Collaboration Now for the Future: IV Conference on the Biodiversity and Management of the Madrean Archipelago

Abstract

This Proceedings contains the abstracts in English and Spanish of papers presented at the 4th conference on the Madrean Archipeligo held May 14-18, 2018, in Tucson, Arizona. it also contains several full-length papers that expand on the abstracts. The report presents updates on research presently going on in the Madrean Archipeligo region of Arizona, New Mexico, Sonora, and Chihuahua. The region is known as the “Sky Islands” of southern Arizona and New Mexico and the Sierra Madre Occidental of Sonora and Chihuahua. in between the mountain ranges are the grasslands and desert lands that form the “seas” that isolate the flora and fauna of the highlands. The wide range of ecosystems from the intermountain deserts and grasslands contribute to the high biodiversity of the region. Contributions to the Proceedings came from researchers in the USA, Mexico, and Portugal. Topics include climate, Madrean history, mammals, invertebrates, aquatic fauna, plants, hydrology, soils, riparian areas, herpetofauna, biodiversity, grasslands, fire, mining, monitoring, and other topics.

Titles contained within Collaboration Now for the Future: IV Conference on the Biodiversity and Management of the Madrean Archipelago

• Sister parks: Challenges and best practices for cross-border conservation in parks and protected areas
• Arizona's Clean Water Act protections are in “jurisdictional limbo"
• The decline of a Jaguar (Panthera onca) subpopulation in Sonora Mexico
• Scenario Planning Around Resource Challenges (SPARC): A management-centered approach to scenario planning for climate adaptation
• Velvet mesquite thinning to improve riparian forests
• Successes and challenges on a spectrum of stakeholder engagement
• Madrean discovery expeditions education program in Sonora, Mexico
• Dynamic range extensions of seven odonate species into Arizona
• Mammals of El Chilicote in the Sierra de los Ajos, Sonora, Mexico
• Breve recuento de fauna en el predio El Corralito, municipio de Moctezuma, Sonora
• Rancho la Motosa, un lugar especial para ensenar herpetologia
• Monitoring gila monster (Heloderma suspectum) populations in southeastern Cochise County, Arizona
• Defining suitable habitat and conservation status for the Tucson shovel-nosed snake (Chionactis annulata klauberi) in the Sonoran Desert
• Effects of beaver (Castor canadensis) herbivory and wildfire on foliage density and woody debris, San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area, Arizona
• Abundance of wild felids in the area of protection of flora and fauna Sierra de Alamos-Rio Cuchujaqui, Alamos, Sonora
• Monitoreo de Jaguar (Panthera onca) mediante la tecnica de foto-trampeo en la Reserva Jaguar del Norte, Sonora
• Madrean discovery expeditions program, Sonora, Mexico
• Presencia de curculionoidea en Mesa Tres Ríos, Sonora, Mexico
• Designing local citizen science projects to address scientific questions and contribute to collaborative conservation efforts
• Fire effects on the soils and hydrology of the Cascabel Watersheds in the Coronado National Forest, Madrean Archipeligo
• Conservation success on a landscape scale: Leslie Canyon National Wildlife Refuge
• Collapsible larval fish light trap using low-power LED light source
• GrottoCenter, searching for natural caves in the Sonoran Desert and beyond
• A statistical approach for watershed pairing to inform semi-arid watershed restoration and develop a regional ecosystem services program
• The beaver population status in the Upper San Pedro River Basin, Sonora
• The status of Buddleja sessiliflora (Scrophulariaceae) in Arizona
• Diversidad de mamíferos carnívoros en Rancho "La Volanta", Sonora, Mexico

Citation

Neary, D. G.; Gottfried, G. J., eds. 2022. Collaboration Now for the Future: IV Conference on the Biodiversity and Management of the Madrean Archipelago. Proceedings RMRS-P-79. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 495 p. https://doi.org/10.2737/RMRS-P-79.