Dylan was approved for travel to the Mojave Desert to continue his work on hybridization and host genomics of toxin degradation. He and Maggie (fellow graduate student and housemate) had a very successful trip to his site at Morongo Valley, CA. The pair live-trapped and released 83 woodrats (Neotoma lepida and Neotoma bryanti) in 3 nights to continue the longitudinal sampling plan of this site, now totaling 8 trips tracking woodrats over the past 2 years.
Maggie and Dylan, smiling despite the 30mph gusts of wind and >100 ºF temps!
Woodrat (Neotoma bryanti) on some local decor next to its midden.
Dylan at his study site, Morongo Valley, July 2020
