Sonoma State University

Fairfield Osborn Preserve

Research Applications

To conduct research at the Preserve, contact the Director and/or complete a research application. Applications will be subject to review with possible consultation by outside experts. We will consider each application with respect to:

  • Impact on the ecological integrity of the Preserve
  • Conformance with local, state and federal laws and regulations
  • Feasibility and safety
  • The researcher's ability to maintain or financially support research plots or experimental manipulations

Applications are available on the forms page.

Publications

Journal articles | Theses and dissertations | Conference proceedings | Other reports

Journal articles

  1. Cushman, J.H., and Meentemeyer, R.K. 2008. Multi-scale patterns of human activity and the incidence of an exotic forest pathogen. Journal of Ecology, in press.

  2. Anacker, B.L., Rank, N.E., Huberli, D., Garbelotto, M., Gordon, S., Whitkus, R., Harnik, T., Meshriy, M., and Meentemeyer, R.K. 2008. Susceptibility to Phytophthora ramorum in a key inoculum-producing host: influences of landscape variation in host genotype, phenotype, and environmental factors. New Phytologist, 3:756-776.

  3. Meentemeyer, R.K., N.E. Rank, B.L. Anacker, D.M. Rizzo, & J.H. Cushman. 2008. Influence of land-cover change on the spread of an invasive forest pathogen.  Ecological Applications, 18:159-171.

  4. Condeso, T. E. 2007. The effects of landscape heterogeneity on the emerging forest disease Sudden Oak Death. Journal of Ecology 95:364-375.

  5. Malmstrom, C. M., C. J. Stoner, S. Brandenburg, and L. A. Newton. 2006. Virus infection and grazing exert counteracting influences on survivorship of native bunchgrass seedlings competing with invasive exotics. Journal of Ecology 94: 264-275.

  6. Davidson, J. M., A. C. Wickland, H. Patterson, K. Falk, and D. M. Rizzo. 2005. Transmission of Phytophthora ramorum in mixed-evergreen forests of California. Phytopathology 95:587-597.

  7. Malmstrom, C. M., C. C. Hughes, L. A. Newton, and C. J. Stoner. 2005. Virus infection in remnant native bunchgrasses from invaded California grasslands. New Phytologist 168: 217-230.

  8. Malmstrom, C. M., A. J. McCullough, L. A. Newton, H. A. Johnson, and E. T. Borer. 2005. Invasive annual grasses indirectly increase virus incidence in California native perennial bunchgrasses. Oecologia 145: 153-164.

  9. Murphy, S.K., D.M. Rizzo, J. C. Beinapfl, Y. Valochovic, C. Lee, W. Mark, A. Jirka, T. Smith, D. Owen, and D. Adams. 2005. Monitoring Phytophthora ramorum distribution in streams within California watershed. Phytopathology 95:S72.

  10. Rizzo, D. M., M. Garbelotto, and E. M. Hansen. 2005. Phytophthora ramorum: integrative research and management of an emerging pathogen in California and Oregon forests. Annual Review of Phytopathology 43: 309.

  11. Meentemeyer, R., D. Rizzo, W. Mark, and E. Lotz. 2004. Mapping the risk of establishment and spread of sudden oak death in California. Forest Ecology and Management 200:195-214.

  12. Davidson, J. M., S. Werres, M. Garbelotto, E. M. Hansen, and D. M. Rizzo. 2003. Sudden oak death and associated diseases caused by Phytophthora ramorum. Online.  Plant Health Progress doi:10.1094/PHP-2003-0707-01-DG.

  13. Davidson, J. M., M. Garbelotto, S. T. Koike, and D. M. Rizzo. 2002. First report of Phytophthora ramorum on Douglas-fir in California. Plant Disease 86:1274.

  14. Davidson, J. M., M. Garbelotto, E. M. Hansen, P. Reeser, and D. M. Rizzo. 2002. Another canker-causing Phytophthora from California and Oregon forest trees. Phytopathology 92: S17-S18.

  15. Kelly, M., and R. Meentemeyer. 2002. Landscape dynamics of the spread of Sudden Oak Death. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 68(10):1001-1009.

  16. Rizzo, D. M., M. Garbelotto, J. M. Davidson, G. W. Slaughter, and S. T. Koike. 2002. Phytophthora ramorum as the cause of extensive mortality of Quercus spp. and Lithocarpus densiflorus in California. Plant Disease 86:205-214.

Theses and dissertations

  1. Brown, L. 2007. Consequences of Sudden Oak Death: Overstory and understory dynamics over a gradient of Phytophthora ramorum infected coast live oak/bay laurel forests [dissertation]. Berkeley: University of California.

