tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21763052862236938512024-02-02T07:55:02.647-05:00Center For Tropical Forest ScienceCTFShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15905574332671062622noreply@blogger.comBlogger130125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2176305286223693851.post-14163675216363528432018-02-15T16:28:00.002-05:002018-02-15T16:29:36.882-05:00ForestGEO welcomes a new postdoc at SCBI!<br />
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif;">We are pleased to
welcome a new postdoctoral fellow, Dr. Norbert (Nobby) Kunert, who will be
working on a new ForestGEO project at Smithsonian Conservation Biology
Institute (SCBI)! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif;">Nobby’s project
will focus on plant-water relations and tropical forest function measuring leaf
hydraulic and functional traits in species-rich tropical forests. Specifically,
he will be conducting fieldwork in the forest dynamics sites at </span><a href="http://www.ctfs.si.edu/site/Barro+Colorado+Island"><span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">Barro Colorado (BCI)</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif;"> in Panama and at the </span><a href="http://www.ctfs.si.edu/site/Lambir"><span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">Lambir</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif;">/<a href="http://www.ctfs.si.edu/site/Pasoh"><span style="color: #0563c1;">Pasoh</span></a>
sites in Malaysia. The aim is to identify key hydraulic, physiological,
anatomical, and functional traits and to parameterize these traits for the use
of tree growth models in response to climate change. Nobby will combine the
collected data with forest plot census data to test the extent that trait
variation is driving tree growth as well as how these traits can predict
drought responses in growth and mortality. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif;">The specific
research questions that he will be addressing are: </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "cambria" , serif; mso-themecolor: text1;">Can
hydraulic, physiological, anatomical and functional traits be combined to
predict growth and mortality? </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "cambria" , serif; mso-themecolor: text1;">Can this relationship be used to predict climate
sensitivity, drought vulnerability, and habitat filtering?</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "cambria" , serif; mso-themecolor: text1;">How does tree size affect hydraulically traits?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif;">Nobby will be based
at SCBI in the </span><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/forestecoclimlab/home"><span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">Forest Ecosystems and Climate Lab</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif;"> with staff scientist </span><a href="http://www.stri.si.edu/english/scientific_staff/staff_scientist/scientist.php?id=72"><span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">Kristina Anderson-Teixeira</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif;">. Nobby comes to ForestGEO after his time
as associate lecturer of tropical forest ecology at the University of Freiburg
in Germany. He has previously worked as a post-doc in Brazil and Panama and
received his PhD in Forest Science and Wood Ecology at the University of Göttingen.
Please join us in welcoming Nobby to ForestGEO! <span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "cambria" , serif; mso-themecolor: text1;">Publications
by Dr. Norbert Kunert</span></b></div>
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<a href="https://scholar.google.de/citations?user=IY4rZ1wAAAAJ&hl=de&oi=ao" target="_blank"><span style="background: white; font-family: "cambria" , serif;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">Google
Scholar</span></span></a><span style="background: white; color: #999999; font-family: "cambria" , serif;"> - </span><span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif;"><a href="https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Norbert_Kunert" target="_blank"><span style="background: white;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">ResearchGate</span></span></a><span style="color: #999999;"> - </span></span><a href="https://publons.com/author/623129/norbert-kunert#profile" target="_blank"><span style="background: white; font-family: "cambria" , serif;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">Publons</span></span></a></div>
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CTFShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15905574332671062622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2176305286223693851.post-26425430763107816162018-01-24T16:26:00.003-05:002018-01-24T16:28:00.872-05:00 2017 ForestGEO research grant awardees announced; 2018 call for proposals open!Every year, ForestGEO awards a small number of students and early career scientists grant funding to conduct research at forest dynamics sites in the network. Since 2002, CTFS-ForestGE0 has awarded a total of over $1 million to 166 individuals. In 2017, ForestGEO awarded a total of $77,054 among seven individuals to work in nine ForestGEO plots. Read about their projects below!<br />
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<b>Iveren Abiem</b>, a PhD student at the Unviersity of Canterbury in New Zealand, will explore<b> the role of clumping and inter-specific negative density dependence in shaping species in a typical tropical Afromontane forest</b> in the <a href="http://www.ctfs.si.edu/site/Ngel+Nyaki">Ngel Nyaki forest dynamics site</a> in Nigeria. Her objectives include determining if patterns of seedling composition and abundance correspond to seed arrival patterns, determining if patterns of established seedling composition and distribution reflects the patterns observed for the large-sized tree, evaluating the effects of negative density dependence on seedling persistence, and investigating established seedling composition is driven by conspecific negative density dependence or interspecific negative density dependence. Iveren will attempt to answer these questions through field observations involving seed and seedling censuses and field and shade house experiments. There is very little information on seed dispersal, plant recruitment and community dynamics for tropical montane forests, and this study will be important in understanding community structure and biodiversity maintenance in these marginally species-rich ecosystems.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2017 Research Grantee Adrienne Keller</td></tr>
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<b>Adrienne Keller</b>, a PhD student at Indiana University, will conduct a project entitled: A tree’s perspective of forest nutrient cycling:<b> linking above- and below-ground tree nutrient strategies</b>. The study will explore how various tree species use and store nutrients across three ForestGEO temperate forest sites – <a href="http://www.ctfs.si.edu/site/SERC%3A+Smithsonian+Environmental+Research+Center">SERC</a>, <a href="http://www.ctfs.si.edu/site/Lilly+Dickey+Woods%2C+Indiana/">Lilly Dickey Woods</a>, and <a href="http://www.ctfs.si.edu/site/Harvard+Forest/">Harvard Forest</a>. The goal is to advance understanding of how different tree species influence carbon and nutrient cycling, ranging in scale from an individual tree to the forest stand and an entire ecosystem. This is particularly important as tree species distributions across forests are shifting under changing environmental conditions. This project will help researchers better understand how nutrient conservation strategies in a tree's leaves above ground may relate to the need to build new roots for nutrient uptake below ground.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2017 Research Grantee Justin Mathias</td></tr>
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<b>Justin Mathias</b>, a PhD student at West Virginia University, will explore <b>using dendroisotopes to disentangle processes of forest recovery from decades of acid deposition</b>. Forest ecosystems play a critical role in the global carbon cycle, removing 30% of anthropogenic carbon emissions each year. Yet a large amount of uncertainty exists about the continued capacity of forests to sequester carbon emissions, particularly in areas experiencing high levels of atmospheric pollution. This project utilizes dendroisotopic techniques to examine the drivers of historical changes in growth and physiology of ecologically important tree species in the eastern US. Justin will analyze a suite of increment cores previously collected from red oak and tulip poplar trees at the <a href="http://www.ctfs.si.edu/site/SCBI%3A+Smithsonian+Conservation+Biology+Institute/">SCBI forest dynamics site</a> in Virginia, USA, to resolve the sensitivities of commonly occurring tree species to atmospheric pollutants. </div>
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Students of 2017
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Crystal McMichael</div>
