Projects

Ethan and Adriana set up treatment plots

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Experimental removal of annual invasive grasses in serpentine grassland

Researchers aim to test multiple invasive species removal strategies. They will evaluate how seed harvesting, removing thatch by raking, or the combination of both treatments affect the abundance of invasive grasses, and they will monitor how…

Researchers installing microclimate sensors at Jasper Ridge

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The Jasper Ridge Microclimate Sensor Array

This project seeks to quantify and analyze microclimatic variation in plant communities across JRBP ('O'O) by installing microclimate sensors across a diversity of habitats around the preserve for a period of 10 years.

Rosa McGuire inoculating flowers of sticky monkeyflower (Diplacus aurantiacus) with bacteria and yeast

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Temperature effects on community assembly using nectar microbes of sticky monkeyflower

Researchers seek to address how changing climate alters community composition via weakened priority effects by studying the temporal variation in microbial communities of sticky monkeyflower (Diplacus aurantiacus).

Stanford students Maya Xu and Marty Freeland surveying birds at Jasper Ridge and TomKat Ranch

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Comparing Bird Survey Methodologies at Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve ('Ootchamin 'Ooyakma) and TomKat Ranch

Through a comparative methods study, researchers aim to examine the relative efficacy of three modes of bird survey and to assemble a more complete and accurate picture of the avian functional community at Jasper Ridge throughout…

Stanford researcher Daniel Neamati making a 3D image of plants at the Jasper Ridge pile burn site

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3D Reconstruction of Ecosystem Response at the Wildland-Urban Interface

This research team will use hand-held camera imagery and drone images of outdoor landscapes to build 3D models using state-of-the-art techniques in computer vision and computer graphics, to support land management goals.

Stanford researcher Amaury Payelleville taking a soil sample at the Jasper Ridge pile burn site

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The role of pathogenic organisms in the regulation of insect species that infest acorns

This study investigates the dynamic relationship between acorns infested by insect larvae, how pathogens regulate these larvae, and how pile burning affects them all.

Alandra Lopez, Claudia Avila, Katie Huy, Scott Fendorf at Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve

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The biogeochemical response of chaparral and oak woodland ecosystems to prescribed fires

This project investigates how biogeochemical changes in soils (organic matter, nutrient availability, and soil-borne metals). are influenced by fire conditions, ecosystem type, and geologic parent material.

Stanford researcher Adrian Wackett taking a soil core at a pile burn site at Jasper Ridge

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Investigating if radioisotopes are conserved after intense heating

The aim of this project is to answer fundamental questions about the retention of geomorphologically- and biogeochemically relevant radionuclide tracers in soils before and after prescribed fire.

Smoke and flames from burning brush at one of the pile burn sites at Jasper Ridge

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Quantifying and characterizing particulate matter from prescribed fire smoke: Towards developing a standardized monitoring protocol

This project ultimately aims to develop novel tools to better measure smoke from prescribed fire and provide policy recommendations that would facilitate greater use of beneficial fire as a forest management tool.

Plant regrowth at one of the pile burn sites at Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve

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The effects of prescribed fires, mastication, and mowing on vegetation regeneration

This project aims to evaluate how different fuel management strategies affect seed viability in chaparral and oak woodland habitats.