Sun Field Station across Searsvill Reservoir, photo by Dan Quinn

The area now included within the Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve has been used for scientific studies since the opening of Stanford University.

The Preserve is widely recognized as the site of discoveries that have been important both to the scientific community and to society.

Publications

2026

Béllo Carvalho, R., Hébert, T. & Dirzo, R. Fueling the discussion: are fire-fuel clearings impacting mammal activity at Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve, California, USA?. Mamm Res 71, 12 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13364-025-00830-0

Namayandeh A, Lamb C, Sarabia JL, Shakouri M, Lopes E, Lezama Pacheco J, Honeyman A, Coker A, Stewart B, Tikoo S, Peak D, Fendorf S (2025). Nonlinear Redox Transformations of Chromium in Soil during Wildfire Heating: The Critical Role of Iron Mineralogy. Environmental Science & Technology, 59(50), 27623-27634.

Raven P, Baldwin B, Fawcett S, Beck J, Forbes H, Guilliams Matt, Jones A, Rebman J, Xerogeanes J (2026) Fertility and clonality of Pickeringia (Fabaceae), a unique endemic genus of the California chaparral. Artemisia, 51(2), 20-26.

2025

Frangos C, Dirzo R, Peláez M (2025). Long-term impacts of nurse plants on evergreen and deciduous oak saplings in Northern California. Forest Ecology and Management, 577, 122426.

Madrzyk M, Yang M, Vonshak M, Das B, Fiocca K, Gordon DM. (2025) Mutual avoidance at resources by the native winter ant and the invasive Argentine ant. Insect. Soc.1-12. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00040-025-01036-y

Peláez M, López-Sánchez A, Wilson Fernandes G, Dirzo R, Rodríguez-Calcerrada J, Perea R (2025) Responses of oak seedlings to increased herbivory and drought: a possible trade-off?. Annals of Botany, 135(1-2), 341-356.|

Niboyet A, Le Roux X, Chiariello NR, Dijkstra P, Field CB, & Hungate BA. (2025) Soil moisture and the number of simultaneous stressors drive interactions among global changes on denitrification. Communications Earth and Environment, 6(1), 1-9.

Frangos C, Kamets B, Sonawane C, Dirzo R. (2025). Acorn dispersal location and predation risk beneath nurse plants in a Californian oak woodland. Forest Ecology and Management, 594, 122978.

2024

Lagerstrom KM, Scales NC, Hadly EA (2024) Impressive pan-genomic diversity of E. coli from a wild animal community near urban development reflects human impacts. iScience.

Couper LI, Farner JE, Lyberger KP, Lee AS, Mordecai EA. (2024). Mosquito thermal tolerance is remarkably constrained across a large climatic range. Proc. R. Soc. B., 291:20232457.