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<b>Crystal McMichael</b>, an Assistant Professor at University of Amsterdam, will conduct a project entitled: <b>Assessing legacies of past human impacts on Neotropical forests</b>. The aim of the project is to collect soil samples from three Neotropical forest plots – <a href="http://www.ctfs.si.edu/site/Sherman/">Sherman</a> in Panama, <a href="http://www.ctfs.si.edu/site/Amacayacu/">Amacayacu</a> in Colombia, and <a href="http://www.ctfs.si.edu/site/Yasuni/">Yasuni</a> in Ecuador – and analyze them for charcoal and phytoliths (silica microfossils of plants that preserve in soils) to determine the ages and history of fire and vegetation change. Crystal will work with two Masters students, Britte Heijink and Veerle Vink, to conduct the fieldwork and analyses. Crystal hypothesizes that increased numbers of cultivated or domesticated species result from post-Colombian, rather than pre-Colombian, influence. Crystal and her team will document the extent that past human influence affects modern forest composition, regardless of the timing of that influence. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From left to right: Suradat Chowtiwuttakorn, <br />
2017 Research Grantee Nantachai Pongpattananurak, <br />
Waritsara Chanteing, and Massalin Damnim</td></tr>
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<b>Nantachai Pongpattananurak</b>, an Assistant Professor at Kasetsart University will conduct a project entitled: <b>How Thailand's tropical tree seedlings respond to light</b>. The project is focusing on studying light photosynthetic responses of tropical tree seedling species existing in the <a href="http://www.ctfs.si.edu/site/Huai+Kha+Khaeng">Huai Kha Kaeng (HKK) forest dynamics site</a> in Thailand, comparing light photosynthetic responses across tree seedling species representing different canopy layers including upper canopy, sub-canopy and understory, and relating some functional traits of tree seedlings to their light photosynthesis response curves. Nantachai and his team will collect tree seeds (of 30 species) from the HKK plot, grow tree seeds, and plant tree seedlings in the nursery of Kasetsart University (KUFF), measuring for functional traits of those seeds and seedlings, and for the light photosynthetic responses for the growing tree seedlings. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2017 Research Grantee Nanette Raczka</td></tr>
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<b>Nanette Raczka</b>, a PhD student at West Virginia University, will explore <b>the interactive effects of plant litter and microbial community composition on the formation of stable soil organic matter</b>. The research will utilize quantitative stable isotope probing (qSIP) to trace isotopically labeled substrates into specific microbial taxa found in the <a href="http://www.ctfs.si.edu/site/SCBI%3A+Smithsonian+Conservation+Biology+Institute/">Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI) forest dynamics site</a> in Virginia, USA. The use of qSIP will provide the analyses to identify the extent to which litter quality interacts with microbial community composition to drive stable soil organic matter formation. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2017 Research Grantee Daniel Zuleta</td></tr>
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<b>Daniel Zuleta</b>, a PhD student at Universidad Nacional de Colombia, will conduct a project entitled: <b>Inter- and intra- specific trait variability as response to changes in water availability at a small topographic scale in terra firme Amazon forests</b>. He aims to evaluate the responses of tree species to small-scale changes in water availability across internal microhabitat units in the Amazon terra firme <a href="http://www.ctfs.si.edu/site/Amacayacu/">Amacayacu forest dynamics site</a> in Colombia. He will test the relationship between drought tolerance traits, the tree species’ “preferences” for different microclimates/topographies, the species’ large-scale geographic distributions in relation to water availability, and the species’ observed responses to drought in the plot in order to better understand how water availability shapes the current and future distribution and performance of Amazonian tree species. These data will help to inform predictions of how these species will perform under climate change and expectations for changes in composition.<br />
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<i>For further information about the ForestGEO Research Grants Program, please see our website and <a href="http://www.forestgeo.si.edu/article/261/">read the full call for proposals here</a>. </i><br />
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<b><i>The closing date for proposals for 2018 awards is 13 April 2018.</i></b><br />
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<i>Email <a href="mailto:ForestGEO@si.edu">ForestGEO@si.edu</a> with any questions.</i></div>
CTFShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15905574332671062622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2176305286223693851.post-49248844375289577202017-11-16T11:36:00.002-05:002017-11-16T11:36:20.568-05:00ForestGEO welcomes a new data intern!
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ForestGEO as an intern based in Washington, D.C. at the Smithsonian National
Museum of Natural History. She is a senior at George Mason University in
Fairfax, VA completing a degree in Applied Global Conservation. In the Spring
of 2017, she was introduced to the network as a ForestGEO practicum student
with Erika Gonzalez while studying at the Smithsonian-Mason School of
Conservation (SMSC) at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI) in
Front Royal, VA. There, she helped gather and organize data on tree growth and
daily weather, as well as helping with the creation and installation of
dendrobands in the ForestGEO-SCBI plot. Caroline will be working with the
Director, Stuart Davies, to collect data regarding tree species present in the
Asian plots. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">Forest Global Earth
Observatory (ForestGEO) wrapped up its seventh annual data analysis workshop in
July. Thank you to all 64 participants from 19 countries around the network;
ForestGEO had another productive year in forest research!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">The
workshop took place near the ForestGEO </span><a href="http://www.ctfs.si.edu/site/Luquillo"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Luquillo</span></a><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> site from 16-31 July in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico. Every
workshop is an opportunity to bring global participants together to foster
research and scientific collaborations. All participants worked diligently and
were pleased with the amount of science and training accomplished during the
two-week workshop. Participants explored their latest research ideas with
colleagues and had the opportunity to meet new network researchers in person.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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left to right: Yao Tze Leong, Daniel Zuleta, Sabrina Russo, Lillian Rodriguez,
Stuart Davies, Musalmah Nasardin, Mohizah Mohamad, Pulcherie Bissiengou, and
Matthew Luskin. Photo by David Kenfack.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11.0pt;">The annual
analytical workshops are an ongoing collaboration between ForestGEO and the
Chinese Forest Biodiversity Monitoring Network (CforBio) with the Chinese
Academy of Sciences. The US National Science Foundation has provided financial
support for the workshops since 2011 with the grant entitled, “</span><i><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Integrating functional, phylogenetic and genetic
components of diversity for an improved understanding of forest structure,
dynamics, and change.</span></i><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">” The grant is geared towards funding workshops for graduate students,
postdocs, and senior scientists to gather and collaborate on their research and
exchange data and ideas. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11.0pt;">At the
workshop, participants worked meticulously on forest site analyses focused on
biomass and carbon storage, spatial dynamics, demography, seed-seedling and
phenology dynamics, and much more. The approach centered on small “break out” groups
focused on hands-on mentoring by senior scientists associated with the
Smithsonian Institution and ForestGEO. Participants were guided through the
analyses and writing stages of their projects in order to produce manuscripts
intended for submission to peer-reviewed scientific journals. For example, a
recent publication in </span><a href="http://science.sciencemag.org/content/356/6345/1389.full"><span style="background: white; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Science</span></a><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11.0pt;"> stemmed from the work at the 2016 workshop in
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<span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11.0pt;">Breaks
from data analyses and computer screens ensued throughout the day as
participants heard scientific presentations from their peers and provided
