Ecosystem Sciences

Research Interests

Rangeland ecology and management

Research Description

I study how rangeland ecosystems respond to herbivory, fire, and management. I ask questions about how rangeland plant community distribution is related to physical site variables such as elevation, slope, aspect, soil type, and climate,…[read more]

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Pedology isotope biogeochemistry, impact of climate and life on earth processes, soils in biogeochemical cycles, human impacts on soils and ecosystems

Research Description

The Earth has entered the Anthropocene, a geologic epoch where humans are altering the face of the planet on a scale rivaled only by past meteor impacts or glacial cycles. These are therefore exciting and…[read more]

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Biometeorology, biosphere-atmosphere trace gas fluxes

Research Description

Our research approach involves the coordinated use of experimental measurements and theoretical models to understand the physical, biological, and chemical processes that control trace gas fluxes between the biosphere and atmosphere and to quantify their…[read more]

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Geomicrobiology, environmental biogeochemistry, microbial community ecology and evolution

Research Description

Motivation and approach

Microorganisms exert fundamental controls on the chemistry of their environments. Their activities are shaped by inter-organism interactions and the geochemistry of their surroundings. My research group studies these processes, primarily by application of…[read more]

Research Interests

Wildlife biology and management

Research Description

My research has encompassed three general areas:

1.  the response of terrestrial vertebrates to forest and range management practices,
2.  the ecology and management of introduced species, especially feral animals, and
3.  the autecology of economically or politically important wildlife, including,…[read more]
   

Research Interests

Rangeland ecology and management

Research Description

Rangeland ecosystems form extensive wildland landscapes visually dominated by grassland, shrubland, and savanna vegetation. Two important natural processes that control the structure and function of these ecosystems are herbivory and fire. Successful restoration, conservation, and…[read more]

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Forest Ecology and Ecosystem Dynamics

Research Description

The goal of my research program is to know how and why forests change. My efforts are guided by the conviction that our understanding must apply to specific forests with all the attendant complexities and…[read more]

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Conservation, behavioral and population ecology

Research Description

My current research focuses on:

1. long-term response of California birds and mammals to climate change as part of the Grinnell Resurvey Project,
2. metapopulation biology of cryptic rails,
3. avian parental care strategies and population dynamics, and
4. ecology of endangered or…[read more]
   

Research Interests

Forest Biometrics and Remote Sensing

Research Description

Our group does research in:

• biometrics/ecometrics-forest and ecological measurement and modeling
• remote sensing-using satellite, Lidar and digital camera imagery to monitor forest ecosystems

We work on levels ranging from individual plants and trees to landscapes. Much of our…[read more]

Research Interests

Wildlife Ecology, Conservation and Socioeconomics

Research Description

The catastrophic global decline of biodiversity is widely recognized as among the most pressing problems we face as a society. The biological, economic and social consequences of depauperate oceans, tundras, savannas and forests remain unclear…[read more]

Research Interests

Microbial Ecology

Research Description

Visibility is such a great obsession with us, humans! But the world knows little about that. Think about it: how long has the eye–as a biological structure– been around? And what does it really help…[read more]

Research Interests

Physiological plant ecology, stable isotope biogeochemistry

Research Description

Research in my laboratory focuses on the interface between plants and their environment. The tools of physiological and evolutionary plant ecology and stable isotope biogeochemistry are currently being applied towards the study and interpretation of…[read more]

Research Interests

Tree genetics and systematics

Research Description

Climate change and habitat fragmentation are two major concerns for the future health of forests and woodlands and the diversity of organisms that depend on these ecosystems. Research in the Dodd lab uses molecular methods…[read more]

Research Interests

Microbial ecology

Research Description

Soil microbial ecology: Microbial processing of carbon and nitrogen underlie the capacity of soil to support plant growth in agriculture, rangeland, forests, and wetlands. However the extreme heterogeneity of soil and the scale at which…[read more]

Research Interests

Climate change biogeochemical cycles

Research Description

The climate of the Earth is intimately tied to the composition of the atmosphere and the dynamics of the underlying surface. The atmosphere and land surface exchange energy, water and other trace substances on all…[read more]

Research Interests

Forest pathology, forest mycology, forest and tree management

Research Description

EXOTIC FOREST DISEASES: we are interested in uncovering the mechanisms behind invasions by exotic forest pathogens, and we use molecular tools to understand their biology, ecology, and epidemiology. We are currently working on Sudden Oak…[read more]

Research Interests

Biogeochemistry, atmospheric chemistry

Research Description

Goldstein Group research themes include atmospheric chemistry and biogeochemistry. We investigate anthropogenic and natural contributions to the chemical composition of the troposphere, interactions of air pollution with ecosystems, aerosol composition and chemistry, and the biogeochemistry…[read more]

Research Interests

Remote Sensing and GIS

Research Description

My research is on the use of remote sensing and geographic information systems (GIS) technology to monitor and map natural resources and human settlements. Computer based pattern recognition, statistical analysis, mathematical modeling are studied for…[read more]

Research Interests

Systems ecology biological control

Research Description

My research group investigates plant – herbivore-natural enemy interactions as driven by edaphic and weather factors using physiologically based tritrophic models. The models are based on extensive field and laboratory data. The models are used…[read more]

