Research | Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve

Reptile Behavior Presentation at Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve

by Beth Cobb | Jul 14, 2024 | Community, Conservation, Education, Hike Highlights, Outreach, Research

Reptile Behavior using Advanced Field Technology with Ryan Hanscom
Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve

Collective Effort of Networking and Learning Climate Smart Practices – A Field Workshop presented by Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve and Mission Resource Conservation District

by Beth Cobb | Jun 21, 2024 | Agriculture, Community, Conservation, Education, Global Change, Outreach, Plant Ecology, Research, Soils

Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve Grape Harvest August 27 2022

by Beth Cobb | Aug 27, 2022 | Agriculture, Conservation, Education

Thermal plasticity in Drosophila

by David Lipson | Aug 8, 2019 | Global Change, Research

Dr. Heather Axen (Salve Regina University) and her team of high school students from Vermont, Rhode Island and Kentucky visited SMER to investigate the epigenetic response to stressful temperatures in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster and related species....

Ferns and Lycophytes at SMER

by David Lipson | Feb 2, 2019 | Plant Ecology, Research

UC Berkeley researchers study ferns and lycophytes at SMER Two researchers from the Rothfels Lab in the Integrative Biology Department of the University of California, Berkeley visited the Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve (SMER) in mid-January. The Rothfels Lab...

Dramatic Phenotypic Transitions in Monkeyflower

by David Lipson | Jan 12, 2019 | Plant Ecology, Research, SMER

Rolf Baumberger, from the University of Zurich, has studied the sticky monkeyflower, Diplacus puniceus (formerly Mimulus aurantiacus) at SMER for over two decades. An individual plant can switch from a yellow, insect-pollinated flowers to red, bird-pollinated flowers...