Here is a list of activities that we have planned for the summer of 2014:
Orientation
Tour Staffanson and Hegg Lake
Distribute tools, equipment, and pouches
Week 1
Measure EA in p8:qGen2 See q2 Measure Protocol
Experimental Plot Management
Broadcast seed p1 – plan for 2015
Broadcast seed p2 – plan for 2015
Broadcast seed p8 – LE/SW completed May 2014
Weed experimental plots as necessary
Cut trees in p1 & p8
Mow aisles in p1
Flag & post signs in p1
Collect Bouteloua curtipendula & Schizachyrium scoparium for seeding in plots
Experiments in Remnants
Plant Lydia’s seedlings (parents are EA nearest to E. pallida at Hegg in Davis’s 2013 exp) – LE/SW/KM completed May 2014
Monitor recruitment exp. See Recruitment Protocol 2013
Staffanson – BFS; phenology, style persistence, harvest, demography
Asynchrony, isolation, compatibility (Remnants TBD) – phenology & crossing
Assess pollinator community with pan-traps (Diersen) (planned for 2014?)
Conduct annual census of flowering EA demo2014Protocol
Refind seedlings from previous years in August
Experiments in plots
Identify flowering EA p1 & p2
Assess phenology p1 & p2
Design Aphid experiment
Conduct Aphid experiment
Conduct long-term pollen limitation experiment
Conduct resource limitation experiment (tops o’ heads)
Measure EA in experimental plots
| Exp. plot | Alt. name | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|
| expt01 | main & 99s | ||
| expt02 | Jennifer’s | ||
| expt03 | Amy’s | ||
| expt04 | Caroline’s | ||
| expt05 | Staffanson | ||
| expt06 | Josh’s & hybrids | 25 June | 25 June |
| expt07 | Hybrids at Hegg | ||
| expt08 | q2 | 14 June | 27 June |
| expt09 | Lydia’s |
Measure Hesperostipa in p1
Measure Dichanthelium in p1-99s
Harvest Hesperostipa in p1
Chop grasses in p6:Josh’s
Harvest heads. See harvestProtocol2014.pdf
