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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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Sierra frogs breed insights on river management

Posted on October 3, 2012 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

By Sarah Yarnell, hydrologist, UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences When dam operators schedule outflows to satisfy their downstream environmental obligations, they typically want to know, “How much?” How much cold mountain water must Shasta Dam release to preserve the … Continue reading →

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