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UniversityofCaliforniaSantaBarbara
SEDGWICKRESERVE
ANNUALREPORTFY2013-2014
July1,2013–June31,2014
Part1.ReserveUseData
Part2.ReserveUsers'AffiliationUniversityofCaliforniaSedgwickReserveUniversityofCalifornia,BerkeleyUniversityofCalifornia,DavisUniversityofCalifornia,IrvineUniversityofCalifornia,LosAngelesUniversityofCalifornia,OfficeofthePresidentUniversityofCalifornia,RiversideUniversityofCalifornia,SanDiegoUniversityofCalifornia,SantaBarbaraUniversityofCalifornia,SantaCruzCaliforniaCommunityCollegeCuestaCollegeCaliforniaCommunityCollegeRiversideCommunityCollegeSantaBarbaraCityCollegeCaliforniaOtherCollegeorUniversityUniversityofSouthernCalifornia(USC)U.S.-UniversityorCollegeOutsideofCaliforniaCornellUniversityDukeUniversityPacificaGraduateInstituteOtherU.S.CollegeorUniversityGreenMountainCollegeHendrixCollege
UniversityofMaryland,CollegeParkUniversityofNebraskaUniversityofTennesseeInternationalUniversityorCollegeInternationalCollegeorUniversityETHZurichSwissFederalInstituteforForest,SnowandLandscapeResearchTheUniversityofQueenslandUniversityofMainzK-12EducationDunnSchoolK-12SchoolsLosOlivosK-12SchoolsOxnardNatureTrackFoundationSantaYnezValleyCharterSchoolNon-GovernmentalOrganizationorNon-ProfitEntityBodhiPathCaliforniaNativePlantSocietyCaliforniaStudentSustainabilityCoalitionFundforSantaBarbaraNon-GovernmentalOrganizationLandTrustSantaBarbaraCountyLasCumbresObservatoryGlobalNetworkSantaBarbaraAudubonSocietySantaBarbaraBotanicGardenSantaBarbaraCountySearchandRescueSantaBarbaraSageHensSantaYnezValleyNaturalHistorySocietyWheelingWarriorsCentralCoastCyclingWildernessYouthProjectWoodstockPropertyOwnersAssoc.GovernmentalAgencyorEntityChannelIslandsNationalMarineSanctuaryOakRidgeNationalLaboratorySpecialTechnologiesLaboratoryUSGeologicalSurveyBusinessEntityAngelsFosterCareofSantaBarbaraCaliforniaBeeCompany,LLCIndividualorOtherEntityEcologyGlobalNetworkIndependentJournalistNaturalHistoryMuseumofSantaMariaRoyalBotanicGardens,Kew
Part3.UsebyInstructionalGroupsUniversityofCalifornia,SantaBarbara,CA:
1. BIOLCS101,WalkingBiology,ClaudiaTyler,May,20142. MethodsandTechniquesofFieldArchaeology,H.B.Thakar,May20143. BiologicalCommunitySurveyandAnalysis,FrankW.Davis,April,20144. CaliforniaNaturalistCertificationCourse,March,20145. WatershedAnalysis,DerekBooth,Jan.,20146. ES/EEMB119,Ecology&ManagementofCalifornia'sWildlands,NicoleMolinari,October,21037. SoilGenesis,SamuelPrentice,November,20138. Physics,PhilipM.Lubin,October,20139. ArtCS101,Sect1,FieldPaintingwithanArtist&aBotanist,BruceTiffney,HankPitcher,July,2013
GreenMountainCollege,Vermont
1. Biology3072FieldCourse,JamesH.Graves,March2014SantaBarbaraCityCollege,SantaBarbara,CA
1. MethodsinFieldBiology,AdamK.Green,March,2014PacificaGraduateInstitute,SantaBarbara,CA
1. DPS732,Ecopsychology:TheBodyontheEarth,ElizabethA.Perluss,Oct.20132. PsycheinNature,Feb.2014
Part4.CurrentResearch
PrincipalInvestigator Affiliation ProjectTitle Application# Status ProjectDuration
IanPearse|WalterKoenig UniversityofNebraska|CornellUniversity| ReproductiveecologyofQuercuslobata 19705 continuing Feb2009toJun2015
AshleyAtwell UniversityofNebraskaFemaleMateChoicePlasticityinMultipleIntrinsicandExtrinsicFactors
26397 ending Jul2013toJul2013
RegineClaßen-Bockhoff|DanielaKlein UniversityofMainz PollinationecologyinSalvia 27477 continuing May2013toNov2016
Janneke Hillerislambers | Jonathan LevineUniversityofCalifornia,SantaBarbara|UniversityofToronto|UniversityofWashington|ETHZurich
Californiaannualserpentinecommunities 5611 ending Jan2005toJul2014
Anita Krause | Carla D'AntonioUniversityofCalifornia,SantaBarbara|Google|UniversityofMinnesota-TwinCities
NutrientNetwork:ACross-SiteInvestigationOfBottom-UpControlOverHerbaceousPlantCommunityDynamicsAndEcosystemFunction.
