A5053746279- Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- demographic modeling and climate adaptation
- Cassava research and cyanide
- Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
- Urban Agriculture and Sustainability
- Psychedelics and Drug Studies
- Organic Food and Agriculture
- African Botany and Ecology Studies
- Fire effects on ecosystems
- Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
- Rangeland and Wildlife Management
- Plant Parasitism and Resistance
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Critical Race Theory in Education
- Coffee research and impacts
- Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Ecology and biodiversity studies
- Indigenous Studies and Ecology
- Higher Education Research Studies
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
University of California, Berkeley
2020-2024
Riding the global waves of decriminalization, medical or recreational use cannabis (Cannabis sativa spp.) is now legal in more than 50 countries and U.S. states. As governments regulate this formerly illegal crop, there an urgent need to understand how may impact environment. Due challenges researching quasi-legal commodities, peer-reviewed studies documenting environmental impacts are limited, slowing development policies agricultural extension guidelines needed minimize adverse outcomes....
Abstract Aim Global change has spurred the escalation of megafires in California over last 20 years throughout a variety ecosystems. Here, we examine spatial distribution wildfires and from two decades (2000–2020) relation to ecosystem types biodiversity metrics. We offer insights into prevalence fire across vegetation its potential implications for biodiversity, land management. These results challenge prevailing discourse that wildfire is chiefly an issue forest Location California, United...
Abstract At the intersection of climate change and rural development, wildfire has emerged as a threat to agriculture in Western United States. This nexus is particularly problematic for rapidly developing cannabis industry California, which includes farms located outside traditional agricultural zones within landscapes potentially more prone wildfire. With goal determining whether uniquely vulnerable direct impacts (in terms crop loss burning), we integrated fire hazard severity zone (FHSZ)...
Integrating social or cultural data into ecological models is critical for understanding complex social-ecological systems. In this study, we used an interdisciplinary approach to identify, assess, and contextualize possible drivers of farmer decisions use land cannabis production development shortly after adult was legalized in Josephine County, Oregon. First, interviewed 14 farmers about their relationship with the land, decision making process, reflections on local industry. Second,...
Abstract The rapid expansion of cannabis agriculture in the Western United States provides a rare opportunity to study how an abrupt change land‐use policy affects local biodiversity. There is broad speculation that production on private land expanding and having negative effects aquatic terrestrial ecosystems, yet there exist little empirical data evaluate this concern. In study, we mapped characterized outdoor during first season legal recreational (2016) large legacy cannabis‐producing...
Examples of wildlife on cannabis cultivation sites in the Klamath-Siskiyou Ecoregion southern Oregon [in order from top to bottom
This study introduces a model to assess wildlife space use and activity patterns, demonstrated in the context of small-scale cannabis cultivation western United States. We examined local diel patterns at gradient distances active (<1 acre) private-land outdoor farms. used data from 149 cameras on surrounding eight farms Klamath-Siskiyou Ecoregion southern Oregon, collected between 2018–2019. Using single species occupancy analyses, we assessed how production influenced (defined here as...
Over 20 years ago, ecologists were introduced to the site occupancy model (SOM) for estimating rates from detection‐nondetection data. In ensuing decades, SOM and its hierarchical modeling extensions have become mainstays of quantitative ecology, has one most common applications ecological field Here, we review 364 peer‐reviewed articles published between 2019–2021 that estimated occupancy. We first document broad patterns in study design statistical methods provide educators, developers...
Abstract Spurred by nationwide protests against anti-Black violence in the summer of 2020, academic departments across USA saw an uptick efforts to integrate belonging, diversity, equity, justice, and inclusion initiatives into their programs. In this vein, graduate students Department Environmental Science, Policy, Management at University California, Berkeley, developed led a semester-long course, “Critical Engagements Anti-Racist Scholarship.” The course cultivated anti-racist mindsets...
At the intersection of climate change and rural development, wildfire has emerged as a threat to agriculture in western United States. This nexus is particularly problematic for rapidly developing cannabis industry California, which includes farms located outside traditional agricultural zones within landscapes potentially more prone wildfire. Using fire hazard severity metrics, current historical perimeter data, future burn regime projections, we compared location licensed California other...
ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVCorrectionNEXTORIGINAL ARTICLEThis notice is a correctionCorrection to "Cannabis and the Environment: What Science Tells Us We Still Need Know"Ariani C. Wartenberg*Ariani WartenbergMore by Ariani Wartenberghttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-0052-5005, Patricia A. HoldenPatricia HoldenMore Holdenhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-6777-5359, Hekia BodwitchHekia BodwitchMore Bodwitch, Phoebe Parker-ShamesPhoebe Parker-ShamesMore Parker-Shames, Thomas NovotnyThomas NovotnyMore...
ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVCorrespondenceNEXTResponse to Comment on "Cannabis and the Environment: What Science Tells Us We Still Need Know"Ariani C. Wartenberg*Ariani WartenbergDepartment of Environmental Science, Policy Management, University California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States*Email: [email protected]More by Ariani Wartenberghttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-0052-5005, Patricia A. HoldenPatricia HoldenBren School & Santa Barbara, 93117, StatesMore...