Charles D. McClain

Department of Biological Sciences, California State University, Chico

cdmcclain@gmail.com

CURRENT RESEARCH

I am assessing the long-term recovery of native understory plants in riparian forest restoration sites along a 150 km stretch of the Sacramento River to determine how initial planting strategy (relay v. initial floristic approaches) and time since restoration effect the successional trajectories of restored forests.

RELATED LINKS

• Sacramento River Monitoring and Assessment Project
• SacramentoRiver.org
• Sacramento River Portal & Library
• The Nature Conservancy
• River Partners
• U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service - Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex
• Department of Fish & Game

ACADEMIC HISTORY

• M.S., Biology, California State University Chico, 2006-present
• B.A., Biology, University of California Santa Cruz, 2001
• A.A., Gen. Liberal Arts & Sciences, Moorpark College, CA, 1999

PREVIOUS RESEARCH

• 2002-2006 Censused rare native wildflowers of the maritime chaparral. UC Santa Cruz, Dr. Laurel Fox.
• 2001-2002 Mapped critical maritime chaparral habitat surrounding Monterey Bay. UC Santa Cruz, Dr. Karen Holl.
• 2000-2002 Monitored effects of grazing on coastal prairie. UC Santa Cruz, Dr. Karen Holl.

CHICO STATE LINKS

• Biology Graduate Students, 2007-2008
• Department of Biological Sciences