Publications

Below is a selected list of peer-reviewed publications, student theses, and projects associated with the UC Santa Cruz Campus Natural Reserve:

Peer-reviewed publications

Anderson-Teixeira., K.J., S.J. Davies, A.C. Bennett, et al. 2014. CTFS-ForestGEO: a worldwide   network monitoring forests in an era of global change. Global Change Biology doi: 10.1111/gcb.12712.

Gilbert, G.S., E. Howard, B. Ayala-Orozco, M. Bonilla-Moheno, J. Cummings, S. Langridge, I.M. Parker, J. Pasari, D. Schweizer, and S. Swope. 2010. Beyond the tropics: forest structure in a temperate forest mapped plot.  Journal of Vegetation Science 21: 388-405.

Reid, R.E.B., E.N. Greenwald, Y. Wang, and C. Wilmers. 2013. Dietary niche partitioning by sympatric Peromyscus boylii and P. californicus in a mixed evergreen forest. Journal of Mammology 94(6):1248-1257.

Xiao, X., D.J. McGlinn, and E.P. White. 2013. A strong test of the Maximum Entropy Theory of Ecology. arXiv preprint arXiv:1308.0731.

Undergraduate Senior Theses/Projects

Hines, Sabrina M. 2012. Echolocation activity of bats in a mixed-evergreen Mediterranean forest habitat. A Senior Thesis submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies, UC Santa Cruz. Advisors: Dr. Winifred Frick and Dr. Christopher Wilmers, Environmental Studies. 

Horvath, A. and K. Stevenson. 2015. Herps on the FERP Monitoring Manual. A Campus Natural Reserve 10-unit internship project completed during Winter Quarter 2015 and Spring Quarter 2015. Agency sponsor: Alex Jones, Campus Natural Reserve; Faculty sponsor: Dr. Greg Gilbert, University of California-Santa Cruz.

Johnson, R. 2014. The impact of perceived risk on rodent foraging. Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Greg Gilbert. An undergraduate thesis for the Environmental Studies Department, University of California-Santa Cruz.

Gohindo, A. 2013. Effects of Ehrharta erecta on the redwood understory and implications for restoration. Advisor: Ingrid Parker. An undergraduate thesis for the Plant Sciences major in the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department of the University of California-Santa Cruz.

Mazza, J. 2015. The Natural History of UCSC Field Group: A look into the importance of natural history education. Advisor: Dr. Deborah Letourneau. An undergraduate thesis for the Environmental Studies Department of the University of California-Santa Cruz.

Perhamus, Cody. 2013. UCSC Campus Natural Reserve. A Campus Natural Reserve senior internship project completed during Winter Quarter 2013 and Spring Quarter 2013. Agency sponsor: Alex Jones, Campus Natural Reserve; Faculty sponsors: Dr. Greg Gilbert, Environmental Studies.

Peyton, Devin. 2012. Change is constant: exploring succession along the Seep Zone. A Senior Internship project submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies, UC Santa Cruz. Advisor: Gregory S. Gilbert, Environmental Studies.

Ringelman, A.M. 2015. The influence of thermal and hydric conditions on the habitat usage of a threatened amphibian species. Advisor: Dr. Barry Sinervo. An undergraduate thesis for the Environmental Studies Department of the University of California-Santa Cruz.

Rinkert, A.M. 2015. The impact of landscape modifications on grassland bird populations in the southern region of Ben Lomond Mountain. Advisor: Dr. Kristen Ruegg. An undergraduate thesis for the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department of the University of California-Santa Cruz.

Rose-Person, A., C. Ray, and I. Parker. 2015. Legacy effects of the invasive grass Ehrharta erecta on Northern California ecosystems. Preliminary thesis poster, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department of the University of California-Santa Cruz.

Schubert, Tyson. 2013. An unofficial guide to UCSC campus natural history. A Campus Natural Reserve senior internship project completed during Fall Quarter 2012 and Spring Quarter 2013. Agency sponsor: Alex Jones, Campus Natural Reserve; Faculty sponsor: Dr. A. Marm Kilpatrick.

Scolaro, Jessica T. 2013. Population analysis of Peromyscus boylii and Peromyscuc californicus in mixed evergreen coastal forest. A Senior Thesis submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies, UC Santa Cruz. Advisor: Dr. Christopher Wilmers, Environmental Studies. 

Williams, Vaughan. 2013. A cross-ecosystem comparison of small mammal populations in the Santa Cruz Mountains. A Senior Thesis submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, UC Santa Cruz. Advisors: Dr. Gage Dayton, UCSC Natural Reserves, Dr. James Estes, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. 

Winfield, E. 2013. Invasion Effects of Ehrharta erecta: Arbuscular mycorrhizae fungal colonization in redwood understory natives. Advisor: Ingrid Parker. An undergraduate thesis for the Plant Sciences Major in the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department of the University of California-Santa Cruz. 

Undergraduate projects/papers/posters

Chacon, A., J. Pitterman, and J. Wheeler. 2015. Comparing the water-use strategies of two coastal Mediterranean trees. Independent project poster, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department of the University of California-Santa Cruz.

Collins, Sarah J. 2013. Flora of the UC Santa Cruz campus. A Campus Natural Reserve internship project completed during Fall Quarter 2012 and Winter Quarter 2013. Faculty sponsors: Dr. Greg Gilbert and Dr. Katie Monsen, Environmental Studies.

Collins, S.J. 2014. Selected Flora of the UC Santa Cruz campus, 2nd ed. Unpublished expansion of her previous year’s internship project with the Environmental Studies Department and UCSC Natural Reserves, University of California-Santa Cruz.

Hash, Maycee. 2013. A field guide to the spiders of UCSC: eight-legged associated of the redwood forest and other habitats. A Campus Natural Reserve internship project completed during Fall Quarter 2012 and Winter Quarter 2013. Agency sponsor: Alex Jones, Campus Natural Reserve; Faculty sponsors: Dr. Deborah Letourneau and Dr. Katie Monsen, Environmental Studies.

Hash, Maycee. 2016. Field guide to spiders of UC Santa Cruz. CreateSpace, USA. Available at http://www.amazon.com/Field-Guide-Spiders-Santa-Cruz/dp/1530887933?ie=UTF8&keywords=field%20guide%20tspiders%20of%20uc%20santa%20cruz&qid=1465325096&ref_=sr_1_sc_1&s=books&sr=1-1-spell

Jacobs-Schwartz, B. 2015. A Field Guide to the Birds of UC Santa Cruz. Unpublished.

Nunes, A. 2014. Fog effects on soil moisture in California coastal prairies. Final paper for UCSC Summer REU program. Unpublished.

Paris, C. 2014. State of the Reserve: A Management Tool for the UCSC Campus Natural Reserve Trails. A Campus Natural Reserve 10-unit internship project completed during Winter Quarter 2014 and Spring Quarter 2014. Agency sponsor: Alex Jones, Campus Natural Reserve; Faculty sponsor: Dr. Tim Duane, University of California-Santa Cruz.