9822 continuing Sep2009toSept2014
Bruce Mahall | Shelly Cole | Claudia Tyler UniversityofCalifornia,SantaBarbaraTheroleofwaterstress(drought)inoakseedlingandsaplingsurvivalandperformanceatSedgwickReserve
1784 continuing Jul2006toOct2014
Bruce Mahall | Claudia Tyler UniversityofCalifornia,SantaBarbara SantaBarbaraCountyOakProject 1785 continuing Jan1995toJun2014
Shelly Cole | Claudia Tyler UniversityofCalifornia,SantaBarbara Valleyoakseedlingcompetitionwithnearneighbors 22728 continuing Nov2010toJul2014
Andy MacDonald UniversityofCalifornia,SantaBarbaraTickpopulationdynamicsandLymediseaseriskinSouthernCalifornia
25518 continuing Jul2012toDec2016
Grant Canova-Parker | Kate McCurdy UniversityofCalifornia,SantaBarbaraUsingtrailcamerastodocumentwildlifeusingSedgwick'swatersources.
26310 continuing Jul2012toJun2015
Patricia Holden | Joshua Schimel | Stefano Manzoni | Sean Schaeffer UniversityofCalifornia,SantaBarbara ControlsoverCsequestration:physiologyvs.physics 26333 continuing Dec2012toDec2015
Heather Schneider | Susan Mazer UniversityofCalifornia,SantaBarbara ProjectBaseline 26607 ending Jan2013toSep2015
Brian Haggerty | Outreach Coordinator UniversityofCalifornia,SantaBarbara PlantphenologyatSedgwickReserve 26715 continuing Oct2012toJun2015
Eric Slessarev UniversityofCalifornia,SantaBarbaraRootsandMicrobialEnzymes:InvestigatinganUnderstudiedComponentoftheTerrestrialCarbonCycle
28281 continuing Jan2014toMay2015
Brenda Juarez | Kate McCurdy UniversityofCalifornia,SantaBarbara ValleyOakRestorationTechniques 29120 continuing Dec2013toJun2015
Nina Bingham | Oliver Chadwick UniversityofCalifornia,SantaBarbara Landscapeevolutionandexhumationofrocknitrogen 29558 continuing Jun2014toDec2014
JenniferKing|OliverChadwick|SamuelPrentice UniversityofCalifornia,SantaBarbaraAssessingscale-dependentsoilprocessdomainswithhighresolutionDEM
23384 ending Mar2011toJun2014
YangLin UniversityofCalifornia,SantaBarbaraPhotodegradationofBromusdiandrusthatchinasemi-aridgrassland
23689 ending May2011toJun2014
NathanEmery UniversityofCalifornia,SantaBarbara Seasonalfogandtheeffectsonmoisturecontentinshrubs 25531 ending Jul2012toSep2013
DarRoberts UniversityofCalifornia,SantaBarbaraHyspIRIdiscriminationofplantspeciesandfunctionaltypesalongastrongenvironmental-temperaturegradient.
27237 ending Apr2013toAug2014
LarsBildsten UniversityofCalifornia,SantaBarbara SupernovaeProgenitors 28535 ending Jan2014toDec2014
JonConway|ArturoKeller UniversityofCalifornia,SantaBarbara exsitumeasurementsofnanoparticletransport 28738 ending Oct2013toApr2014
Jonathan MarkowitzUniversityofCalifornia,SanDiego|UniversityofSouthernCalifornia(USC)
TheComparativeGovernanceofCommonPoolResources 26024 continuing Oct2012toAug2014
Elsa Cleland | Ellen Esch UniversityofCalifornia,SanDiegoLitterdecompositioninCaliforniachaparral:Examiningtheeffectsofphotodegredationandlocalmicrobialadaptionacrossanaturallyoccurringprecipitationgradient.
27137 continuing May2013toMay2016
BrucePavlik|HankPitcher|PaddyWoodworth|PeggyFiedler|PhilipRundel
UniversityofCalifornia,LosAngeles|UniversityofCalifornia,SantaBarbara|UniversityofCalifornia,OfficeofthePresident|RoyalBotanicGardens,Kew|IndependentJournalist
MediteraneanEcosystemsRestorationInititive 27775 ending Sep2013toDec2023
JakeUeckert UniversityofCalifornia,LosAngeles|TexasA&MUniversityControlledHybridizationinQuercusspp. 29007 ending Mar2014toMar2014
Andy Lentz UniversityofCalifornia,LosAngelesPhenologyofQuercusLobataontheSedgwickReserveintheFigueroawatershed
19460 continuing Jan2009toJun2015
PaulGugger UniversityofCalifornia,LosAngelesUtilizinganaturaloakhybridzonetoidentifygeneticvariationunderlyingfitnesstraits
28093 ending Sep2013toNov2013
NathanKraft|OscarGodoyUniversityofCalifornia,Irvine|UniversityofCalifornia,SantaBarbara
ApplicationofnichecoexistencetheorytoevaluatetheinvasibilityofMediterranean-typeecosystems
22626 ending Oct2010toJan2015
Jonathan Levine | Nathan Kraft
UniversityofCalifornia,Irvine|UniversityofCalifornia,LosAngeles|UniversityofCalifornia,SantaBarbara|UniversityofMaryland,CollegePark
Functionaltraitcorrelatesofannualplantcoexistence 28374 continuing Nov2013toAug2017
KellyCarscaddenUniversityofCalifornia,Davis|UniversityofCalifornia,Merced|UniversityofCalifornia,SantaBarbara|UniversityofToronto
mechanismsunderpinningnichebreadthinmonkeyflowers 29458 ending Jun2014toAug2014
Stella Copeland | Susan Harrison UniversityofCalifornia,Davis StatewideSitesDataCollectionSusanHarrisonLab 29128 onetime Apr2014toMar2015
Alexandra Weill UniversityofCalifornia,DavisVariationoffire-adaptedtraitsinspaceandtime:whatcanCeanothustellusaboutshrublandresilienceinthefaceofshiftingfireregimes?
