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Researchers taking measurements in the tidepools.

Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve, a unit of the Golden Gate Biosphere Reserve, supports a broad range of research projects. The photo shows Will Cornwell, Stanford graduate student, working with Angela Moles (from Macquarie University in Australia), the principal investigator for The World Herbivory Project (http://www.bio.mq.edu.au/ecology/moles/herbivory/home.html). Jasper Ridge hosts 3 sites for this global study to try and answer the question of whether interactions between plants and animals are more intense in the tropics than at higher latitudes. The interactions studied are herbivory, pre-dispersal seed predation, and post-dispersal seed removal. Understanding the factors that affect these interactions will help us manage ecosystems in the face of global change, and will help us determine whether intense interactions between species contribute to the great diversity of tropical ecosystems.

Text Box: Research and Monitoring   Ecosystem restoration Traditional land use systems Rare/endangered species Wildlife population dynamics Marine/terrestrial interactions Biological survey and collections

Last updated: 06/27/2005

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