feedback on forest research happenings around the global network. Participants
also took part in lively group meals, trips to the beach and Old Town San Juan,
and dynamic evening discussions. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 10.0pt;">Field Trip to Old Town San Juan. Photos by David Kenfack.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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second week of the workshop, participants went on a day-long field trip to the 16ha
Luquillo field site located in El Yunque National Forest. Jess Zimmerman, the
PI of Luquillo, and Aaron Hogan, a PhD student who has research experience in
the site, gave in-depth tours of the site and surrounding area. The participants
began with an ascent to the Mr. Britton tower for views of El Yunque, followed
by a visit to the nearby cloud forest on the El Yunque Trail through palm
forest to the Palo Colorado Picnic Area. After lunch, participants departed for
El Verde Field Station to walk to the 16ha Luquillo forest site and other
research areas. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Zimmerman, PI of Luquillo Forest Dynamics Site, discusses the Mr. Britton Spur
at El Yunque National Forest. Photos by Mauro Lepore.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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where each participant gave a 5-minute lightning talk. All participants shared
research findings from the workshop and received feedback and ideas about how
to keep their research projects moving forward.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt;">Top left: Mohizah Mohamad;
top right: Nestor Engone; bottom left: Daniel Zuleta; bottom right: Pavel
Fibich. Photos by David Kenfack.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 11.0pt;">A final rendezvous at the pavilion at the hotel celebrated the
success of the seventh Dimensions of Biodiversity workshop. A big thanks to everyone
who participated, and ForestGEO looks forward to hearing about your ongoing
research projects and collaborations in the future! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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CTFShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15905574332671062622noreply@blogger.comRío Grande, Puerto Rico18.3786196 -65.83933379999996318.1374766 -66.162057299999958 18.6197626 -65.516610299999968tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2176305286223693851.post-30588186213221693892017-08-22T15:31:00.000-04:002017-10-27T11:33:34.186-04:00Spotlight on: Aaron Hogan’s research in Hainan, China <div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Aaron Hogan, a
PhD student at Florida International University (FIU), recently returned from leading
a field campaign at the ForestGEO </span><a href="http://www.ctfs.si.edu/site/Hainan"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Jianfengling
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Xu: PI of the 60-Ha Jianfengling plot).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">At Jianfengling,
Hogan studied the relationship between the quantification of root and leaf
functional trait plasticity, such as intraspecific variation, and the soil and
forest age gradient. Days were spent sampling root and leaf traits, while nights
were spent washing, scanning, drying, and weighing root samples. Root functional
trait will be related to leaf level traits, specifically focusing on chemical
traits as they relate to soil chemistry. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Hogan became
interested in studying below ground functional traits about a year ago when he
started his PhD work. “Oscar Valverde-Barrantes introduced me to the joy of
digging, looking at, and studying tree roots. The more I got into the
literature, the more I realized how little we know about roots and most
belowground processes in tropical forests, compared to leaves or aboveground processes,”
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 10.0pt;">A
scanned root from a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Lithocarpus
pseudovestitus</i> Fagaceae (oak family) individual illustrating the root
morphology of a dominant species in the Jianfengling forest.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">“I think one of
the greatest potential findings that may result is the quantification of root
and leaf functional trait plasticity (i.e. intraspecific variation) across a
soil and forest age gradient. The sampled transect spans two mountain
peaks from secondary forest deep into the more primary forest area of Jianfengling,
Hainan, which incorporates a substantial amount of environmental variability
found in the area,” said Hogan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Hogan has been an
active collaborator with ForestGEO since 2011, when he volunteered to
participate in the tree census at the </span><a href="http://www.ctfs.si.edu/site/Luquillo"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Luquillo
site</span></a><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> in Puerto Rico. Hogan
will continue his PhD studies at FIU, and ForestGEO looks forward to his future
research findings within Jianfengling and other forest sites.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">You can read more about J. Aaron Hogan's research on his website and blog here: </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">http://www.jamesaaronhogan.com/. </span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Dr. Hong Liu from (FIU), Dr. Ding Qiong (Hainan
University) and Dr. Xu Han (Chinese Academy of Forestry). Field taxonomists
from the local forest bureau, including Shaojun Ling, Yaxin Xie, Jaming Wang,
Suhui Ma, Siqi Yang, Wenguang Tang, Zhiting Ma, Qiqi Zhang and Jiazhu Shi and
Mr. Yu. <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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pleased to welcome two staff members to the team this week! The new staff members will be working closely with ForestGEO and the Smithsonian to accomplish administrative tasks for the network in Panama and Washington, D.C. </span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b><span class="s1"><span style="color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b><br /></b></span></span></b></span></span><span class="s1"><span style="color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>Yoselyn Lergier </b>is joining ForestGEO as
Administrative Assistant based at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) in Panama. Yoselyn has three years of
administrative experience and has worked as a tour guide and flight attendant,
and is fluent in English and Spanish. She is familiar with STRI and has
attended many Tupper seminars in the past. Yoselyn will process purchase
orders, travel authorizations, and reimbursements, as well as support
ForestGEO’s scientific staff, and serve as host for visiting scientists.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>Haley Overstreet </b>is returning to ForestGEO as
Administrative Assistant based in Washington, DC. She was introduced to the
network in Fall 2014 as an undergraduate student in Krista Anderson-Teixeira’s
lab collecting and managing data on tree mortality, growth, and phenology at
the SCBI ForestGEO plot in Front Royal, VA. She completed her undergraduate
degree in Environmental Science and Policy at George Mason University in
Fairfax, VA in May 2015. Starting in June 2015, Haley worked as an
administrative intern with ForestGEO for one year. Haley will work with Lauren
Krizel on developing the new website, ForestGEO’s social media presence, and
event planning, among other administrative tasks. </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Please join us in welcoming Yoselyn and Haley to
ForestGEO and the Smithsonian!</span></span></div>
<br />CTFShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15905574332671062622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2176305286223693851.post-12101550310068763192016-10-03T12:46:00.000-04:002016-10-03T12:56:15.409-04:00ForestGEO Researchers Receive New Funding to Explore Forest Function A National Science Foundation grant of nearly $1 million will fund new research
at two ForestGEO sites – Harvard Forest and Smithsonian Environmental Research
Center (SERC) starting later this year.
The $965,000 award was granted to University of Maryland Associate
Professor and ForestGEO partner Nathan Swenson, ForestGEO Director Stuart
Davies, and Temperate Forest Program Coordinator Sean McMahon to investigate
forest function from genes to canopies. The research aims to quantify how
inter- and intra-annual differential gene expression in leaves and genotypic
differentiation are related to leaf level gas exchange, fine scale measurements
of tree growth, and carbon dioxide flux measured at the scale of forest
canopies.<br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Harvard
Forest and SERC are also part of the National Ecological Observatory Network (</span><a href="http://www.neonscience.org/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">NEON</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">), which is supported by NSF. It
is a network of ecological observation facilities with sites across the U.S.
