Valentine Camp

02 Jul, 10 AM - 31 Jul, 01 PM

I am interested in conducting two projects this summer. The first asks whether resistance against different herbivores covaries among individual plants. In other words do plants that have high levels of resistance against beetles also have high levels of resistance against grasshoppers? aphids? The second tests the hypothesis that populations that experience consistently high levels of herbivore pressure use more general alarm signals that all individuals perceive and respond to. In contrast, populations that experience lower levels of pressure use specific, diverse signals that only kin perceive and respond to. Both studies require that I mark plants with flagging tape, measure levels of herbivore damage, collect a few leaves for chemical analyses, and run bioassays using local herbivores in field cages.

Visit #67976 @Valentine Camp

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Under Project # 31616 | Research

Communication between sagebrush plants

faculty - University of California, Davis

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Pamela Huntzinger Jul 4 - 6, 2020 (3 days)
Zoe Schlanger Jul 7 - 9, 2020 (3 days)
Rick Karban Jul 2 - 31, 2020 (30 days)

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Day Use Only 1 Jul 2 - 31, 2020