Collaborative Research: SGER: Post-fire Recovery of a Plant-pollinator Mutualism

这个合作SGER项目将开始立即研究植物/传粉者互惠共生，最有可能的是，已被2003年在南加州的野火破坏。 该研究系统包括丝兰Hesperoyucca whipplei和丝兰蛾Tegeticula maculata，它们是互利主义者，在过去几年中，在整个加州的不受干扰的条件下进行了非常好的研究。在该项目下，一名PI（Udovic）将继续在圣地亚哥附近的两个地点，即Elliot查帕拉尔保护区和Santa Margarita生态保护区调查这种相互作用。 2003年10月下旬，他的研究地点的一些重要部分被烧毁，而其他部分则幸免于难。 对这一系统的火灾后立即和较长期的研究将利用火灾前同一地点和同一时期类似但未燃烧的地点的比较数据。 一个目标是描绘火灾对互利种群规模，互利物候的影响，以及随之而来的可能性，合作伙伴将找到对方，并在未来的季节成功繁殖。 该项目更广泛的应用包括防火、管理和应对方面的外联活动。 这项工作将为两名本科生（一名来自俄勒冈州大学，一名来自亚利桑那大学）提供研究机会。

This Collaborative SGER project would begin the immediate study of a plant/pollinator mutualism that, most likely, has been disrupted by the 2003 wildfires in southern California. The study system includes the yucca Hesperoyucca whipplei and yucca moth Tegeticula maculata, which are mutualists, which have been exceptionally well studied in undisturbed conditions throughout California over the last several years. Under this project, one of the PIs (Udovic) would continue investigating this interaction at two sites near San Diego, the Elliot Chaparral Reserve and the Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve. In late October 2003, some significant portions of his study sites burned while others escaped damage. The immediate and longer-term post-fire study of this system would take advantage of comparative data from the same site before the fire, and from a similar but unburned site over the same time period. One goal is to delineate fire impacts on mutualist population sizes, mutualist phenologies, and the consequent likelihood that the partners will locate each other and reproduce successfully in the coming seasons. The broader applications of the project include outreach on fire prevention, management and response. This work will provide research opportunities to two undergraduate students (one from University of Oregon and one from University of Arizona).