This blog is going to be brief as I am pretty busy right now. I have recently started working with the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum on all things buffelgrass.
What is buffelgrass and how does this relate to seabirds?
Well buffelgrass is an invasive grass that causes massive problems for the Sonoran Desert where I currently find myself. It doesnt have anything to do with seabirds, but it has everything to to with ecology and conservation, which is what I have really been working on all along.
Why is buffelgrass so bad?
Because it moves in to a low fire ecosystem, crowds out native plants and spreads fires further and hotter than the native vegetation is adapted to. Being a grass it also spreads really easily and does fine on low water and hot summer temperatures.
I am humbled and inspired in this new position to do what I can to facilitate more effective work on controlling this scurge.
Here I have also linked a blog post that my supervisor wrote about buffelgrass. I will be posting more on this in the future I am sure.
What is buffelgrass and how does this relate to seabirds?
Well buffelgrass is an invasive grass that causes massive problems for the Sonoran Desert where I currently find myself. It doesnt have anything to do with seabirds, but it has everything to to with ecology and conservation, which is what I have really been working on all along.
Why is buffelgrass so bad?
Because it moves in to a low fire ecosystem, crowds out native plants and spreads fires further and hotter than the native vegetation is adapted to. Being a grass it also spreads really easily and does fine on low water and hot summer temperatures.
I am humbled and inspired in this new position to do what I can to facilitate more effective work on controlling this scurge.
Here I have also linked a blog post that my supervisor wrote about buffelgrass. I will be posting more on this in the future I am sure.