BERKELEY: MUSEUM OF VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY
2593 LIFE SCIENCES BUILDING
October 5,1989
Wilford R. Gardner, Dean
College of Natural Resources
Deans Office
101 Giannini Hall
Berkeley Campus
Enclosed please find a copy of the 1988-1989 Annual Report for the
Hastings Natural History Reservation.
Since the Hastings Reservation is a component part of the Museum of
Vertebrate Zoology, a copy of this report has also been forwarded to
the Provost for Research, Joseph Cerny.
If additional copies are required, please contact Alice Landauer
(2-3568).
David B. Wake
Director
cc:
Fanny Arnold
Edward L. Feder
J. Roger Samuelson
Beth Burnside
Leonard V. Kuhi
~
Mark R. Strombergf(
James R. Griffin
Frank A. Pitelka
Walter Koenig
James L. Patton
ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1988-1989
HASTINGS NATURAL HISTORY RESERVATION
MUSEUM OF VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY
Compiled By
Dr. Mark R. Stromberg, MVZ Academic Coordinator-Hastings Reserve Manager
Dr. Frank A. Pitelka, Associate Director-Hastings Reservation, MVZ
Alice R. Landauer, Management Services Officer, MVZ
Hastings
Highlights
for
1988-1989
*
Renovation of Robinson House:
Use agreement arranged between University and
owner, Mrs. Fanny Arnold, who funded restoration of 1860's farmhouse to
modern 5 bedroom house. Included road repair, drainage system for building
site, renovation of small graduate student cabin, new water storage tank and new
water well pump system.
*
Completion in June of laboratory funded by National Science Foundation
providing 18' x 40' work space, with sinks, hood, cabinets, counter and desk
space for four. Construction of the new lab required that an older building be
Roads and drainage in the headquarters building
moved to a new foundation.
site were improved and new drainage patterns established.
*
Computer-based weather station began logging nine measurements continually
in March.
*
Three-bay garage building renovated with addition of cement floor, new wmng,
becoming a new workshop equipped with tools and supplies adequate to meet
most maintenance needs.
*
Propane furnace installation was completed in the four houses used by resident
staff.
*
A monthly newsletter was begun and distributed.
*
Seven research papers were published by the resident staff.
*
Continuation of the oak regeneration project by the Integrated Hardwood
Management Program of the University of California and the California
Department of Forestry. Also, continuation of a survey of native solitary bees
collaboratively by Berkeley and Davis entomologists, in anticipation of problems
arising when Africanized bees reach the area.
*
Natural Reserve System provided a grant of $37,500 for replacement of. main water
pipeline, additional water storage tanks, replacement of 50 year-old pump on
Hastings community well and automation of well system to keep water storage
tanks full.
*
New water well was drilled and a new water system was installed
Hallisey house.
*
Grant of $4,645 received by staff for ultracold temperature preservation of genetic
resources from the Genetic Resources Conservation Program, University of
California, Davis.
*
Total user days increased from 3,088 to 4,292, nearly a 30% increase from last year.
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the former
Environment
Hastings saw the drought continue into the third year with total precipitation of
only 12.92 in. compared to the average total of 21.15 in. observed over the last 48 years.
The Arnold Spring gradually decreased in flow and by March was no longer providing
water for the community. Showers in May extended the growing season of wildflowers
and the annual grasses. Pumping from the Hastings well for domestic water increased to
almost daily frequency in June.
We had no wildfires. Snow fell on December 24th (3 in.) and again in early
January. Finch Creek flowed in the winter, but by mid-May was dry at Martin Road.
Surface water in Finch Creek dried entirely on the reserve by late June. Acorns were
not plentiful, but the Acorn Woodpeckers were able to sustain normal breeding. Rooting
by feral pigs was significantly reduced on most transects monitored.
Research
Museum
of
Vertebrate
Zoology-Hastings
Staff
Resident staff once again accounted for most of the research at Hastings (Table 1).
Research Ecologist Dr. James Griffin continued his research studies of the ecology
of California's oak woodlands. A new experimental study was designed and implemented
to assess specific causes of mortality in oak seedlings. Nine hundred acorns were planted
in screen pots and monitored. Dr. Griffin remains very active in statewide advisory
committees with regard to conservation research in oak biology. Dr. Griffin was
requested to consult with a variety of public and private organizations with regard to
oak woodland or rare plant management.
Academic Coordinator Dr. Mark Stromberg continued with preparation of
manuscripts dealing with research conducted previous to assuming administrative
duties at Hastings.
Research regarding the roles of small mammals in the conservation
biology of California oak woodlands is the subject of proposals for research support
being sought from the Packard Foundation and the Carmel Ranch Company.
Research Associate Dr. Janis Dickinson initiated studies of local wasp colonies and
of leaf beetles on local milkweed plants. Dr. Dickinson authored 2 papers which were
published this year. Dr. Dickinson presented 4 papers at various scientific meetings and
co-taught a graduate seminar on social behavior on the Berkeley campus. Dr. Dickinson
was an editorial reviewer for three refereed journals.
Research Zoologist Dr. Walter Koenig continued several studies of social behavior
in birds. Dr. Koenig completed the 18th consecutive year of detailed study of Acorn
Woodpeckers in over 35 social groups on and adjacent to Hastings. Research on the
effects of tannins on the digestive efficiency of Acorn Woodpeckers was published, as
were results of his studies of human dispersal patterns. Dr. Koenig's studies of breeding
in 363 nest boxes used by Western Bluebirds entered its 6th year. Dr. Koenig published 5
research papers, was elected as a fellow to the American Ornithologist's Union, served as
Fulbright Fellow at the Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, and co-authored
a grant application to the Genetic Resources Conservation Program (UC-Davis) which
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was approved for an ultracold freezer to store genetic resources at the Hastings
Reservation. Dr. Koenig presented 8 lectures and co-taught a graduate seminar on social
behavior. He was an advisor for a Master's Thesis completed this year, served on two
Ph.D. committees at UC Berkeley and was an external examiner on a Ph.D. thesis at the
University of British Columbia. Dr. Koenig also reviewed articles for 7 professional
organizations. Various scientific papers by Hasting staff are listed in Appendix 1.