that gathers and analyzes data on climate change, land use change, invasive
species, and how these influence biodiversity and natural resources. Goals of
NEON include forecasting continental-scale environmental change, informing
natural resource decisions, and engaging the next generation of scientists. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">CTFS-ForestGEO co-founder Stephen P. Hubbell will
receive this year’s International Prize for Biology, awarded by the Japan
Society for the Promotion of Science. The committee on the International Prize,
chaired by Dr. Takashi Sugimura, announced its selection earlier last week for
the specialized field of “Biology of Biodiversity”. The International Prize for
Biology is one of the highest scientific honors given by Japan. The prize is
granted to Dr. Hubbell for his exceptional contributions to biological and
ecological research.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;">Dr. Hubbell’s long and remarkable career covers a
wide-range of research topics including tropical plant ecology, resource
competition, animal behavior, and theoretical ecology. He has authored four
books and more than 220 scientific papers. He is perhaps most widely known for
his unified neutral theory of biodiversity and biogeography that offers a
nontraditional explanation for the diversity and relative abundance of species
in ecological communities. The theory has spawned a significant growth in
research in theoretical ecology.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Currently Dr. Hubbell is a distinguished professor
of ecology and evolutionary biology in the Life Sciences Division at University
of California, Los Angeles. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and
Sciences and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is
also founding chairman of the National Council for Science and the
Environment, an organization whose mission is to improve the scientific basis
of environmental decision-making.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In 1980 Dr. Hubbell helped establish the Barro
Colorado Island forest plot in Panama, the first of CTFS-ForestGEO’s sites.</span></span></div>
CTFShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15905574332671062622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2176305286223693851.post-61073801069524785542016-08-03T12:43:00.001-04:002016-08-26T15:32:08.391-04:00Workshop fosters cooperation and collaboration for group of global forest ecologists<div class="MsoNormal">
The Center for Tropical Forest Science - Forest Global Earth Observatory (CTFS-ForestGEO) in partnership with the Chinese Forest Biodiversity Monitoring Network (CForBio) held its annual data analysis workshop this month. The workshop is supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) through the Dimensions of Biodiversity Program and was hosted by the Chinese Academy of Forestry at the Jianfengling 60ha forest plot on Hainan Island in southeast China. The grant, entitled “Dimensions US-China: Integrating the functional, phylogenetic and genetic components of diversity for improved an understanding of forest change and biodiversity” funds annual workshops for graduate students, postdocs, and senior scientists to gather and collaborate on their research and exchange data and ideas. <o:p></o:p><br />
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The group included 65 participants hailing from 20 countries spanning North and South America, Africa, Europe, and Asia. All participants worked diligently and were pleased with the amount of science and training accomplished during the two week workshop.<br />
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The workshop mission was to bring together a global network of forest researchers to foster research advances and scientific collaborations. This is carried out though an ongoing collaboration between CTFS – ForestGEO and the CForBio with the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Among 51 plots in the CTFS-ForestGEO and CForBio networks, a vast amount of research is being done on how dimensions of biodiversity are changing in forests. Forests everywhere are under threat from deforestation, pollution, invasive species, degradation, and climate and atmospheric change. Understanding and analyzing the data on tree species functional traits, phylogeny, and genetics from the network will inform predictions of forests’ dynamic responses to anthropogenic change.<br />
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Participants worked tirelessly to curate and analyze the immense amount of data pouring out of the global network. The approach centered around small “break out” groups focused on how the dimensions of forest biodiversity regulate the dynamics of tropical forests around the world. Each group received close hands-on mentoring by senior scientists associated with Smithsonian Institute and CTFS-ForestGEO. Participants were guided through the analyses and writing stages of their projects in order to produce manuscripts intended for submission to a peer-reviewed scientific journal.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Erandathi Ekanayake presents findings to her group (Yao Tze Leong)</span></span></td></tr>
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This intense work schedule was punctuated by lively group meals, happy hours, and lots of joking and cultural exchange. Each day was bookended by lectures from the postdocs and scientists in attendance. Among the notable mentors this year was Steve Hubbell who gave a lecture on forest diversity. A highlight for many participants was the day trip to the Jianfengling 60 ha forest dynamic plot, which is a tropical submontane rainforest notable for its adaptation to seasonal typhoon disturbances. The 65 researchers all trekked the 5 km through bouts of torrential downpours- a proud testament to the fieldwork experience and fortitude possessed by the participants!<br />
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The workshop culminated in an all-day symposium where each participant gave 5-minute lightning talks about their projects and the progress they had made during the workshop. There is no doubt that dozens of CTFS-ForestGEO manuscripts published this year will be largely thanks to the hard work accomplished in Hainan! </div>
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The friendships and connections fostered among participants made the last day bittersweet, but all agreed to prioritize attending the next annual workshop in the USA. <o:p></o:p><br />
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CTFShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15905574332671062622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2176305286223693851.post-70343511581813817792016-03-11T11:59:00.000-05:002016-03-11T14:18:58.765-05:00CTFS – ForestGEO congratulates the 2015 Research Grant Program awardees!<!--[if !mso]>
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pleased to announce the awardees of the 2015 Research Grants Program. The 2015 cycle was highly
competitive and received 37 diverse proposals submitted from around the world. Six
proposals were selected for funding based on their innovative contributions to
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State University will study <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Controls on post-fire
seedling recruitment in the Yosemite Forest Dynamics Plot, California, USA.</i>
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predation, and microclimate controls on post-fire seedling recruitment, which
will improve models of post-fire forest response in the <a href="http://www.ctfs.si.edu/site/Yosemite+National+Park">Yosemite Forest
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Forest Dynamics Plot</span></a><span style="background: white; color: black;">, a
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University, will explore a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black;">Rapidly advancing understanding of size-structured
forest dynamics in temperate and tropical forests with a highthroughput remote
sensing approach</span></i><span style="background: white; color: black;">. The
research will use light detection and ranging (LiDAR), a remote sensing
platform for estimating forest biomass in the </span><a href="http://www.ctfs.si.edu/site/SERC%3A+Smithsonian+Environmental+Research+Center"><span style="background: white;">Smithsonian Environmental Research Center</span></a><span style="background: white; color: black;"> and </span><a href="http://www.ctfs.si.edu/site/Barro+Colorado+Island"><span style="background: white;">Barro Colorado Island</span></a><span style="background: white; color: black;"> Forest Dynamics Plots. The use of LiDAR
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a Water Balance Approach to Examine Temperate Forest Dynamics in Complex
Terrain</span></i><span style="background: white; color: black;">. The research
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CTFS – ForestGEO sites in the US, including the </span><a href="http://www.ctfs.si.edu/site/SCBI%3A+Smithsonian+Conservation+Biology+Institute"><span style="background: white;">Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute</span></a><span style="background: white; color: black;">, </span><a href="http://www.ctfs.si.edu/site/Lilly+Dickey+Woods%2C+Indiana"><span style="background: white;">Lilly Dickey Woods</span></a><span style="background: white; color: black;">, and </span><a href="http://www.ctfs.si.edu/site/Tyson+Research+Center%2C+Missouri"><span style="background: white;">Tyson Research Center</span></a><span style="background: white; color: black;">. The new method of modeling will offer the ability to quantify moisture conditions in both relative and absolute terms, producing values directly comparable at both ForestGEO sites.</span></span></div>
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Cruz Forest Ecology Research Plot (UCSC-FERP)</a><span style="background: white; color: black;">. This project will provide a comprehensive list of cryptogam
species for the </span><a href="http://www.ctfs.si.edu/site/Khao+Chong"><span style="background: white;">Khao Chong Forest Dynamics Plot</span></a><span style="background: white; color: black;"> in Thailand to serve as a comparison on
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<span style="background: white; color: black;">Riutta</span></span></b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">, a </span><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Post-doctoral Research
Associate at the University of Oxford, will work on <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black;">Quantifying ecosystem effects
of insect herbivory on common oak in Wytham Woods, UK</span></i><span style="background: white; color: black;">. The research will </span>provide the
first estimates of the effects of insect herbivores on biogeochemical cycles in
the <a href="http://www.ctfs.si.edu/site/Wytham+Woods">Wytham Woods</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"> Forest Dynamics Plot</span> and will assess the wider
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">There is a new Special Feature of the </span><span style="font-family: "Cambria",serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/" target="_blank"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">British
Ecological Society</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">(BES) </span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Journals that includes CTFS
– ForestGEO data from Puerto Rico, United Kingdom, and Panama!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">This exciting collaborative and interdisciplinary
Special Feature, </span><span style="font-family: "Cambria",serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/subject/code/000046/homepage/cross_journal_special_feature.htm" target="_blank"><i><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Demography Beyond the Population</span></i></a></span><i><span lang="EN" style="color: #373737; font-family: "Cambria",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">, </span></i><span style="background: white; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">integrates original lines of
research in the vast field of demography. The articles featuring ForestGEO data
are found in the </span><span style="font-family: "Cambria",serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jec.2016.104.issue-2/issuetoc"><i><span style="background: white; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Journal of Ecology</span></i></a></span><span style="background: white; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> and </span><span style="font-family: "Cambria",serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/fec.2016.30.issue-2/issuetoc"><i><span style="background: white; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Functional Ecology</span></i></a></span><span style="background: white; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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ash dieback disease? </span><span style="font-family: "Cambria",serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2745.12545/full"><span style="background: white; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: .2pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Jessica
Needham and colleagues built models</span></a></span><span style="background: white; font-family: "Cambria",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: .2pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> that predict forest community response
to the loss of <i>Fraxinus excelsior</i> L.
