{"id":227,"date":"2018-10-22T19:26:59","date_gmt":"2018-10-22T19:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/malmstromlab.plantbiology.msu.edu\/?p=227"},"modified":"2018-10-22T19:36:56","modified_gmt":"2018-10-22T19:36:56","slug":"tracking-weed-patch-dynamics-from-the-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malmstromlab.plantbiology.msu.edu\/?p=227","title":{"rendered":"Tracking weed patch dynamics from the air"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In semi-arid California grasslands, invasive weedy species such as goatgrass and medusahead can form large patches with dense litter. These patches can expand and suppress more desirable native and forage species unless managed. We developed new remote sensing approaches to map weed patch dynamics in rangelands. Counter to common expectations, we found that weeds were less prevalent in grazed areas than ungrazed ones.\u00a0 This result highlights the value of grazing as a weed management tool.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_229\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-229\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/malmstromlab.plantbiology.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/2010ToJune-708.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-229\" src=\"https:\/\/malmstromlab.plantbiology.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/2010ToJune-708-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/malmstromlab.plantbiology.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/2010ToJune-708-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/malmstromlab.plantbiology.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/2010ToJune-708-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/malmstromlab.plantbiology.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/2010ToJune-708-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-229\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Proper grazing management can reduce weed pressure and promote wildflowers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_234\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-234\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/malmstromlab.plantbiology.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/2010ToJune-701.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-234\" src=\"https:\/\/malmstromlab.plantbiology.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/2010ToJune-701-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/malmstromlab.plantbiology.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/2010ToJune-701-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/malmstromlab.plantbiology.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/2010ToJune-701-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/malmstromlab.plantbiology.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/2010ToJune-701-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-234\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lupine blooming in grazed field<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Read more here:<\/p>\n<p>Malmstrom, C. M., H. S. Butterfield, L. Planck, C. P. Long, and V. T. Eviner. (2017) Novel fine-scale aerial mapping approach quantifies grassland weed cover dynamics and response to management. PLoS ONE 12(10):e0181665.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0181665\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0181665<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In semi-arid California grasslands, invasive weedy species such as goatgrass and medusahead can form large patches with dense litter. These patches can expand and suppress more desirable native and forage species unless managed. We developed new remote sensing approaches to map weed patch dynamics in rangelands. Counter to common expectations, we found that weeds were&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/malmstromlab.plantbiology.msu.edu\/?p=227\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":226,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/malmstromlab.plantbiology.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/malmstromlab.plantbiology.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/malmstromlab.plantbiology.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malmstromlab.plantbiology.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malmstromlab.plantbiology.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=227"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/malmstromlab.plantbiology.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":236,"href":"https:\/\/malmstromlab.plantbiology.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227\/revisions\/236"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malmstromlab.plantbiology.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/malmstromlab.plantbiology.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malmstromlab.plantbiology.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malmstromlab.plantbiology.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}