31091 ending Apr2015toSep2015
MargaretMayfield TheUniversityofQueenslandFunctionalresponsestoinvasionanddrought:acomparisonofAmericanandAustralianannualplantsystems
29131 ending Apr2014toMay2014
ThomasWohlgemuthSwissFederalInstituteforForest,SnowandLandscapeResearch
Oakandpinecoexistence 29207 ending Mar2014toMar2015
GeneCapelle|JohnDiBenedetto|IanMcKenna|KirkMiller|MaryO'Neill
OakRidgeNationalLaboratory|SpecialTechnologiesLaboratory
Frequency-ModulatedPhosphorescenceDetectionofSolidMaterials
28553 ending Jan2014toSep2014
John Hygelund | Lorna Boyd LasCumbresObservatoryGlobalNetwork SedgwickObservatory 20689 continuing Jan2010toJun2015
John Hygelund LasCumbresObservatoryGlobalNetworkDevelopmentoftheGlobalNetworkofRoboticEchelleSpectrographs
25763 continuing Aug2012toAug2015
Walt Koenig CornellUniversity ReproductivePhenologyofValleyOaks(Quercuslobata) 1702 continuing Sep1980toDec2016
Part5.PublicationsAdeleye,AdeyemiS,JonRConway,ThomasPerez,PaigeRutten,andArturoAKeller.InfluenceofExtracellularPolymericSubstancesontheLong-TermFate,Dissolution,andSpeciationofCopper-BasedNanoparticles.EnvironmentalScience&Technology48,no.21(2014):12561-68.Atwell,Ashley,andWilliamEWagner.FemaleMateChoicePlasticityIsAffectedbytheInteractionbetweenMaleDensityandFemaleAgeinaFieldCricket.AnimalBehaviour98(2014):177-83.Barringer,BrianC.,WalterD.Koenig,andJohannesMHKnops.InterrelationshipsamongLife-HistoryTraitsinThreeCaliforniaOaks.Oecologia171,no.1(2013):129-39.Becerra,C.,andJ.Schimel.MicrobialDecompositionofDeadGrasslandRootsandItsInfluenceontheCarbonCycleunderChangingPrecipitationPatterns.AGUFallMeetingAbstracts-1(December2013):0325.Blankinship,JosephC.,CarylA.Becerra,SeanM.Schaeffer,andJoshuaP.Schimel.SeparatingCellularMetabolismfromExoenzymeActivityinSoilOrganicMatterDecomposition.SoilBiologyandBiochemistry71,no.0(April2014):68�75.doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2014.01.010.Boot,ClaudiaM.,SeanM.Schaeffer,andJoshuaP.Schimel.StaticOsmolyteConcentrationsinMicrobialBiomassduringSeasonalDroughtinaCaliforniaGrassland.SoilBiologyandBiochemistry57,no.0(February2013):356�61.doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2012.09.005.Borer,ElizabethT.,W.StanleyHarpole,PeterB.Adler,EricM.Lind,JohnL.Orrock,EricW.Seabloom,andMelindaD.Smith.FindingGeneralityinEcology:AModelforGloballyDistributedExperiments.MethodsinEcologyandEvolution5,no.1(2014):6573.doi:10.1111/2041-210X.12125.Borer,ElizabethT.,EricW.Seabloom,CharlesE.Mitchell,andJamesP.Cronin.MultipleNutrientsandHerbivoresInteracttoGovernDiversity,Productivity,Composition,andInfectioninaSuccessionalGrassland.Oikos123,no.2(2014):214-24.doi:10.1111/j.1600-0706.2013.00680.x.Boroson,T.,T.Brown,A.Hjelstrom,D.A.Howell,T.Lister,A.Pickles,W.Rosing,E.Saunders,R.Street,andZ.Walker.ScienceOperationsforLCOGT:AGlobalTelescopeNetwork.InSocietyofPhoto-OpticalInstrumentationEngineers(SPIE)ConferenceSeries,9149:1.SocietyofPhoto-OpticalInstrumentationEngineers(SPIE)ConferenceSeries,2014.doi:10.1117/12.2054776.Castro-Díez,P.,O.Godoy,A.Alonso,A.Gallardo,andA.Saldaña.WhatExplainsVariationintheImpactsofExoticPlantInvasionsontheNitrogenCycle?AMeta-Analysis.EcologyLetters17,no.1(2014):1-12.doi:10.1111/ele.12197.Colman,BenjaminP.,andJoshuaP.Schimel.DriversofMicrobialRespirationandNetNMineralizationattheContinentalScale.SoilBiologyandBiochemistry60,no.0(May2013):65-76.doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2013.01.003.Davies,T.Jonathan,ElizabethM.Wolkovich,NathanJ.B.Kraft,NicolasSalamin,JenicaM.Allen,TobyR.Ault,JulioL.Betancourt,etal.PhylogeneticConservatisminPlantPhenology.JournalofEcology101,no.6(2013):1520�30.doi:10.1111/1365-2745.12154.
