Publications

We maintain a Zotero bibliographic database of publications from the reserves of the Central Sierra Field Research Stations (CSFRS). Learn more about this list here.

• Sagehen Creek Field Station
• North Fork Association
• Chickering-American River Reserve
• Onion Creek Experimental Forest
• Central Sierra Snow Lab (work in progress–contact the Snow Lab for a more complete list)

Sagehen’s publications include:

• Over 110 Masters and Ph.D. theses (see list below)
• Hundreds of published, peer-reviewed research papers
• Popular press
• Various blogs (also see right sidebar)
• Videos, podcast, and other media
• Contemporary and historic photo collections
• Annual reports and other management reports
• Planning documents
• Student research projects
• Field notes, letters, miscellany
• Collections data
• Environmental monitoring and research data
• GIS, maps, and LiDAR data
• Downloadable digital field guides to life in Sagehen basin

Research publications are available from conventional sources, like university libraries. Where there is an online version available, we have included the URL in the Zotero bibliographic record. Hard copies of most Masters and Ph.D. theses produced at Sagehen are available in the Sagehen Creek Field Station library; station collections are for on-site use, only.

Some original Sagehen documents and media are housed in the UC Berkeley Bancroft Library, i.e. station use logs from the 1950’s, A. Starker Leopold wildlife course lecture recordings, original data sheets, etc.

See our calendar for abstracts of research and education projects currently underway at Sagehen.

Major partners: UC Natural Reserve System.

Masters & Ph.D. Theses

PENDING:

1. Klip, Mario. Urban and wild black bear characteristics and aversive conditioning. Summer, 2019? Ph.D., UCB
2. Tubbesing, Carmen. Battles Lab (Forest metrics). 2019?, Ph. D., UCB
3. Ryan, Leslie. Art/sci. 2019? Ph.D., OSU
4. Dietrich, Scott. Willow Flycatchers, 2019, Ph.D., USU
5. Wexler, Jeremy. Natural Reserve soundscapes. 2019?, Masters, UCB
6. Jiao, Yi. Natural sources and sinks of BVOCs, especially halocarbons and hydrocarbons. 2020? Ph.D., UCB
7. Scheckel, Kelsey. Sagehen’s other slave-making ants: Formica aserva. 2020?, Ph.D., UCB
8. Neuhausler, Rosanna. Investigating critical timescales of water storage and discharge in the Sierra Nevada, California. 2020?, Ph.D., UCB
9. Nattali, Jennifer. Interactions of water, sediment, plants and climate in montane meadow ecosystems of the Sierra Nevada in California. 2021?, Ph.D., UCB

COMPLETED:

