{"data":[{"id":"10.21973/n3495j","type":"dois","attributes":{"doi":"10.21973/n3495j","identifiers":[],"creators":[{"name":"Rost, Samantha","nameType":"Personal","givenName":"Samantha","familyName":"Rost","affiliation":[],"nameIdentifiers":[]},{"name":"Meghna Tirumalai","affiliation":[],"nameIdentifiers":[]},{"name":"Emme Tran","affiliation":[],"nameIdentifiers":[]},{"name":"Cabrilla Wiecek","affiliation":[],"nameIdentifiers":[]}],"titles":[{"title":"Patterns of big-eared woodrat (Neotoma macrotis) population recovery one year after low-intensity fire"}],"publisher":"University of California Natural Reserve System","container":{"type":"Series","title":"CEC Research Volume 9 Issue 3"},"publicationYear":2025,"subjects":[{"subject":"ecosystem engineer"},{"subject":"fire"},{"subject":"population recovery"},{"subject":"riparian ecosystem"},{"subject":"woodrat"}],"contributors":[{"name":"Wong, Kathleen","givenName":"Kathleen","familyName":"Wong","affiliation":["University of California Natural Reserve System"],"contributorType":"Editor","nameIdentifiers":[]}],"dates":[{"date":"2025","dateType":"Issued"}],"language":null,"types":{"ris":"JOUR","bibtex":"article","citeproc":"article-journal","schemaOrg":"ScholarlyArticle","resourceType":"JournalArticle","resourceTypeGeneral":"JournalArticle"},"relatedIdentifiers":[],"relatedItems":[],"sizes":[],"formats":["pdf"],"version":null,"rightsList":[],"descriptions":[{"description":"A key ecosystem engineer in riparian oak woodland ecosystems is the big-eared woodrat (Neotoma macrotis). They physically modify resource availability and nutrient flow in their environments through the construction of their nests, also known as middens, which are carefully constructed conical structures made of twigs, logs, branches, and accumulated debris. The woody nature of these middens makes the big-eared woodrat vulnerable to wildfires, which have only grown more intense and frequent with fire suppression and global warming. We surveyed big-eared woodrat middens in Hastings Natural History Reservation, Monterey County, California, along a creek bed, which experienced a low-intensity burn by the 2024 Piney fire. We noted the number of woodrat middens in each bed, their composition, size, and tested for occupancy. We found greater midden density per unit area in the unburned site vs. the burned but a greater midden occupancy in the burned site vs. the unburned. The individual volume of the middens did not differ between the sites. Our results suggest that the big-eared woodrat population is in the process of recovering successfully from a low-intensity wildfire, with changes in resource allocation and nesting behavior, which may reflect the ecosystem’s overall resilience in the face of a disturbance.","descriptionType":"Abstract"},{"description":"CEC Research Volume 9 Issue 3","descriptionType":"SeriesInformation"}],"geoLocations":[{"geoLocationPlace":"Hastings Natural History Reservation","geoLocationPoint":{"pointLatitude":36.387305,"pointLongitude":-121.549903}}],"fundingReferences":[],"url":"https://ucnrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Patterns-of-big-eared-woodrat-Neotoma-macrotis-population-recovery-one-year-after-low-intensity-fire.pdf","contentUrl":null,"metadataVersion":1,"schemaVersion":"http://datacite.org/schema/kernel-4","source":"mds","isActive":true,"state":"findable","reason":null,"viewCount":0,"downloadCount":0,"referenceCount":0,"citationCount":0,"partCount":0,"partOfCount":0,"versionCount":0,"versionOfCount":0,"created":"2025-12-09T01:31:17Z","registered":"2025-12-09T01:31:18Z","published":null,"updated":"2025-12-18T19:51:11Z"},"relationships":{"client":{"data":{"id":"cdl.ucd","type":"clients"}}}},{"id":"10.21973/n30m3n","type":"dois","attributes":{"doi":"10.21973/n30m3n","identifiers":[],"creators":[{"name":"Pollack, Anna","nameType":"Personal","givenName":"Anna","familyName":"Pollack","affiliation":[],"nameIdentifiers":[]},{"name":"Poydessus, Cate","nameType":"Personal","givenName":"Cate","familyName":"Poydessus","affiliation":[],"nameIdentifiers":[]},{"name":"Soller, Evelyn","nameType":"Personal","givenName":"Evelyn","familyName":"Soller","affiliation":[],"nameIdentifiers":[]},{"name":"Tyannikov, Eva","nameType":"Personal","givenName":"Eva","familyName":"Tyannikov","affiliation":[],"nameIdentifiers":[]}],"titles":[{"title":"A comparison of bark thickness and fire resistance of three Californian oak species"}],"publisher":"University of California Natural Reserve System","container":{"type":"Series","title":"CEC Research Volume 9 Issue 3"},"publicationYear":2025,"subjects":[{"subject":"Oak species (Quercus spp.)"},{"subject":"bark insulation"},{"subject":"cambial injury"},{"subject":"epicormic resprouting"},{"subject":"oak woodland resilience"}],"contributors":[{"name":"Wong, Kathleen","givenName":"Kathleen","familyName":"Wong","affiliation":["University of California Natural Reserve System"],"contributorType":"Editor","nameIdentifiers":[]}],"dates":[{"date":"2025","dateType":"Issued"}],"language":null,"types":{"ris":"JOUR","bibtex":"article","citeproc":"article-journal","schemaOrg":"ScholarlyArticle","resourceType":"JournalArticle","resourceTypeGeneral":"JournalArticle"},"relatedIdentifiers":[],"relatedItems":[],"sizes":[],"formats":["pdf"],"version":null,"rightsList":[],"descriptions":[{"description":"CEC Research Volume 9 Issue 3","descriptionType":"SeriesInformation"},{"description":"As wildfire behaviors are changing and becoming more intense in California oak woodlands, the degree of fire resistance and recovery among specific oak species remains unclear. We examined post-fire responses of valley oak (Quercus lobata), blue oak (Q. douglasii), and coast live oak (Q. agrifolia) following the 2024 Piney Fire at Hastings Natural History Reservation, pairing field observations with a controlled bark-heating experiment. Bark insulation improved with increasing bark thickness, which varied across species, indicating that structural traits reduce heat transfer to cambial tissue. Field observations showed a division in recovery strategies. Coast live oak exhibited widespread epicormic resprouting, even after severe burns and cambial damage, while blue oak and valley oak rarely resprouted and more often died following severe burns. Burn intensity was also greater on steeper terrain, demonstrating interactions between species traits and