Previous Research

Previous work at the center reflects the broad research needs on California rangeland and includes vaccine development and efficacy trials for pinkeye and foothill abortion, enhancing multiple ecosystem services in grazed watershed, managing water quality on grazed landscapes as well as the dispersal, spread and ecology of invasive plant species. Comprehensive project descriptions are outlined in this section, and are organized in a table below by the number of years that the research project has been active.

Research from 2016 to 2019

Project ID #	Project Title	Years Active	Hours Approved	Affiliate
1906	Comparing the efficacy of organic and conventional herbicides for the control of invasive plant species	2	0	Davis
1907	Evaluation of timed Artificial Insemination as a breeding strategy to improve reproductive efficiency and calf crop	2	0	Davis
4003	Effect of Medusahead on beef cattle gains	7	55	SFREC
2001	Investigating the relationship between cattle personality and grazing distribution	1	0	Davis
7001	Scaling Effects of Nitrogen Addition in Grassland Community Composition	1	20	Davis
7002	Using DNA Tracers to Identify & Characterize Flow Pathways in Soil Systrems	1	70	Davis
7003	Developing a Cost-Effective Forage production Monitoring Tool in CA's Rangeland Using Remote Sensing Observations	1	100	Davis
6002	Intranasal Moraxella Bovis Vaccine to Prevent Pinkeye in Cattle	2	170	Davis
6003	Effects of Ionophore Supplementation of Yearling Steers Gain on Annual Rangelands in CA	2	250	CE
6005	Angular Survey of SFREC	2	25	Berkeley
5001	Rice Strawlage Feeding and Nutritional Analysis	3	500	CE
5002	Small Mammals & Community Assembly	3	15	Berkeley
5003	Evaluating a Dryland Planted Pasture	3	30	CE
5005	Rangeland Production in a Variable Climate	3	60	Berkeley
5006	Supplementation of Brewer's Grain to Beef Cattle Grazing Native Rangeland	3	150	CE
4003	Effects of Medusahead on Beef Cattle Gains	4	500	SFREC
4008	Effects of Compost on Soil Organic Carbon	4	25	Davis
1002	Field Testing of a Foothill Abortion Candidate Vaccine in Cattle	6	100	Davis
902	Interactions Between Seed Density, Seedlings Thinning Dynamics, & Nutrient Supply in CA Grasslands	7	10	Davis
808	Managing Rangeland Soils for C Sequestration	8	25	Berkeley
707	Nutrient Network: A Cross-Site Investigation of Bottom-Up Control Over Herbaceous Plant Community Dynamics & Ecosystem Functions	9	25	San Diego
306	Black Rail Metapopulation Dynamics	14	25	Berkeley