Fernandez-Going,B.M.,S.P.Harrison,B.L.Anacker,andH.D.Safford.ClimateInteractswithSoiltoProduceBetaDiversityinCalifornianPlantCommunities.Ecology94,no.9(September1,2013):2007-18.doi:10.1890/12-2011.1.Friberg,Magne,ChristopherSchwind,RobertA.Raguso,andJohnN.Thompson.ExtremeDivergenceinFloralScentamongWoodlandStarSpecies(LithophragmaSpp.)PollinatedbyFloralParasites.AnnalsofBotany111,no.4(April1,2013):539�50.Friberg,Magne,ChristopherSchwind,LindseyC.Roark,RobertA.Raguso,andJohnN.Thompson.FloralScentContributestoInteractionSpecificityinCoevolvingPlantsandTheirInsectPollinators.JournalofChemicalEcology40,no.9(September1,2014):955-65.doi:10.1007/s10886-014-0497-y.Germain,RachelM.,andBenjaminGilbert.HiddenResponsestoEnvironmentalVariation:MaternalEffectsRevealSpeciesNicheDimensions.EcologyLetters17,no.6(2014):662-69.doi:10.1111/ele.12267.Gilbert,Benjamin,andJonathanM.Levine.PlantInvasionsandExtinctionDebts.ProceedingsoftheNationalAcademyofSciences110,no.5(January29,2013):1744-49.doi:10.1073/pnas.1212375110.Godoy,Oscar,NathanJBKraft,andJonathanMLevine.PhylogeneticRelatednessandtheDeterminantsofCompetitiveOutcomes.EcologyLetters,2014.Godoy,Oscar,andJonathanM.Levine.PhenologyEffectsonInvasionSuccess:InsightsfromCouplingFieldExperimentstoCoexistenceTheory.Ecology95,no.3(March1,2014):726-36.doi:10.1890/13-1157.1.Gugger,PaulF.,MakihikoIkegami,andVictoriaL.Sork.InfluenceofLateQuaternaryClimateChangeonPresentPatternsofGeneticVariationinValleyOak,QuercusLobataNée.MolecularEcology22,no.13(2013):3598-3612.doi:10.1111/mec.12317.Haggerty,BrianP.,ElizabethR.Matthews,KatharineL.Gerst,AngelaG.Evenden,andSusanJ.Mazer.TheCaliforniaPhenologyProject:TrackingPlantResponsestoClimateChange.Madroño60,no.1(January1,2013):13.doi:10.3120/0024-9637-60.1.1.Hamada,Yuki,DouglasA.Stow,DarA.Roberts,JanetFranklin,andPhaedonC.Kyriakidis.AssessingandMonitoringSemi-AridShrublandsUsingObject-BasedImageAnalysisandMultipleEndmemberSpectralMixtureAnalysis.EnvironmentalMonitoringandAssessment185,no.4(April1,2013):3173-90.doi:10.1007/s10661-012-2781-z.Harrison,Susan,EllenDamschen,BarbaraFernandez-Going,AnuEskelinen,andStellaCopeland.PlantCommunitiesonInfertileSoilsAreLessSensitivetoClimateChange.AnnalsofBotany,November30,2014.http://aob.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2014/11/29/aob.mcu230.abstract.Homyak,PeterM.,JamesO.Sickman,AmyE.Miller,JohnM.Melack,ThomasMeixner,andJoshuaP.Schimel.AssessingNitrogen-SaturationinaSeasonallyDryChaparralWatershed:LimitationsofTraditionalIndicatorsofN-Saturation.Ecosystems17,no.7(November1,2014):1286�1305.doi:10.1007/s10021-014-9792-2.Hufford,KristinaM,SusanJMazer,andScottAHodges.GeneticVariationamongMainlandandIslandPopulationsofaNativePerennialGrassUsedinRestoration.AoBPlants6(2014):plt055.Hufford,KristinaM.,SusanJ.Mazer,andJoshuaP.Schimel.SoilHeterogeneityandtheDistributionofNativeGrassesinCalifornia:CanSoilPropertiesInformRestorationPlans?Ecosphere5,no.4(April1,2014):art46.doi:10.1890/ES13-00377.1.