Long-term monitoring projects continue at Hastings. Dr. Koenig and his field
assistants completed the 14th year of sampling insect populations in pan traps. Dr.
Carmen sampled oaks for the 9th year in a cooperative study with Dr. Koenig of acorn
production based on 250 tagged oak trees on the reservation. Dr. Griffin added the 21 st
year of sampling grassland productivity on Hastings. Floristic data (plant species listed
by their relative abundance) were taken from plots established 20 years ago. Dr. Griffin
made new maps of several plots where individual grassland plants were mapped 12 years
ago. Dr. Griffin re-sampled 40 vegetation research plots in the Chew's Ridge area which
burned in the Marble Cone fire in August of 1978. Weather data were updated and
correlations were compiled between the new automatic weather recording system and
the older data base.
v.c.
Berkeley
Students
Most graduate students who worked at Hastings (Table 2) were once again from the
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology (MVZ). Mark Stanback added his fifth year of field studies
of the Acorn Woodpecker, focusing on behavior of the birds during the nesting period.
David Ribble spent the year gathering his third year of data on movements and social
behavior of the small mammals on Hastings, with emphasis on the California deer mouse.
Mark Reynolds spent about half of this reporting period working to complete six years
of research on social behavior and movements of the Yellow-billed Magpie~ Mark
Reynolds left Hastings for a position with the UC Berkeley system as manager of the
Sagehen Field Station. Philip Hooge moved to Hastings to study dispersal patterns of
Acorn Woodpeckers. Pat Kelly conducted field work which added his 5th year of data on
the local population of wood rats, a species studied previously by Linsdale and Tevis.
Several other MVZ graduate students visited Hastings. Devin Reese surveyed the
lizard populations. Maria daSilva spent several days getting acquainted with the
mammalian fauna. Elizabeth Ross assisted with several research projects.
Pam Muick (UC Forestry) continued her research on the ecology of native oak
trees with Dr. Griffin. John Barthell (UC Entomology) conducted surveys for Africanized
bees and documented the seasonal activity of native bees.
Graduate students using Hastings are listed in Table 2. Graduate students from
schools other than UC Berkeley used Hastings as well (Table 2).
Other
V.C. Research
Faculty from other California institutions spent time at Hastings (Table 1). Dr. Jeff
Welker and Dr. Kevin Rice (UC Davis) made annual visits to their ongoing oak
regeneration study plots. Dr. Dan Botkin visited to see the reserve and visit with the
researchers. Dr. Sara Hrdy (UC Davis) visited with Dr. Walter Koenig with regard to social
behavior studies. Dr. Robbie Soltz revisited bee study sites established over 10 years ago.
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Dr. Gordon Frankie, U.C. Berkeley-Entomology and his student, John Barthell,
again monitored a series of traps for the presence of any Africanized bees.
Ray Calloway, UC Santa Barbara, made several trips to Hastings to monitor his
oak seedling study plots. Ray is funded through the Integrated Hardwood Range
Management Program. Beth Hendrickson (UC Santa Barbara), working with Dr.
Griffin, studied the local turpentine weed, Trichostema lanceolatum.
Research
by
Other
Institutions
The largest new research program to start at Hastings was that of Dr. Paul
Ewald of Amherst College. Funded by NSF for 2 years, Dr. Ewald arrived June 15 to
spend the summer gathering data on territorial behavior of resident hummingbirds.
Dr. Ewald and his assistants set up several patches of electronically controlled robotic
flowers with artificial nectar. Observations and behavior data were entered directly
into portable computers.
Dr. Tom Nash, Arizona State University, was successful in seeking NSF support
to re-establish his research program on the lichen, Ramalina, in the spring of 1990.
Dr. Ron Mumme (Memphis State University) visited Hastings as part of his
continuing collaboration with Dr. Koenig on Acorn Woodpeckers. Dr. Tim Pritchard
visited as a part of a tour of biological field stations. Dr. Tim Plumb and Dr. Larry
Riggs were here to follow up on continuing oak tree studies and collaborate with Dr.
Griffin. Dr. Joe Marshall (USFWS- National Museum) was here to study winter bird
flocks. Dr. Stan Faeth (Arizona State University) established some monitoring stations
for insects which affect oak growth.
Dr. Dave Gubernick (Univ. Wisconsin-Madison)
videotaped California deer mice in their subterranean dens with Dave Ribble.
Dr.
Don Kramer (McGill) visited with Dr. Koenig to observe Acorn Woodpeckers. Bennie
Hannah, a student at Cal Poly, made several trips to monitor other oak regeneration
plots.
Education
Class use at Hastings is summarized in Table 3. Four classes with a total of 57
students used Hastings for natural history studies. Class use of Hastings remains
limited by the lack of a group facility.
Hastings continues to offer an important educational experience for
undergraduates who wish to work with advanced researchers in field biology. Dr.
Koenig and his students Mark Stanback and Phil Hooge, worked with 9 field assistants
this year (Table 4). Dave Ribble trained 6 field assistants to track the movements of
deermice in undisturbed microhabitats of Hastings woodlands. Dr. Jim Griffin was
assisted in his studies of the vegetation of the Santa Lucia mountains by a student
from Stanford. The wide variety of field assistant involvement at Hastings is
summarized in Table 4.
