Landels-Hill Big Creek Reserve

18 Aug, 04 AM - 20 Aug, 04 AM

Our preliminary data on Heteromeles arbutifolia shows that northern and southern populations display divergent leaf phenotypes (leaf size and specific leaf area). Furthermore, these differences are heritable, appearing in the offspring of mothers from northern and southern sites. So far, the northern and southern populations from which we have previously collected leaves and seeds differ in their microclimate, so whether the morphological divergence is due solely to within-site microclimatic variation or whether it is due to large climatic gradients across the California Floristic Province remain unclear. Therefore, we are interested in collecting at other sites. As a prerequisite to this, I am interested in examining the microclimatic variation in H. arbutifolia distribution within Big Creek Reserve.

Visit #22676 @Landels-Hill Big Creek Reserve

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Under Project # 20664 | Research

Environmental effects on fruit set in toyon (Heteromeles arbutifolia)

graduate_student - University of California, Berkeley

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Adam Roddy Aug 18 - 20, 2010 (3 days)
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