landscape position. Our findings suggest that coast live oak is more resilient under modern fire conditions, while blue oak and valley oak may be increasingly vulnerable as fire severity increases.","descriptionType":"Abstract"}],"geoLocations":[{"geoLocationPlace":"Hastings Natural History Reservation","geoLocationPoint":{"pointLatitude":36.387305,"pointLongitude":-121.549903}}],"fundingReferences":[],"url":"https://ucnrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/A-comparison-of-bark-thickness-and-fire-resistance-of-three-Californian-oak-species.pdf","contentUrl":null,"metadataVersion":1,"schemaVersion":"http://datacite.org/schema/kernel-4","source":"mds","isActive":true,"state":"findable","reason":null,"viewCount":0,"downloadCount":0,"referenceCount":0,"citationCount":0,"partCount":0,"partOfCount":0,"versionCount":0,"versionOfCount":0,"created":"2025-12-09T01:34:21Z","registered":"2025-12-09T01:34:22Z","published":null,"updated":"2025-12-09T03:50:04Z"},"relationships":{"client":{"data":{"id":"cdl.ucd","type":"clients"}}}},{"id":"10.21973/n3837g","type":"dois","attributes":{"doi":"10.21973/n3837g","identifiers":[],"creators":[{"name":"Burmester, Annika","nameType":"Personal","givenName":"Annika","familyName":"Burmester","affiliation":[],"nameIdentifiers":[]},{"name":"Cardenas, Stella","nameType":"Personal","givenName":"Stella","familyName":"Cardenas","affiliation":[],"nameIdentifiers":[]},{"name":"Nakamura, Ollie","nameType":"Personal","givenName":"Ollie","familyName":"Nakamura","affiliation":[],"nameIdentifiers":[]},{"name":"Sutter, Colin","nameType":"Personal","givenName":"Colin","familyName":"Sutter","affiliation":[],"nameIdentifiers":[]}],"titles":[{"title":"Impacts of seagrass coverage and removal on grazers in the rocky mid-intertidal"}],"publisher":"University of California Natural Reserve System","container":{"type":"Series","title":"CEC Research\r\nVolume 9","firstPage":"Issue 2"},"publicationYear":2025,"subjects":[{"subject":"habitat loss"},{"subject":"seagrass (family Zosteraceae)"},{"subject":"gastropods"},{"subject":"decapods"},{"subject":"rocky intertidal zone"}],"contributors":[{"name":"Wong, Kathleen","givenName":"Kathleen","familyName":"Wong","affiliation":["University of California Natural Reserve System"],"contributorType":"Editor","nameIdentifiers":[]}],"dates":[{"date":"2025","dateType":"Issued"}],"language":null,"types":{"ris":"JOUR","bibtex":"article","citeproc":"article-journal","schemaOrg":"ScholarlyArticle","resourceType":"JournalArticle","resourceTypeGeneral":"JournalArticle"},"relatedIdentifiers":[],"relatedItems":[],"sizes":[],"formats":["pdf"],"version":null,"rightsList":[],"descriptions":[{"description":"Human activities, including overfishing, coastal development, and pollution, significantly impact seagrass (family Zosteraceae) beds and meadows. Seagrass ecosystems are crucial for supporting highly biodiverse communities and providing vital ecosystem services. They are a feeding and breeding ground for grazers such as hermit crabs (order Decapoda), snails (order Gastropoda), and the generalist black turban snail (Tegula funebralis). In this study, we conducted a two-part investigation that included both an observational and experimental component to observe the effects of seagrass coverage on local grazing species, as well as to examine the small-scale and short-term effects of removing seagrass habitat. We believed we would find more abundant grazers in areas with higher seagrass coverage, as they rely on seagrass for habitat and food. We hypothesized that a loss of seagrass would cause grazers, and specifically black turban snails, to leave the plot area, meaning that human impact may displace important grazer species and disturb intertidal niches. However, we observed that with a higher percentage of seagrass coverage, there was a lower diversity of grazers on a medium scale. In our experimental plots, we found no effect of seagrass removal on the displacement of grazers or black turban snails found in the area. The findings of this study suggest that grazers may prefer external factors that are not massively influenced by seagrass presence and that seagrass loss on a smaller scale does not immediately influence grazer communities.","descriptionType":"Abstract"},{"description":"CEC Research\r\nVolume 9, Issue 2","descriptionType":"SeriesInformation"}],"geoLocations":[{"geoLocationPlace":"Kenneth S. 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Regional temperatures dictate which species can inhabit a given area, as many marine species, especially ectotherms, depend on their environments to maintain homeostasis. To survive these increasingly severe warming events, species with regionally specific ranges must move poleward. However, pockets of environmentally stable conditions, known as refugia, may allow cold-adapted northern species to persist despite warming waters. Our study sought to expand on previous, long-term surveys by analyzing the abundance and proportion of northern, southern, and cosmopolitan intertidal species found in central California. We analyzed these proportions in the context of potential local refugia, or channel habitats, compared to isolated pools. We compared our findings to over two decades’ worth of rocky intertidal distribution and presence/absence data collected by the Partnership for Interdisciplinary Studies of Coastal Oceans (PISCO). Overall, channel and pool systems contain the same proportion of species, but differ in the abundance of these species. PISCO data indicated an increase in northern species, while cosmopolitan and southern species saw no notable trend. These results provide insights into ideal approaches for illustrating species range trends, which can better equip conservationists to preserve sensitive species.","descriptionType":"Abstract"},{"description":"CEC Research\r\nVolume 9, Issue 2","descriptionType":"SeriesInformation"}],"geoLocations":[{"geoLocationPlace":"Kenneth S. 