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UC Oaks: Article

Oaks, Acorns, and Acorn Woodpeckers

September 10, 2025
By Michael Jones
by Walt  KoenigOaks ‘n Folks – Volume 15, Issue 1 – March 2000No species is more intimately associated with oaks than the acorn woodpecker, a common resident of oak woodlands throughout California. Acorn woodpeckers eat acorns directly off trees in the fall as acorns mature. More dramatically, they…
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Forensic entomologist Robert Kimsey on Alcatraz Island. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

A UC Davis Forensic Entomologist, a Museum Exhibit and a Panel Discussion

September 10, 2025
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
 Noted UC Davis forensic entomologist Robert “Bob” Kimsey, a past president of the North America Forensic Entomology Association (NAEA), retired from the Department of Entomology and Nematology faculty in June of 2024, but he hasn't retired from his research and public service.He will join seven death…
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Forensic entomologist Robert Kimsey on Alcatraz Island. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

A UC Davis Forensic Entomologist, a Museum Exhibit and a Panel Discussion

September 10, 2025
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
 Noted UC Davis forensic entomologist Robert “Bob” Kimsey, a past president of the North America Forensic Entomology Association (NAEA), retired from the Department of Entomology and Nematology faculty in June of 2024, but he hasn't retired from his research and public service.He will join seven death…
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UC Oaks: Article

Critters Along the Creekside

September 10, 2025
By Michael Jones
by Jodi HiltyOaks ‘n Folks – Volume 14, Issue 2 – August, 1999California’s expanding human development is causing extensive habitat fragmentation and an expanded urban-wildland interface that threaten wildlife conservation. Undisturbed areas become islands of habitat surrounded by development, and habitat…
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UC Oaks: Article

Wildlife Response to Different Kinds of Residential Development

September 10, 2025
By Michael Jones
by Adina Merenlender and Kerry HeiseOaks ‘n Folks – Volume 14, Issue 1 – March, 1999Residential development is expanding in California, resulting in a larger number of houses and roads in wooded areas. This increased demand for property in rural areas has resulted in land fragmentation and conversion of oak…
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UC Oaks: Article

Nesting Habitat of Red-Tailed Hawks in Oak Woodlands

September 10, 2025
By Michael Jones
 by Justin VreelandOaks ‘n Folks – Volume 12, Issue 2 – September, 1997Red-tailed hawks are a common resident of much of California’s oak woodlands.Large, powerful raptors, red-tailed hawks are a member of a group of birds called Buteos, sometimes called “buzzard hawks” for their soaring nature. The…
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UC Oaks: Article

The Black Rail: A New Resident of Oak Ecosystems

September 10, 2025
By Michael Jones
by Jerry TecklinOaks ‘n Folks – Volume 11, Issue 1 – June, 1996Oak woodlands provide habitat for California’s most diverse array of terrestrial wildlife. At least 331 vertebrate species utilize these habitats, including 160 species of birds. We can now expand this list with the addition of a very unexpected…
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