Sedgwick Reserve

09 Jul, 11 AM - 06 Aug, 02 AM

This research project is to gain preliminary data for future full-scale projects for my dissertation research. I will investigate search costs in the female variable field cricket (Gryllus lineaticeps). This is a common and extremely abundant California field cricket. In field crickets, males call to attract mates and females search for the calling males. Females can incur several costs while searching for mates. I plan on all work being exploratory. Mainly, I will track searching female crickets and attempt to quantify the hazards they face as they search (predators, environmental obstacles, etc.). If crickets are collected, collections will be temporary and crickets will be released from where they were collected. Crickets prefer disturbed grasslands, so I plan to utilize such areas on the reserve. I would like to reside on the reserve in the studio apartments while conducting my research. Sedgwick Reserve is the only research station in the area where the variable field cricket resides. Other areas where the crickets might be are privately owned countryside or public (day) parks that would be difficult to access without disturbance.

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Under Project # 8284 | Research

Search Costs in the Female Variable Field Cricket (Gryllus lineaticeps)

graduate_student - University of Nebraska

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Cassandra Martin Jul 9 - Aug 6, 2007 (29 days)

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Studio Apartment 1 Jul 9 - Aug 6, 2007