(European ash) using demographic data from </span><span style="font-family: "Cambria",serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><a href="http://www.ctfs.si.edu/site/Wytham+Woods"><span style="background: white; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: .2pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Wytham Woods</span></a></span><span style="background: white; font-family: "Cambria",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: .2pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">. Their methodology
introduces a new way to identifying demographic strategies such as growth,
survival, and fecundity and linking them to population dynamics. This is done through
integral projection and individual-based models that project community
responses to significant tree mortality that will influence regeneration in
woodlands across the globe.</span></div>
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can we address uncertainties in predicting responses of second-growth forests to
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to tackle uncertainties in a second-growth tropical rainforest in </span></span><span style="font-family: "Cambria",serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><a href="http://www.ctfs.si.edu/site/Luquillo"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Puerto Rico</span></a></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">. The dynamic nature and high species diversity of
second-growth forests led Maria Uriarte and colleagues to identify traits to
better understand how individual trees and species will contribute to forest
successional change. Specifically, a hierarchical Bayesian approach was used to
provide insight into the variation in drought tolerance and consequences for
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model-averaging approach lessens the uncertainty in predictive power of
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predictors of life history and demographic performance. In this case, wood
density, seed mass, and adult stature served as good predictors of life history.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the <a href="http://www.uaes.usu.edu/"><span style="color: blue;">Utah
Agricultural Experiment Station</span></a>, and the <a href="http://www.umontana.edu/"><span style="color: blue;">University of Montana</span></a> welcomes
the <a href="http://www.ctfs.si.edu/site/Utah+Forest+Dynamics+Plot"><span style="color: blue;">Utah Forest Dynamics Plot (UFDP)</span></a> to the
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subalpine forest of the Colorado Plateau in <a href="http://www.nps.gov/cebr/index.htm"><span style="color: blue;">Cedar Breaks
National Monument</span></a>, Utah. The plot was established in the summers of
2014 and 2015 with <a href="http://jamesalutz.com/"><span style="color: blue;">Jim Lutz</span></a> of Utah State University as the
Principal Investigator (PI). This is the third plot in the <a href="http://westernforestinitiative.org/"><span style="color: blue;">Western
Forest Initiative</span></a>, which includes two additional CTFS – ForestGEO
plots, the <a href="http://www.ctfs.si.edu/site/Wind+River"><span style="color: blue;">Wind River Forest Dynamics Plot (WFDP)</span></a> and
the <a href="http://www.ctfs.si.edu/site/Yosemite+National+Park"><span style="color: blue;">Yosemite Forest Dynamics Plot (YFDP)</span></a>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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latitude. The forest is characterized by a mosaic of mixed conifer/aspen
forest types with over 22,000 live stems and 4,000 dead stems. The most
abundant species are <i>Abies bifolia</i> (subalpine fir), <i>Populus
tremuloides</i> (aspen), <i>Picea engelmannii </i>(Engelmann
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de la Isla de Barro Colorado, Panamá </i>(<i>Lianas and Vines of Barro
Colorado Island, Panama</i>) published by the Smithsonian Tropical
Research Institute (STRI). The Spanish-language field guide is written by
STRI’s Rolando Pérez, Salomón Aguilar, Nefertaris Daguerre, and Andrés
Hernández, and STRI Research Associate Stefan Schnitzer with Marquette University.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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lianas and vines with descriptions, uses, and mapped distributions in the
tropical forest of <a href="http://www.ctfs.si.edu/site/Barro+Colorado+Island"><span style="color: blue;">Barro Colorado Island (BCI) Forest Dynamics Plot</span></a></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "cambria" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">. </span><span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">BCI is a major focus of intensive research on lowland tropical
moist forest and its flora is better known than any comparably sized site in
the world. BCI has almost 1,500 vascular plant species, including 276 species
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ForestGEO plots, including BCI. Both individuals and species are difficult to
identify as they spiral up into the tree canopy. Vine and woody climbing lianas can inhibit the growth of tropical trees due to <span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif;">competition for light and other resources</span>.</span><span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"> However, the biology and ecological roles of these climbing plants is scarcely known. Therefore, t</span><span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">he field book serves as an invaluable resource for studying the
ecological roles of lianas and vines in tropical forests, and includes vibrant,
color photographs of leaves, flowers, fruits, and vines, as well as a pictorial
glossary of botanical terms.</span></div>
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information on the field book, click <a href="http://www.stri.si.edu/english/about_stri/headline_news/news/article.php?id=1944"><span style="color: blue;">here</span></a> for the announcement by STRI.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Aguilar, Nefertaris Daguerre, and Andrés Hernández. 2015.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><i>Lianas
y Enredaderas de la Isla de Barro Colorado, Panamá</i>. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Center for
Tropical Forest Science: Panama City, Panama.</span><br />
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workshop last week in Washington, D.C. at the Smithsonian National Museum of
Natural History. The 10-day workshop was generously supported by Chris Davidson.