In a program which is scheduled to continue through next year, Dr. Paul Ewald
directed a group of 5 field assistants in his study of the territorial behavior of
hummingbirds. Each of his assistants is preparing independent research papers in
addition to collecting data for the larger research project directed by Dr. Ewald.
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Other
Users
Once again, Hastings had a diverse group of VIsItors during the year (Table 5). Dr.
Martin Cody (UCLA) and Dr. Jon Roughgarden (Stanford) organized the 23rd Southwest
Population Biology Conference held at the Robinson House in March. Ecologists and
population biologists from the west coast attended. A group of managers from adjacent
private ranches and the reserve manager met each month to review grazing practices
in Carmel Valley and review research results from Hastings related to land management.
This advisory group was organized through participants in a grazing program
collectively described as Holistic Resource Management. Administrative meetings with
NRS staff involved several days. We are addressing the issues involved with an easement
through the reserve for the adjacent 8,000 acre Palo Escrito Ranch where ·subdivision to
160 acre lots is possible.
Other users included a photographer from the British Broadcasting Service, a
private wildlife photographer who has worked with MVZ students in the past, and a
group of 8 volunteers assisting with the feral pig management program. Members of the
board of directors of the Community Foundation for Monterey County toured the facility
as part of their consideration of a proposal to replace some of the interior of the
bunkhouse.
User
Report
Overall use of Hastings has increased nearly 30%. We requested that researchers
sign in upon arrival, thus producing a better count of users over the year. All of the
major housing facilities were occupied all year (Table 6). Long-term resident graduate
students used student housing (Red House, Hastings Cabin, Fanny's Cabin). Field
assistants occupied the Bunk House all year. Overflow and short-term group visits used
some additional housing (School House, Hastings Cabin porch, etc.) During the
Population Biology Conference, many attendees camped.
Administrative
Administrative arrangements established last year at Hastings continued. Dr. Janis
Dickinson joined the MVZ staff as a research associate. Dr. Pitelka continued as Associate
Director of MVZ and as a valuable liaison between the campus administration and
Hastings. A variety of improvements were made possible by the MVZ administrative
staff. This included establishment of several blanket orders with local vendors, a local
petty cash account and improved procedures for handling routine paperwork.
Our association with the Systemwide NRS office, now moved to Oakland, continues
to be strong. We were awarded a grant of $37,500 from NRS to upgrade the domestic water
supply system. Plans were prepared in anticipation for bidding the project in late 1989.
During the search for a person to fill the position of Director, NRS, candidates toured
Hastings. Roger Samuelsen later accepted that position. On several occasions Roger
Samuelsen, Dr. Pitelka, Carl Droese (UC Legal Counsel) and others visited the reserve on
several occasions to review easements through the reserve along Martin Road. Various
meetings were held with the neighbors, the Tregea family and their attorneys,
regarding access through Hastings to the planned subdivision of the Palo Escrito Ranch.
Two students working at Hastings, Dave Ribble and Pam Muick, were awarded $750 grants
from NRS.
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We approached the Community Foundation for Monterey County for support to
rebuild the kitchen and living area of the bunkhouse. Meetings were held at Hastings
with the Foundation staff and various MVZ staff. Detailed building plans were prepared
and cost estimates were obtained. This foundation announces awards in August each
year.
California Department of Forestry staff toured the reserve and commended the fire
prevention measures we have in place. Agreement was reached to move the CDF weather
station to Hastings from the nearby Bell Ranch to improve access and provide mutual
redundancy in case of system failures in the automated weather stations we will each
maintain.
A use agreement was arranged between Mrs. Fanny Arnold and the University to
make the Robinson House and Cabin available to University researchers. Mrs. Arnold.
through local contractors. refurbished the two housing facilities. These almost double
the housing capacity of the reserve.
Relationships with the neighbors continue to be important. Meetings with the
owner of the Carmel Ranch Company centered on potential support for a research
fellowship which would focus on conservation biology of the oak woodland savanna of
Carmel Valley. Support from the adjacent Oak Ridge Ranch owners for such a proposal
remain a possibility. Our mutual boundary was partially surveyed. and arrangements for
Oak Ridge Ranch to survey the proper northwest comer of Hastings and fence along our
west boundary were planned for 1989. A variety of presentations on Hastings were made
by the reserve manager to local Kiwanis and Rotary clubs. An article on the history of
Hastings was published by a local newspaper which sponsored a centennial celebration
in Carmel Valley. A monthly newsletter was written and distributed to neighbors.
university associates and friends of Hastings.
Facilities
Construction started on the NSF-funded laboratory December 16. Daniels and House
Construction from Monterey completed the lab by February. but interior cabinets.
plumbing. fume hood and furniture were not complete until June 30. The lab is one large
open room. 18' x 40'. with one end filled with 4 desks and bookshelves. The rest of the lab
includes counters and cabinets around the walls. with 4 large tables in the open central
space. A fume hood is located along the narrow end of the lab between counter tops and
cabinets. Sinks are set along one of the long walls. Construction is based on a concrete
slab and floor with wood frame walls and stucco exterior beneath a pitched roof line
which matches those of the existing office buildings. A grant of $4.645 from the Genetic
Resources Conservation Program. UC Davis. allowed purchase of an ultra cold freezer
unit. Over 500 tissue samples formerly stored in liquid nitrogen were moved in June to
this new freezer. A new septic tank and leach line were installed for the lab.
