{"id":1475,"date":"2026-08-02T10:46:40","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T17:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/richardson-lab.nau.edu\/?p=1475"},"modified":"2026-08-02T14:10:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T21:10:46","slug":"oscar-presents-at-esa-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richardson-lab.nau.edu\/?p=1475","title":{"rendered":"Oscar presents at ESA 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oscar drove up to Salt Lake City to participate in the 111th annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America. He presented two posters, &#8220;Stem freeze-thaw cycles in an evergreen woodland and its control on winter water use and photosynthesis&#8221; and &#8220;Using open-access&nbsp;PhenoCamimagery and data for science outreach and education in elementary to university-level classrooms.&#8221; Visitors to his posters included friends and collaborators Drew Peltier and his group from UNLV, Barry Logan from Bowdoin, Marguerite Mauritz from UTEP, and Lin Meng from Vanderbilt. 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