David Kenfack, CTFS – ForestGEO Africa Program Coordinator, and Suzanne Lao, CTFS
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participants, this was their first time traveling to the United States, which
provided an opportunity for the research team to meet and work together in
person.</span><span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><span style="font-size: small;">From left to right: Paul Musili (Mpala, Kenya), Pulcherie
Bissiengou (Rabi, Gabon), Alexander Mengnjo (Korup, Cameroon), David Kenfack (Korup,
Cameroon; Mpala, Kenya; Ngel Nyaki, Nigeria) Amani Ngoma (Ituri, Rep. of Congo),
Hazel Chapman (Ngel Nyaki, Nigeria), and Suzanne Lao. </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the workshop, participants dove into learning data entry techniques through the
CTFS database system. The goal of the
training workshop was to form capacity within each of the respective forest
dynamics plot for managing and utilizing forest plot data. </span><span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">The participants learned numerous concepts from
utilizing </span><span style="background: white; font-family: "cambria" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Structured Query Language (SQL) </span><span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">commands with sample data to creating
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represented the forest plots in Gabon, Kenya, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic
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21<sup>st</sup>, CTFS – ForestGEO held a symposium at the museum, “Plant Systematics
and the ForestGEO Network in Africa,” geared towards highlighting the workshop
participants and their research. David Kenfack introduced the African forest
dynamics plots and some of the plant systematics challenges we face in central
Africa. Research talks followed by Pulcherie Bissiengou, Rabi forest plot in
Gabon and the National Herbarium of Gabon, and Paul Musili, Mpala forest plot
in Kenya and the National Museums of Kenya. Pulcherie discussed her recent dissertation
work on the systematics, evolution, and historical biogeography of Ochnaceae</span><i><span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica-BoldOblique; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">. </span></i><span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica-BoldOblique; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Paul
Musili discussed systematic studies in </span><i><span style="font-family: "Cambria",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica-BoldOblique; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Schoenus </span></i><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>L. </i>(Schoeneae,
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with David discussing the importance of long-distance dispersal for the
biogeography of the transatlantic tree genus (Meliaceae, Sapindales). </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif;">Paul Musili, <i>Systematic studies in sedges </i></span><i><span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif;">Schoenus </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif;">L. (Schoeneae, Cyperaceae)</span></i><span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif;">.</span></span></td></tr>
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A big thanks to everyone who participated, and CTFS - ForestGEO looks forward
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CTFShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15905574332671062622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2176305286223693851.post-51429324204082480672015-10-06T16:12:00.000-04:002015-10-06T16:32:52.850-04:00CTFS - ForestGEO session at 100th-annual ESA meeting in Baltimore, MD<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">CTFS – ForestGEO recently hosted a <a href="http://eco.confex.com/eco/2015/webprogram/Session10607.html">session</a>
on Dimensions of Forest Diversity at the <a href="http://esa.org/baltimore/">100<sup>th</sup>
annual Ecological Society of America (ESA) meeting</a> in Baltimore, MD. <span style="background: white;">Scientists presented some of the latest
research coming out of the annual Dimensions of Biodiversity workshop between
CTFS – ForestGEO and the Chinese Forest Biodiversity Monitoring Network.</span>
Thank you to all of the speakers and guests that attended! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Stuart Davies, the Director of CTFS-ForestGEO, followed by ten presentations by
CTFS - ForestGEO researchers. The session focused on the functional,
phylogenetic, and genetic dimensions of forest diversity and change. Specifically,
the presenters discussed how forests face multiple pressures from shifts in
temperature and precipitation to deforestation and degradation associated with
global climate change. For example, Andy Jones, Assistant Professor at Oregon
State University, discussed species’ genetic responses to seasonal droughts in
tropical forests and how results can inform future changes we face with upcoming
El Niño events.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 13.3333px; line-height: 15.3333px;">Stuart J. Davies, the Director of CTFS – ForestGEO, introducing the session. Photo by Maofang Luo.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 15.3333px;">Lei Chen, </span><i style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 15.3333px; padding: 0in;">The cumulative effect of phylogenetic relatedness on the assembly of forest tree neighborhoods</span></i><span style="background: white; border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 15.3333px; padding: 0in;">. Photo by Maofang Luo.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 15.3333px;">Yanjun Du, </span><i style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 15.3333px; padding: 0in;">Intraspecific and phylogenetic density-dependent recruitment in a subtropical evergreen forest</span></i><span style="background: white; border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 15.3333px; padding: 0in;">. Photo by </span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 15.3333px;">Maofang Luo.</span></td></tr>
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session followed suit in the exhibit hall that included a </span><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><a href="http://eco.confex.com/eco/2015/webprogram/Paper51596.html"><span style="background: white;">poster</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #141412;"> by Kristina Anderson-Teixeira, leader of the </span><a href="http://www.ctfs.si.edu/group/Ecosystems+and+Climate"><span style="background: white;">Ecosystems and Climate Initiative</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #141412;">, about global change effects on forests
worldwide. If you attended ESA, we hope you had a chance to stop by our ForestGEO
and MarineGEO exhibitor table! </span></span><br />
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with a final rendezvous at a local restaurant in Baltimore that celebrated the
success of the session with CTFS – ForestGEO researchers and affiliates. Another
big thank you to everyone who participated and attended. CTFS - ForestGEO looks
forward to future sessions at ESA!</span><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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CTFShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15905574332671062622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2176305286223693851.post-47720638879024543532015-08-25T10:31:00.000-04:002015-08-25T11:57:54.420-04:00New field book features CTFS - ForestGEO plot in Yasuni, Ecuador <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">CTFS – ForestGEO, Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Ecuador (PUCE), and Dinamica del bosque de Yasuni present a new book, <i>Árboles emblemáticos de Yasuní: 337 especies (Yasuni emblematic trees: 337 species)</i>, written by Alvaro J. Perez, Consuelo Hernandez, Hugo Romero-Saltos, and Renato Valencia, published by Herbario QCA.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />The book is a field guide that displays morphological descriptions, uses, distribution, phenology, demographics, and accumulated carbon for 337 of the species in Yasuni National Park (314 species of trees, 22 species of palms, and one tree fern). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In 1995, CTFS – ForestGEO helped establish the <a href="http://www.ctfs.si.edu/site/Yasuni">Yasuni Forest Dynamics Plot</a> in Yasuni National Park, Ecuador in association with PUCE and the University of Aarhus in Denmark. This region is one of the greatest biodiversity hotspots on the planet with nearly 300,000 individual trees and 1100 species tagged in the plot. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">From left to right: Milton Pabón, Gabriel Grefa, Renato Valencia, and Álvaro Pérez conducting field research in the Yasuni Forest Dynamics Plot</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Principal Investigator of the Yasuni plot, Renato Valencia, led a data-collection team for two decades to develop and research the ecology of 337 of the species at Yasuni. The book includes color photographs of leaves, flowers, fruits, and trees to encourage the development of future research and conservation strategies in one of the most biologically diverse ecosystems in the world. See below for examples of the photography taken in Yasuni. </span></div>
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an understory tree that is used for crossbars in residential structure in the
area as well as oil in the fruit<i> </i>(pp.28
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CTFS - ForestGEO wrapped up its fifth, annual Dimensions of
Biodiversity data-analysis workshop in Gamboa, Panama—home of the Smithsonian Tropical
Research Institute. Thanks to all 57 participants from 20 countries around the
network, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>CTFS - ForestGEO had another
productive year in forest research!</div>
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years: to bring a global network to a local place to foster research and scientific
collaborations among the CTFS – ForestGEO members. Every workshop is an
opportunity to explore the latest research ideas with colleagues and meet new network
researchers in person.</span></div>
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The workshop is an ongoing collaboration between CTFS –
ForestGEO and the Chinese Forest Biodiversity Monitoring Network with the
Chinese Academy of Sciences. The National Science Foundation has provided
financial support for the workshops since the summer of 2011. </div>
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forest plot analyses focused on biomass and carbon storage, gradients of diversity,
time-series analyses of forest dynamics, and much more. Breaks from data analyses
and computer screens ensued throughout the day as participants heard scientific
presentations and provided feedback on forest research happening around the global
network.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With 57 forest scientists in
one room, there was no lack of expertise! Local Smithsonian Tropical Research
Institute scientists also joined the discussions and presented talks on the
history of Panama and the immense amount of research occurring in tropical,
Panamanian ecosystems.</span> </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tony Coates revealing the history of Panama (photo courtesy C. Chang-Yang)</td></tr>
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Early inspiration for questions about forest dynamics came from
a field trip to the CTFS – ForestGEO pioneer plot, Barro Colorado Island (BCI).
