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M2M: Do microenvironments govern macroecology?

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Schedule of Events

• Conference calls via GotoMeeting
  • Monday, June 20, 2-3 PM PDT
• Field sites
  • Teakettle installation - 7/18-22, 7/25-29
  • Big Sur (Landels-Hill Big Creek Reserve) installation - 8/15-19, 8/22-26
  • San Joaquin Experimental Range installation, TBD
  • Sedgwick Reserve installation, TBD

Meeting Notes

• NCEAS, May 15-17, 2011
• Conference call, June 20, 2011
• Conference call, July 13, 2011

Useful papers

Cole et al. 2011 Ecol Applic Past and ongoing shifts in Joshua tree distribution support future modeled range contraction. The future distribution of the Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia) is projected by combining a geostatistical analysis of 20th-century climates over its current range, future modeled climates, and paleoecological data showing its response to a past similar climate change. As climate rapidly warmed ;11 700 years ago, the range of Joshua tree contracted, leaving only the populations near what had been its northernmost limit. Its ability to spread northward into new suitable habitats after this time may have been inhibited by the somewhat earlier extinction of megafaunal dispersers, especially the Shasta ground sloth.

Photos

Janet's photos from Teakettle Jul 2011 in a zipped archive 22MB

Janet's photos from NCEAS and Sedgwick May 2011 in a zipped archive 89MB