1. Lupien, S., REMOVING BARRIERS TO CROSS-LAMINATED TIMBER MANUFACTURE & ADOPTION IN CALIFORNIA. 2018 Masters of Public Policy, UCB.
2. *Branch, C., Elevation Related Variation in Climatic Harshness is Associated with Premating Mechanisms in Food-caching Mountain Chickadees (Poecile gambeli). 2018 Ph.D., UNR.
3. *Kozlovsky, D., The relationship between environment, behavior, cognition and the brain in specialized food-caching chickadees. 2018 Ph.D., UNR.
4. Cassidy, Laura. The social and environmental turn in late 20th century art: a case study of Helen and Newton Harrison after modernism. 2017, Ph.D., Stanford
5. Zemenick, A., The Influence of Flower Visitor Identity on Network Structure and Floral Microbe Communities. 2017 Ph.D., UCD.
6. Longley, P., Quantifying the Effects of Changing Snowpack Dynamics on Hydrologic Partitioning at Multiple Spatial Scales. 2017 Masters, UNR.
7. Lundahl, M., Place, Literacy Learning, and Civic Engagement: A Case Study of Adventure Risk Challenge. 2017 Ph.D., UNR
8. Sapp, J., The behavioral ecology and intraspecific interactions of socially parasitic dulotic ants. 2017 Ph.D., UCSC.
9. Sholtes, J., On the magnitude and frequency of sediment transport in rivers. 2016, Colorado State University.
10. Parish, M., BEAVER BANK LODGE USE, DISTRIBUTION AND INFLUENCE ON SALMONID REARING HABITATS IN THE SMITH RIVER, CALIFORNIA. 2016 Masters, Humboldt State University.
11. Kramer, N., Great River Wood Dynamics in Northern Canada. 2016 Ph.D. Colorado State University.
12. Stephens, E., Critical and Aesthetic Research in Environmental Art. 2015 Ph.D., UCD. 358 pp.
13. **Krimmel, E., MLIS E-Portfolio. 2014 Masters, San Jose State University.
14. Harms, P. A., Distribution of Tritium in Precipitation and Surface Water in California. 2014 Masters, CSU-East Bay.
15. Migliarese, N. L. , “That’s My Kind of Animal!” Designing and Assessing an Outdoor Science Education Program with Children’s Megafaunaphilia in Mind”. 2011 Ph.D. UCB. 102 pp.
16. Malany, J., EXPLORING SIGNALS OF HISTORICAL DEMOGRAPHY IN BOREAL MAMMALS THROUGH INTEGRATION OF STATISTICAL CONSERVATION PHYLOGENETICS, TAXONOMY, AND COMPARATIVE PHYLOGEOGRAPHY. 2013 Ph.D. UNM.
17. Theunissen Van Mannen, J., Using stable isotopes to assess longitudinal diet patterns of black bears (Ursas americanus) in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. 2011 Masters UT-Knoxville. 80 pp.
18. Haiman, A., Levels of Variation in Evening Grosbeak (Coccothraustes vespertinus) Calls and Morphology. 2011 Masters UCD.
19. Zane, M. Reaeration of Sagehen Creek Near Truckee, CA. 2010 Bachelor’s, UCSB
20. Moeser, C. D., Development, Analysis and Use of a Distributed Wireless Sensor Network for Quantifying Spatial Trends of Snow Depth and Snow Water Equivalence Around Meteorological Stations With and Without Snow Sensing Equipment. 2010 Masters, UNR. 135 pp.
21. Melody, A. D., Active faulting and quaternary paleohydrology of the Truckee fault zone north of Truckee, California. 2009 Masters, HSU. 71 pp.
22. Moriarty, K. M., American Marten Distributions over a 28 Year Period: Relationships with Landscape Change in Sagehen Creek Experimental Forest, California, USA. 2009 Masters, OSU.
23. Gorin, S., Transforming Thoughts into Words: Using Photography and Dialogue to Help Immigrant Students Write with Voice. 2009 Masters, UCD.
24. Vaillant, N.M., Sagehen Experimental Forest Past, Present, and Future: An Evaluation of the Fireshed Assessment Process. 2008 Ph.D., UCB.
25. Hooper, C., Bridging the gap: the union of personal and academic growth. ARC: Delivering literacy and personal growth for English Language Learners through outdoor education. 2008 Masters, Sierra Nevada College.
26. Harssema, E., Examining the effectiveness of a standards-based, outdoor education summer program for English Language Learners. 2008 Masters, Sierra Nevada College.
27. Richardson, W., Avian Use, Nest-site Selection, and Nesting Success in Sierra Nevada Aspen. 2007 Ph.D., UNR.
