
Aaron Lien
- Assistant Professor, Rangeland Ecology and Adaptive Management
Contact
- (520) 626-9868
- Environment and Natural Res. 2, Rm. N355
- Tucson, AZ 85719
- alien@email.arizona.edu
Degrees
- Ph.D. Arid Land Resources Sciences
- University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States
- Incentives for Ecosystem Services on Rangelands: Institutional Design and Stakeholder Attitudes
Interests
No activities entered.
Courses
2020-21 Courses
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Rangeland Plnt Comm West
RAM 382 (Spring 2021)
2019-20 Courses
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Conservation and Agriculture
RAM 340 (Spring 2020) -
Conservation and Agriculture
RNR 340 (Spring 2020)
2018-19 Courses
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Conservation and Agriculture
RAM 340 (Spring 2019)
2017-18 Courses
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Conservation and Agriculture
RAM 340 (Spring 2018)
2016-17 Courses
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Nat Resource Policy+Law
RNR 480 (Spring 2017) -
Nat Resource Policy+Law
RNR 580 (Spring 2017) -
Natural Resources Seminr
RNR 496B (Spring 2017)
Scholarly Contributions
Journals/Publications
- Epstein, G., Morrison, T., Lien, A., Gurney, G., Cole, D., Delaroche, M., Tomas, S., Ban, N., & Cox, M. (2020). Historical legacies and the diagnosis of complex social-ecological systems. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability.
- Garnett, S., Christidis, L., Conix, S., Costello, M., Zachos, F., Banki, O., Bao, Y., Barik, S., Buckeridge, J., Hobern, D., Lien, A., Montgomery, N., Nikoleava, S., Pyle, R., Thomson, S., van Dyck, P. P., Whalen, A., Zhang, Z., & Thiele, K. (2020). Principles for creating a single authoritative list of the world’s taxa. PLOS Biology.
- Lien, A. (2020). The Institutional Grammar Tool in Policy Analysis and Applications to Resilience Research. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2020.02.004
- Lien, A., Ulibarri, C., Vanasco, W., Bonar, S., Ruyle, G. B., & Lopez Hoffman, L. (2019). Opportunities and barriers for endangered species conservation using payments for ecosystem services. Biological Conservation. doi:doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2019.01.017
- Haefele, M., Loomis, J., Semmens, D., Dubovsky, J., Wiederholt, R., Thogmartin, W., Huang, T., Lien, A., McCracken, G., Merideth, R., & Lopez Hoffman, L. (2018). Willingness to pay for conservation of transborder migratory species: A case study of the Mexican free-tailed bat in the United States and Mexico. Environmental Management.
Presentations
- Lien, A., & Baldwin, E. (2020, February). Cooperation and collective action for buffelgrass mitigation in southern Arizona. Society of Range Management Annual Conference. Denver, CO: Society of Range Management.
- Ernst, K. C., Ernst, K. C., Enquist, B. J., Enquist, B. J., Ferguson, D. B., Ferguson, D. B., Merideth, R., Merideth, R., Park, D. T., Park, D. T., Dang, T., Dang, T., Nuñez-Regueiro, M. M., Nuñez-Regueiro, M. M., Baldwin, E., Baldwin, E., Soto, J. R., Soto, J. R., Breshears, D. D., , Breshears, D. D., et al. (2018, June). Crops in a Changing World: Hidden Forest-Agriculture Teleconnections. 5th European Congress of Conservation Biology. Jyväskylä, Finland: European Congress of Conservation Biology.
- Lien, A., Johnson, M., & Lopez Hoffman, L. (2017, March). Barriers Associated with the Environmental Quality Incentives Program: Case Study on the Hopi Indian Reservation. Farm Bill 2018: Policy, Politics, and Potential. Washington DC.
- Lien, A., Merideth, R., Ruyle, G. B., & Lopez Hoffman, L. (2017, November). Impacts of adapative management on southwestern rangelands. National Institute for Food and Agriculture Project Directors Meeting. Tampa, FL.
- Lien, A., Ruyle, G. B., Robbins-Sherman, N., Libby, K., & Lopez Hoffman, L. (2017, January). Bringing Dark Data into the Light: Mining US Forest Service Records for Trends in Management and Ecological Change. Society of Range Management Annual Meeting. St. George, UT.
- Lien, A., Ruyle, G. B., Robbins-Sherman, N., Libby, K., & Lopez Hoffman, L. (2017, January). Impacts of Adaptive Management on Southwestern Rangelands. Arizona Section of the Society of Range Management Winter Meeting. Tucson, AZ.
- Lien, A., Ruyle, G. B., Robbins-Sherman, N., Libby, K., & Lopez Hoffman, L. (2017, Januray). Measuring Ecosystem Services Provided by Adaptive Management on Southwestern Rangelands. Society of Range Management Annual Meeting. St. George, UT.
Poster Presentations
- Lien, A., Dosamontes, E., Conley, J., Hutchinson, B. S., Howery, L. D., Ruyle, G. B., Noelle, S. M., Pfander, J. L., Brischke, A. S., Grace, J. L., Hall, A. L., Mcreynolds, K. H., & Schlau, J. (2020, February). Exploring public lands grazing: redesigning the Global Rangelands website to effectively reach multiple audiences. Society of Range Management Annual Conference. Denver, CO: Society of Range Management.
- Lopez Hoffman, L., Soto, J. R., Nuñez-Regueiro, M. M., Laguë, M. M., Baldwin, E., Derbridge, J. J., Breshears, D. D., Swann, A. L., Huang, T., Lien, A., & Feng, X. (2018, August). How does forest die-off affect agriculture thousands of miles away? Revealing the hidden teleconnected network of NEON domains. Ecological Society of America 2018. New Orleans, LA: Ecological Society of America.