Elliott Chaparral Reserve

24 Dec, 01 AM - 24 Dec, 04 AM

I am working on the native shrub, Heteromeles arbutifolia (toyon, christmas berry) for my dissertation. For my current research project I need to collect fruit from coastal and inland population of Heteromeles. For my collections I I would like to collect fruits from December 2010 to January 2011. I would collect fruits from 5-10 individuals. I would remove the fruits off adult shrubs using hand clippers. I will not disturb the soil. Within each individual I will remove ~100-200 fruits or less than 10% of what is present if there are less than 100 fruits. I will sample 5-10 individuals depending on fruit availability. Seeds will be germinated in the greenhouse at UC Berkeley to ensure successful germination and early establishment before transplanting to the field. Our previous work germinating and growing H. arbutifolia seedlings yielded 85% germination after three weeks.

Visit #23663 @Elliott Chaparral Reserve

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Under Project # 20965 | Research

Taking the Heat: Mechanisms of adaptive differentiation in response to extreme heat events

graduate_student - University of California, Berkeley

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