A variety of new construction occurred along with the lab. Drainage around the
new site for the old "annex" needed to be improved and we had to rebuild the door to the
annex and seal the stem wall. Because we had to drop the lab site about 3 fe'et below the
floor level of the existing offices in order to avoid cutting too much soil from the slope
above the new lab. extra costs in removing topsoil from the lab site were incurred. We
made a parking area near the upper garage with topsoil excavated for the lab. The road
from the existing office parking lot to the upper garage had to be moved several feet
away from the new lab. graded for drainage and required a surface treatment of
decomposed granite to seal the impassable clay base from traffic. Steps between the old
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offices and new lab had to be installed over a culvert to carry roof runoff safely between
the buildings to the existing drainage along the road.
NSF funds also enabled us
collection system. Sensors sample
averaged every hour, summarized
the IBM-AT computer data base.
in March.
to install a computer-based automatic weather data
up to 12 variables every 5 minutes. These data are
daily and for each month, summary files are added to
The official switch to the new weather system occurred
Our upper garage, once a simple shed with a dirt floor and leaning walls, was
straightened and a cement floor was poured. We added electricity and purchased tools to
equip this facility. We used this garage throughout the construction of the new lab for
storage, equipment preparation, etc. This is the first community garage we have at
Hastings where we can work on vehicles with electric lights, on a concrete floor out of
the rain. This major improvement for the community provides a place for researchers to
build and repair field equipment.
Much needed repair was done at several houses used by the resident staff. Water
supply, furnace and replacement of rotted decking were major projects at the Hallisey
House The existing shallow well (20') went dry in September. Approximately 1600 feet of
pipe was laid to connect the house to the Hastings water system. A water well at the
Hallisey House was drilled, and connected in freezing weather on December 23. A
propane-fired, forced-air furnace was installed in December.
New redwood decking on
the Hallisey house was installed in June and a tree service removed a variety of dead
limbs overhanging the house.
At the Ranch House, window posts and screens were replaced on the porch, and
the septic tank was serviced. A fuse box in the basement was replaced. A new forced air
furnace, propane tank and connecting line were installed in the Schoolhouse. The
Schoolhouse had been without heat for several years. A new coin operated, electric
clothes drier was installed at the community laundry facility in the Schoolhouse.
The Arnold Spring, formerly supplying all the domestic water supply, dried up in
March. Pumping at the Hastings water well was required almost every day. .This pump is
not automatic; it must be turned on and when the tank (located about 1/2 mile away) is
full, the well is shut off. In May, the 50 year old electric motor on the well pump burned
out. We used some of the NRS grant for the water system to replace the old pump (7.5
horsepower) with a more efficient, submersible pump (2.5 hp). We expect dramatically
lower utility bills.
Through the generosity of Mrs. Arnold, major restoration of the Robinson House
was largely completed by May. Work started in April of 1988 continued through the
winter. Tons of mud, having washed down the hill over the years and filling in under
the foundation, was cleared and the building was jacked onto new footings. The interior
was completely refinished. A new redwood deck was added to the back of the house to
connect the kitchen door to the enclosed, screen porch. A new submersible water pump
was put on the well, and the wiring to the storage tank on the hill above the house was
replaced to allow for automatic filling. Later, a new 8,000 gallon steel water tank was
added to the existing steel tank for additional water storage. A wide variety of donated
and purchased items furnished the house. A modem air-tight wood stove provides heat.
Many of the branches trimmed from the nearby Monterey cypress trees were turned
into fuelwood. With some Hastings funds, and funds from the rental paid by Dr. Ewald for
his research team of 6, the house was furnished. Several researchers used the house
from December to May, including a regional meeting of about 25 ecologists. In addition,
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the small cabin adjacent to the Robinson House was repaired and rebuilt. A deck was
added for additional living space, and a privacy wall was put up to separate· the cabin use
(graduate student) from the Robinson House users. A drainage ditch was dug and filled
with drain rock around both the cabin and the Robinson House to protect the buildings
from the previous conditions of standing water draining from the hill above the
housing site. The road to the site was regraded and surfaced to allow access during wet
weather. The parking area was also covered with gravel to ease access in wet weather.
Financial
Report
(see
Table
1
attached)
Expenditures for 1988-89 totalled $443,155, an increase of $146,882 over the
previous year. This increase in expense was due largely to the construction of a
laboratory building, funds provided by the National Science Foundation Wake/pitelka
($90,813). Additional expenditures were funded from Endowment NRS $58,218; NSF
Koenig $16,948; BioMed Lidicker $2,260; and $3,022 from the Museum of Vertebrate
Zoology Grants-in-Aid to graduate students.
$19,423 were provided through Fellowships
for graduate students.
Maintenance expenditures (Mrs. Arnold) increased by $24,510 beyond budget·
The additional funds necessary were available from funds carried
$30,500 deposited.
forward, 1987-88.
A permanent increase to the Hastings State funding was provided by the College of
Letters and Science of $9,853 for the Steward position beginning July 1, 1988 (.75 PTE is
now funded by the State).
We again express our gratitude to Mrs. Fanny Arnold for her continuing generous
support of Hastings Reservation and its programs.
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TABLE 1
FINANCIAL REPORT 1988-1989
Hastings Natural History Reservation
Expenditures by Source
Donated
Maintenance
Funds
(Mrs. Arnold*)
State Funds
I.
Other Funds
Management, Maintenance, and Security
A (1) Personnel
1. Academic Personnel
Associate Director (stipend)
Research Ecologist
$30/mo. perquisite, housing
Associate Research Zoologist
$30/mo. perquisite, housing
Reserve Manager*
2. Non-Academic Personnel
Maintenance Worker
$30/mo. perquisite, housing
3. Benefits
4. External Support
Graduate Students (Jr. Spec., & R.A.)