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The central California coast contains rare habitats such as coastal prairie and Monterey pine forest that are highly threatened by increasing human disturbance. We studied scat abundance and species richness in these two habitats across high-disturbance and low-disturbance nature preserves in Cambria, CA, with the prediction that we would find lower species richness and abundance in highly disturbed habitat. Our results generally supported this prediction, showing lower abundance and richness in the forest and lower richness in the coastal prairie. Our findings underscore the importance of preserving undisturbed habitat to protect disturbance-avoidant species and conserve biodiversity.","descriptionType":"Abstract"},{"description":"CEC Research\r\nVolume 9, Issue 2","descriptionType":"SeriesInformation"}],"geoLocations":[{"geoLocationPlace":"Kenneth S. 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Corallinales is particularly significant, as it is the only algae that uses calcite in its cell walls (Lobban and Harrison 1994). Ocean acidification is known to weaken calcification, which could result in increased herbivory and habitat degradation (Fisher and Martone 2014, Byrne and Fitzer 2019). To test whether two common algae grazers, blueband hermit crabs (Pagurus samuelis) and black turban snails (Tegula funebralis) were found more commonly on calcified red algae (Corallinales) compared to non-calcified red algae (Gigartinales), we conducted field observations in the intertidal zone of Kenneth S. Morris Rancho Marino Reserve in San Luis Obispo, California. We also conducted choice trials to see if grazer feeding preferences aligned with habitat choice. Our results showed that both grazers were found more frequently on calcified algae, though blueband hermit crabs preferred eating calcified algae and black turban snails preferred eating non-calcified algae. In this way, our results align with studies stressing the importance of calcified algae as a vital habitat for macroinvertebrates (Norderhaug 2004, El-Khaled et al. 2022), but demonstrated mixed results on the role of calcification in defense from herbivory.","descriptionType":"Abstract"},{"description":"CEC Research\r\nVolume 9, Issue 2","descriptionType":"SeriesInformation"}],"geoLocations":[{"geoLocationPlace":"Kenneth S. 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These variations can be observed at a variety of ecological scales, which has wide implications in ecology. To see how these variations may prevail at a small scale, we conducted an observational study on sticky monkey flower (Diplacus aurantiacus) vegetative traits in Rancho Marino Reserve in Cambria, CA across coastal sage scrub habitat, Monterey pine forest habitat, and their corresponding gulches. We predicted that compared to the forest habitat, sage scrub would have more saline soil and lower soil water capacity, which would result in more compacted plants, more old leaf loss, and higher stomatal density. Our results support our hypothesis for all variables but the soil water capacity. Soil water capacity was higher in coastal sage scrub rather than forest, which can likely be explained by higher clay content in the soil. Overall, our findings suggest that habitat differences can significantly impact plant trait variation even in small scales. We were unable to determine plasticity versus fixed genetic differences to be the source of trait variation, but given the proximity of the plant populations, we assumed that these variations were due to plastic responses to the respective environmental conditions.","descriptionType":"Abstract"},{"description":"CEC Research\r\nVolume 9, Issue 2","descriptionType":"SeriesInformation"}],"geoLocations":[{"geoLocationPlace":"Kenneth S. 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However, the streams that these microorganisms inhabit can be highly variable and composed of different substrates which support different associated communities. This variation in community composition has been found in macroinvertebrates but it's unclear whether we can expect similar patterns in microorganisms. In this study, we tested differences in microorganism abundance and diversity on rocks of different textures. We looked at samples from rough igneous rocks and smooth metamorphic rocks. We found that there was greater abundance of microorganisms on the rough igneous rock but no difference in diversity between the two rock types. This suggests that rock surface texture may be a key abiotic factor for microorganism success. 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Large-scale diversions are responsible for both reducing discharge and increasing rock embeddedness downstream, which reduces food and habitat for filter-feeding macroinvertebrates. Hydropsychidae, an abundant filter feeder family important for stream ecosystem functioning, prefer higher discharge and reduced rock embeddedness — however, we do not know how small-scale diversions influence these variables and consequently hydropsychid abundance. In this study, we sampled three diversion sites along Convict Creek at the Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Laboratory in Mammoth Lakes, CA, USA to see how position relative to the diversion, discharge, and embeddedness are influencing hydropsychid and macroinvertebrate community abundances. Discharge (m3/s) was higher above diversions than below them. However, hydropsychid abundance was 61.9% higher and macroinvertebrate community minus the hydropsychids abundance was 18.4% higher below diversion compared to above. Furthermore, discharge and rock embeddedness exhibited no relationship with either macroinvertebrate group, contradicting what has been found in previous diversion-focused research. The magnitude of the difference in populations above and below the diversions demonstrates that hydropsychid abundance is directly impacted by more important abiotic or biotic factors that we did not consider, such as in-stream vegetation. It is possible study scale was a determinant of the results and that small-scale diversions do not affect macroinvertebrate communities to the same extent larger diversions do. Future research on macroinvertebrate abundances and small-scale stream diversion in terms of riparian vegetation habitat, coupled with discharge and stream embeddedness, could elucidate the relative importance of factors influencing macroinvertebrates in this system.","descriptionType":"Abstract"},{"description":"CEC Research, Volume 6, Issue 