University of California Riverside and San Diego
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA RIVERSIDE AND SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY Factors That Influence the Performance of Complex Behaviors in a Terrestrial Vertebrate: Variability in the Kangaroo Rat Evasive Leap A Dissertation submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Evolutionary Biology by Grace Freymiller June 2021 Dissertation Committee: Dr. Rulon Clark, Co-Chairperson Dr. Timothy Higham, Co-Chairperson Dr. Christopher Clark Dr. Marshal Hedin Copyright by Grace Freymiller 2021 The Dissertation of Grace Freymiller is approved: ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ Committee Co-Chairperson ________________________________________________________ Committee Co-Chairperson University of California, Riverside San Diego State University ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This research would not be possible without the help of many research assistants who each helped collect data in the field, stuck through difficult working conditions, and provided great company during long field seasons: Jessica Ryan, Drew Steele, Katherine Phillips, Colin Goodman, Regina Spranger, Frank Accardo, Corrina Tapia, Timothy Garvey, Devin Murphy, Arturo Barrett, Delaney Curran, Emily Zart, Antonio Ruvalcaba, Kaleb Hill, Dayna Levine, and Sara Friemuth. I am thankful for the staff of the Chiricahua Desert Museum, the Rancho Jamul Ecological Reserve, Sweeney Granite Mountains Desert Research Center, and the CSU Desert Studies Center for logistical support during field data collection, as well as the Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma and Abigail Rosenberg for providing us with access to the Barry M. Goldwater Range. I thank my committee members and collaborators for their insight and assistance during the development and structuring of my research: Timothy Higham, Christopher Clark, Marshal Hedin, Kevin Burns, and Craig McGowan. I would like to thank Rulon Clark, who has been an incredible mentor and friend.
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