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Impact of a drying climate on California Rangeland Drought is a common occurrence in California but progressively warming air temperatures due to climate change may fundamentally alter how these common years of below average precipitation impact agriculture and natural resources in California.
Sierra Foothill Research and Extension Center is excited to share a new opportunity for long-term oak woodland restoration and research! Throughout California, ranchers and researchers are taking steps to restore previously cleared rangeland to its native state.
Principal Investigator: Loralee Larios Determining the factors that regulate plant abundance and composition has been a long-standing endeavor for ecologists.
Principal Investigator: John Angelos Infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis (IBK; pinkeye) is the most common eye disease of US cattle. Characterized by a painful corneal ulcer, IBK can cause permanent visual impairment and even blindness due to eyeball rupture in severe cases.
Blue oak restoration Small mammals and community assembly Intranasal Moraxella bovis/Moraxella bovoculi native cytotoxin vaccine to prevent naturally occurring infectious bovine kertoconjunctivitis Quantifying cost and benefits of early weaning as a drought management strategy Infrastructure to meas...
Principal Investigator : Jeremy James Blue oak (Quercus douglasii) is one of the most widespread oak species in the lower elevation sierra foothill and coast range, providing critical habitat for numerous species and representing an important functional group in theses systems.
Principal Investigator: Valerie Eviner In most ecosystems, litter senesced at the end of the growing season is assumed to be the main source of carbon and recycled nutrients.
Principal Investigator: Jeremy James Between 2012 and 2014 the California Floristic Province, a priority hot spot for global biodiversity conservation, has experienced the hottest and driest period on record.
Principal Investigator: Dan Macon Evidence is rapidly mounting indicating that co-occurring periods of precipitation deficit and warm temperatures are human caused and likely to increase over the next century resulting in levels of drought intensity and duration rivaling those documented in the pale...
Principal Investigator: Elsa Cleland Our experiment at Sierra Foothill is one of more than 70 replicated experiments on 6 continents in the globally-distributed Nutrient Network One goal of this project is to contribute towards a general understanding of grassland biodiversity and productivity and t...