3","descriptionType":"SeriesInformation"}],"geoLocations":[{"geoLocationPlace":"Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Laboratory","geoLocationPoint":{"pointLatitude":"37.613889","pointLongitude":"-118.832222"}}],"fundingReferences":[],"url":"https://ucnrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Small-scale-channel-diversions-increase-abundance-of-hydropsychids-and-other-aquatic-macroinvertebrates.pdf","contentUrl":null,"metadataVersion":5,"schemaVersion":"http://datacite.org/schema/kernel-4","source":"mds","isActive":true,"state":"findable","reason":null,"viewCount":0,"downloadCount":0,"referenceCount":0,"citationCount":0,"partCount":0,"partOfCount":0,"versionCount":0,"versionOfCount":0,"created":"2022-12-02T22:04:46Z","registered":"2022-12-02T22:04:47Z","published":null,"updated":"2025-06-20T21:56:59Z"},"relationships":{"client":{"data":{"id":"cdl.ucd","type":"clients"}}}},{"id":"10.21973/n3zw9c","type":"dois","attributes":{"doi":"10.21973/n3zw9c","identifiers":[],"creators":[{"name":"Rios, Diane","nameType":"Personal","givenName":"Diane","familyName":"Rios","affiliation":[],"nameIdentifiers":[]},{"name":"Stevens, Pauline","nameType":"Personal","givenName":"Pauline","familyName":"Stevens","affiliation":[],"nameIdentifiers":[]},{"name":"Wu, Isabella","nameType":"Personal","givenName":"Isabella","familyName":"Wu","affiliation":[],"nameIdentifiers":[]}],"titles":[{"title":"Effects of tree thinning on bark beetle infestation in eastern Sierra Nevada montane forest"}],"publisher":"University of California Natural Reserve System","container":{"type":"Series","title":"CEC Research","volume":"Volume 6","firstPage":"Issue 3"},"publicationYear":2022,"subjects":[{"subject":"coniferous forest"},{"subject":"bark beetle"},{"subject":"infestation"},{"subject":"forest management"},{"subject":"thinning"}],"contributors":[{"name":"Wong, Kathleen","givenName":"Kathleen","familyName":"Wong","affiliation":["University of California Natural Reserve System"],"contributorType":"Editor","nameIdentifiers":[]}],"dates":[{"date":"2022","dateType":"Issued"}],"language":null,"types":{"ris":"JOUR","bibtex":"article","citeproc":"article-journal","schemaOrg":"ScholarlyArticle","resourceType":"JournalArticle","resourceTypeGeneral":"JournalArticle"},"relatedIdentifiers":[],"relatedItems":[],"sizes":[],"formats":["pdf"],"version":null,"rightsList":[],"descriptions":[{"description":"Fire suppression has increased the density of understory vegetation in coniferous forests, making trees more vulnerable to attacks from forest pests, such as bark beetles. Due to the emergence of fire suppression methods in a time of climate change and drought, forest management in the western United States has allowed bark beetle infestation to become a major factor in increasing tree mortality. To examine the effects of forest thinning on bark beetle infestation, we conducted a resurvey of a 2019 study examining bark beetle-induced mortality on Pinus jeffreyi (Jeffrey pine), Pinus contorta (Lodgepole pine), Abies concolor (White fir), and Abies magnifica (Red fir) after a reserve-wide thinning of Valentine Camp in the Eastern Sierra Nevadas. We predicted that if thinning were an effective management tool for mitigating bark beetle infestation, the previous relationship explaining the increase of infestation with the increase of stand density would be nullified. We hypothesized that there would be no relationship between standing tree density and the percentage of infested trees, indicating that forest thinning removed infested trees and thus culled the spread of bark beetle infestation. We found a negative relationship between the number of stumps in a plot and the percentage of infested trees in both fir and pine species. We found that the presence of burn piles increased the percentage of infested fir trees. 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However, the possibility that they have distinct effects on their communities based on varying microhabitat preferences has been understudied. In California, common ground-dwelling spiders include Gnaphosidae (ground spiders), Agelenidae (funnel weavers), and Plectreuridae (plectreurid spiders). Although these ground-dwelling spider families can occupy the same general habitat, namely rocky chaparral, they differ in natural history and lifestyle. We investigated the effect of two specific microhabitat characteristics of rocks in a chaparral environment – the ability of these rocks to provide thermal control, overall size of the rocks, and the surrounding vegetation – to see if these spiders’ lifestyle and natural history differences impact their choice of microhabitat. We recorded that Gnaphosidae were found under rocks with denser vegetation cover than Plectreuridae; we also found that Gnaphosidae were more commonly found under thinner rocks (which correlates to warmer temperatures) and rocks with smaller imprint surface areas than both Agelenidae and Plectreuridae. Our results align with expected preferences based on the natural histories of these spiders. We believe that the differences in their natural histories and lifestyles cause the variation in microhabitat choice, and thus ground-dwelling spiders have more distinct roles in their ecosystems than previously assumed.","descriptionType":"Abstract"},{"description":"CEC Research, Volume 7, Issue 1","descriptionType":"Abstract"}],"geoLocations":[{"geoLocationPlace":"Donald and Sylvia McLaughlin Natural Reserve","geoLocationPoint":{"pointLatitude":"38.8712","pointLongitude":"-122.4193"}}],"fundingReferences":[],"url":"https://ucnrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/A-comparison-between-ground-dwelling-spider-preferences-for-thermal-control-and-vegetation-reveals-different-microhabitat-selection.pdf","contentUrl":null,"metadataVersion":2,"schemaVersion":"http://datacite.org/schema/kernel-4","source":"mds","isActive":true,"state":"findable","reason":null,"viewCount":0,"downloadCount":0,"referenceCount":0,"citationCount":0,"partCount":0,"partOfCount":0,"versionCount":0,"versionOfCount":0,"created":"2023-06-20T23:51:46Z","registered":"2023-06-20T23:51:47Z","published":null,"updated":"2025-06-20T21:55:56Z"},"relationships":{"client":{"data":{"id":"cdl.ucd","type":"clients"}}}},{"id":"10.21973/n3pd5j","type":"dois","attributes":{"doi":"10.21973/n3pd5j","identifiers":[],"creators":[{"name":"Appelgate, Alison","nameType":"Personal","givenName":"Alison","familyName":"Appelgate","affiliation":[],"nameIdentifiers":[]},{"name":"Aguilar, Andres","nameType":"Personal","givenName":"Andres","familyName":"Aguilar","affiliation":[],"nameIdentifiers":[]},{"name":"Ayan, Alyssa","nameType":"Personal","givenName":"Alyssa","familyName":"Ayan","affiliation":[],"nameIdentifiers":[]},{"name":"Mikiztli