Koenig,WalterD.,andJohannesM.H.Knops.Large-ScaleSpatialSynchronyandCross-SynchronyinAcornProductionbyTwoCaliforniaOaks.Ecology94,no.1(January1,2013):83�93.doi:10.1890/12-0940.1.Koenig,WalterD.,MarioDíaz,FernandoPulido,ReyesAlejano,ElenaBeamonte,andJohannesM.H.Knops.AcornProductionPatterns.InMediterraneanOakWoodlandWorkingLandscapes,editedbyPabloCampos,LynnHuntsinger,JoseLuisOviedoPro,PaulFStarrs,MarioDiaz,RichardBStandiford,andGregorioMontero,16:181�209.LandscapeSeries.SpringerNetherlands,2013.http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6707-2_7.Lin,Y.,R.D.Scarlett,andJ.Y.King.EffectsofLitterExposuretoUVRadiationonSubsequentMicrobialDecomposition.AGUFallMeetingAbstracts-1(December2013):0562.Lin,Yang,andJenniferY.King.EffectsofUVExposureandLitterPositiononDecompositioninaCaliforniaGrassland.Ecosystems17,no.1(January1,2014):158�68.doi:10.1007/s10021-013-9712-x.Lister,T.,E.Gomez,E.Christensen,andS.Larson.TheLCOGTNearEarthObject(NEO)Follow-upNetwork.InAAS/DivisionforPlanetarySciencesMeetingAbstracts,46:#414.10.AAS/DivisionforPlanetarySciencesMeetingAbstracts,2014.MacDonald,Andy.LymeDiseaseRiskandtheEcologyofTick-BorneDiseaseinSouthernCalifornia:MildredE.MathiasGrantProgressReport,September2013.Mayfield,MargaretM,JohnMDwyer,AlannaMain,andJonathanMLevine.TheGerminationStrategiesofWidespreadAnnualPlantsAreUnrelatedtoRegionalClimate.GlobalEcologyandBiogeography23,no.12(2014):1430�39.Mazer,SusanJ,StevenETravers,BenjaminICook,TJonathanDavies,KjellBolmgren,NathanJBKraft,NicolasSalamin,andDavidWInouye.FloweringDateofTaxonomicFamiliesPredictsPhenologicalSensitivitytoTemperature:ImplicationsforForecastingtheEffectsofClimateChangeonUnstudiedTaxa.AmericanJournalofBotany100,no.7(2013):1381�97.McLaughlin,BlairC.,andErikaS.Zavaleta.ShiftingBottom-upandTop-downRegulationofOakRecruitmentacrossaRegionalResourceGradient.GlobalEcologyandBiogeography22,no.6(2013):718�27.doi:10.1111/geb.12028.Molinari,NicoleA,andCarlaMD�Antonio.Datafrom:Structural,CompositionalandTraitDifferencesbetweenNativeandNon-NativeDominatedGrasslandPatches,2013.Structural,CompositionalandTraitDifferencesbetweenNative-andNon-Native-DominatedGrasslandPatches.FunctionalEcology28,no.3(2014):745�54.Moroney,JoleneR.,andPhilipW.Rundel.EffectsofFireandFirelineDisturbanceonthePlantCommunityinaSouthernCaliforniaEcologicalReserve.Madroño60,no.3(July1,2013):173-78.doi:10.3120/0024-9637-60.3.173.Moroney,JoleneR.,andPhilipW.Rundel.AbundanceandDispersionoftheInvasiveMediterraneanAnnual,CentaureaMelitensisinItsNativeandNon-NativeRanges.BiologicalInvasions15,no.3(March1,2013):495�507.doi:10.1007/s10530-012-0302-1.Ortego,Joaquín,PaulF.Gugger,ErinC.Riordan,andVictoriaL.Sork.InfluenceofClimaticNicheSuitabilityandGeographicalOverlaponHybridizationPatternsamongSouthernCalifornianOaks.JournalofBiogeography41,no.10(2014):1895-1908.doi:10.1111/jbi.12334.
Pearse,IanS,WalterDKoenig,KyleAFunk,andMarioBPesendorfer.PollenLimitationandFlowerAbortioninaWind-Pollinated,MastingTree.BulletinoftheEcologicalSocietyofAmerica95,no.4(2014):462-64.Pearse,IanS.,SophieGriswold,DesirreePizarro,andWalterD.Koenig.StageandSizeStructureofThreeSpeciesofOaksInCentralCoastalCalifornia.Madroño61,no.1(January1,2014):1-8.doi:10.3120/0024-9637-61.1.1.Pearse,I.S.,W.D.Koenig,andJ.M.H.Knops.CuesversusProximateDrivers:TestingtheMechanismbehindMastingBehavior.Oikos,2014.Placella,SarahA.,andMaryK.Firestone.TranscriptionalResponseofNitrifyingCommunitiestoWettingofDrySoil.AppliedandEnvironmentalMicrobiology79,no.10(May15,2013):3294�3302.doi:10.1128/AEM.00404-13.Schimel,Joshua.SoilCarbon:MicrobesandGlobalCarbon.NatureClim.Change3,no.10(October2013):867-68.Sork,VictoriaL,andSilkeWerth.PhylogeographyofRamalinaMenziesii,aWidelyDistributedLichen-FormingFungusinWesternNorthAmerica.MolecularEcology23,no.9(2014):2326�39.Sorte,CascadeJB,InesIbáñez,DanaMBlumenthal,NicoleAMolinari,LukePMiller,EdwinDGrosholz,JeffreyMDiez,etal.PoisedtoProsper?ACross-SystemComparisonofClimateChangeEffectsonNativeandNon-NativeSpeciesPerformance.EcologyLetters16,no.2(2013):261�70.Stahlheber,KarenA,andCarlaMD’Antonio.DoTreeCanopiesEnhancePerennialGrassRestorationinCaliforniaOakSavannas?RestorationEcology,2014.Stahlheber,KarenA,andCarlaMD’Antonio.UsingLivestocktoManagePlantComposition:AMeta-AnalysisofGrazinginCaliforniaMediterraneanGrasslands.BiologicalConservation157(2013):300�308.Thompson,JohnN.InteractionandCoevolution.UniversityofChicagoPress,2014.Thompson,Pamela,PeterSmouse,DouglasScofield,andVictoriaSork.WhatSeedsTellUsaboutBirds:AMulti-YearAnalysisofAcornWoodpeckerForagingMovements.MovementEcology2,no.1(2014):12.doi:10.1186/2051-3933-2-12.Werth,Silke,andVictoriaLSork.EcologicalSpecializationinTrebouxia(Trebouxiophyceae)PhotobiontsofRamalinaMenziesii(Ramalinaceae)acrossSixRange-CoveringEcoregionsofWesternNorthAmerica.AmericanJournalofBotany101,no.7(2014):1127�40.
