Presentations

Gomez Villegas, A., Stowe, H. E., Smart, A., Peterson, J. A. (2023, November). Pollinator community composition in conservation grasslands and adjacent croplands of west central Nebraska. Presentation at the 2023 Entomological Society of America annual meeting, National Harbor, MD.

Cronk, J., Muñoz-Arriola, F., & Panday, S. (2023, May). Setting and methodologies for modelling water quality degradation in overdrafted and drought-affected systems. Presentation at the 2023 Daugherty Water for Food Global Conference conference, Lincoln, NE.

Gomez Villegas, A., Smart, A., & Peterson, J. A. (2023, April). Pollination services in conservation grasslands and adjacent crop fields in West Central Nebraska. Presentation at the Entomological Society of America Pacific Branch meeting, Seattle, Washington.

McKinley, B., Koehler-Cole, K., Pacheco, G., & Basche, A. (2023, January). Determining the performance of cover crop cultivars grown as monocultures and mixtures. Presentation at the Midwest Cover Crop and South Dakota Soil Health Coalition Conference, Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Gomez Villegas, A., Tam, K., Stowe, H., Smart, A., & Peterson, J. A. (2022, November). Land use effects on pollinator composition in conservation grasslands and adjacent croplands in west central Nebraska. Presentation at the Entomological Society of America Joint Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada.

Incarnato, M. M. N., Velez, A. M., & Montooth, K. L (2022, November). Evaluation of different environments on monarch success in the context of seasonal plasticity in migration physiology. Presentation at the Entomological Society of America Joint Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada.

Thompson, S., Haacker, R., & LaGrange, T. (2022, October). Examination of daily and subdaily water level changes in Rainwater Basin wetlands. Presentation at the 3^rd Playa Research Symposium, Kearney, NE.

Chan, C. (2022, October). Spectral diversity as a proxy of forest biodiversity. Presentation at the William T. Pecora Memorial Remote Sensing Symposium, Denver, CO.

Carranza, K., Allen, C., Meredith, G., Muñoz-Arriola, F., Doan Crider, D., & Boyd Valandra, E. (2022, August). Assessing socioecological interactions and resilience with an ecosystem services framework. Poster presentation at the Ecological Society of America & Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution Meeting, Montréal, Québec, Canada.

Chan, C. (2022, August). Estimating forest biodiversity using airborne imaging spectroscopy. Poster presentation at the Ecological Society of America & Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution Meeting, Montréal, Québec, Canada.

Madsen, A., Chaine, A., Lyon, B., & Shizuka, D. (2022, July). Social partners influence inter-annual space use in the golden-crowned sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla). Virtual presentation at the Animal Behavior Society Annual Meeting.

Madsen, A., Brierly, A., de Aquino, M., Chaine, A., Lyon, B., & Shizuka, D. (2022, June-July). Social learning and memory in a migratory passerine, the golden-crowned sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla). Presentation at the American Ornithological Society Annual Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Carranza, K. (2022, May). Exploring socioecological strategies for advancing rangeland resilience in the Northern Great Plains. Presentation at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Beef Committee Meeting, Lincoln, NE.

Gomez Villegas, A., Tam, K., Smart, A., & Peterson, J.A. (2022, March). Pollinator communities in central Nebraska conservation grasslands and adjacent agroecosystems. Presentation at the Entomological Society of America North Central Branch meeting, Minneapolis, MN.

Quiñones, R. (2022, February). Accurate co-segmentation in high-throughput and high-dimensional plant image sequences. Presentation at the North American Plant Phenotyping Network Annual Conference, Athens, GA.

Quiñones, R. (2022, February). CoPPNet: A cosegmentation-based deep learning network for accurate foreground segmentation in plant imagery. Presentation at the North American Plant Phenotyping Network Annual Conference, Athens, GA.

Carranza, K. (2022, February). Advancing resilience through transdisciplinary collaboration. Virtual presentation at the INFEWS PI Synthesis Workshop, Princeton University, NJ.

Shyaka, M., Quiñones, R., & Munoz-Arriola, F. (2022, January). Hydroclimate data improvement for extreme-event diagnostics in Rwanda using Random Forest. Virtual presentation at the 21st Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science sponsored by the American Meteorological Society, Houston, TX.

Quiñones, R., Munoz-Arriola, F., Das Choudhury, S., & Samal, A. (2022, January). Advancing detection of dynamic environmental effects on plants using computer vision analytics in high-throughput phenotyping facilities. Virtual presentation at the 21st Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science sponsored by the American Meteorological Society, Houston, TX.

Sarzaeim, P., Aslam, H., & Quiñones, R. (2022, January). Development of climatic spatiotemporal and analytical visualization for maize response to climate. Virtual presentation at the 21st Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science sponsored by the American Meteorological Society, Houston, TX.

