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Rock mulching or lithic mulch was a strategy used thousands of years back in time to harvest rainfall and to cultivate drought tolerant crops in arid regions. As shown in this picture using plant ecophysiology and experimental archaeology techniques we assessed the potential of rock mulching for modern Agave cultivation.
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I am a scientist and a certified desert rat originally from Sonora, Mexico. I graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Biotechnology and a Master’s in Natural Resources and Arid Environments with focus on agronomy, agroecology, and botany. In northwest Mexico, I worked as a scientist at the National Institute of Research in Forestry, Agriculture and Livestock. As a consultant in Mexico I worked as an outreach educator for different institutions. After moving from Mexico to the US, I worked for the Provo Shrub laboratory at the Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station. I completed my PhD in Wildlife and Wildlands Conservation at Brigham Young University.
I have an extended interest in studying ecology and conservation of endangered, ecological, and economic important plant species. I have focused my research on wild and cultivated species, and plants historically used by pre-Columbian groups. Using field and lab experiments, I assess conservation strategies and physiological adaptations of plant species to complex environments and ecosystems. My research covers a unique aspect of ecology and natural history of plant species, the study of ancestral agricultural and ecological cultural practices that have shaped species populations and their legacies at different ecosystems in northern Mexico and in the US.
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