28. Stead, J.E., Exploring Reintroduction of Lahontan Cutthroat Trout in a Headwater Stream. 2007 Masters, UCD.
29. Ferree, E.D., Tail White and the Influence of Male Attractiveness on Maternal Investment in Dark-Eyed Juncos. 2007 Ph. D., UCSC.
30. Sears, C.L., Assessing distribution, habitat suitability, & site occupancy of Great Gray Owls (Strix nebulosa) in California. 2006 Masters, UCD.
31. Strathmann, K.S., Local and landscape influences on meadow butterfly communities in northeastern Sierra Nevada. 2005 Masters, SFSU.
32. Soroka, D.E., Time budgets of the Willow Flycatcher in the Central Sierra Nevada in relation to nest success. 2003 Masters, UCD.
33. Hatfield, R.G., Determinants of species richness & abundance of bumble bees, Bombus spp. (Hymenoptera: Apidae), in montane meadows of the Sierra Nevada, California. 2003 Masters, SFSU.
34. Rademacher, L.K., Groundwater flowpaths, chemical weathering rates, and climate change patterns as determined using multiple environmental tracers. 2002 Ph.D., UCSB.
35. Kluse, J.S., Abiotic Gradients and Grazing Effects on the Interactions of Dominant Meadow Grasses, Deschampsia cespitosa a Native, and Poa pratensis ssp.pratensisa Non-Native. 2002 Masters, UCB.
36. Elderd, B.D., Changing rivers and streams: the effects of anthropogenic alteration of riparian systems on Mimulus guttatus. 2002 Ph.D., UCSC.
37. Merrill, A.G., Variation in the Structure & Nitrogen Dynamics of Mountain Riparian Zones. 2001 Ph.D., UCB.
38. Cain, J.W., Nest Success of Yellow Warblers (Dendroica petechia)and Willow Flychatchers (Empidonax traillii) in relation to predator activity in montane meadows of the Central Sierra Nevada, CA. 2001 Ph.D., CSUS.
39. Bombay, H., Scale Perspectives in Habitat Selection and Reproductive Success for Willow Flycatchers (Empidonax traillii) in the Central Sierra Nevada, California. 1999 Ph.D., CSUS.
40. Campbell, E.A., Influence of Streamflow and Predators on Habitat Choice by Trout. 1998 Ph.D., UCD.
41. Miller, III, D.G., The Manzanita Leaf-gall Aphid,Tamalia coweni (Cockerell) (Homoptera: Aphididae) as a Model System for Studies in Elementary Social Behavior, Sex Allocation and Life History Evolution. 1997 Ph.D., UCB.
42. Ellsworth, S.D., Factors Influencing the Distribution and Abundance of Macroinvertebrates on Stones in Sagehen Creek, California. 1997, UCD.
43. Williams, M.P., Inhibition of conifer regeneration by an herbaceous perennial, Wyethia mollis, in the eastern Sierra Nevada, California. 1995 Ph.D., U of W.
44. Shivik, J.A., Factors Influencing Space Use and Activity of Sagehen Basin Coyotes. 1995, Ph.D. UCB.
45. Woodard, E.L., Behavior, Activity Patterns and Foraging Strategies of Beaver (Castor canadensis) on Sagehen Creek, California. 1994, Ph.D. UCB.
46. Kleinhouse, S., Ecophysiology of mutualism in a uniques stream symbiosis between a polymorphic cyanobacterium, Nostoc parmelioides, and the larvae of the midge Cricotopus nostocicola. 1994, Ph.D. UCD. p. 124.
47. Galloway, L.F., Evolution of Life-History Characters and Phenotypic Plasticity in Mimulus guttatus. 1994, Ph.D. UCD. p. 151.
48. Smith, J.I., Environmental influence on the ontogeny, allometry and behavior of the Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia). 1993, Ph.D. UCB. 154 pp.
49. Roden, J.S., The physiological benefit of leaf flutter in poplars. 182 pp. 1992, Ph.D. UCD.
50. Ashman, T.-L.R., The Factors Governing the Maintenance of Gynodioecy in Sidalcia oregana ssp.spicata (Malvaceae). 135 pp. 1991, Ph.D. UCD.
51. Reynolds, M.D., The Ecology of Spacing Behavior in the Yellow-billed Magpie (Pica nuttalli). 173 pp. 1990, Ph.D. UCB.
52. Olson, M.D., Upstream changes in native fish abundance after reservoir impoundment in California streams of the Lahontan Basin. 36 pp. 1988, Masters UCB.
53. Baker, R.J., Response of trout to beaver dams in Sagehen Creek, California. 30 pp. 1988, Masters UCB.
54. Martin, S.K., The ecology of the Pine Marten (Martes americana) at Sagehen Creek, California. 223 pp. 1987, Ph.D. UCB.
