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Videos Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve Parasite manipulators, Quarks & Co. A tiny parasite living in the wildlife of Carpinteria Salt Marsh is capable of performing both mind control and castrations. Research into this ecosystem is revealing that parasites exert a powerful influence on organisms large and small. Introduction to Coal Oil Point Natural Reserve, UC Natural Reserve System One of the best remaining examples of a coastal strand environment in southern California, the University of California Natural Reserve System's (NRS) Coal Oil Point Reserve protects a wide variety of coastal and estuarine habitats. Located adjacent to the Santa Barbara campus, the reserve provides an accessible research and teaching resource used by many university courses. Management efforts include roping off beach dunes to protect nesting snowy plovers, and providing a haven for thousands of migrating birds. Dawson Los Monos Canyon Reserve Dawson Los Monos Canyon Reserve: Introduction, UC San Diego A brief visit to the NRS's Dawson Los Monos Canyon Reserve in suburban San Diego with reserve manager Isabelle Kay. Dawson Los Monos Canyon Reserve: Animal and Plant Life, UC San Diego Reserve manager Isabelle Kay introduces some of the plants and animals encountered at Dawson Los Monos Canyon Reserve. Dawson Los Monos Canyon Reserve: Differing Environments, UC San Diego Meadow, chaparral, riparian woodland, and sandy open spaces provide a wide range of habitats at Dawson Los Monos Canyon Reserve for species ranging from horned lizards to brush rabbits and poison oak. Dawson Los Monos Canyon Reserve: Sustainability, UC San Diego Reserve manager Isabelle Kay shows how native plants at Dawson Los Monos Canyon can regenerate after fire but may fall victim to an unexpected side effect of urbanization. Elliott Chaparral Reserve Elliott Chaparral Reserve: Introduction, UC San Diego Reserve manager Isabelle Kay offers a glimpse of the lands and fire history of Elliott Chaparral Reserve in San Diego. Elliott Chaparral Reserve: Native Life, UC San Diego Reserve manager Isabelle Kay points out the effects of fire on reserve plants and shows how scientists are monitoring native ants, snakes, and lizards with different types of traps. Elliott Chaparral Reserve: Recovery, UC San Diego In 2003, the Cedar Fire burned much of the NRS's Elliott Chaparral Reserve. Since then, studies of how the plant community has recovered after burning have revealed a new palette of native species but also posed concern about the spread of fire-prone grasses and Australian eucalyptus. Elliott Chaparral Reserve: Sustainability, UC San Diego The advent of wildfire at Elliott Chaparral Reserve offers chances to study how burning changes the rate of sediment production and the composition of plants in southern California chaparral communities. Fort Ord Natural Reserve Wild Signs at Fort Ord Natural Reserve, Natural Reserve System The evidence organisms leave behind tells us about their activities at the University of California's Fort Ord Natural Reserve. 1 2 3 4 5 6

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