Laboratory Assistants
Benefits
Subtotal A(I)
6,000.00 1
•••
•.1.
• 7
(360.00)
, (360.00)
-
211 •
•
?
.J
(360.00)
31,251.00
7
1,955.36
8,055.07 2
3,245.41 4
8,478.53 4
244.224
2,372.18
165,794.35
2
9,712.19
41,985.00
A(2) Graduate Fellowship Support
6,578.00
12,845.50
2,022.00
1. Betty S. Davis Fellowship (Ribble)
2. NSF Fellowship (Stanback)
3. MVZ Miscellaneous Student Fund (Ribble)
21,445.50
Subtotal A(2)
A(3) Museum of Vertebrate Zoology Grant-in-Aid
269.46
160.00
570.80
1. Kellogg (204.19); Martens (65.27) - Kelly
2. Martens (Ribble)
3. NRS (Ribble)
1,000.26
Subtotal A(3)
SUBTOTALS A(1) through A(3)
165,794.35
9,712.19
64,430.76
TABLE 1
(cont'd)
Expenditures by Source
State Funds
I. E. Protective Care of Natural Features
C. Maintenance of Roads and Trails
D. Maintenance of Structural Features
E. Maintenance of Vehicles and Equipment
F. Utilities, Consumables, Subscriptive Services
G. Travel
SUBTOTALS B through G
n.
Other Funds
-01,222.50
506.84
428.00
6,495.89
-0-
702.88
3,663.73
2,910.02
1,816.34
27,232.35
1,879.8.9
-0-014,871.52
1,315.29
8,653.23
38,205.18
16,186.81
-0-0-
Improvements, Alterations, and Acquisitions
of Capital Items
2,628~69
9,206.14
3,511.48
2,994.42
1,498.44
Install jet pump
Improve wells
Heating system Hallisey House
Propane furnace
Woodstove
Move building
3 refrigerators
Clothes dryer
Cabinets
Hard disk for IBM computer
Electrical Alterations
Centrifuge
Lab addition
Cabinet installation
Additions to contract
Install septic tank
Install fume blower
Weatherstation
Ultra cold freezer
Lambert - site work for addition
Ford truck
m.
Donated
Maintenance
Funds
(Mrs. Arnold*)
1,648.00
1,379.38
480.34
1,401.70
551.20
555.00
1,077.60
60,980.05
14,191.08
2,461.31
4,223.00
1,597.74
5,927.62
5,081.505
8,249.72
12,437.38
(2,909.00)
Use Fees
20,355.17
29.008.40
194,802.75
SUBTOTALS II AND III
TOTALS IB through III
TOTALS I through III
4,184.22
42.389.40
52,101.59
110,067.90
126.254.71
190,685.47
SUMMARY
State Funds
Hastings Maintenance
Other Funds
GRAND TOTALS
199,368.25
52,101.59
190,685.47
45.0%
12.0%
43.0%
$442,155.31
100.0%
*Fanny Arnold Maintenance Funds ($30,500 deposited, $20,523 clf from 1987-88)
1 Stipend from MVZ provisional funds
2 Academic Coordinator, Reserve Manager (State Funding 443975(19900) and Endownment NRS Funds (05397))
3 Includes temporary allocation ($9,853) for Steward position (.35 PTE)
4 NSF Koenig BSR8410809 and 8704992 ($11,968.16)
5 GRCPIKoeniglState Funding from Davis
Table 2.
Faculty, academic staff and post doctoral fellow use of the Hastings
Natural History Reservation in 1988-1989.
Name
DC
Academic
Affilia tion
Research
Topic
User
Days
Berkeley
Dr. W. Lidicker
Dr. J. Patton
Dr. Barry Sinervo
Dr. Christian Orrego
Ms. Claudia Luke
Dr. David Good
Dr. Bill Carmen
Museum
Museum
Museum
Museum
Museum
Museum
Forestry
of Vertebrate
of Vertebrate
of Vertebrate
of Vertebrate
of Vertebrate
of Vertebrate
Department
Zoology
Zoology
Zoology
Zoology
Zoology
Zoology
Mammals
Mammals
Salamanders
Mammals
Herpetology
Herpetology
Acorn Production
7
6
3
9
7
7
1.1
51
DC - Other
Dr.
Dr.
Dr.
Dr.
Dr.
Jeff Welker
Kevin Rice
Dan Botkin
Sara Hardy
Robbie Soltz
UC
UC
UC
UC
UC
Davis
Davis
Santa Barbara
Davis
Irvine
Oak Regeneration
Oak Regeneration
Natural Reserve System
Social Behavior
Distribution of Bees
1
1
1
6
1
v
10
Non-V.C.
Dr.
Dr.
Dr.
Dr.
Dr.
Dr.
Dr.
Dr.
Dr.
Dr.
Dr.
Resident,
v\
Dr.
Dr.
Dr.
Dr.
Arizona State University
Arizona State University
Memphis State University
Welch Nat. Conserv.
Cal Poly-SLO
Private Consultant-GENREC
USFWS-National Museum
Arizona State University
Univ. Wisconsin-Madison
McGill University
Amherst College
V. Boucher
Tom Nash
Ron Mumme
Tom Pritchard
Tim Plumb
Larry Riggs
Joe Marshall
Stan Faeth
Dave Gubenick
Don Kramer
Paul Ewald
DC
Berkeley,
Janis Dickinson
James Griffin
Walter Koenig
Mark Stromberg
Museum
of Vertebrate
Research Associate
Research Ecologist
Research Zoologist
Academic Coordinator
Lichens
180
Lichens
2
Acorn Woodpeckers
10
Natural Reserve System
2
Oak Regeneration
2
Oak Genetics
2
Winter Bird Flocks
3
Oak Insect Biology
8
Deermice Behavior
5
Social Behavior
4
Hummingbird Behavior 1.5.
