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Research Ranch Advisory Team

Dr. Mark R. Stromberg

Undergraduate Institution:
Colorado State University Wildlife
Biology B.S.,1973

Graduate Institutions:
U. of Wisconsin, Madison
Zoology M.S. 1975
Ph.D. 1979

4/1988 - Present
Resident Director/Academic Coordinator, Hastings Reservation, University of California, Berkeley, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Carmel Valley, CA.

12/1983 - 4/1988
Resident Director, Appleton-Whittell Research Ranch Sanctuary, National Audubon Science and Sanctuary Department, Elgin, Arizona.

12/1981 - 12/1983
Rocky Mountain Land Steward, The Nature Conservancy. Denver/Boulder

4/1979 - 12/1981
Program Coordinator/Zoologist, The Nature Conservancy, Wyoming Natural Heritage Program, Cheyenne.

Selected publications:
Stromberg, M.R. 1995. (Web Site ) OBFS Website: http://www.obfs.org
Stromberg, M.R. 1995. (Web Site) Hastings Website: http://www.hastingsreserve.org
Stromberg, M.R., D’Antonio, C., and J. Corbin. 2007. Ecology and Management of California Grasslands. UC Press. In press.
Stromberg, M. R., P. Kephart and Mardi Sicular-Mertens. 2002. Tillage: Cheap weed and gopher control before planting native grasses. Grasslands 12:1-7.
Stromberg, M. R. 2000. Montezuma Quail (Cyrtonyx montezumae). In The Birds of North America, No. 524 (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.). 20 pp. The Birds of North America, Inc. Philadelphia, PA.
Clark, T.W. and M. R. Stromberg. 1987. Mammals in Wyoming. Univ. Kansas Museum of Natural History. Univ. Kansas Press, Lawrence Kansas. 314 pages.
Stromberg, M. R. and J. R. Griffin. 1996. Long-term patterns in coastal California grasslands in relation to cultivation, gophers and grazing. Ecological Applications 6(4): 1189-1211.
Trenham, P.C., H. B. Shaffer, W. D. Koenig and M. R. Stromberg. 2000. Life history and demographic variation in the California Tiger Salamander. Copeia 2000:365-377
Stromberg, M. R., P. Kephart and V. Yadon. 2002. Composition, invasibility, and diversity in coastal California grasslands. Madroño 48: 236-252 .
Jennings, M. D., J. W. Williams, and M. R. Stromberg. 2005. Diversity and productivity of plant communities across the Inland Northwest, USA. Oecologia 143: 607-618.

Major National Activities Over the Past Five Years:
Network Coordinator and Website Manager; Organization of Biological Field Stations (OBFS, 1995-2005). Initiated the OBFS website, and have managed the development of the website to include databases for membership information, advertising positions at field stations, information on each field station. Served on OBFS committees to develop operations manual for field stations, long-range plans, data and information management plans, and strategic planning. Implemented ecological metadata catalog developed as Core Network Investigator of the NSF-funded RCN project, “Resource Discovery Initiative for Field Stations” (RDIFS). Worked to implement the ecological metadata catalog in the UC Natural Reserve System, OBFS and Ecological Society of America. Chair of the Long-term Studies Section, Ecological Society of America (2002-2005). Hosted NEON planning workshop on Biodiversity at Hastings in 2004, participated in CalEON and COREO planning workshops (2005).

Collaboration, Other Affiliations:
Chair Long-term Studies Section, Ecological Society of America 2001-present
Committee Co-Chair UC Natural Reserve System, Information Management Committee 2000-present
Core Network Investigator NSF-RCN Project, Resource Discovery Initiative for Field Stations; 2002-present
Executive Committee Organization of Biological Field Stations 1995-present
Advisory Board Pebble Beach Open Space Advistory Committee 1995-2002
Advisory Board Ventana Wilderness Society 2000-present
Advisory Board City of Pacific Grove- Crespi Pond Natural Area 2002-present
President California Native Grass Association , (Co-Founder 1991) 1998-1999
Executive Board California Native Grass Association 1991-1999
Steering Committee Carmel Middle School, Habitat Project 2001-present
Committee Member Berkeley Natural History Field Stations 2003-present
Reviewer for the following academic journals: Ecology, Ecology Letters, Journal of Wildlife Management, Wildlife Society Bulletin, Ecological Applications, Science Foundation Arizona, Ad Hoc NSF Panels, Restoration Ecology, Oecologia, Plant Biology, Acta Theriologica, Madrono, Environmental Management, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.