Part6.NarrativePARTI:CURRENTRESEARCHThirty-seven(37)researchprojectswerehandledbytheReservestaffduringthefiscalyear.Seven(7)projectswere new and 22 were ongoing. Eight on-going or one-year projects were completed by the end of thereportingperiod.ThelevelofresearchinFY2013-14wasconsistentwiththe10-yearaverageof39projectsperyearbut six (6)projects fewer than thepreviousyear.A listingof the researchcanbe found inPart IV:CurrentResearchFY2013-14.
In2013-2014,researchersspent2935daysworkingon37projectsforanaverageof79daysperproject.Asinpreviousyears,themajorityofresearchconductedatSedgwickwasdoneduringday-onlyvisits.UCSBresearchershadboththemostprojects(18projectsand1169daysofuse).ThehighestlevelofusewascontributedbytheLosCumbresObservatoryTelescopeNetwork,whichreporteduseoftheBOStelescopeon90%ofviewablenights(1263).ThisusewaslargelybyremoteoperationoftheBOSobservatory.ResearchersfromotherUCcampuseswerethesecondmostfrequentuserswith7projectsand69userdays.TheremainingprojectswerecompletedbyOutofstateuniversities(5projects,47userdays),andInternationaluniversities(4projectsand27userdays).
Ofthoseapplicationsthatreportedgrantsupportinformation,68%oftheprojects(25)receivedacombinedtotalof$4,895,806ingrantfundingforthefiscalyear.Thirty-eight(38)publicationswerepublishedduring2013-14usingSedgwickdata.ThelargenumberofpublicationscanbeattributedtousingbettersearchfunctionsusingGoogleScholarandZoteropublicationmanagementsoftwareandlagtimeadditionalresearchprojectsconductedatSedgwickinFY2012-13.
PARTII:UNIVERSITYLEVELINSTRUCTIONReserveuseforcollegeclassinstructiondecreasedbyonefromthepreviousyear.Thirteen(13)classeswereheldatthereservein2013-14comparedto14classesin2012-13,andthenumberofstudentswhoattendedincreasedfrom166in2012-2013to194in2013-14.Ofthe13classesheldatthereserveinthisreportingperiod,nine(9)werefromUCSBcomprisingfive(5)instructors,159studentsand39others,one(1)fromGreenMountainCollege,Vermontcomprisingtwo(2)instructorsand13students,andtwo(2)fromPacificaGraduateInstituteinSantaBarbarawithoneinstructorand46students.PARTIII:PUBLICOUTREACHPublicoutreachcontinuedtobeactiveonthereserveduringthefiscalyear.Therewere3399userstotaling4488userdays.
UCSB(18) OTHERUC(7)
INTERNATIONAL(4)
OUTOFSTATE(5) PRIVATE(3) TOTALS
STATUS New 2 3 2 0 0 7
On-going 12 3 1 3 3 22Completed 4 1 1 2 0 8
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Userdays 1169 69 27 47 1623 2935
REVENUE Facility&vehicle
use $863.10 $356.23 $203.56 $307.37 $152.67 $1,883.10
PublicUseGroups:Thefieldstationwasusedbyforty-nine(49)groupsduringthefiscalyearincludingWoodstockHomeOwnersAssociation,theWildernessYouthProject,TheFundforSantaBarbaraBoard,NatureTrackFoundation,SantaBarbaraCountySearchandRescue,theSageHens,CaliforniaNativePlantSociety,USGeologicalSurvey,andLasCumbresObservatoryGlobalTelescope.TheSantaYnezValleyNaturalHistorySocietyhostedtwo(2)publiceventsatthereserve:apublicviewingofthemovie“SantaYnezRiverWilderness”inTiptonMeetingHouseClarkeHall(125attendees);andalectureretiredCaliforniaStateParkrangerandauthorof“WaterandtheCaliforniaDream,”DavidCarle(55attendees).WalkingEcologyPublicLectureSeries:The“WalkingEcology”lectureseriesresumedinOctoberandwaswellattendedbythepublicanddocents,withanaverageof45attendeesperlecture.Thetopicsintheseven(7)lecturesthisyearincludedtopics:SpaceExploration;screeningof“Greenfire:TheAldoLeopoldLegacy;”GeologyandtheArts;TicksandLymeDisease;ChumashCulture;EffectsofFogonplantsatSedgwickReserve;andHerpetology.Duringtheyear,overonethousandvisitorslearnedabouttheReserve’srichculturalhistoryandhadopportunitiestoseehistoricalpreservationinaction.TheWalkingEcologylectureseriesstartedoutwithCarolGibbon’swellattendedReservehistorytalkandtourofthefieldstationandbarn;165guestscametotheannualbarndance