223 ./
Zoology
Staff
Insect Ecology, Behav.
Oak Community Ecdl.
Social Behavior
Conservation Biology
TOTAL
330
330
365
365
1390
Table 3.
Graduate student use of Hastings Natural History Reservation, 1988-1989.
Name
Academic
Mark Stanback
Dave Ribble
Mark Reynolds
Patrick Kelly
Philip Hooge
Devin Reese
Maria da Silva
Elizabeth Ross
UC
UC
UC
UC
UC
UC
UC
UC
Pam Muick
John Barthell
UC Berkeley, Forestry
UC Berkeley, Entomology
Oak Regeneration
Solitary and other Bees
Ray Calloway
Bennie Hannah
Beth Hendrickson
UC Santa Barbara
Cal Poly
UC Santa Barbara
Oak Regeneration
Oak Regeneration
Botany
Berkeley,
Berkeley,
Berkeley,
Berkeley,
Berkeley,
Berkeley,
Berkeley,
Berkeley,
Affiliation
MVZ
MVZ
MVZ
MVZ
MVZ
MVZ
MVZ
MVZ
Research
Topic
Acorn Woodpeckers
Deermice
Yellow-Billed Magpies
Woodrats
Acorn Woodpeckers
Lizards
Mammals
Milkweed Beetles
User
Days
365
365
180
10
30
2
2
30
31
23
9
4
2.
TOTAL
Table 4.
Class use of Hastings Natural History Reservation, 1988-1989.
Organizer
Academic
Affiliation
Topic
Dr. J. Patton
Dr. W. Lidicker
UC Berkeley, MVZ
UC Berkeley, MVZ
Mammalogy
23
75
Dr. Tom Parker
OC San Francisco st","'\e.
Botany
17
54
Dr. Frank Davis
UC Davis
Botany
5
6
Dr. E. Mercurio
Hartnell College
Botany
l..2
12
57
147
TOTAL
No.
Students
User
Days
Table 5.
Field Assistants at Hastings Natural History Reservation, 1988-1989.
Name
Jane Kidd
Morgan Lewis
Judy Brewer
Jane Rombouts
Francis Villablanca
Wendy Roberts
Warren Hays
Jennifer Sagen
Ellie Steinberg
Maria da Silva
Daniella Monk
David Barber
Lynn Cadell
Patty Moore
Elizabeth Ross
Mark Dauphne
Julie Van Behran
Sara West
Soozi de Mille
Megan Gahr
--Lisa Marchesseault
Jessica Eberhard
Shawn Larkin
Laura Aust
Tony Goldberg
Academic
Affiliation
New Mexico State Univ.
Univ. of Alabama
Ball State
Michigan State Univ.
UCB-MVZ
UCB-MVZ
UCB-MVZ
Independent
UCB-MVZ
UCB-MVZ
UCDavis
Rutgers
UNC-Chapel Hill
Univ. So. Conn.
UCB-MVZ
Stanford Univ.
UCB-MVZ
UC Berkeley
UC Berkeley
UC Berkeley
Amherst College
Amherst College
Amherst College
Amherst College
Amherst College
Research
Topic
Acorn Woodpeckers
Western Bluebirds
Acorn Woodpeckers
Western Bluebirds
Deermice
Deermice
Deermice
Yellow-billed Magpies
Deermice
Deermice
Western Bluebirds
Western Bluebirds
Acorn Woodpeckers
Acorn Woodpeckers
Milkweed Beetles
Oak Grassland Vegetation
Deermice
Woodrats
Woodrats
Deermice
Hummingbird Behavior
Hummingbird Behavior
Hummingbird Behavior
Hummingbird Behavior
Hummingbird Behavior
TOTAL
User
Days
255
15
15
10
7-
7
7
v
v
30
41
8
160
180
180
180
15/
1
30
v
3'
/IS"
3"
1 0-
--rr15
15
15
1.2
71
Table 6.
Administrative, volunteer, and other use of Hastings Natural History
Reservation, 1988-1989.
Organization,
Name
HRM Advisory Group
Purpose
User
Grazing Advisory Group, local
ranch managers
Natural Reserve System
Roger Samuelsen
Carl Droese
Jeff Kennedy
UC Administration, Fundraising
and Legal Counsel
Community Foundation
For Monterey County
Executive Director &
Board President-tour
Grant Application Review and
Needs Assessment
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology
Dr. David B. Wake
Dr. Frank A. Pitelka
Administrative
Twenty-third
Population
Dr. Martin
Dr. Jon
Academic/Research Meeting
Southwest
Biology Conference
Cody, UCLA
Roughgarden, Stanford
Administration
Meetings
Days
8
2
2
4
10'
65
Bruce Reitherman
BBC Photographer
2
Ian Tait
Professional Wildlife Photographer
5
Various
Individuals
Volunteers Assisting in Feral Pig
Management Program
TOTAL
171
Table 7.
Occupany rate of Hastings Reservation, 1988-1989.
number of official living spaces.
User Days
Numbers in parenthesis indicate the
Percent of Year Occupied
Frequency at Capacity
Research Staff
Hallisey House
School House
Ranch House
365
660
365
100
100
100
100
90*
100
365
100
100
475
445
390
100
100
100
100
835
155**
100
100
Maintenance Staff
Green House
Graduate Students
Hastings Cabin (1)
Red House (2)
Fanny's Cabin (1)
Field
61
99
Assistants
Bunk House (3)
Robinson House (6)
* Staff assigned to remote duty station for part of year.
