-based Experiment to Explore Geographic Differences in an Antisocial Behavior
*Russell Weaver
Texas State University – San Marcos
Comparative Analysis of Waste Management at Kansas State University and the University of Ghana, Legon
Matt DeCapo
Kansas State University
Learning Geography and Sustainability: A Focus Group Analysis
Ashlee Tziganuk and Travis Gliedt
University of Oklahoma
Plastic Bag Use Analysis in Denton, Texas
Ashley Carlisle and Amanda McDaniel
University of North Texas
Scaling Environmental Value: A Non-Profit and Business Comparison
Alex Lyakhov, Preston Hartman, and Travis Gliedt
University of Oklahoma
D04 Physical Geography 2
Mapping Spatial Distributions of Stream Power and Channel Change along a Gravel-bed River in Northern Yellowstone
*Devin M. Lea and Carl J. Legleiter
University of Wyoming
Distribution of Rock Glaciers in New Mexico with Potential Applications for Climate Research
Bryan Kinworthy
University of New Mexico
Remote Sensing for Monitoring Surface Coal Mine Reclamation in Drylands
Robert Sabie and Michaela Buenemann
New Mexico State University
A Volumetric Lake Hydrology of Devils Lake, North Dakota: 1950-2010
P.E. Todhunter
University of North Dakota
Dynamical Downscaling for Paleoclimate Simulations of Tropical Cyclones in the Last Glacial Maximum Using a 36-km WRF Tropical Channel Regional Climate Model
Jinwoong Yoo (1), Joseph Galewsky (1), Suzana J. Camargo (2), and Robert L. Korty (3)
(1) University of New Mexico, (2) Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, (3) Texas A & M University
D05 Political Ecology
Framing “Foothills in Flux”: Considering Wine and the Consumption and Production of Landscapes in the Sierra Nevada Foothills of California
*Colleen C. Hiner
Texas State University – San Marcos
Land Tenure and Tourism Development in Nicaragua: A Case Study from Playa Gigante
Anna G. Sveinsdóttir
University of Denver
Social and Environmental Impacts of Big-Leaf Mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla) Logging on Peruvian Indigenous Communities
Aaron A. P. Groth
University of Texas
Formalizing Indigenous Land Tenure in La Moskita, Honduras: The Value of Participatory Research Mapping in Identifying and Mitigating Conflict
Peter H. Herlihy, Taylor A. Tappan, Matthew L. Fahrenbruch, John H. Kelly, and Jerome Dobson
University of Kansas
Mobility and Sustainable Transportation in Latin America: Successes, Failures, and Diffusion of Ideas
Sylvia Arriaga Brady
University of Denver