  2. Cooper, M. 2006. The effects of recreation on the dispersal on an exotic forest pathogen [MA thesis]. Rohnert Park: Sonoma State University.

  3. Condeso, T.E. 2006. The effects of landscape heterogeneity on the emerging forest disease Sudden Oak Death [MA thesis]. Rohnert Park: Sonoma State University.

  4. Serpa, L. E. 1986. The breeding imperative, associating immature and adult stream insects [MA thesis]. Rohnert Park: Sonoma State University. 169 p.

  5. Apigian, K. 2005. Forest disturbance effects on insect and bird communities: insectivorous birds in coast live oak woodlands and leaf litter arthropods in the Sierra Nevada [dissertation]. Berkeley: University of California.

  6. Serpa, L. E. 1986. The breeding imperative, associating immature and adult stream insects [MA thesis]. Rohnert Park: Sonoma State University. 169 p.

  7. Smith, M. B. 1973. Avifaunal census and habitat associations of Fairfield Osborn Preserve, Sonoma County, California [MA thesis]. Rohnert Park: Sonoma State University. 131 p.

Conference proceedings

  1. Anacker, B., N. Rank, S. Gordon, R. Whitkus, D. Huberli, M.Garbelotto, and T. Harnik. 2007. Susceptibility to Phytophthora ramorum n California bay laurel, a key foliar host of Sudden Oak Death. Sudden Oak Death Science Symposium. Santa Rosa, CA (Mar. 5-9).

  2. Cohen, M. F., E. Yamamoto, N. Rank, and M. Mazzola. 2007. Microbial- and isothiocyanate-mediated control of Phytophthora ramorum and Pythium species. Sudden Oak Death Science Symposium III. 2007 March 5-9: Santa Rosa, CA.

  3. Condeso, T. E., and R. K. Meentemeyer. 2007. Landscape connectivity influences the establishment of Phytophthora ramorum. Sudden Oak Death Science Symposium. Santa Rosa, CA (Mar. 5-9).

  4. Cushman, J.H., M.Cooper, R. Meentemeyer, and S. Benson. 2007. Human Activity and the spread of Phytophthora ramorum. Sudden Oak Death Science Symposium. Santa Rosa, CA (Mar. 5-9).

  5. DiLeo, M., R. Bostock, and D. Rizzo. 2007. Effects of environmental variables on the survival of Phytophthora ramorum in bay laurel leaves. Sudden Oak Death Science Symposium. Santa Rosa, CA (Mar. 5-9).

  6. Fichtner, E., D. Rizzo, S. Lynch, J. Davidson, G. Buckles, and J. Parke. 2007. Summer survival of Phytophthora ramorum in California bay laurel leaves. Sudden Oak Death Science Symposium. Santa Rosa, CA (Mar. 5-9).

  7. Hwang, J., S. Jeffers, and S. Oak. 2007. Detecting Phytophthora ramorum and other species of Phytophthora is streams in natural ecosystems using baiting and filtration methods. Sudden Oak Death Science Symposium. Santa Rosa, CA (Mar. 5-9).

  8. Meentemeyer, R., B. Anacker, N. Rank, and J. H. Cushman. 2007. Influence of historical woodland expansion on the establishment of Phytophthora ramorum. Sudden Oak Death Science Symposium. Santa Rosa, CA (Mar. 5-9).

  9. Murphy, S. K., A. C. Wickland, C. E. Jensen, S. C. Lynch, P. E. Maloney, and D. M. Rizzo. 2007. Distribution of Phytophthora ramorum, P. nemorosa, and P. pseudosyringae in Native Coastal California Forest Communities. Sudden Oak Death Science Symposium III. 2007 March 5-9: Santa Rosa, CA.

  10. Murphy, S., C. Lee, Y. Valachovic, J. Bienapfl, A. Jirka, W. Mark, and D. Owen. 2007. Monitoring Phytophthora ramorum distribution in streams within coastal California watersheds. Sudden Oak Death Science Symposium. Santa Rosa, CA (Mar. 5-9).

  11. Rank, N., H. Cushman, B. Anacker, D. Rizzo, and R. Meentemeyer. 2007. Influence of oak woodland composition and structure on infection by Phytophthora ramorum. Sudden Oak Death Science Symposium. Santa Rosa, CA (Mar. 5-9).

  12. Sherron, V., N. Rank, M. Cohen, B. Anacker, and R. Meentemeyer. 2007. Temperature-dependent phenotypic variation among Phytophthora ramorum isolates from eastern Sonoma County. Sudden Oak Death Science Symposium. Santa Rosa, CA (Mar. 5-9).