** House available only part of year.
76
100
Appendix
1.
Academic publications and
Reservation,
1988-1989.
presentations
from
the
Hastings
Papers
Dickinson, 1. L. 1988. Determinants of paternity in the milkweed leaf beetle.
Sociobio!. 23:9-19.
Behav. Eco!.
Dickinson, J. L. 1989. The function of the mating plug m the chalcedon checkerspot
butterfly.
Anim. Behav. 38:154-162.
Koenig, W. D. 1988. Reciprocal altruism in birds: a critical review.
Sociobiology 9:73-84.
Ethology and
Koenig, W. D. and M. K. Heck. 1988. Ability of two species of oak woodland birds to
subsi~~ on acorns.
Condor 90:705-708.
Koenig, W. D. 1988. Internal migration in contemporary United States:
measures and partitioning of stages. Human Biology 60: 927-944.
Comparison of
Koenig, W. D., S. J. Hannon, R. L. Mumme, and F. A. Pitelka. 1988. Parent-offspring conflict
in the acorn woodpecker. Proceedings XIX International Ornithologic~l Congress
(Ottawa, 1986) 1:1221-1230.
Koenig, W. D. 1989. Sex-biased dispersal in the comtemporary United States.
Sociobiology 10:263-278.
Ethology and
Theses Completed
Demas, V. P. 1989. Effects of parasitism by blowfly larvae ProtocalJiphora.s.i..ali.a (Diptera:
Calliphoridae) on western bluebird (.s.i.a..!i.a mexicanus) nestlings, M.S. thesis,
University of Florida, Gainesville.
Hooge, P. N. 1989. Movement patterns and nest site selection in the cooperatively breeding
acorn woodpecker, MeJanerpes formicivQrus, M.S. thesis, University of California,
Berkeley.
Presentations
Boucher, V. 1988. Growth patterns in coastal and interior populations of Ramalina
menzeisii. Amer. Bryologists Soc. Ann. Meeting, Davis. CA., August 9.
Dickinson, J. L. 1988. The function of the mating plug in the chalcedon checkerspot
butterfly. Animal Behav. Soc. Ann. Meeting, Missoula, MT., August 11.
Dickinson, J. L. 1988. Mechanisms of paternity assurance in a butterfly and a beetle.
Univ. Calif. Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, September 14.
Dickinson, 1. L. 1988. M~chanisms of paternity assurance in a butterfly and a beetle.
Dept. Zoology, Univ. Cambridge, November 2.
Dickinson, J. L. 1988. Paternity assurance mechanisms in insects. Animal Behavior
Series, Oxford Univ., November 15.
Griffin, J. G. 1989. Review of California Oak Regeneration Problems. Central Coastal
California Oak Symposium, Cal. Poly, SLO., March 2.
Griffin, 1. G. 1989. Regeneration problems in California Oak Grasslands. Integrated
Hardwood Range Management Program. King City, CA., May 4.
Griffin, 1. G. 1989. Management of rare plants along highway right of ways. Open Space
Advisory Committee, Del Monte Forest, Monterey, CA., June 19.
Griffin, J. G. 1989. Regeneration of California Oak Grasslands. Natural Resources
Management Conference, San Felipe Ranch, Mt. Hamilton, CA., Hewlitt-Packard Family
Foundations, Nov. 19.
Griffin, 1. G. 1989. Effects of Excluding Grazing for 40 years on Hastings Natural History
Reservation. Holistic Resource Management Institute, Carmel Valley Management
Group, Jan 7.
Koenig, W. D. 1988. Territory size in the white-tailed skimmer. Animal Behavior Soc.
Ann. Meeting, Missoula, MT., August 11.
Koenig, W. D. 1988. Cooperative breeding in the Acorn Woodpecker. Behavioral Ecology
Seminar, Dept. Zoology, Univ. Cambridge, October 18.
Koenig, W. D. 1988. Incest, group sex and infanticide in the cooperatively breeding Acorn
Woodpecker, Dept. Zoology, Univ. Leicester, November 10.
Koenig, W. D. 1988. Confidence of parentage and egg destruction in the Acorn Woodpecker.
Edward Grey Institute of Ornithology, Oxford Univ., November 16.
Koenig, W. D. 1988. Territory size in a dragonfly. Dept. Zoology, Univ. Cambridge,
December 9.
Koenig, W. D. 1989. A test of the importance of direct and indirect selection in the Acon)
Woodpecker. Twenty-third Southwest Population Biology Symposium, March 18.
Koenig, W. D. 1989. Infanticide, egg destruction, and incest in the Acorn Woodpecker.
Dept. Biology, San Diego State University, April 17.
Reynolds, M. 1988. Geometric advantage of coloniality in Yellow-billed Magpies.
Behavior Soc. Ann. Meeting, Missoula, MT., August 9.
Ribble, D. 1989.
californicus.
Animal
Dispersal and philopatry in a monogamous rodent, Peromyscus
Amer. Soc. Mammalogists, Annual Meeting, Fairbanks, Alaska, June 11.
Stanback, M. 1989. Hatching asynchrony and brood reduction in the cooperatively
breeding Acorn Woodpecker. AOU Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA., August.
Stanback, M. 1989. Causes and consequences of intra-brood size variation in the Acorn
Woodpecker, Univ. Calif., MVZ, March.
Stanback, M. 1988. Cooperative breeding in the Acorn Woodpecker. Oakland Museum of
Natural History Lectures, November.
Stanback, M. 1988. Causes, correlations and consequences of intra-brood. dominance
hierarchies in the cooperatively breeding Aeorn Woodpecker.