An 8 AM boat ride through the Panama Canal brought the participants to BCI,
where they all climbed to the first of the now 63 forest dynamics plots in the
CTFS – ForestGEO network. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everyone had a
chance to get a glimpse <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>of the 302 tree
species in the plot. Back at the workshop hotel site, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the BCI plant taxonomy guru and leader of the eighth
BCI forest census, Rolando P<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">é</span>rez, walked everyone through the history
and species of the local area on a guided natural-history tour of Panama’s
diverse plant and animal life. Gamboa, Panama certainly provided an appropriate
backdrop for a forest-studies workshop.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Forest biodiversity and conservation research in Nigeria has received a major boost with the donation by T.Y. Danjuma to the Nigerian Montane Forest Project (NMFP) for the establishment of a long-term, large-scale forest research plot at Ngel Nyaki Forest Reserve on the Mambilla Plateau in Taraba State. The Ngel Nyaki plot will be the first CTFS-ForestGEO plot in Nigeria and only the fifth in the entire African continent.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">CTFS-ForestGEO hosted an international Biodiversity Workshop in Xishuangbanna, China, funded by the National Science Foundation, USA, and the National Natural Science Foundation, China. The workshop was held at the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden in collaboration with the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The goal of the workshop was to understand how tree and animal biodiversity—species, trait, genetic, and evolutionary diversity -- contribute to healthy forest ecosystems. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The workshop provided in-depth training to 55 students, early-career professors, and research associates from 15 countries. Participants collaborated on new research projects with peers and advanced scientists across multiple forest plots. This year, 50% of the participants were attending the workshop for the first time. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">CTFS – ForestGEO hosted a database-training workshop in Singapore. The workshop provided basic and advanced support for plot managers in Asia. Techniques learned at the workshop allow plot managers to independently and confidently manage their local, high-quality forest data. Among the forest plot countries represented at this workshop were Brunei Darussalam, China, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, and Thailand. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This NSF-funded program provided an opportunity for a PhD student from Colombia, María Natalia Umaña, who is currently at Michigan State University, to work in the Xishuangbanna China forest plot. She conducted research on rare plants. The Xishuangbanna China plot contains more than 400 plant species, many of which are rare. She collected data on tree seedling species with the help of several local field assistants (Zhigang Chen, Lang Ma, Zhilin Mu, and Yongzheng Shen) and researchers with the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ForestGEO awards competitive small fellowships to students and young researchers from across the network to facilitate independent study using the forest plots and promote networking and scientific capacity across geographic boundaries. In 2014, six of 35 submitted research projects were supported.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">The Department of Energy (DOE) called on CTFS – ForestGEO to be a major player in a global forest ecosystem initiative. Stuart Davies, PhD, Director of CTFS – ForestGEO, was appointed Chief Scientist for the new, international initiative. The DOE initiated a large-scale project through five National Labs called the Next Generation Ecosystem Experiment – Tropics. The project is designed to build new Earth System Models to understand future climate impacts, including elevated CO2, on tropical forests. CTFS-ForestGEO will be a critical data source and expert knowledge resource for a major, new science initiative.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A new partnership between CTFS – ForestGEO, the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) is expanding science and education programs surrounding tropical forest research. CTFS – ForestGEO and NTU will jointly hire a well-established university professor to advance forest research and increase the international visibility of NTU’s Asian School of the Environment. The partnership stems from a broader initiative to develop terrestrial and marine science in Southeast Asia, which is home to some of the most diverse and endemically species-rich tropical forests in the world. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="text-align: justify;">Six new forest plots in Asia, North America, and Europe provide new research sites for local scientists and build on the diverse forests found in CTFS – ForestGEO plots. Half of the new plots are in China, including two subtropical evergreen and deciduous broad-leaved forests (Baishanzu and Badagongshan), as well as a forest that spans a temperate and subtropical climate in Central China (Baotianman). CTFS – ForestGEO gained a third European plot in Speulderbos, Netherlands, which is a temperate Beech forest. Two North American sites include a forest plot with the University of Michigan and an urban forest plot with the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Camera traps are the latest tools used by CTFS – ForestGEO researchers to monitor the </span><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">elusive vertebrate wildlife in and around the forest plots. Camera-trap data is combined with tree, climate, and human land-use change data to address biodiversity management concerns. In 2014, two species new to the survey were caught on tape in Soberania National Park—coyote and grison, a carnivorous mammal native to South and Central America. The nocturnal Africa civet (Civettictis civetta) was captured on camera in Korup National Park, Cameroon for the first time in three years. Some of this research is done in partnership with the Tropical Ecology Assessment and Monitoring Network (TEAM).</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Find the original blog announcement <a href="http://ctfsnews.blogspot.com/2014/03/camera-traps-capture-images-of-elusive.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A co-founder of CTFS – ForestGEO, Stephen Hubbell, was recognized for his unprecedented </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">advances in forest science at the XXIV World Congress 2014 by the International Union of </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Forest Research Organization. He was presented a Scientific Achievement award in October</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Automated dendrometer bands measure hourly changes in tree growth to investigate</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">However, in the past, the data has been too time consuming to collect more than every one to </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">five years. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">CTFS – ForestGEO scientists are developing two methods to circumvent this data collection </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">problem. Using automated dendrometer bands called “TreeHuggers” and analyzing photos </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">from digital field cameras, researchers can study forest – climate interactions with very high </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">precision. The bands and photos capture the hourly shrinking and swelling of tree stems during</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The methods are being prototyped at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute CTFS – </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ForestGEO forest plot in Virginia, USA by scientists Kristina Anderson-Teixeira, Sean</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />In 2014, 41 scientific articles and two book chapters were published using data from CTFS-ForestGEO. Just in 2014, publications affiliated with CTFS – ForestGEO data have been cited in research articles more than 3,000 times (google scholar).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Many articles were published by researchers and countries that face increased obstacles (e.g., language, financial, and scientific barriers) when publishing in globally recognized science journals. In addition, many of the papers have multiple authors and use data from two or more CTFS – ForestGEO plots. This cross-network collaboration exemplifies CTFS – ForestGEO’s vision to promote research that may only be understood when investigating forests across many countries and biomes.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />Many notable scientific findings resulted from research published in 2014. An article by Ryan Chisholm and 28 CTFS – ForestGEO researchers highlights collaborative research efforts across 12 of the CTFS – ForestGEO forest plots. The paper highlights that tree population sizes are more stable in forest plots that are high in tree biodiversity. This finding has direct consequences for understanding forest carbon storage in both temperate and tropical climates.<br /><br />A publication by Nate Stephenson, PhD resulted in news reports from sources including <a href="http://www.nature.com/news/tree-growth-never-slows-1.14536">Nature</a>, <a href="http://www.ancienttreearchive.org/nature-article-tree-growth-never-slows/">Archangel Ancient Tree Archives</a>, <a href="http://csi-fm.org/">csi-fm.org</a>, foresteurope.org, and <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/01/140115132740.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Latest+Science+News%29">Science Daily</a>. Stephenson and colleagues discovered that, contrary to popular belief, tree growth does not slow down with age. In fact, the growth of a tree often speeds up with maturity. The paper has already sparked discussion about forest management and the future of the world’s forests. <br /><br />Two papers led by Kristina Anderson-Teixeira, PhD and Richard Condit, PhD detail the breadth of the last 33 years of CTFS – ForestGEO research, the protocols and data sources that are available, and the methods used to handle extremely complex and big datasets of field measurements. </span><br />
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CTFShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15905574332671062622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2176305286223693851.post-27831598254584043182014-12-03T13:38:00.001-05:002014-12-04T12:04:17.936-05:00Michigan Big Woods is the latest plot in the CTFS-ForestGEO network<div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.5625rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">
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CTFShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15905574332671062622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2176305286223693851.post-64428260747678190502014-11-03T17:08:00.000-05:002014-11-07T09:05:51.019-05:00CTFS Co-Founder Steven Hubbell receives high honors at the 2014 IUFRO<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dr. Steven Hubbell, Co-Founder of the Center for </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tropical
Forest Science was presented </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a Scientific Achievement award at the International
Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) opening ceremonies on October 6,
2014. Dr. Hubbell is the first American to be presented with the honor in 40
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dr. Hubbell was chosen for this year’s award because a he's a
“visionary scientist who has made unparalleled contributions to understanding
the biological diversity and ecology of tropical forests.” He is a fellow of
the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and of the American Association for
the Advancement of Science, and he received a Guggenheim fellowship in 1983,
among many other things. He joined the UCLA faculty in 2007 and is now a
Distinguished Professor.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In a 2011 interview, Dr. Hubbell said "We need much
better data on the distribution of life on Earth, We need to rapidly increase
our understanding of where species are on the planet. We need citizens to
record their local biodiversity; there are not enough scientists to gather the
information. We also need much deeper thought about how we can estimate the
extinction rate properly to improve the science behind conservation planning.
