Mojave

In the spring of 2001, I took a course from ISU called 'Field Ecology'. We designed experiments where we asked questions regarding the ecology of the south-western Mojave desert:

I asked, "are woodrats Neotoma lepida (desert woodrats) central foragers regarding the Joshua trees Yucca shridigera?

I found that yes they are important users of this monocot 'tree' and they are central foragers (as are most herbivors):

But more importantly, that spring break in southwest Utah, I learned that there are people who think like me.



and, we sure had fun.