Sarapura Ortiz","affiliation":[],"nameIdentifiers":[]}],"titles":[{"title":"Postfire habitats influence mammalian land use patterns"}],"publisher":"University of California","container":{"type":"Series","title":"CEC Research","volume":"Volume 7","firstPage":"Issue 1"},"publicationYear":2023,"subjects":[{"subject":"carnivore"},{"subject":"grazers"},{"subject":"fire"},{"subject":"California"},{"subject":"scat"}],"contributors":[{"name":"Wong, Kathleen","givenName":"Kathleen","familyName":"Wong","affiliation":["UC Natural Reserve System"],"contributorType":"Editor","nameIdentifiers":[]}],"dates":[{"date":"2023","dateType":"Issued"}],"language":null,"types":{"ris":"JOUR","bibtex":"article","citeproc":"article-journal","schemaOrg":"ScholarlyArticle","resourceType":"JournalArticle","resourceTypeGeneral":"JournalArticle"},"relatedIdentifiers":[],"relatedItems":[],"sizes":[],"formats":["pdf"],"version":null,"rightsList":[],"descriptions":[{"description":"Fires in California are becoming increasingly common. These fires have the capacity to change habitat types, and by extension, impact animals generally localized to those areas. One tool for estimating animal presence is location and distribution of scat. We used scat to compare animal presence across burned and unburned habitat types both on trail and off-trail. We observed individual pieces of scat from six animals using belt transects 4 to 8 meters wide. We tested areas that had history of burns and history without burns. The tests were conducted in a four-day stretch starting on May 11 and ending on May 14, 2023. We found felid scat in similar densities on both burned and unburned land, and primarily on trail. Canid scat density was greater on trail in burned land. Grazer scat abundance was greater off trail in burned areas, and greater in grasslands than chaparral. A potential factor in predicting animal land use patterns in postfire habitats could be the time since fire.","descriptionType":"Abstract"},{"description":"CEC Research, Volume 7, Issue 1","descriptionType":"SeriesInformation"}],"geoLocations":[{"geoLocationPlace":"Donald and Sylvia McLaughlin Natural Reserve","geoLocationPoint":{"pointLatitude":"38.8712","pointLongitude":"-122.4193"}}],"fundingReferences":[],"url":"https://ucnrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Postfire-habitats-influence-mammalian-land-use-patterns.pdf","contentUrl":null,"metadataVersion":1,"schemaVersion":"http://datacite.org/schema/kernel-4","source":"mds","isActive":true,"state":"findable","reason":null,"viewCount":0,"downloadCount":0,"referenceCount":0,"citationCount":0,"partCount":0,"partOfCount":0,"versionCount":0,"versionOfCount":0,"created":"2023-06-20T23:48:36Z","registered":"2023-06-20T23:48:37Z","published":null,"updated":"2025-06-20T21:55:40Z"},"relationships":{"client":{"data":{"id":"cdl.ucd","type":"clients"}}}},{"id":"10.21973/n32q1j","type":"dois","attributes":{"doi":"10.21973/n32q1j","identifiers":[],"creators":[{"name":"Cizem, Cem","nameType":"Personal","givenName":"Cem","familyName":"Cizem","affiliation":[],"nameIdentifiers":[]},{"name":"Hankla, Shay","nameType":"Personal","givenName":"Shay","familyName":"Hankla","affiliation":[],"nameIdentifiers":[]},{"name":"Montgomery, Ruby","nameType":"Personal","givenName":"Ruby","familyName":"Montgomery","affiliation":[],"nameIdentifiers":[]},{"name":"Tyson, Kyle","nameType":"Personal","givenName":"Kyle","familyName":"Tyson","affiliation":[],"nameIdentifiers":[]}],"titles":[{"title":"Morphological, phenotypic, and physiological effects of serpentine soils on three tolerant petaloid monocot species"}],"publisher":"University of California","container":{"type":"Series","title":"CEC Research","volume":"Volume 7","firstPage":"Issue 1"},"publicationYear":2023,"subjects":[{"subject":"Tolerator plants"},{"subject":"serpentine"},{"subject":"plant morphology"},{"subject":"plant physiology"},{"subject":"plant phenology"}],"contributors":[{"name":"Wong, Kathleen","givenName":"Kathleen","familyName":"Wong","affiliation":["UC Natural Reserve System"],"contributorType":"Editor","nameIdentifiers":[]}],"dates":[{"date":"2023","dateType":"Issued"}],"language":null,"types":{"ris":"JOUR","bibtex":"article","citeproc":"article-journal","schemaOrg":"ScholarlyArticle","resourceType":"JournalArticle","resourceTypeGeneral":"JournalArticle"},"relatedIdentifiers":[],"relatedItems":[],"sizes":[],"formats":["pdf"],"version":null,"rightsList":[],"descriptions":[{"description":"Certain plants have found ways to tolerate undesirable, stressful environments. Plants that tolerate stressful and non-stressful conditions can respond by altering their morphology, phenology, and physiology to survive. Serpentine soil often contains a high number of heavy metals and low amount of calcium, creating a stressful soil environment that is not ideal for many plants. We looked at three petaloid monocots in closely related orders, Calochortus amibilis, Dichelostemma capitatus, and Triteleia laxa, that can tolerate serpentine soils and non-serpentine soils. For each plant, we used a t-test to see how serpentine affects morphological (height, leaf length, leaf width, and total floral output), phenological (#flowers + #fruits/total floral output), and physiological (total stomatal density and xylem area) characteristics. In serpentine soils, T. laxa responded by having shorter height, smaller leaf lengths, less floral output, and more stomatal density. C. amibilis only differentiated in having wider leaves when growing in serpentine soil. D. capitatus had a marginally later phenology on serpentine but didn’t differ otherwise. All these plants had different responses to tolerating serpentine soils, even though they are all in closely related orders. 