Who will win under future global change scenarios?
Nicole Molinari Global change is projected to be the main driver of ecosystem change and biodiversity loss over the next century. Ecosystem change may be mediated through the promotion of non-native species by particular global change scenarios. Many of California’s grasslands have already been affected by the presence of non-native plant species and global environmental changes could exacerbate these impacts. California’s grasslands are largely thought to be water and nitrogen limited. Alterations in precipitation and nitrogen cycling are therefore likely to influence the restoration potential of non-native dominated sites as well as the persistence of native plant communities. My research seeks to understand how rainfall reduction and repackaging (fewer, more intense events), along with nitrogen deposition will alter invasibility and diversity in remnant native grasslands compared to adjacent non-native dominated grasslands at Sedgwick Reserve. I am adding seeds of the dominant non-n
