McLaughlin Reserve

04 May, 01 PM - 20 May, 01 PM

I will return to finish sampling Common Garter Snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis). I will collect a maximum of 20 samples in order to estimate population structure and gene flow with neighboring populations. Animals will be captured by hand from patches of suitable habitat on the reserve. I will also opportunistically sample tissue from road kill animals. I will collect tissue samples from 20 Common Garter Snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis) and 20 Rough-Skinned Newts (Taricha granulosa) in order to estimate population structure and gene flow with neighboring populations. Animals will be captured from patches of suitable habitat on the reserve. Snakes will be captured by hand. I will use scissors to remove a 3 mm tail clip for genetic analysis. Newts will be captured by hand and dip net. For each newt, I will use a human skin biopsy punch (Acupunche Acuderm, Inc.) to remove a 5 mm diameter skin punch from the dorsum (Hanifin et al. 2004). This procedure normally does not involve bleeding or other obvious trauma, and the skin punches heal quickly with regenerated skin. Skin punches will be used for both the genetic analysis and to assay for TTX toxicity. I will also opportunistically sample tissue from road kill animals.

Visit #46205 @McLaughlin Reserve

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Under Project # 33234 | Research

The conflicting effects of gene flow in a geographic mosaic of predator-prey coevolution

graduate_student - University of Virginia

Reservation Members(s)

Michael Hague May 4 - 7, 2016 (4 days)
Michael Hague May 16 - 20, 2016 (5 days)

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Bed in Field Station Bunkroom 1 May 4 - 7, 2016
Bed in Field Station Bunkroom 1 May 16 - 20, 2016