Here is a list of activities that we have planned for the 2015 field season:
Orientation
Tour Staffanson and Hegg Lake
Distribute tools, equipment, and pouches
Week 1
Measure q2 in p8 See 2015.q2.measureProtocol
Experimental Plot Management
spring:
Burn p1 Completed 21 May
Broadcast seed in p1, p2 Completed 22 May
summer:
Flag & post signs in p1
Weed experimental plots as necessary
p8: sweet clover & ash
Cut trees in p1 & p8
Mow aisles in p1
Mow brome in p8
Assess Hieracium experiment
pull pi: p8, E of p1, W of p1, p1 burn break
Harvest Hesperostipa in p1
Chop grasses in p6/Josh’s
late summer:
Harvest EA heads in p1 & p2. See harvestProtocol2014.pdf
Collect Bouteloua curtipendula & Schizachyrium scoparium for seeding in plots
fall:
Burn p8 & new plot, broadcast seed in p1, p2, p8
Pull in signs & flags for winter
Experiments in Remnants
Monitor recruitment exp. (just fl pla)
Staffanson – BFS; phenology, style persistence, harvest, demography
Target SPP plants with phen, sp, & ss in burn years for monitoring and harvest.
Asynchrony, isolation, compatibility (Remnants TBD) – phenology & crossing
Conduct annual census of flowering EA demo2014Protocol
Refind seedlings from previous years (August)
Measure Cirsium hillii & collect tissue
Experiments in plots
Identify flowering EA p1 & p2
Assess phenology p1 & p2
qGen3: Cross EA in p1 for second round of qGen2 experiment
collect tissue of known hybrid plants
Conduct Aphid addition/exclusion experiment
Conduct long-term pollen limitation experiment
Conduct resource limitation experiment (tops o’ heads)
Measure Hesperostipa in p1
Measure Dichanthelium in p1-99s
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 | ||
| expt07 | Hybrids at Hegg | ||
| expt08 | q2 | 16 June | |
| expt09 | Lydia’s |
take photo for banner
take photo for SPP-bfs
smoke treatment
