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Do soil microbes affect drought tolerance in Quercus lobata? A field and greenhouse study of oak drought responses in the Tehachapi Mountains, CA.

Assessing the Contribution of Oak Woodland Habitats to Biodiversity Conservation Using CWHR and ACE Melanie Gogol-Prokurat, Biogeographic Data Branch, California Department of Fish and Wildlife Ryan Hill, Biogeographic Data Branch, California Department of Fish and Wildlife The California Wildlife H...

Carbon Sequestration in California Oak Woodlands Virginia Matzek; Santa Clara University, Department of Environmental Studies and Sciences, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA 95053; 408 551 6006; vmatzek@scu.

Protecting in situ Engelmann oak within a broad ex situ collection of Quercus species Nicole Cavender, The Huntington Tim Thibault, The Huntington, Curator, Woody Plant Materials Though still nascent, The Huntington has a uniquely integrated oak conservation program involving in situ conservation of...

Spheres of Influence: Host Tree Proximity and Soil Chemistry Shape rRNA, but Not DNA, Communities of Symbiotic and Free-Living Soil Fungi in a Mixed Hardwood-Conifer Forest Gabriel C. Runte*, Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara Alex H. Smith, Holly V.

Do Land Ownership Motivations Determine Land Management? Ranchers, Water and Shallow Wetlands in the Sierra Nevada Foothills Jos L.

The Mediterranean Oak Borer (MOB, Xyleborus monographus Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) a New Invasive Species Infesting Valley and Blue Oak in Northern California Curtis Ewing, California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention Sheri Smith, USDA-FS, Region 5 and Michael Jones, UC-ANR, Lak...

Other Pests of Oaks in California Thomas F. Smith, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection Although major invasive insects and diseases have been shown to have profound impacts on oaks in California there are many other pests that do act as stress agents too.

Long-term monitoring of mixed oak woodlands for goldspotted oak borer host preference and spatiotemporal patterns in host colonization Adrian L. Poloni, Inland Empire Resource Conservation District (IERCD) Stacy M.

Monitoring Drought and Beetle Mortality in the Santa Monica Mountains and Implementing an Early Detection-Rapid Response Plan Rosi Dagit, RCD of the Santa Monica Mountains Since 2012 hundreds of native trees (alders, oaks, sycamores, willows) in the Santa Monica Mountains have died, mostly due to th...