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One widely used concept in restoration is the “Field of Dreams” Hypothesis — the idea that if you build a more ideal landscape with native vegetation, higher trophic levels, such as small mammals, will naturally follow. However, restoration projects where invasive plant species are simply removed, without the addition of native ones, are severely understudied. Small mammals like rodents and lagomorphs play many major roles in an ecosystem. Their presence can signal the successful restoration of an entire ecosystem. In this study, we measured small mammal presence using camera traps and scat-and-sign surveys. Here, we show the removal of invasive barb goat grass (Aegilops triuncialis) in Donald and Sylvia McLaughlin Natural Reserve also restored the small mammal population, supporting the Field of Dreams Hypothesis. This study system has important implications for improving the efficiency and cost of restoration for future projects. 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California serpentine soils are biodiversity hotspots and a priority for restoration. Despite harsh soil properties making serpentine soils inhospitable to many species, introduced Aegilops triuncialis (A. triuncialis) has successfully invaded serpentine grasslands and threatens native biodiversity. We found that prescribed burning followed by yearly herbicide application for over six years is an effective restoration regime for serpentine grassland meadows dominated by A. triuncialis. This treatment eliminates A. triuncialis from the seed bank, allows for soil properties to return to normal, and aids in the recovery of native plant communities. 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Plant-pollinator interactions have strong influence on floral traits such as color, shape, and behavior via pollinator-mediated selection. An example is seen in evening snow (Linanthus dichotomus), which exhibits pollinator syndromes associated with nocturnal moth pollination, a trait of particular interest is the opening of flowers at night, termed nocturnal floral anthesis. However, in areas of Northern California there is a diurnal subspecies of evening snow, Linanthus dichotomus ssp. meridianus. This subspecies exhibits a shift away from the ancestral condition of nocturnal floral anthesis and also opens during the day. To test whether or not there was an advantage to diurnal anthesis we studied the movement of fluorescent powder to mimic pollen movement, time to senescence, and patterns of floral anthesis within the diurnal subspecies of evening snow. We found that diurnal and nocturnal pollen movement showed no significant variation and that floral senescence was not affected by anthesis or availability to pollinators. This indicates that diurnal pollination is likely equally as viable as nocturnal pollination, and consequently diurnal anthesis may increase plant reproductive success. 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Studies have extended this hypothesis to generalist herbivorous species, showing that they follow the same trend albeit to a lesser degree. Evidence for this hypothesis is variable in agricultural ecosystems and its validity in natural habitats is unknown. Through examining the abundance of herbivory marks on two dominant shrub species in the montane chapparal ecosystem, we explored herbivore abundance in relation to patch size and habitat complexity depending on the spatial distribution of shrubs. We found that the resource concentration hypothesis cannot be generally applied to specialist or generalist herbivores utilizing the same host plant species. Herbivore population trends must be determined on a species level, as differences in life history and dispersal abilities can greatly affect distribution. Thus, the resource concentration hypothesis cannot be generally applied to various herbivorous insect species or host plant species. 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More research into individual herbivore species is needed to determine the population trends of pests on crop species and the effects of different crop distribution patterns on herbivore abundance.","descriptionType":"Abstract"},{"description":"CEC Research, Volume 6, Issue 3","descriptionType":"SeriesInformation"}],"geoLocations":[{"geoLocationPlace":"Valentine Camp","geoLocationPoint":{"pointLatitude":"37.629722","pointLongitude":"-118.656667"}}],"fundingReferences":[],"url":"https://ucnrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/The-variable-impact-of-resource-concentration-on-herbivore-abundance-in-montane-chaparral.pdf","contentUrl":null,"metadataVersion":5,"schemaVersion":"http://datacite.org/schema/kernel-4","source":"mds","isActive":true,"state":"findable","reason":null,"viewCount":0,"downloadCount":0,"referenceCount":0,"citationCount":0,"partCount":0,"partOfCount":0,"versionCount":0,"versionOfCount":0,"created":"2022-12-02T22:20:58Z","registered":"2022-12-02T22:20:59Z","published":null,"updated":"2025-06-20T21:49:08Z"},"relationships":{"client":{"data":{"id":"cdl.ucd","type":"clients"}}}},{"id":"10.21973/n3fw9q","type":"dois","attributes":{"doi":"10.21973/n3fw9q","identifiers":[],"creators":[{"name":"Schoenig, Lyla","nameType":"Personal","givenName":"Lyla","familyName":"Schoenig","affiliation":[],"nameIdentifiers":[]},{"name":"Vu, Kyle","nameType":"Personal","givenName":"Kyle","familyName":"Vu","affiliation":[],"nameIdentifiers":[]},{"name":"Hanna, Marlo","nameType":"Personal","givenName":"Marlo","familyName":"Hanna","affiliation":[],"nameIdentifiers":[]},{"name":"Cloeter, Adrienne","nameType":"Personal","givenName":"Adrienne","familyName":"Cloeter","affiliation":[],"nameIdentifiers":[]}],"titles":[{"title":"Giant willow aphid preference for green Salix exigua: factors affecting host selection"}],"publisher":"University of California Natural Reserve System","container":{"type":"Series","title":"CEC Research","volume":"Volume 6","firstPage":"Issue 3"},"publicationYear":2022,"subjects":[{"subject":"Tuberolachnus salignus"},{"subject":"Salix lutea"},{"subject":"Salix exigua"},{"subject":"invasive pest"},{"subject":"choice trial"}],"contributors":[{"name":"Wong, Kathleen","givenName":"Kathleen","familyName":"Wong","contributorType":"Editor","affiliation":[],"nameIdentifiers":[]}],"dates":[{"date":"2022","dateType":"Issued"}],"language":null,"types":{"ris":"JOUR","bibtex":"article","citeproc":"article-journal","schemaOrg":"ScholarlyArticle","resourceType":"JournalArticle","resourceTypeGeneral":"JournalArticle"},"relatedIdentifiers":[],"relatedItems":[],"sizes":[],"formats":["pdf"],"version":null,"rightsList":[],"descriptions":[{"description":"Invasive pests can have disastrous effects on ecosystem structure and function. Aphids, a type of invasive pest, are phloem-feeding insects that drain their hosts of vital nutrients. This can decrease productivity in plants and sometimes result in death. Aphids are known for having detrimental effects on crops, but less is known about their impacts on native ecosystems. We conducted an observational and experimental study to investigate non-native giant willow aphid (Tuberolachnus salignus) host preferences in the eastern Sierra Nevada, California. Giant willow aphids prefer Salix exigua over Salix lutea, both in the field and in experimental trials. Additionally, giant willow aphids prefer green leaves over yellow leaves in both the field and experimental trials.  