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UC Oaks: Article

Integrating Information at State, Regional and Local Scales: An Essential Step for Watershed Management, Restoration, and Monitoring

September 9, 2025
By Michael Jones
by Adina M. Merenlender and Colin BrooksOaks ‘n Folks – Volume 12, Issue 2 – September, 1997Integrating Information at State, Regional and Local Scales: An Essential Step for Watershed Management, Restoration, and MonitoringWatersheds are landscape mosaics; therefore, watershed structure and function is…
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Vernal Pools in Oak Woodlands: Puddles or Unique Habitats?

September 9, 2025
By Michael Jones
by Adina Merenlender, Gregory A. Giusti, and Kerry HeiseOaks ’n Folks – Volume 11, Issue 2 – September, 1996Puddles or Unique Habitats?Vernal pools are seasonal bodies of water that form in shallow depressions following winter rains. Because of an underlying hard pan layer, water may persist for several…
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UC Oaks: Article

Acorn Production by California Oaks

September 9, 2025
By Michael Jones
by Jean Knoops and Walt  KoenigOaks ’n Folks – Volume 10, Issue 1 – April 1995As one of the most abundant natural food resources in California, acorns provide food for a vast array of wildlife from scrub jays to mule deer and were formerly a staple of Native Californians, making up over half the diet of…
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UC Oaks: Article

Nutrient Cycling in California

September 9, 2025
By Michael Jones
by Randy  DahlgrenOaks ’n Folks – Volume 9, Issue 1 – April 1994Introduction Are oak trees an important component for sustaining ecosystem productivity in California oak woodlands? A research project sponsored by the Integrated Hardwood Range Management Program examining nutrient cycling is showing…
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Historic Distribution of Oaks from Pollen Analyses

September 9, 2025
By Michael Jones
by Eric Edlin, Roger Byrne, and Scott MensingOaks ’n Folks – Volume 8, Issue 2 – November 1993 A recent study funded by the IHRMP utilized pollen analysis to reconstruct the structure and abundance of oak woodlands in California on two different time scales: the late Quaternary period covering the last…
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A Hardwood Rangeland Classification System for California

September 9, 2025
By Michael Jones
by B.H. Allen-DiasOaks ’n Folks – Volume 5, Issue 1 – June, 1990IntroductionAn ecologically-based hardwood rangeland classification system for California provides private landowners, land managers, and researchers a unifying framework from which known ecological and management information can be retrieved…
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Blue Oaks Grow Slowly

September 9, 2025
By Michael Jones
by Doug McCrearyOaks ’n Folks – Volume 5, Issue 1 – June, 1990IntroductionHow old are the oak trees that cover the rolling foothills of California? When did the solitary giant valley oaks scattered in the central basin of the state originate and how long can we expect these trees to remain alive? These are…
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Canyon Live Oak-Current and Historical Perspective

September 9, 2025
By Michael Jones
by Melody A. Lardner and Susan C. BarroOaks ’n Folks – Volume 3, Issue 1 – May, 1988IntroductionQuercus chrysolepis, or canyon live oak (also known as gold-cup oak, laurel oak, or maul oak), occurs in a greater variety of habitats than any other California oak. It is present in forest, woodland, and…
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