Tag Archives: Ryan Peek

Cue the Frogs! Water signatures, environmental cues and climate change

Posted on June 5, 2016 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

By Ryan Peek, Helen Dahlke, and Sarah Yarnell An organism’s success relies on responding to environmental cues that trigger activities such as breeding, migration, feeding, predator evasion, etc. Responses can be finely tuned to specific cues, or may require multiple … Continue reading →

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Time-lapse river videos expose nature in the raw

Posted on October 1, 2015 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

By Ryan Peek Thanks to its Mediterranean climate, California swings from one extreme to another — severe drought, raging wildfires, big floods. These forces often interact and amplify, as we saw all too well this past summer in the scorching of … Continue reading →

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Journey to the bottom of the Rim Fire

Posted on September 26, 2013 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

Video: Researchers with the UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences describe their Sept. 20 hike through the apocalyptic terrain left by this summer’s Rim Fire. The U. S. Forest Service granted the researchers limited access on the still-closed and burning … Continue reading →

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Life springs in Sierra rivers as springtime flows recede

Posted on May 4, 2013 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

By Sarah Yarnell and Ryan Peek In case you hadn’t heard, the annual Sierra “spring snowmelt recession” has begun. The foothill yellow-legged frog certainly knew. Adapted to the seasonal patterns of California’s climate, this rare frog and other native amphibians, … Continue reading →

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