Category: Field Botany
Small Mammal Movement Response to Burn Severity
When I discovered I had been accepted into the University of Arizona’s Undergraduate Biology Research Program (UBRP) for the summer of 2019, I was very excited. UBRP is a program in which undergradu... Read More
Botany Lab Preceptor
Due to my high performance in the field botany lab (RNR 230) I took in the fall of 2016, the professor offered me the position of preceptor for the following fall semester in 2017. A preceptor is an u... Read More
Saguaro Phenology Research
My first upper division course in college (fall 2017) was called “Natural Resources Ecology” (RNR 316). One of the reasons why it was one of the best classes I had ever taken was because o... Read More
Buffel Grass: The Silent Intruder (SARSEF 2012)
One may notice on my website that much of my work in the field of natural resources has actually been associated with botany, or plants. Obviously, this may raise the question of why this is all prese... Read More
Plant Ecology Report (College)/Chi-Square Test
Abstract: The objective of this experiment was to observe the ecological relationship between triangle-leaf bursage (Ambrosia deltoidea) and krameria (Krameria grayi). The purpose was to see if krame... Read More
Botany Field Trips
In the fall of 2016, I took two field trips with my botany class and prepared reports for both excursions. The first one was in September in the Santa Catalina Mountains north of Tucson at Middle Bear... Read More
Plant Journal (College)
When taking a class related to botany, usually one of the biggest factors that follows is the obligation to put together a plant journal. This is a way for natural historians to keep a record of what ... Read More
Plant Ecology Report (High School)
Abstract: The following research regards the effects of an invasive species, verbena (Lantana urticoides), on native plant species in a natural region at El Camino Baptist Church in Tucson, Arizona. ... Read More