Barnes, C. (2021, October). Comparing variations in landowner attitudes toward eastern redcedar and prescribed fire among three Nebraska ecoregions. Virtual presentation at the Nebraska Natural Legacy Conference.

Bird, K. I. T., Uden, D. R., Basche, A., & Allen, C. R.  (2021, October). Importance of scale in evaluating landscape connectivity: An examination of wetland habitat in the Central Platte River Valley. Virtual presentation at the Nebraska Natural Legacy Conference.

Ludwig, A. (2021, October). The role of extreme fire in grassland restoration for the threatened American burying beetle (Nicrophorus americanus). Virtual presentation at the Nebraska Natural Legacy Conference.

Morales, D. (2021, October). Rural versus urban perspectives on management of natural resources in Nebraska. Virtual presentation at the Nebraska Natural Legacy Conference.

Quiñones, R., Munoz-Arriola, F., Das Choudhury, S., & Samal, A. (2021, September). Advancing plant-response diagnostics and computer vision analytics using high-throughput phenotyping facilities. Virtual presentation at the Midwest Women in Science Conference. 

Bird, K. I. T., Uden, D. R., Basche, A., & Allen, C. R. (2021, September). Importance of scale in evaluating landscape connectivity: An examination of wetland habitat in the Central Platte River Valley, U.S.A. Virtual presentation at the Midwest Women in Science Conference. 

Madsen, A., de Aquino, M., Chaine, A., Lyon, B., & Shizuka, D. (2021, August). Social learning of a novel foraging task in golden-crowned sparrows. Virtual presentation at the Animal Behavior Society Annual Meeting.

Hogan, K. F. E., Helzer, C. J., Brassil, C. E., Wedin, D. A., & Allen, C. R. (2021, July-August). Interdecadal plant diversity is persistent across different high-diversity working grassland restorations. Virtual presentation at the National Conference on Ecosystem Restoration.

Madsen, A., de Aquino, M., Chaine, A., Lyon, B., & Shizuka, D. (2021, July). Dominance and social learning in golden-crowned sparrows. Virtual presentation at the Early-career Social Learning Researchers 4th Annual Workshop.

Madsen, A., de Aquino, M., Chaine, A., Lyon, B., & Shizuka, D. (2021, April). Social learning of a novel foraging task in golden-crowned sparrows. Virtual presentation at the BioGSA Research Symposium.

Chavez, A., Castro, J. I. A., Parisoto, G., & Lima, A. C. M. (2021, January). Climatic factors affecting soybean production systems in Brazil and the USA. Virtual presentation at the 101^st Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society.

James, S. (2021, January). Identifying underreporting of crash data on Native American reservations: A case study of Thurston County, Nebraska. Virtual presentation to the Native American Transportation Issues Committee at the 100th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board.

Barnes, C. (2020, December). Legislation in invasive species management. Virtual presentation at the 2020 Center for Grassland Studies Fall Seminar Series.

Hogan, K. F. E., Helzer, C. J., Allen, C. R. (2020, December). Inter-decadal plant richness and diversity trends in high-diversity grassland restorations, Nebraska, USA. Virtual presentation at the Ecological Society of Australia's 60th Anniversary Conference.

Chan, C., Nelson, P., Hayes, D., Hanavan, R., & Smith, K. (2020, October). Airborne hyperspectral data application in stress detection of ash trees. Virtual presentation at the Society of American Foresters National Convention.

James, S. (2020, October). Beyond a 4-year degree: Interviews and snapshots. Virtual presentation to the Mid-America Transportation Center (MATC) Scholars Program.

James, S. (2020, October). Crash reporting in Thurston County. Lightning talk at the virtual American Council of Engineering Companies Fall Conference.

Barnes, C., & Twidwell, D. (2020, October). Overcoming a rigidity trap and retooling our natural resources framework to address rapid environmental change on the Great Plains. Virtual presentation at the Nebraska Natural Legacy Conference.

Ludwig, A., Uden, D., Roberts, C., & Twidwell, D. (2020, October). Screening landcover types on a shifting landscape that supports the endangered American burying beetle (Nicrophorus americanus). Virtual presentation at the Nebraska Natural Legacy Conference.

Bird, K. (2020, October). Fire as a driver between two tipping points in the Nebraska Sandhills: Management approaches and implications. Virtual presentation at the International Science Meeting of the Resilience Alliance.

Chan, C. (2020, October). Remote sensing exploration in resilience research. Virtual presentation at the International Science Meeting of the Resilience Alliance.

Chavez, A. (2020, October). Identifying the human drivers for ecological droughts. Virtual presentation at the International Science Meeting of the Resilience Alliance.

