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Longterm monitoring of serpentine grassland in relation to disturbance and annual climate
This long-term experiment involves replicated plots in serpentine grassland that have been monitored annually since 1983 to assess the impact of gopher disturbance and rainfall variability on the composition of serpentine vegetation. In this experiment, a group of 3 adjacent plots--a gopher exclosure, an above-ground mammal exclosure, and a control-is replicated three times. In each plot, 24 quadats are surveyed each April to determine the plant cover and density of 20 plant species. In addition, gopher mounds have been marked each year since 1987, and the plant community on them has been censused. Publications to date have emphasized the importance of weather variation in determining the abundance of certain species, but historical factors are also important and most species defy simple generalizations. Hobbs is currently completing an analysis of the 20-year record. ... Read More
JRBP faculty director Chris Field to receive Heinz Award for environmental science and leadership
Stanford researcher and JRBP faculty director Chris Field will be one of the 10 recipients of the 2009 Heinz Awards. The Heinz Family Foundation is recognizing Field "for his leadership and innovation in carbon cycle and climate science."
Field, a professor of biology and earth systems science at Stanford, also serves as the director of the Carnegie Institution's Department of Global Ecology and is a co-chair of IPCC Working Group 2.
Read more at Stanford News Service
Jasper Ridge provides hands-on learning for local students
Local high school students are learning ecology at Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve through the Redwood Environmental Academy of Leadership (REAL), a program based at Redwood High School in Redwood City.
The REAL program is funded by a grant from the Stanford Initiative on Improving K-12 Education.
Read more at Stanford News Service
New Restoration Ecology Fellowship Program at JRBP
Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve is pleased to announce a new fellowship program to support a visiting scholar,
focused on the emerging science of restoration ecology.
Click here for details (PDF)
2007-2008 Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve
Annual Report
The 2007-2008 Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve Annual Report is now available for download in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format.
Click here to download.
JRBP Draft Strategic Plan
The draft JRBP strategic plan reviewed by the External Review Committee is available online at
jrbp.stanford.edu/stratplan.php.
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JRBP Mission Statement
The mission of Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve is to contribute to the understanding
of the Earth's natural systems through research, education, and protection of the
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