Awardee |
Reserve Used |
Research Title |
| UC Berkeley |
| Keith Bouma-Gregson |
Angelo Coast Range Reserve |
Microbial and invertebrate grazer controls on the ecosystem fate of riverine algal production |
| Sydney Glassman |
Landels-Hill Big Creek Reserve |
Cascading effects of the invasive pathogen Phytophthora ramorum on ectomycorrhizal fungal communities |
| Chloe Lewis |
Jepson Prairie Reserve |
Measuring NDVI in Mima-type mounds: Mima mounds arise from small interactions, continued. |
| UC Davis |
| Kelly Gravuer |
McLaughlin Natural Reserve |
Impacts of nutrient addition and climate change on soil microbial communities: Linkages with plant communities and ecosystem function across a soil fertility gradient |
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| Patrick Grof-Tisza |
Bodega Marine Reserve |
Spatiotemporal influence of trophic control on the abundance and distribution of an insect herbivore |
| Billy Krimmel |
Landels-Hill Big Creek Reserve |
Herbivore farming by an omnivorous plant bug |
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| UC Irvine |
| Mia Maltz |
James San Jocinto Mountains Reserve |
Fungal carbon stabilization of conifer debris in Southern California's San Jacinto Mountains |
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| UC Los Angeles |
| Gary Bucciarelli |
Blue Oak Ranch Reserve Landels-Hill Big Creek Reserve Stunt Ranch Santa Monica Mountains Reserve |
Phenotypic variation through space and time of tetrodotoxin levels in Taricha torosa within and between watersheds throughout California |
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| UC Merced |
| Lauren Schiebelhut |
Kenneth S. Norris Rancho Marino Reserve Scripps Coastal Reserve |
The role of long-distance dispersal via kelp rafting in establishing marine phylogeographic patterns |
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UC San Diego |
| Ellen Esch |
Elliott Chaparral Reserve |
Soil microbial changes associated with invasive species and altered precipitation regimes |
| Keng-Lou James Hung |
Elliott Chaparral Reserve Scripps Coastal Reserve |
Are Pollination Services Compromised by Reduced Native Bee Species Diversity? |
| Celia Symons |
Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Lab |
Ecological and Evolutionary Effects of Climate Change in Mountain Lakes |
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UC Santa Barbara |
| Nathan Emery |
Coal Oil Point Natural Reserve |
Spatial dynamics of fog deposition |
| Andrew MacDonald |
Coal Oil Point Natural Reserve Sedgwick Reserve |
Lyme disease risk and the ecology of tick-borne disease in southern California |
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| UC Santa Cruz |
| Priya Ganguli |
Younger Lagoon Reserve |
Are Coastal Lagoons an Important Source of Mercury to Nearshore Marine Habitats? |
| Catherine Wade |
Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Lab Valentine Camp |
Impacts of Climate Change on Native and Invasive Sagebrush Steppe Fire Fuel Properties |