Stunt Ranch Santa Monica Mountains Reserve

29 Dec, 02 AM - 29 Dec, 06 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 fruits or less than 10% of what is present if there are less than 50 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 UC Berkeley field stations in a common garden. Our previous work germinating and growing H. arbutifolia seedlings yielded 85% germination after three weeks.

Visit #23639 @Stunt Ranch Santa Monica Mountains Reserve

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

graduate_student - University of California, Berkeley

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