Karen Pope
Ecologist
Pacific Southwest Research Station
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My favorite science experience was learning about the different strategies animals use to survive in their natural environment. For example, mountain yellow-legged frogs survive the long, cold winter in the high Sierra Nevada mountains by finding pockets of water under the ice and breathing through their skin for up to 9 months at a time.
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The scientists were interested in discovering whether the Pacific tree frog population might also be affected by the presence of nonnative trout, similar to the way these trout had affected the mountain yellow-legged frog population....Knocked Out By Trout: The Relationship Between Nonnative Trout and Pacific Tree Frogs
The scientists were interested in discovering whether the Pacific tree frog population might also be affected by the presence of nonnative trout, similar to the way these trout had affected the mountain yellow-legged frog population....
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