55. Cylinder, P., Competition for Pollination in a Montane Meadow. 1987, Ph.D. UCB
56. Yoder-Williams, M., Quantitative effects of spider predation on arthropod populations in the eastern Sierra. 72 pp. 1986 Masters, U of Tn.
57. Johnson, B.R., Influence of soil moisture, herbaceous competition, and small mammals on lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta var. murrayana [Grey & Balf] Engelm) seedling establishment in meadows of California. 1986 Masters, UCD.
58. Berner, M. L., Sagehen Creek Field Station Planning and Site Design. 1985 Master of Landscape Architecture, UCB.
59. Decker, L.M., Distribution, abundance and coexistence of two species of sucker (Catostomus) in Sagehen Creek, California, and their status in the western Lahontan Basin. 1984, Masters UCB. p. 40.
60. Dedon, M.F., A test of wildlife habitat relationship models for Black Oaks and mixed conifer habitats in California. 1982, Ph.D. UCB. p. 176.
61. Zielinski, W.J., Food habits, activity patterns, and ectoparasites of the pine marten at Sagehen Creek, California. 1981, Ph.D. UCB. 121 pp.
62. West, C.I., Management Options for the Sagehen Creek Basin, Tahoe National Forest, California. [contains extensive background information & metadata]. Masters of Forestry, UCB. 1982
63. Vondracek, B.C., The energetics of the Tahoe sucker, Catostomus tahoensis, in cyclic and constant temperatures. 74 pp. 1981, Masters UCB.
64. Spencer, W.D., Pine marten habitat preference at Sagehen Creek, California. 121 pp. 1981, Ph.D. UCB.
65. Pitcher, D.C., Ecological Effects of Fire on Stand Structure and Fuel Dynamics in Red Fir Forests of Mineral King, Sequoia National Park, California. 1981, Ph.D. UCB. p. 168.
66. Cohen, Y., Ecological and morphological aspects of the breeding bird community of Blodgett Forest, California. 1981, Ph.D. UCB. p. 166.
67. Raphael, M.G., Utilization of dead standing trees by breeding birds at Sagehen Creek, California. 201 pp. 1980, Ph.D. UCB.
68. Marrin, D.L., Food selectivity and habitat utilization by introduced trouts and non-game fishes in subalpine lakes. 1980, Masters UCB. 87 pp.
69. Busher, P.E., The population dynamics and behavior of beavers in the Sierra Nevada. 147 pp. 1980, Ph.D. UNR.
70. Osaki, S.K., Impact of herbicide use on wildlife populations near Sagehen Creek. 1979, Masters UCB. 83 pp.
71. Sharples, F.E., Resource partitioning in four sympatric species of Eutamias in the Northern Sierra Nevada. 89 pp. 1978, Masters UCD.
72. Docekal, E.M., Home range, activities and diet of Belding’s ground squirrel (Spermophilus beldingi) at Sagehen Creek, California. 1978, Masters SFSU. 58 pp..
73. Smith, S.F., Social structure of chipmunk populations and its relation to resource availability and exploitation. 401 pp. 1977, Ph.D. UCB.
74. Schempf, P.F., Furbearers in the mountainous regions of California. 1977, Ph.D. UCB. 131 pp.
75. Savidge, J.A., Effects on wildlife of herbicide-induced habitat change, Tahoe National Forest, California. 1977, UCB. p. 16.
76. Escherich, P.C., Social biology of the bushy-tailed woodrat. 174 pp. 1977, Ph.D. UCB.
77. Bronson, M.T., Altitudinal variation in the annual cycle and life history of the golden-mantled ground squirrel (Spermophilus lateralis). 1977, UCB. p. 133.
78. Trowbridge, B.A., Plants of upper Sagehen Creek drainage basin, Nevada County, California. 106 pp. 1975, SFSU.
79. Busher, P.E., Movements and activities of beavers, Castor canadensis, on Sagehen Creek, California. 1975, SFSU. 86 pp.
80. Beedy, E. C., Avifaunal complexity and forest structure in the Sierra Nevada of California. 1975, Masters UCD.
81. Cameron, E.A., Bionomics and impact of the lodgepole terminal weevil, (Pissodes termialis Hopping (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), in the Sierra Nevada of California. 1974, UCB. p. 85.
82. Byrne, S., Dominance relationships and comparative ecology of two sympatric chipmunks (Eutamius). 1973, Masters UCB. p. 40.
