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Sierra Foothill Research and Extension Center

Previous Research

Previous work at the center reflects the broad research needs on California rangeland and includes vaccine development and efficacy trials for pinkeye and foothill abortion, enhancing multiple ecosystem services in grazed watershed, managing water quality on grazed landscapes as well as the dispersal, spread and ecology of invasive plant species.

Comparing the efficacy of organic and conventional herbicides for the control of invasive plant species

Evaluation of timed Artificial Insemination as a breeding strategy to improve reproductive efficiency and calf crop

Effect of Medusahead on beef cattle gains

Investigating the relationship between cattle personality and grazing distribution

Scaling Effects of Nitrogen Addition in Grassland Community Composition

Using DNA Tracers to Identify & Characterize Flow Pathways in Soil Systrems 

Developing a Cost-Effective Forage production Monitoring Tool in CA's Rangeland Using Remote Sensing Observations

Intranasal Moraxella Bovis Vaccine to Prevent Pinkeye in Cattle 

Effects of Ionophore Supplementation of Yearling Steers Gain on Annual Rangelands in CA 

Angular Survey of SFREC

Rice Strawlage Feeding and Nutritional Analysis 

Small Mammals & Community Assembly

Evaluating a Dryland Planted Pasture

Rangeland Production in a Variable Climate

Supplementation of Brewer's Grain to Beef Cattle Grazing Native Rangeland 

Effects of Medusahead on Beef Cattle Gains 

Effects of Compost on Soil Organic Carbon

Field Testing of a Foothill Abortion Candidate Vaccine in Cattle 

Interactions Between Seed Density, Seedlings Thinning Dynamics, & Nutrient Supply in CA Grasslands

Managing Rangeland Soils for C Sequestration

Nutrient Network: A Cross-Site Investigation of Bottom-Up Control Over Herbaceous Plant Community Dynamics & Ecosystem Functions

Black Rail Metapopulation Dynamics