.500elementaryschoolstudentstouredthebarninsearchofbarnowlsandtolearnaboutranchinglifeinearlyCalifornia.Seven(7)Midlandhighschoolstudentsparticipatedinanequestrianovernightcampoutinthebarn.Twowomen’sridinggroups(theSageHensandtheFillies)usedthebarnasastagingareafortheirorganizedrides,whichbroughtnearlysixty(60)equestriansontotheReserveinFY2013-14.Stopsatthebarn,artstudioandranchhousearepartofeveryfieldstationtour,whichweregivento46groups(225people)duringthefiscalyear.K-12Program:K-12educationcontinuedattheReserve,facilitatedby“NatureTrack.”Ten(10)classesvisitedthisfiscalyearcomparedto11groupsin2011-2012.Approximatelyfivehundredandeight(508)studentsfromSantaBarbaraandSantaYnezValleyschoolsvisitedthereservefornatureeducationactivities.PublicHikes:Docent-ledinterpretivepublichikesbeganinNovemberandcontinuedthroughMayforatotalofsevenhikingdaysinthisfiscalyear.Overall,threehundredforty-five(345)hikersparticipatedinthepublichikes.DocentActivities:Throughoutthe2013-14year,docentsparticipatedinanumberofactivitiestotaling1,173userdays,includingseven(7)WalkingEcologylectures,theLakeCachumaChristmasBirdCount,eleven(11)docenttraininglectures,onedocentcommunicationmeeting,seven(7)publichikesandseveralprivatehikesforretreatsofvariousorganizations.Additionally,docentsworkedinthenativeplantnursery,plantednativeplantsandweededaroundthefieldstation,maintainedhikingtrails,andcompletedweeklybirdcounts.DocentsrepresentedthereservewithaboothintheLosOlivos“DayintheCountry”eventinOctober2013.TheSedgwickReservePhenologyProject,apartofthelargerCaliforniaPhenologyProject,isnowinit’s3rdyear.Fourteen(14)dedicatedSedgwickdocents/phenologistsrecordingdataalonganestablishedphenologytrail,consistingof24plantsof6differentspecies:ValleyOak,CaliforniaLiveOak,CaliforniaBuckwheat,BlueElderberry,CoyotebrushandToyon.AndyLentz,Sedgwickdocent,createdanewphenologymanualhaving
higherqualityphotographsthanpreviouslyprovided.Theimprovedmanualassistsdocentswithrecordingdata.Phenologists’userdaystotaledover676forthefiscalyear.Five(5)docentscompletedtheCaliforniaNaturalistcertificationprogramofferedthroughtheSantaBarbaraBotanicGarden.Their“Capstone”projectsenhancenativeplantknowledgeandrestorationeffortsatSedgwickreserve,wildflowersofthereserve,andaslideshowpresentationofthereservepond’sdenizensandcattaileradicationactivities.Avalleyoakrestorationprojectcommencedinthewinterquarter.Avolunteergroupoffifteendocentsplantedone-hundred(100)valleyoakseedlingsandacorns,utilizingtraditionalplantingmethodsaswellasusingGroasisWaterboxxes,aself-wateringdevice.Sixmonthsintotheproject,therewasa75%survivalrate.PARTIV:STEWARDSHIPItwasanbelowaveragerainfallyearfortheReserve,withtheseasonalrainfalltotalof7.64inchesbeingrecordedbytheDRIweatherstationlocatedontheridgenorth-westoftheTiptonMeetingHouse.Thelast3wintershavebeenthedriestrecordedinCaliforniahistory.TheReserve’saquiferwasmeasuredbytheUSGSinMarch2014tobe28feetbelowsurface(inwetyearstheaquiferreachesthesurface,butaverages20feetbelowsurface.TheUSGShasbeensamplingtheaquifersince1950(64years).
Variousprojectswerecompletedthisfiscalyear:Depredationeffortsyielded22feralpigsusingtrapsonwateringsources(carriedoutbyreservestaffand1volunteer).BoyScouttroop42outofBuelltonreplacedaspringboxatCuckooSprings,aprojectsupervisedbyaSedgwicksteward.InfallquarterUCOPone-timecriticalneedsfundswereusedtohireabackhoeservicetoextractcattailsfromthepond.Theprojecttookfivedaystocomplete.Docentvolunteershelpedcleanupthereedremnantsfloatinginthepond.Therestoftheyear,twodocentvolunteerscontinuedtoremovecattailssproutingfromthebanks.ManagementPlanforHeirsParcel(farmingandgrazing)writtenFarmandgrazingleasescanceled.Newagreementswillbewrittenwhendroughtends.Weedmanagement:lowweedyearduetodrought;nogoatgrassfound.
