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Publications

 

Some publications from research using the Sierra Nevada Field Stations:

Baby boomer visitors in National Parks
Dustin Wilson. (2015). Baby boomer visitors in U.S. National Parks: exploring age changes, activity selection and transportation mode choice. Dissertation, Clemson University. Baby boomer visitors in Parks - dissertation

Microbial ecology of high elevation lakes
Check out the website for Michael Beman's Microbial Biogeochemistry Lab at http://faculty.ucmerced.edu/mbeman
Curtis Hayden & J. Michael Beman. (2015). Microbial diversity and community structure along a lake elevation gradient in Yosemite National Park, California, USA. Environmental Microbiology. DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12938. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1462-2920.12938/abstract
Curtis Hayden & J. Michael Beman. (2014). High abundances of potentially active ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and archaea in oligotrophic, high-altitude lakes of the Sierra Nevada, California, USA. PLOS ONE, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111560. http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0111560

Mimulus evolution
Ferris, K.G., Sexton, J.P., & Willis, J.H. (2014). Speciation on a local geographic scale: the evolution of a rare rock outcrop specialist in Mimulus. Philosphical Transactions of the Royal Society B? Biological Sciences, 369(1648), 20140001.
 
Sediment accumulation and depletion
Martin, S.; Conklin, M.; Bales, R. (2014). Seasonal accumulation and depletion of local sediment stores of four headwater catchments. Water 6(7):2144-2163. DOI: 10.3390/w6072144. http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/6/7/2144
 
Climate change refugia
Kate Wilkin, Scott Stephens, & Alison Colwell. (2013). Protecting forest biodiversity: understanding climate change refugia for management. Southern Sierra Climate Change poster 2013; George Melendez Wright report 2013
 
Truffles in burned and unburned forests
Marc Meyer, Malcolm North, & Susan Roberts. (2008). Truffle abundance in recently prescribed burned and unburned forests in Yosemite National Park: implications for mycophagous mammals. Fire ecology article

Current Conditions

Updated July 17, 2023

Yosemite and Sequoia Field Stations are open. You can check real time air quality at fire.airnow.gov. For information about road closures and current conditions check the Yosemite National Park and Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Parks websites.