Research Interests

Forestry, resource management, riparian ecology

Research Description

My current research interests are focused on ecological restoration and monitoring, evaluating the effectiveness of best management practices aimed at protecting water quality and improving the management of non-industrial forest properties. My past areas of…[read more]

Research Interests

Global change, ecosystem ecology, biodiversity

Research Description

Harte’s research focuses on the effects of human actions on, and the linkages among, biodiversity, ecosystem structure and function, and climate. His work spans a range of scales, from plot to landscape to…[read more]

Research Interests

Rangeland conservation and management

Research Description

Whether the topic is Inner Mongolian herders or California ranchers, extensive livestock production on rangelands requires negotiation between demand for a relatively predictable flow of products and the inherent unpredictability of an arid rangeland environment….[read more]

Research Interests

GIS and remote sensing

Research Description

I am a Professor and Cooperative Extension Specialist in the Environmental Science, Policy and Management department at UC Berkeley. I study the drivers, patterns and consequences of environmental change across California’s spatially complex, socially…[read more]

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Forest ecology and urban forestry

Research Description

My research is focused on urban forestry. This research is concerned with three questions:

1. What is the relationship between the ecological characteristics of the biome in which a city occurs and the composition, structure, and function…[read more]
   

Research Interests

Artificial regeneration of native California oaks

Research Description

• Artificial regeneration of native California oaks
• Effects of augering and fertilization on blue oaks
• Effects of weed control and treeshelters on blue oak field performance
• Effect different sizes of treeshelters on growth and survival of blue oaks
• How radicle…[read more]
  

Research Interests

Conservation biology

Research Description

My primary focus is in the field of conservation biology. In particular, I am interested in the forces that influence loss of biodiversity at all hierarchical levels from genes to ecosystems. My experience spans from…[read more]

Research Interests

Fire Ecology and Management

Research Description

A fire regime is a complex phenomenon, driven by a variety of biotic and abiotic factors at several spatio-temporal scales. Fire is also one of the clearest examples of the linkage between “pattern and process”…[read more]

Research Interests

Forestry and silviculture

Research Description

The Cooperative Extension Forestry program provides an array of education and applied research programs for family forest landowners, professional foresters and resource managers, forest practitioners, school teachers and students, and citizens interested in forest conservation…[read more]

Research Interests

Stand dynamics silviculture forest management

Research Description

My research involves integrating stand dynamics into stand- and landscape-level decision-making. Stand dynamics generally refers to changes in stand structure and accompanying processes over time. With a good understanding of stand structure and stand development,…[read more]

Research Interests

Soil & environmental biogeophysics, fate & transport of contaminants

Research Description

The Soil and Environmental Biogeophysics Lab focuses on the analysis and prediction of transport and fate of chemical species that are of importance to the functioning, quality and remediation of soils, surface sediments and water….[read more]

Research Interests

Forest Ecosystem Management

Research Description

Our goal: building quantitative understanding of how to optimally achieve ecosystem service production and biodiversity conservation in multi-use landscapes. Our work addresses unanswered, fundamental ecological questions while directly informing how to sustainably manage temperate and…[read more]

Research Interests

Wildlife conservation, human impacts on wildlife, wildlife/urban interface

Research Description

Wildlife conservation in fragmented and altered landscapes, including studies of wildlife movement, habitat use, and population biology in oak woodland, sage scrub, and riparian habitats; behavioral changes and adjustments in habitat use of woodland bird…[read more]

Research Interests

Ecosystem ecology, biogeochemistry

Research Description

My research interests are in the field of ecosystem ecology, and include biogeochemical cycling in the plant-soil-atmosphere interfaces, the effects of disturbance on nutrient cycling, and the relationships among nutrient cycling, land-use, and biodiversity. My…[read more]

Research Interests

Environmental aqueous geochemistry, subsurface hydrology

Research Description

Soils are open, multicomponent, biogeochemical systems containing solids, liquids, and gases. That they are open systems means soils exchange both matter and energy with the surrounding atmosphere, biosphere, and hydrosphere. These flows of…[read more]

Research Interests

Forest Management

Research Description

Cultural Research Areas

Resource economics; natural resource management and decision-making; silviculture; bioeconomic modeling; hardwood management

Extension Areas

Education of nonindustrial private forest landowners; education of hardwood range owners; monitoring hardwood rangelands; continuing education of professional foresters; growth and…[read more]

Research Interests

Wildland fire science

Research Description

I am interested in the interactions of wildland fire and ecosystems. This includes how prehistoric fires once interacted with ecosystems, how current wildland fires are affecting ecosystems, and how future fires and management may change…[read more]

Research Interests

Watershed management, forest management, resource economics

Research Description

My areas of interest for both research and extension center around improving the positive financial linkages between working forests and rangelands on one hand and our urban residents on the other. In addition to the…[read more]

Research Interests

Community ecology; restoration and invasion biology

Research Description

I am interested in the abundance and diversity of plant species. My research group studies how species interactions, soil feedbacks, and disturbance determine these patterns. We use this understanding to address problems of invasive species,…[read more]

Research Interests

Oak woodland ecology, human impacts on wildlife

Research Description

Response of wildlife to land management in California oak woodland

• Habitat associations and demography of small mammals in relation to prescribed burning and shrub understory in oak woodland
• Shrub understory, wildlife diversity, and ranch economics on oak…[read more]