These preferences are likely based on larger vascular bundle size in S. exigua and increased photosynthesis in green leaves contributing to greater sap flow. Given the aphids destructive nature, these preferences could have far-reaching effects on the composition of the riparian ecosystem.","descriptionType":"Abstract"},{"description":"CEC Research, Volume 6, Issue 3","descriptionType":"SeriesInformation"}],"geoLocations":[{"geoLocationPlace":"Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Laboratory","geoLocationPoint":{"pointLatitude":"37.613889","pointLongitude":"-118.832222"}}],"fundingReferences":[],"url":"https://ucnrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Giant-willow-aphid-preference-for-green-Salix-exigua-factors-affecting-host-selection.pdf","contentUrl":null,"metadataVersion":6,"schemaVersion":"http://datacite.org/schema/kernel-4","source":"mds","isActive":true,"state":"findable","reason":null,"viewCount":0,"downloadCount":0,"referenceCount":0,"citationCount":0,"partCount":0,"partOfCount":0,"versionCount":0,"versionOfCount":0,"created":"2022-12-02T22:25:09Z","registered":"2022-12-02T22:25:10Z","published":null,"updated":"2025-06-20T21:47:20Z"},"relationships":{"client":{"data":{"id":"cdl.ucd","type":"clients"}}}},{"id":"10.21973/n37d44","type":"dois","attributes":{"doi":"10.21973/n37d44","identifiers":[],"creators":[{"name":"Duke, Samuel","nameType":"Personal","givenName":"Samuel","familyName":"Duke","affiliation":[],"nameIdentifiers":[]},{"name":"Kaare-Rasmussen, Jakob","nameType":"Personal","givenName":"Jakob","familyName":"Kaare-Rasmussen","affiliation":[],"nameIdentifiers":[]},{"name":"Tan, Skylar","nameType":"Personal","givenName":"Skylar","familyName":"Tan","affiliation":[],"nameIdentifiers":[]},{"name":"Terada, Helen","nameType":"Personal","givenName":"Helen","familyName":"Terada","affiliation":[],"nameIdentifiers":[]}],"titles":[{"title":"Macrophyte presence has no effect on invertebrate abundance in artificial stream systems"}],"publisher":"University of California Natural Reserve System","container":{"type":"Series","title":"CEC Research","firstPage":"Volume 6 Issue 3"},"publicationYear":2022,"subjects":[{"subject":"macrophyte"},{"subject":"invertebrate"},{"subject":"artificial stream"},{"subject":"invertebrate drift"},{"subject":"stream health"}],"contributors":[{"name":"Wong, Kathleen","givenName":"Kathleen","familyName":"Wong","affiliation":["University of California Natural Reserve System"],"contributorType":"Editor","nameIdentifiers":[]}],"dates":[{"date":"2022","dateType":"Issued"}],"language":null,"types":{"ris":"JOUR","bibtex":"article","citeproc":"article-journal","schemaOrg":"ScholarlyArticle","resourceType":"JournalArticle","resourceTypeGeneral":"JournalArticle"},"relatedIdentifiers":[],"relatedItems":[],"sizes":[],"formats":["pdf"],"version":null,"rightsList":[],"descriptions":[{"description":"Macrophytes, or aquatic plants, are generally associated with high invertebrate abundance because they provide invertebrates with high quality habitat. Macrophytes also change other local abiotic aspects of a stream, like flow rate. It remains unclear what the direct effects of macrophytes on invertebrates are, when other abiotic changes are controlled for. In this study we used the Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Laboratory replicate stream channels to study the effects of macrophytes on invertebrates within stream pools. We collected and counted invertebrates from 30 unmanipulated stream sites and estimated the macrophyte cover. We also added macrophyte cover to 12 stream sites and removed macrophyte cover from 12 stream sites and collected and counted the invertebrates from these sites after two days. We found no difference between unmanipulated sites with high macrophyte cover (\u0026gt;35%) and low macrophyte cover (\u0026lt;35%). We also found no difference between sites where macrophytes were removed and sites where macrophytes were added. Furthermore, there were significantly more invertebrates in unmanipulated sites than in manipulated sites. This finding contradicts many previous studies regarding the relationship between macrophytes and invertebrates, demonstrating the limitations of generalizing these patterns across streams and to all seasons. This study also demonstrates the need to better understand drift on the interface between natural and concrete streams.","descriptionType":"Abstract"},{"description":"CEC Research, Volume 6 Issue 3","descriptionType":"SeriesInformation"}],"geoLocations":[{"geoLocationPlace":"Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Laboratory","geoLocationPoint":{"pointLatitude":"37.613889","pointLongitude":"-118.832222"}}],"fundingReferences":[],"url":"https://ucnrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Macrophyte-presence-has-no-effect-on-invertebrate-abundance-in-artificial-stream-systems.pdf","contentUrl":null,"metadataVersion":2,"schemaVersion":"http://datacite.org/schema/kernel-4","source":"mds","isActive":true,"state":"findable","reason":null,"viewCount":0,"downloadCount":0,"referenceCount":0,"citationCount":0,"partCount":0,"partOfCount":0,"versionCount":0,"versionOfCount":0,"created":"2022-12-02T18:51:00Z","registered":"2022-12-02T18:51:01Z","published":null,"updated":"2025-06-20T21:44:26Z"},"relationships":{"client":{"data":{"id":"cdl.ucd","type":"clients"}}}},{"id":"10.21973/n33m3k","type":"dois","attributes":{"doi":"10.21973/n33m3k","identifiers":[],"creators":[{"name":"Cameron, Sophie Marie","nameType":"Personal","givenName":"Sophie Marie","familyName":"Cameron","affiliation":[],"nameIdentifiers":[]},{"name":"Daley, Samuel John","nameType":"Personal","givenName":"Samuel