Novel Use of Image Time-Series to Distinguish Dryland Vegetation Responses to Wet and Dry Years by Dawn Browning New results from Emily Myers and her collaborators found that rain plays a crucial role in shaping the greenery patterns of semi-arid grasslands, with some surprising twists when it comes to places dominated by grasses versus those […]

At the end of a one-hour lesson on desert animal adaptations, a 4th grader tapped an Asombro staff member on the shoulder and said, “This is the best day I’ve had in a really long time.” Thanks to a 26-year partnership between the Jornada Basin LTER and the nonprofit Asombro Institute for Science Education, we

Rohit Subhedar is a PhD student at New Mexico State University working with Professor Niall Hanan in the Plant and Environmental Sciences department. He is broadly interested in understanding what factors maintain savannas globally. More specifically, however, he is interested in the effects of top-down factors such as fire and mammal herbivory on savanna vegetation.

This summer is shaping up to be an exciting one at the Jornada. We’ve got a great group of incoming graduate and undergraduate researchers and an enriching Desert Ecology Short Course is in the works. Here are a few announcements and reminders: