How Wildfires Become Wildflowers

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  • čas přidán 22. 07. 2024
  • Last fall's wildfires in Southern California have encouraged an abundance of wildflowers to grow in the area, but can the ecosystem of the Santa Monica Mountains continue to recover from such frequent fires?
    To learn more about work being done in this region, or to get involved yourself, check out the organizations below!
    Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area: www.nps.gov/samo/index.htm
    Mountains Restoration Trust: www.mountainstrust.org/
    California Chaparral Institute: www.californiachaparral.org/
    California Native Plant Society: www.cnps.org/
    Another giant thank you to my Patreon supporters, including my amazing ribosomes:
    Marcel Ward
    Dave Moore
    Ben Krasnow
    Mathieu Moog
    Palle Helenius
    Phiroze Dalal
    Tim Rhodes
    Peter Cook
    Brad
    Filip
    Jerry
    Diane & George Dainis
    Alexandra Daly
    Don Burlone
    Tim McNally
    Brandon C.
    William Pilkington
    Kevin Hardesty
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    End Music: "I Miss You" by Text Me Records / Leviathe
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    #wildflowers #superbloom
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Komentáře • 38

  • @Dixavd
    @Dixavd Před 5 lety +6

    This is my favourite video you've done in the 5 years I've been subscribed to you. I loved getting to see what the scientists actually did including a look at the forms they fill out. When talking about biodiversity, statistics on the number of species per unit area are often compared but this is the first time I've actually seen the hard work and meticulous detail required by scientists to get them. I hope you're able to do more on-location videos. Nice work with the editing of the video too (the cuts seemed natural with the video and the narration/interview responses). 💖

    • @AlexDainisPhD
      @AlexDainisPhD  Před 5 lety +1

      Thank you so, so much for this comment. This is one of my favorite videos as well, but I was worried about how it would be received because it's different from the types of videos I've been releasing recently. I really want to be doing more on-location videos like this, so I'm so glad that you enjoyed it and got to see something new too!

  • @onurspears
    @onurspears Před 5 lety +1

    Glad you still make videos!

  • @laurenarianaaa
    @laurenarianaaa Před 3 lety

    I just did an internship where we did transects of sites that were going to be restored back into a native ecosystem so this was amazing to see the same method done to monitor native species in a different way. Loved the video!

  • @itsamemari009
    @itsamemari009 Před 5 lety +5

    Thank you for the video.

  • @ryanhaddad6815
    @ryanhaddad6815 Před 4 lety

    Thank you

  • @elliottmcollins
    @elliottmcollins Před 5 lety +2

    Fascinating to see all of the work that goes into this data collection.

    • @AlexDainisPhD
      @AlexDainisPhD  Před 5 lety +3

      Yeah! This was completely new to me. I had never considered how these kinds of things were tracked and monitored, and it turns out it’s due to the hard work of lots of people over lots and lots of time!

  • @andirivarola
    @andirivarola Před 3 lety

    My backyard is part of the Santa Monica Mountains, although within the City of L.A. This year, whether due to the pandemic or not, there are so many more coyote sightings; at least according to my neighbors and my own experience. They are even out during the day, which was unheard of before. Their howling at night is like a Halloween sound clip. Not sure if any studies are being conducted about the the effect of the pandemic on wildlife. Sorry, I know this is probably not the right place to comment on this subject, but it reminded me that not only fire affect nature. I figure I write it here anyways. Loved this video. Thank you for posting.

  • @eaglebreath5
    @eaglebreath5 Před 5 lety

    Lucky. That sounds like a cool adventure. Thanks for sharing.

  • @Mrbertiification
    @Mrbertiification Před 5 lety

    As was said and seamingly souperflouse: Such much beatiful flowers!

  • @SinisterPuppy
    @SinisterPuppy Před 5 lety +1

    Nature shows the truth that all endings are new beginnings. Thanks for sharing. :)

  • @98Zai
    @98Zai Před 4 lety

    Cool! I learned a bunch of things :D

  • @robertjoasilus5230
    @robertjoasilus5230 Před 5 lety

    I love your videos

  • @colinfrisch6745
    @colinfrisch6745 Před 5 lety

    Awesome video, I grew up in this area so this was an especially enlightening video for me. Thanks for doing what you do!

    • @AlexDainisPhD
      @AlexDainisPhD  Před 5 lety +1

      I’m so glad you enjoyed it! It’s a really unique area, it must have been cool to grow up here!

  • @josephputnam2964
    @josephputnam2964 Před 5 lety +2

    Wow. That is so awesome that you get to hang with the NPR crowd. So cool. :-)

  • @sammmmmxd
    @sammmmmxd Před 5 lety

    We spoke about chaparral habitats and pyrophytes in my plant anatomy class this semester! This was an awesome video and I loved the way you presented the material.

    • @AlexDainisPhD
      @AlexDainisPhD  Před 5 lety

      Thank you so much!! I'm so glad that it complemented what you were learning in class :)

    • @sammmmmxd
      @sammmmmxd Před 5 lety

      @@AlexDainisPhD I'm glad you made it! I have watched for a long time, and also loved following your grad school journey and seeing another woman in science thrive! Thank you for your channel.

  • @lockepatton5689
    @lockepatton5689 Před 5 lety

    This is such amazing and detailed work! Tell Mark and Andrew thanks 😊 and a great video, Dr. Alex!!

    • @lockepatton5689
      @lockepatton5689 Před 5 lety

      I just realized that I don’t know if you’re a Dr yet! Ah well, it’ll apply soon enough! 😆

    • @AlexDainisPhD
      @AlexDainisPhD  Před 5 lety +4

      I am a Dr. now! And it *is* super detailed and great work! It takes a lot of dedication and it was really cool to get the chance to spend a day with them in the field!

  • @kts8900
    @kts8900 Před 5 lety

    This was fantastic! Thank you for sharing, I learned a lot about how this science is done.

  • @nassermohammed9504
    @nassermohammed9504 Před 5 lety

    Very informative! Mark looks like he has a very fun job.

    • @AlexDainisPhD
      @AlexDainisPhD  Před 5 lety +1

      Right?! This seems like a pretty amazing career!

  • @laquade1
    @laquade1 Před 5 lety +2

    Can you do a video on cannabis? Love your stress video!

  • @MrWorld-hc5rs
    @MrWorld-hc5rs Před 5 lety +2

    "from death springs life"

  • @klinfo5034
    @klinfo5034 Před 5 lety

    That was a terrible fire and happened back in the 80s as well people forgot about that should not be happening but the flower sure are cool thank you for sharing keep up the good work God bless Ken

  • @laquade1
    @laquade1 Před 5 lety

    Oh wait this is actually a great channel.... 😳🙏

  • @kingjeremysircornwell7847

    Tree's!!!!!!! Plant tree's

    • @PeppoMusic
      @PeppoMusic Před 3 lety

      Don't need to. As stated in the video, the environment is adapted to regular wildfires. Natural succession (just google 'secondary succession') will cause trees to go back, but for that to happen propely and naturally as it has been happening for hundreds of thousands of years, there needs to be plenty of rainfall and not a too rapid follow up of another wildfire.

  • @laquade1
    @laquade1 Před 5 lety

    I've seen a 3 year old flower before.... Person keeps it in vegetation phrase

  • @ivandrofly
    @ivandrofly Před 5 lety

    are you mixed with Asian?

  • @trippasha
    @trippasha Před 5 lety +1

    you have a beautiful smile