John","familyName":"Daley","affiliation":[],"nameIdentifiers":[]},{"name":"Peralta, Gabriela","nameType":"Personal","givenName":"Gabriela","familyName":"Peralta","affiliation":[],"nameIdentifiers":[]},{"name":"Suen, Kyle Jonathan","nameType":"Personal","givenName":"Kyle Jonathan","familyName":"Suen","affiliation":[],"nameIdentifiers":[]}],"titles":[{"title":"Impacts of trails and forest thinning on black bear (Ursus americanus) tree use"}],"publisher":"University of California Natural Reserve System","container":{"type":"Series","title":"CEC Research","volume":"Volume 6","firstPage":"Issue 3"},"publicationYear":2022,"subjects":[{"subject":"American black bear (Ursus americanus)"},{"subject":"forest thinning"},{"subject":"lodgepole"},{"subject":"montane forest"},{"subject":"trails"},{"subject":"habitat selection"}],"contributors":[{"name":"Wong, Kathleen","givenName":"Kathleen","familyName":"Wong","affiliation":["University of California Natural Reserve System"],"contributorType":"Editor","nameIdentifiers":[]}],"dates":[{"date":"2022","dateType":"Issued"}],"language":null,"types":{"ris":"JOUR","bibtex":"article","citeproc":"article-journal","schemaOrg":"ScholarlyArticle","resourceType":"JournalArticle","resourceTypeGeneral":"JournalArticle"},"relatedIdentifiers":[],"relatedItems":[],"sizes":[],"formats":["pdf"],"version":null,"rightsList":[],"descriptions":[{"description":"Anthropogenic land alteration is affecting the ways that vertebrates are interacting with their environments. In montane forest ecosystems, Ursus americanus, the American black bear, is one such species that lives in a habitat that is increasingly being changed by human development. Black bears frequently use human settlements for food and are known to alter their habitat preference to be near these settlements. Previous research has shown that black bears use human-made trails to travel, and therefore often use the trees near these trails for foraging and territorial marking. It is also known that forest thinning can result in an increased amount of bear markings on trees. However, the effect that forest thinning has on bears’ usage of trails is unknown. Here, we show that in a small habitat surrounded by human settlement, bears do not mark trees near trails as expected, nor do they alter their frequency of off trail marking of trees in response to forest thinning. This disagrees with previous studies done in large, forested areas, that observe a higher frequency of marks on trees near trails and in cleared areas. This suggests that black bears may behave differently depending on forest density and the size of the reserves they inhabit; forest managers in smaller areas should consider these findings when carrying out future forest management in bear-inhabited areas.","descriptionType":"Abstract"},{"description":"CEC Research, Volume 6, Issue 3","descriptionType":"SeriesInformation"}],"geoLocations":[{"geoLocationPlace":"Valentine Camp","geoLocationPoint":{"pointLatitude":"37.629722","pointLongitude":"-118.656667"}}],"fundingReferences":[],"url":"https://ucnrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Impacts-of-trails-and-forest-thinning-on-black-bear-Ursus-americanus-tree-use.pdf","contentUrl":null,"metadataVersion":5,"schemaVersion":"http://datacite.org/schema/kernel-4","source":"mds","isActive":true,"state":"findable","reason":null,"viewCount":0,"downloadCount":0,"referenceCount":0,"citationCount":0,"partCount":0,"partOfCount":0,"versionCount":0,"versionOfCount":0,"created":"2022-12-02T21:44:01Z","registered":"2022-12-02T21:44:02Z","published":null,"updated":"2025-06-20T21:43:37Z"},"relationships":{"client":{"data":{"id":"cdl.ucd","type":"clients"}}}},{"id":"10.21973/n38s94","type":"dois","attributes":{"doi":"10.21973/n38s94","identifiers":[],"creators":[{"name":"Hurst, Haley","nameType":"Personal","givenName":"Haley","familyName":"Hurst","affiliation":[],"nameIdentifiers":[]},{"name":"Coker, Cassidy","nameType":"Personal","givenName":"Cassidy","familyName":"Coker","affiliation":[],"nameIdentifiers":[]},{"name":"Torno, Tim","nameType":"Personal","givenName":"Tim","familyName":"Torno","affiliation":[],"nameIdentifiers":[]},{"name":"McColl, Trent","nameType":"Personal","givenName":"Trent","familyName":"McColl","affiliation":[],"nameIdentifiers":[]}],"titles":[{"lang":"en","title":"Characterizing tick microhabitat preferences in relation to lizard hosts at Angelo Coast Range Reserve, California"}],"publisher":"University of California Natural Reserve System","container":{"type":"Series","title":"CEC Research","volume":"Volume 3","firstPage":"Issue 1"},"publicationYear":2019,"subjects":[{"subject":"ticks"},{"subject":"microhabitat"},{"subject":"lizards"},{"subject":"Lyme disease"}],"contributors":[{"name":"Kathleen","familyName":"Wong","affiliation":["University of California Natural Reserve System"],"contributorType":"Editor","nameIdentifiers":[]}],"dates":[{"date":"2019","dateType":"Issued"}],"language":null,"types":{"ris":"JOUR","bibtex":"article","citeproc":"article-journal","schemaOrg":"ScholarlyArticle","resourceType":"Text","resourceTypeGeneral":"JournalArticle"},"relatedIdentifiers":[],"relatedItems":[],"sizes":[],"formats":["pdf"],"version":null,"rightsList":[],"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","description":"Climate change negatively impacts biodiversity rates among species worldwide. Maintaining biodiversity is crucial to maintaining healthy ecological relationships including those between lizards and ticks. Lizard tick interactions are vital to understanding how disease affects a landscape because lizards act as an incidental host for Lyme Disease. Researching these changes are vital to better understand how disease ecology will affect natural environments in our future. Our study examined the relationship between lizards and ticks inhabiting the Angelo Coast Range Reserve, California. This study focuses on the lizard tick load and how it can be used as a proxy for the tick abundance within microhabitats. Through the understanding of tick-lizard interactions and how abiotic factors can influence tick microhabitat preference, it can aid in reducing the knowledge gap of understanding the disease landscape of this area. Although lizards were not a suitable proxy for tick abundance via tick drags, abiotic conditions such as leaf litter and soil temperature were associated with higher tick loads on lizards. 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