Despite2013and2014beingexcellentacornyearsthereserveisseeingasignificantincreaseinthenumberofblueandValleyoaksdyinginplaceandfallingoverinwindevents.In2014twomassiveValleyOaksfell,oneinWindmillCanyonandoneneartheDirector’sresidence.Tricoloredblackbirdmonitoring;cameraonpond;pondturtles;bagradabuginvasion.DEVELOPMENTFiscalyear2013-14wasabanneryearforfundraisingattheReserve,cappedoffbya$2millionpledgefromUCSBalumnaLindaDuttenhaverwhosesupportforSedgwickhasbeentransformationaloverthelastsixyears.Lindahasfundedoutreachprogrammingforthelastseveralyearsandin2008fundedtherenovationofthebarn.Her2014giftwillmakepossibletherenovationoftheranchhouseprojectedtobecompletedduringfiscalyear2016.Alsoduringthefiscalyear,discussionswerebegunwiththismajordonoraboutherestateplanning;thesewillcontinueinearnestaftertheranchhouseiscompleted.Asinpastyears,severalhundredSedgwickfriendsanddonorswerepersonallysolicitedwithsnailmaillettersandreturnenvelopesinearlyDecember.Anadditional2000+peoplewhoreceivethemonthlynewslettersreceivedanonlinesolicitation.Docents,regularusersandneighborsoftheReservecontinuetobethemostconsistentdonorstotheReserve.(Publichikeselicitonaverage,about$150involuntarycontributions.)AboutadozenofSedgwick'sdonorswhosegiftsregularlyamountto$5kandaboveweresolicitedindividuallyandinpersonforspecialprojectsandinitiatives.Eachyearafewmoredonorsandprospectsareincludedinthesestewardship,cultivationandsolicitationactivitieswhichincludesmalldinnersheldatTiptonHouse,usuallycoincidingwithMs.Duttenhaver'svisits.Includingallgiftsforcurrentuseandcapitalprojects,totalsupportinFY14wasapproximately$2,125,000.Additionally,approximately$110,000wascontributedinfiscalyear2013-14totheSedgwickoperatingendowment.EventssuchasthepubliclecturesandtheannualBarnDance,heldinJuly2013,continuetoprovideexcellentvenuesforintroducingnewcomersandpotentialdonorstotheReserve.PlanningbeganinfinalquarterofthefiscalyearfortheFifthAnnualBarnDance,ahighlyanticipatedevent.FACILITIESDuringthefiscalyearfourlong-runningProp84(StateWildlifeConservationBoard)projectswerecompleted:thepolebarnadjacenttothehistoricbarnwasconvertedtoamaintenanceshop;electricalservicewasmovedtoasingleenclosureintheparkingarea,linesburiedwithinthefieldstationandserviceupgrade;waterlinesandasecondhydrantwasconstructedtobringpotablewatertoallfieldstationbuildings;androadsandparkingareaswereupgradedwithinthefieldstationarea.TotalcostfortheseWCBfundedinfrastructureimprovementswas$960,000.Annualvehiclemaintenancewascompletedonallreservevehicles.Themainwaterlinecomingfromthewellwasreplaced.Stewardscleanedupthesurplusbarnandalsomovedeverythingfromthepolebarninpreparationforit’scompleteremodel.Otherprojectscompletedbystewardswereobservatorytrailrestoration,mendingfencesandgates,rodentcontrolanddesigningfrostcoversforfiresprinklerbackflowdevices,andnativeplantrestoration.Facilityrentalsgenerated$11,020.70ininvoices.
ADMINISTRATIONInthefiscalyear,KateMcCurdyreachedher8thanniversaryasdirectorofthereserve.Assistedbytwopart-time(40%time)outreachcoordinators,thedirectormanagedmultiplereserveusersincludingresearchers(556usersand2624userdays);universitylevelclasses(258usersand372userdays);K-12groups(537usersand586userdays);anddocents,volunteers,NGOgroups,andotherpublicusers(2,736usersand3,580userdays).TheofficestaffgeneratedweeklynewsbulletinsenttoSedgwickadministrators,docentsandvolunteers.Katecreatedaquarterlynewslettertothegeneralinterestlist(over3,000subscribers).Reservemaintenancecontinuedtobesupportedbyacrewofpart-timestewardsValentinBarbosa-Navarro,GloriaLarios,GeorgeGranger,andBrianGuererro.Duringthefiscalyear,EricMasseywashiredintoafulltimeposition.
RECHARGE'REVENUE 'UCSB'RESEARCHERS' 'OTHER'RESEARCHERS' 'CLASS'USE' 'UCSB'RETREATS' 'PUBLIC' TOTAL
RANCH'HOUSE $673.10 $653.10 $356.00 $650.00 $2,664.97 $4,997.17
STUDIO'APT. $0.00 $0.00 $80.00 $0.00 $255.90 $335.90
STUDIO'CLASSROOM $0.00 $91.80 $365.10 $0.00 $301.80 $758.70
VEHICLES $190.00 $0.00 $84.00 $0.00 $325.00 $599.00
TIPTON'BUILDING $0.00 $0.00 $382.50 $1,360.00 $1,293.00 $3,035.50
CAMPING/TENT' $0.00 $275.10 $452.15 $0.00 $248.30 $975.55
CUSTODIAL/ADMIN'ASST $0.00 $0.00 $30.60 $0.00 $98.28 $128.88
PORTA6POTTIES $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $190.00 $190.00
TOTAL $863.10 $1,020.00 $1,750.35 $2,010.00 $5,377.25 $11,020.70
Part7.NRSCampusCommitteeRosterSallyHolbrook,CommitteeChair*;EnvironmentalStudiesandEcology,EvolutionandMarineBiologyPatriciaHolden,Director,UCSBNRS*;BrenSchoolSusanSwarbrick,AssociateDirector*;UCSBNaturalReserveSystem*ExOfficiomembersserveontheCommitteebyvirtueoftheirpositionwiththeNRS(Director,AssociateDirector,CommitteeChair,FacultyAdvisor)SedgwickReserveCarlaD'Antonio,FacultyAdvisor*;EnvironmentalStudiesandEcology,EvolutionandMarineBiologyJenniferKing,Representative;GeographyCommunityRepresentativesChetWork,LandTrustofSantaBarbaraCountyMaryMeyer,CaliforniaDepartmentofFishandGameEamonO'Byrne,TheNatureConservancyStudentRepresentativesMarissaBills,UndergraduateRepresentative;AssociatedStudentsNateEmery,GraduateRepresentative,GraduateStudentAssociation