CAP mentoring future wetland scientists

CAP Long-Term Ecological Research

CAP mentoring future wetland scientists

Christopher Sanchez, a University of Miami undergraduate student, has been working with CAP scientist Dan Childers for the last two summers on a project in the Tres Rios constructed wetlands.

CAP Ignite presentations

Who: You and your fellow CAP colleagues are invited to attend AND participate in CAP Ignite presentations and an end-of-semester celebration. What: CAP Ignite presentations are short, 2-3 minute presentations

CAP instrumental in forwarding urban heat island research

An interdisciplinary group of CAP researchers has been instrumental in studying the Phoenix urban heat island (UHI), creating a substantial and influential body of research, which is detailed in a

Long-Term Research reveals causes and consequences of environmental change

As the Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network enters its fourth decade, ecological scientists are taking stock of the contributions and future directions of the nation’s largest and longest running ecological research network.

CAP collaborates with Dance Initiative

CAP LTER’s Ecology Explorers program has begun a collaboration with Arizona State University’s Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts on an exciting new youth project that blurs the boundary

Help us identify nesting site locations for birds of prey

The Central Arizona Phoenix Long Term Ecological Research Project (CAP LTER) is conducting a nest site study of the various birds of prey (raptors) that choose to nest in and

CAP ASM poster winners announced

Winners of the 14th Annual Student Poster Competition that took place during the CAP All Scientists Meeting have been announced. This year, first place awards go to two posters: Elizabeth

Brenda Shears honored at CAP ASM

Brenda Shears was honored at the CAP All Scientists Meeting on January 13, 2012 at ASU's SkySong for her "many and varied contributions to the success of the CAP LTER

Initiative to study and restore mountain preserves wins competition

The Central Arizona-Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research (CAP LTER) program in the Global Institute of Sustainability at ASU and the Ecosystem Conservation and Resilience Initiative (ECRI) in the School of Life

14th Annual All Scientists Meeting and Poster Symposium

This year marks the fourteenth anniversary of the Central Arizona–Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research (CAP LTER) Project at Arizona State University. To celebrate our accomplishments and move forward toward new research

Urban heat riskscape research featured in Wired Magazine

Research by CAP scientists Darrel Jenerette, Sharon Harlan, Will Stefanov, and Chris Martin was featured in a recent online piece in Wired Magazine. The story focused on findings reported in

Call for abstracts for CAP LTER 14th Annual All Scientists Meeting

The Central Arizona–Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research Project (CAP LTER) is hosting its Fourteenth Annual All Scientists Meeting (Poster Symposium) to discuss current research and promote future research on urban socio-ecological