Natural History Wanderings

from Yerba Buena CNPS

Valerie Eviner presents: The building blocks to the resilience of California’s grasslands to fire and drought
March 14, at 7:30pm
Zoom Reservation Required: Link Here

This talk will review recent findings on how California’s grasslands will respond to environmental changes, especially fires and droughts, and the management approaches that can enhance the resilience of these grasslands to multiple changes.

Valerie Eviner is a professor of Ecosystem Management and Restoration in the Department of Plant Sciences at UC Davis. Her work focuses on understanding the ecological mechanisms that maintain grassland composition and ecosystem function, and how to enhance these with management.