“…Improvements in predicting range forage production could help range managers adjust stocking rates to match available forage and leave sufficient residual dry matter for sustainable regeneration of California's annual grasslands (Bartolome, Frost, & McDougald, 2006). Climate change is expected to negatively impact southwestern US rangeland production (Reeves, Bagne, & Tanaka, 2017;Reeves, Moreno, Bagne, & Running, 2014), including most of California (Shaw et al, 2011). Climate change is expected to negatively impact southwestern US rangeland production (Reeves, Bagne, & Tanaka, 2017;Reeves, Moreno, Bagne, & Running, 2014), including most of California (Shaw et al, 2011).…”