International Behavioral
Eeology Conference, Vancouver, B.C., October.
Appendix 1. Academic publications and presentations from the Hastings Reservation, t 988- t 989.
Papers
Dickinson, J. L. 1988. Determinants of paternity in the milkweed leaf beetle. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol.
23: 9-19.
Dickinson, J. L. 1989. The function of the mating plug in the chalcedon checkerspot butterfly. Anim.
Behav. 38: 154-162.
Koenig, W. D. 1988. Reciprocal altruism in birds: a critical review. Ethology and Sociobiology 9: 7384.
Koenig, W. D. and M. K. Heck. 1988. Abilit.y of two species of oak woodland birds to subsist on acorns.
Condor 90: 705-708.
Koenig, W. D. 1988. Internal migration in contemporary Uni ted States: Comparison of measures and
partitioning of stages. Human Biology 60: 927-944.
Koenig, W. D., S. J. Hannon, R. L. Mumme, and F. A. Pitelka. 1988. Parent-offspring conflict in the
acorn woodpecker. Proceedings XIX International Ornithological Congress (Ottawa. 1986) 1: 12211230.
Koenig, W. D. 1989. Sex-biased dispersal in the contemporary United States. Ethology and Sociobiology
10: 263-278.
Theses Completed
Demas. V. P. 1989. Effects of parasitism by blowfly larvae Protocalliphora sialia (Diptera:
Calliphoridae) on western bluebird (Sialia mexicanus) nestlings. M. S. Thesis, University of
Florida. Gainesville.
Hooge. P. N. 1989. Movement patterns and nest site selection in the cooperatively breeding acorn woodpecker. Melanerpes formicivorus M. S. Thesis, University of California, Berkeley.
Presentations
Boucher. V. 1988. Growth patterns in coastal and interior population of Ramalina menzeisii. Amer.
Bryologists Soc. Ann. Meeting. Davis, CA Aug. 9.
Dickinson, J. L. 1988. The function of the mating plug in the chalcedon checkerspot butterfly. Animal
Behav. Soc. Ann. Meeting, Missoula. MT. August 11.
Dickinson, J. L. 1988. Mechanisms of paternity assurance in a butterfly and a beetle. Univ. Calif.
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology. September 14.
Dick inson. J. L. 1988. Mechanisms of paterni ty assurance in a butterfly and a beetle. Dept. Zoology,
Univ. Cambridge. November 2.
Dickinson, J. L. 1988. Paternity assurance mechanisms in insects. Animal Behavior Series. Oxford
Univ. November IS.
Griffin. J. G. 1989. Review of California Oak Regeneration Problems. Central Coastal California Oak
Symposium. Cal Poly. SLO. March 2.
Griffin. J. G. 1989. Regeneration problems in California Oak Grasslands. Integrated Hardwood Range
Management Program. King City, CA. May 4.
Griffin, J. G. 1989. Management of rare plants along highway right of ways. Open Space Advisory
Committee, Del Monte Forest, Monterey, CA. June 19.
Griffin, J. G. 1989. Regeneration of California Oak Grasslands. Natural Resources Management
Conference, San Felipe Ranch, Mt. Hamilton CA, Hewlitt-Packard Family Foundations. Nov. 19.
Griffin. j. G. 1989. Effects of Excluding Grazing for 40 years on Hastings Natural History Reservation.
Holistic Resource Management Institute. Carmel Valley Management Group. Jan 7.
Koenig, W. D. 1988. Territory size in the white-tailed skimmer. Animal Behavior Soc. Ann. Meeting,
Missoula, MT. August 11.
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Koenig, W. D. 1988. Cooperative breeding in the Acorn Woodpecker. Behavioral Ecology Seminar, Dept.
Zoology, Univ. Cambridge October 18.
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Koenig, W. D.. 1988. Incest, group sex and infanticide in the cooperatively breeding Acorn
tL~t(... L,,!A
Woodpecker. Dept. Zoology, Univ. Leicester November 10.
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Koenig, W. D. 1988. Confidence of parentage and egg destruction in the Acorn Woodpecker. Edward
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Koenig, W. D. 1988. Territory size in a dragonff1. ept. Zoology, Univ. Cambridge. December 9.
6'1\, 1.1,.0Koenig, W. D. 1989. A test of the importance of direct and indirect selection in the Acorn Woodpecker. ij.tr- \ .04
Twenty Third Southwest Population Biology Symposium. March 18.
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Koenig, W. D. 1989. Infanticide, egg destruction, and incest in the Acorn Woodpecker. Dept. Biology,
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Reynolds, M. 1988. Geometric advantage of coloniality in Yellow-billed Magpies. Animal Behavior Soc.
Ann. Meeting. Missoula, MT. August 9.
Ribble, D. 1989. Dispersal and philopatry in a monogamous rodent, Peromyscus californicus. Amer.
Soc. Mammalogists, Annual Meeting, Fairbanks, Alaska. June 11.
Hat~g
rp.~ion d(~"~;opera.:~re~·
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Stanback, . 1989.
asynchr yand brood
in
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Woo ecker. 198~-OU Meeti . Pittsburgh, pp~g~~t,:.;?a9~w.
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Stanback, M. 1989. Causes and consequences of intra-brood size variation in the Acorn Woodpecker.
. ('
Univ. Ca. MVZ, March 1989.
Stanback, M. 1989. Cooperative breeding in the Acorn Woodpecker. Oakland Museum Natural History
Lectures, November, 1988.
Stanback, M. 1988. Causes, correlated and consequences of intra-brood dominance hierarchies in the
cooperatively breeding Acorn Woodpecker. International Behavioral Ecology Conference,
Vancouver, B. C. October, 1988.
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