83. Yost, W.F., Evaluation of Two Trout. 1972, UCB.
84. White, J.M., Breeding biology and feeding patterns of the Oregon junco in two Sierra Nevada habitats. 1972, Ph.D. UCB. p. 130.
85. Reichart, H.A., Small mammal populations in six Sagehen Creek basin habitats. 57 pp. 1972, Masters UCB.
86. Fitzgerald, B.M., The role of weasel predation in cyclic population changes of the montane vole (Microtus montanus). 143 pp. 1972, Ph.D. UCB.
87. Beaver, D.L., Avian species diversity and habitat use in forests in the Sierra Nevada California. 1972, Ph.D. UCB. p. 206.
88. Balgooyen, T.G., Behavior and ecology of the American Kestrel (Falco sparverius). 1972, Ph.D. UCB. p. 169.
89. Taylor, D., Growth, decline and equilibrium in a beaver population in Sagehen Creek, California. 1970, Ph.D. UCB. 162 pp.
90. Rae, S.P., Studies in the ecology of Mason Bog, Sagehen Creek, California. 1970, Ph.D. UCD. 106 pp.
91. Hawthorne, V.M., Movements and food habits of coyotes in the Sagehen Creek basin and vicinity. 1970, Masters UNR. 78 pp.
92. Bock, C.E., The ecology and behavior of the Lewis woodpecker (Asyndesmus lewis). 235 pp. 1970, Ph.D. UCB.
93. Lea, R.N., Ecology of the Lahontan cutthroat trout,Salmo clarki henshawi, in Independence Lake, California. 1968, Masters UCB. p. 95.
94. Nee, J.A., The biology of the yellow-bellied marmot (Marmota flaviventris) in Sagehen Creek basin. 127 pp. 1967, Ph.D. UCB.
95. Payen, L. A., Prehistoric rock art in the Northern Sierra Nevada, California. 1966, Masters, Sacramento State College.
96. Evans, D.H., Life history of the Lahonton redside Richardsonius egregius (Girard), in Lake Tahoe. 1966, UCB.
97. Wallis, J.R., A factor analysis of soil erosion and stream sediment in Northern California. 1965, Ph.D. UCB. p. 141.
98. Seegrist, D.W., The trout fishery of Sagehen Creek, Nevada County, California. 100 pp. 1965, UCB.
99. Barnes, A.M., A revision of the genus Anomiopsyllus Baker, 1904 (Siphonaptera, Hystrichopsyllidae) with studies on the biology of Anomiopsyllus Falsicalifornicus. 1963, Ph.D. UCB. p. 215.
100. Roberts, D.R., Rodent movements in a cutover forest of the Sierra Nevada, California. 1962, UCB.
101. Sherburne, F.C., Jr., Two Species of Legume Aphids. 1961, UCB.
102. Behnke, R.J., Taxonomy of the cutthroat trout of the Great Basin with notes on the rainbow series. 98 pp. 1960, UCB.
103. Seegrist, D.W., Age and growth of trout in Sagehen Creek, California. 1959, Masters UCB. p. 64.
104. Dietsch, E.L., The ecology and food habits of the sculpin Cottus beldingi in relation to the eastern brook trout, Salvelinus fontinalis. 63 pp. 1959, Masters UCB.
105. Gard, R., The effects of beaver on trout in Sagehen Creek, California. 110 pp. 1958, Ph.D. UCB.
106. Schnell, J.H., Nesting behavior and food habits of goshawks in the Sierra Nevada of California. 100 pp. 1957, UCB.
107. Hoffmann, R.S., Population fluctuations of small mammals and sooty grouse in California. 161 pp. 1956, Masters UCB.
108. Hall, J.G., Willow and aspen in the ecology of beaver on Sagehen Creek, California. 88 pp. 1956, UCB.
109. Brock, E.M., Biology of the midge Cricotopus inhabiting the Alga Nostoc in California. 1956, Masters UCB. p. 57.
110. Kilgore, B.M., Breeding bird populations in managed and unmanaged stands of Sequoia giantea. 1954, Ph.D. UCB. p. 187.
111. Jones, A.C., Age, growth and reproduction of the sculpin (Cottus beldingi) in Sagehen Creek, Nevada-Sierra Counties, California. 1954, Masters UCB. p. 73.
112. Flittner, G.A., The composition and distribution of the fish populations in Sagehen Creek, Nevada-Sierra Counties, California. 150 pp. 1953, Ph.D. UCB.
113. Newman, M.A., The social behavior of two species of juvenile salmonids. 73 pp. 1951, Masters UCB.

Notes:

* UNR Ph.D.s are awarded on the basis of a series of scientific publications in the field, not on a single thesis.

** San Jose State University Masters candidates may elect to submit a portfolio, rather than a thesis.