James Farlin
Current Research:
- Plant-water interactions: Understanding the role plants play in linking ground and surface water budgets through hydraulic redistribution and investigating foliar uptake strategies plants may use to mediate annual climatic extremes across Mediterranean climates
- California Water policy: Better informing agricultural water use through creation of tools for managers and individuals to use across multiple scales and working with water managers to address scientific questions they need answered and developing tools to answer them
- Stable isotope application and instrumentation: Isotope-ratio infrared specroscopy’s ability to provide real time monitoring of water sources and sinks at the plant, plot, and landscape level and applying established stable isotope techniques to ecological questions Tracing plant water use efficiency with d13C and d15N Understanding trophic position and food web dynamics (d13C and dd15N) Tracking animal movement and migration patterns (d18O and dD)