  13. Brown, L. B., and B. Allen-Diaz. 2006. Tree seedling dynamics across a gradient of Phytophthora ramorum infected coast live oak/bay forests. Proceedings of the Sixth Symposium on Oak Woodlands:  Today's Challenges, Tomorrow's Opportunities. 2006 October 9-12: Rohnert Park, CA.  General Technical Report PSW-GTR-xx. Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Albany, CA.

  14. Frankel, S. J., S. Mori, J. Alexander, D. Owen, J. M. Davidson, and D. M. Rizzo. 2006. A case study to evaluate ground-based, wildland survey methods for Phytophthora ramorum in coast live oak stands in California. Proceedings of the Sudden Oak Death Second Science Symposium: The State of Our Knowledge. 2005 January 18-21; Monterey, CA. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-196. Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture; pg 509 - 511.

  15. Cohen, M. F., E. Condeso, B. L. Anacker, N. E. Rank, and M. Mazzola. 2006. Biologically-based means for control of oomycete phytopathogens. The Sixth California Oak Symposium. Rohnert Park, CA (Oct. 9-12).

  16. DiLeo, M. V., E.J. Fichtner, R. M. Bostock, and D. M. Rizzo. 2006. Effects of water potential on the growth and survival of Phytophthora ramorum. APS/CPS/MSA Joint meeting. 2006 July 29-August 2: Quebec, Canada.

  17. Apigian, K., L. Brown, J. Loda, S. Toas, and B. Allen-Diaz. 2005. Small mammal and herpetofauna abundance and diversity along a gradient of Sudden Oak Death infection. Sudden Oak Death Science Symposium. Monterey, CA (Jan. 18-21).

  18. Brown, L., and B. Allen-Diaz. 2005. Forecasting the Future of Coast Live Oak Forests in the Face of SOD. Sudden Oak Death Science Symposium. Monterey, CA (Jan. 18-21).

  19. Apigian, K., D. L. Dahlsten, L. Brown, and B. Allen-Diaz. 2004. Do stand structure changes resulting from "sudden oak death' affect insectivorous, cavity-nesting birds? Ecological Society of America 2004 Annual Meeting. Portland, OR (Jul. 31- Aug. 6).

  20. Brown, L. B., R. C. Wenk, and B. Allen-Diaz. 2004. Preliminary findings on the impacts of Sudden Oak Death on coast live oak woodland stand structure and composition. Meeting of the Ecological Society of America. 2004 August 1-6: Portland, OR.

  21. Apigian, K., and D. L. Dahlsten. 2002. Effects of Sudden Oak Death-induced habitat change on insectivorous, cavity-nesting birds. Sudden Oak Death Science Symposium. Monterey, CA (Dec. 15-18).

  22. Davidson, J. M., P. E. Maloney, A. C. Wickland, C. E. Jensen, and D. M. Rizzo. 2002. Transmission of Phytophthora ramorum via Umbellularia californica (California bay) leaves in California oak woodlands. Sudden Oak Death Science Symposium. Monterey, CA (Jan. 18-21).

  23. Rizzo, D. M., M. Garbelotto, J. M. Davidson, G. W. Slaughter, and S. T. Koike. 2002. Phytophthora ramorum and Sudden Oak Death in California:  I.  Host relationships. Pages 733-740 in R. B. Standiford and D. McCreary, editors. 5th Symposium on California Oak Woodlands. USDA Forest Service, Gen. Tech. PSW-GTR-184, San Diego, CA.

  24. Davidson, J. M., P. E. Maloney, A. C. Wickland, C. E. Jensen, and D. M. Rizzo. 2002. Transmission of Phytophthora ramorum via Umbellularia californica (California bay) leaves in California oak woodlands. Proceedings of the Sixth Symposium on Oak Woodlands:  The State of Our Knowledge. 2002 December 15-18: Monterey, CA.  General Technical Report PSW-GTR-184. Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Albany, CA.

  25. Davidson, J. M., D. M. Rizzo, M. Garbelotto, S. Tjosvold, and G. W. Slaughter. 2002. Phytophthora ramorum and Sudden Oak Death in California:  II.  Transmission and Survival. Pages 741-749 in R. B. Standiford, D. McCreary, and K. L. Purcell, editors. Proceedings of the Fifth Symposium on Oak Woodlands:  Oak Woodlands in California's Changing Landscape.  2001 October 22-25; San Diego, CA.  General Technical Report PSW-GTR-184. Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Albany, CA

Other reports

  1. Cantor, S. 2006. Copeland Creek Watershed Assessment. Sotoyome Resource Conservation District. Retrieved from: http://www.sotoyomercd.org/creekstewardship/copeland-creek.htm

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