Cristiano, D. (2020, October). Predicting the bite: Improving adaptive capacity of social-ecological systems against wildlife disease issues. Virtual presentation at the International Science Meeting of the Resilience Alliance.

James, S. (2020, October). Why low crash rates on Native American reservations can actually be a bad thing. Virtual presentation at the International Science Meeting of the Resilience Alliance.

Lewis-Jones, B. (2020, October). Viewing resilience in 3D: Incorporating resilience theory in the classroom. Virtual presentation at the International Science Meeting of the Resilience Alliance.

Madsen, A. (2020, October). Cross-scale resilience of culture in animal societies. Virtual presentation at the International Science Meeting of the Resilience Alliance.

Morales, D. (2020, October). Who or what is responsible for managing for resilience. Virtual presentation at the International Science Meeting of the Resilience Alliance.

Quiñones, R. (2020, October). A 2D multi-agent simulation model for root water uptake. Virtual presentation at the International Science Meeting of the Resilience Alliance.

Thompson, S. (2020, October). Rainwater basins. Virtual presentation at the International Science Meeting of the Resilience Alliance.

Wszola, L. (2020, August). Interactive visualization for conservation decision support. Virtual invited talk at the Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting.

Fowler, J. A. (2020, June). Council for Resilience Education. Virtual presentation at the annual meeting of the External Advisory Board of the National Science Foundation Research Traineeship, Lincoln, NE.

Ludwig, A. K. (2020, June). Imaging system and taxonomy for carrion beetle identification. Virtual presentation at the annual meeting of the External Advisory Board of the National Science Foundation Research Traineeship, Lincoln, NE.

Ludwig, A. K., Uden, D. R., & Twidwell, D. (2019, December). Prescribed fire as a land management tool for the endangered American burying beetle. Poster session and lightning presentation at the 2019 Nebraska Prescribed Fire Conference, Kearney, NE.

Kirsch, B., Basche, A., & Corman, J. (2019, November). Impact of agricultural land use and weather on water quality. Poster session presented at the Tri-Societies (ASA-CSSA-SSSA) International Annual Meeting in San Antonio, TX.

Kirsch, B., Corman, J., & Basche, A. (2019, October). Making it rain: Using rainfall simulators to investigate land use effect on runoff composition. Poster session presented at the Great Plains Limnology Conference at Iowa State University, Ames, IA.

James, S. (2019, October). Native people and your success. Panel at the Mid-America Transportation Center’s 2019 Scholars Program at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE.

Barnes, C., & Twidwell, D. (2019, October). The lost history of eastern redcedar management for cedar-apple rust in Nebraska. Presentation at the 9th Annual Nebraska Natural Legacy Conference, Gering, NE.

Ludwig, A. K., Uden, D. R., & Twidwell, D. (2019, October). Effects of regime shift on the endangered American burying beetle in Nebraska's Loess Canyons. Presentation at the 9th Annual Nebraska Natural Legacy Conference, Gering, NE.

Wszola, L. S., Hogan, K. F. E., Khan, M., Fowler, J. A., Barnes, C. D., Castillo, J., Fill, C. T., Johnson, J. E., Kirsch, B. A., Ludwig, A. K, Rico, D. A., Allen, C. R., & Twidwell, D. (2019, September). Resilience converges. Poster session presented at the National Science Foundation’s 2019 NRT Annual Meeting, Evanston, IL.

Fill, C. T. (2019, September). Monitoring threatened northern long-eared bats in southeast Nebraska. Presentation at the annual meeting of the Nebraska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE.

Hogan, K. F. E. (2019, September). Variation drivers in prairie restorations. Presentation at the annual meeting of the Nebraska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE.

Rico, D. A. (2019, September). Daring to dream. Presentation to high school students in the Academy of Engineering & Technology at Grand Island Senior High School, Grand Island, NE.

Wszola, L. S. (2019, September). Evolving regulations for a changing world. Presentation at the Joint Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society and The Wildlife Society, Reno, NV. 

Wszola, L. S. (2019, August). Using bad data for good: Simulating detection uncertainty for spatial analysis planning. Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Louisville, KY.

Rico, D. A., Detweiler, C., Elbaum, S., & Munoz-Arriola, F. (2019, July). Power-tethered UAS network for indefinite data acquisition to increase agricultural resilience in the Platte River Basin. Poster session presented at the 2019 ASABE Annual International Meeting, Boston, MA.

Rico, D. A., Detweiler, C., Elbaum, S., & Munoz-Arriola, F. (2019, April). Power-tethered UAS network for indefinite data acquisition to increase agricultural resilience in the Platte River Basin. Poster session presented at the 2019 Daugherty Water for Food Institute Global Conference, Lincoln, NE.

