Principle Investigator: Dr. Valarie Eviner, Department of Plant Sciences University of California Davis, for more project information click here Range managers face increasing pressure to maximize forage quantity and quality while providing key ecosystem services.
Principle Investigator: Dr. Wendy Silver, ESPM University of California Berkeley, for more project information click here Management practices may have considerable potential to restore or increase grassland carbon stage and help mitigate climate change.
Principle Investigator: Dr. Katie Suding, ESPM University of California Berkeley, for more project information click here The Nutrient Network is a grassroots research effort with the aim of answering questions about human impacts on ecosystems across the globe.
Principle Investigator: Dr. Steve Beissinger , ESPM University of California Berkeley, for more project information click here Over the past decade, the status of the state-threatened Black Rail and the more common Virginia Rail has been studied in the Sierra Foothills.
Principal Investigator: Larry Forero, UCCE Shasta County Ionophores are frequently fed to improve beef cattle weight gain. Data from a replicated study in the Flint Hills of Kansas showed an increase of 0.30 lbs per day for treated cattle over control animals.
Principal Investigator: John Angelos, University of California, Davis Cattle industries throughout California and the USA are negatively impacted by IBK through reduced weight gain and high treatment costs.
Plant-soil feedbacks in medusahead invasion PI: Emily Farrer Californias grasslands are one of the most highly-invaded ecosystems on earth, with nonnative species comprising the vast majority of biomass produced on the landscape.