Barnes, C. D., & Twidwell, D. (2019, April). Integrating resilience into law, policy, and science to better manage Nebraska grasslands. Poster session presented at the Spring Research Fair at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE.

Ludwig, A. K., Fill, C., & Twidwell, D. (2019, April). Developing abundance landscapes of the federally endangered American burying beetle to inform land managers in the Loess Canyons. Poster session presented at the Spring Research Fair at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE.

Kirsch, B., Basche, A., & Corman, J. (2019, April). Impact of agricultural land use and weather on water quality. Poster session presented at the Spring Research Fair at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE.

Rico, D. A., Detweiler, C., Elbaum, S., & Munoz-Arriola, F. (2019, April). Power-tethered UAS network for indefinite data acquisition to increase agricultural resilience in the Platte River Basin. Poster session presented at the Spring Research Fair at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE.

Barnes, C. D., & Twidwell, D. (2019, February). Navigating rigidity traps at the nexus of law, policy and science to foster resilient rangelands. Poster session presented at the 2019 Society for Range Management Conference, Minneapolis, MN.

Ludwig, A. K., & Twidwell, D. (2019, February). Landscape changes, land management, and the endangered American burying beetle in Nebraska. Poster session presented at the 2019 Society for Range Management Conference, Minneapolis, MN.

Barnes, C. D., & Twidwell, D. (2018, December).  Overcoming stationarity: Legal challenges and opportunities for resilient grasslands. Poster session presented at the 2018 Nebraska Prescribed Fire Conference, Kearney, NE.

Fowler, J., Drijber, R., & Awada, T. (2018, December).  Eastern redcedar invasion and management in grasslands may have long-term implications for soil health and resilience. Poster session presented at the 2018 Nebraska Prescribed Fire Conference, Kearney, NE.

Ludwig, A. K., & Twidwell, D. (2018, December).  Implications of prescribed fire on the endangered American burying beetle in the Loess Canyons. Poster session presented at the 2018 Nebraska Prescribed Fire Conference, Kearney, NE.

Roberts, C., Fogarty, D., Hogan, K., Burnett, J., Uden, D., Donovan, V., Ellerman, H., Fill, C., Whitby, M., Allen, C., & Twidwell, D. (2018, December).  Grassland bird conservation and fire policies: Do they align? Poster session presented at the 2018 Nebraska Prescribed Fire Conference, Kearney, NE.

Khan, M., Munoz-Arriola, F., & Clarke, J. (2018, October).  Assessment of hydrologic regime shifts in the Mississippi River basin.  Poster session presented at the Water Resources of the U.S. Great Plains Region: Status and Future regional symposium of the National Institutes for Water Resources, Lincoln, NE. 

Rico, D. A., Detweiler, C., Elbaum, S., & Munoz-Arriola, F. (2018, October).  Power-tethered UAS network for indefinite data acquisition to increase agricultural resilience in the Platte River Basin. Poster session presented at the Water Resources of the U.S. Great Plains Region: Status and Future regional symposium of the National Institutes for Water Resources, Lincoln, NE.

Kirsch, B., Helmers, M., & Corman, J. (2018, October). Performance of nitrate-N removal in a small, field-scale wetland. Poster session presented at the Great Plains Limnology Conference at the University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS.

Fill, C. T. (2018, October). Spatial and temporal patterns of bat activity in Nebraska agricultural landscapes. Presentation at the annual meeting of the Nebraska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE.

Hogan, K. F. (2018, October). Seasonal pollinator resources in restored grasslands. Presentation at the annual meeting of the Nebraska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE.

Barnes, C. D., Rico, D. A., & Munoz-Arriola, F. (2018, September). Technologic development and policy studies for resilient FEWES systems. Poster session presented at the National Science Foundation's 2018 NRT Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.

Khan, M., Munoz-Arriola, F., & Clarke, J. (2018, September). Assessment of hydrologic regime shifts at basin scale over the contiguous United States. Poster session presented at the Midwest Big Data Hub Digital Agriculture Conference at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE.

Rico, D. A., Detweiler, C., Elbaum, S., & Munoz-Arriola, F. (2018, September). Power-tethered UAS network for indefinite data acquisition to increase agricultural resilience in the Platte River Basin. Poster session presented at the Midwest Big Data Hub Digital Agriculture Conference at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE.

Rico, D. A. (2018, September). Informal talks and demonstrations about the current state of his drone research to alumni of the Computer Science and Engineering Department at their 50th anniversary celebration at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE.

Barnes, C. D., & Twidwell, D. (2018, April). Legal challenges and opportunities to manage grasslands for resilience.  Poster session presented at the Great Plains Grasslands Summit Conference, Denver, CO.