If you don't know what you have, it is hard to conserve it.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He developed his love for ecology at an early age. "When
I was a kid, I spent a lot of time doing non-macho things like collecting
butterflies and turning over rocks,” he said. “The only way we’re going to save
nature is by making sure future generations experience nature.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> People who have
never seen wild nature don’t miss it and don’t realize how impoverished their
lives have become due to its loss. I worry about the loss of a conservation
ethic among the public. Go to the tropics. Experience a rain forest — while you
still can.”<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"I deeply appreciate being nominated for and receiving
the IUFRO Scientific Achievement Award,” Dr. Hubbell said. “It is a real
pleasure to receive this unexpected honor.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To learn more about CTFS-ForestGEO, visit our <a href="http://www.ctfs.si.edu/" target="_blank">website</a>.</span><br />
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CTFShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15905574332671062622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2176305286223693851.post-86397518642152147082014-10-22T09:56:00.000-04:002014-10-24T16:41:37.706-04:00New CTFS-ForestGEO Program Manager <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We are pleased to welcome Dr. Kristin
Powell as the Center for Tropical Forest Science-Forest Global Earth
Observatory (CTFS-ForestGEO) network Program Manager. Kristin recently
completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the National Socio-Environmental
Synthesis Center, where she researched biodiversity and ecosystem functioning
in tropical forests. Prior to her fellowship, she earned her doctoral degree in
Ecology and Evolution and her bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science from
Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. Kristin’s interest in science
coordination and management stems from her past work on several education and
plant research initiatives with the Chicago Botanic Garden and Morton
Arboretum, the Botanical Society of America, and the Center for the Integration
of Research, Teaching, and Learning. When she is not helping to run the
CTFS-ForestGEO network at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington,
D.C., you can find her wandering the forest in Shenandoah National Park,
running through the D.C. city streets, and rooting for the St. Louis Cardinals
during b</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">aseball season. Kristin can be reached at PowellK@si.edu. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To learn more about CTFS-ForestGEO, <a href="http://www.ctfs.si.edu/" target="_blank">click here</a>.</span></div>
CTFShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15905574332671062622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2176305286223693851.post-18509151876598880142014-10-09T16:55:00.000-04:002014-10-10T16:56:56.109-04:00Review: CTFS-ForestGEO: a worldwide network monitoring forests in an era of global change<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">CTFS-ForestGEO Scientists, along with 78 global collaborating institutions and global partners published "<i>CTFS-ForestGEO: a worldwide network monitoring forests in an era of global change</i>" in Journal <i>Global Change Biology. </i>The publication highlights the impacts of global climate change on the worlds forests, and the monitoring methods used to collect climate change data. The CTFS-ForestGEO network now monitors 60 plots in 24 countries, monitoring approx. 4.5 million trees. <span style="background-color: #f8f8f8; line-height: 18.6200008392334px;">“We look forward to using the CTFS-ForestGEO network to continue to understand how and why forests respond to change, and what this means for the climate, biodiversity conservation and human well-being,” said Stuart Davies, CTFS-ForestGEO network director.</span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Understanding how forests respond is critical to forest conservation and climate protection. This review describes an international network of 59 long-term forest dynamics research sites (CTFS-ForestGEO) useful for characterizing forest responses to global change. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">CTFS-ForestGEO sites are experiencing multifaceted anthropogenic global change pressures including warming (average 0.61 °C), changes in precipitation (up to !30% change), atmospheric deposition of nitrogen and sulfur compounds (up to 3.8 g N m"2 yr"1 and 3.1 g S m"2 yr"1), and forest fragmentation in the surrounding landscape (up to 88% reduced tree cover within 5 km). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The broad suite of measurements made at CTFS-ForestGEO sites makes it possible to investigate </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the complex ways in which global change is impacting forest dynamics. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ongoing research across the CTFSForestGEO network is yielding insights into how and why the forests are changing, and continued monitoring will provide vital contributions to understanding worldwide forest diversity and dynamics in an era of global change.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For the full review, click <a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.12712/abstract" target="_blank">here</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Email CTFS-ForestGEO program assistant, Delaney Rakosnik at rakosnikd@si.edu if you would like the supplemental information.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Click here to learn more about the <a href="http://www.ctfs.si.edu/" target="_blank">CTFS</a> - <a href="http://www.forestgeo.si.edu/" target="_blank">ForestGEO</a> network.</span></div>
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CTFShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15905574332671062622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2176305286223693851.post-83875092846955147742014-09-23T11:51:00.006-04:002014-09-24T12:49:56.506-04:00CTFS-ForestGEO grant project report from KC Cushman at Barro Colorado Island, Panama<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
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estimates of biomass change in buttressed trees using site-specific tree taper
models" in Panama, Thailand, Singapore and Colombia. She recently completed her project and the following is her report:<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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forest can change over time as trees grow, produce new seedlings, and die.
Measuring how tropical forest biomass changes over time is important for understanding
the global carbon cycle; if tropical forests increase in biomass over time they
act as a carbon sink (if trees are growing more than they are dying, on
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measuring tree diameters in forest plots, such as those in the <a href="http://www.ctfs.si.edu/" target="_blank">Center for Tropical Forest Science</a> network. Diameter measurements taken at 1.3 m height
are converted to an estimate of total biomass using equations developed in
previous research. All trees in a plot are remeasured regularly to determine
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Picture of a tree, a 3-D model <br />
of the same tree constructed<br />
from 43 pictures using<br />
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trunk outlines extracted from<br />
the 3-D model point using the <br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">However, the prevalence of buttressed trees in
tropical forests presents some challenges for this approach. Trees with
buttresses are not cylindrical at 1.3 m height, so their diameters are measured
higher on the trunk. This practice creates a bias because tree trunks tend to
decrease in diameter with height, or taper. Therefore, diameter measurements
taken above 1.3 m height will be smaller and yield a lower value for biomass. The
magnitude of biomass underestimation in a forest can change over time because
measurement heights are often moved up a tree as it grows. This is problematic
because biomass <i>appears</i> to change,
but the change is not caused by real forest processes. In a previous study on
Barro Colorado Island, Panama, we found that biomass trends change
significantly after correcting for changing measurement heights in diameter
data. Biomass decreased over time in uncorrected data but increased over time
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Walking to the plot in <br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This year, I had the opportunity to follow up
on our preliminary study on BCI through research supported by the CTFS-ForestGEO Research
Grants Program. I visited four other CTFS plots to compare tree taper in
different forests: Amacayacu (Colombia), Bukit Timah (Singapore), Huai Kha
Khaeng (Thailand), and Khao Chong (Thailand). In this study, I am also using a
novel tool to measure trees by creating 3-D models from digital pictures using
Agisoft PhotoScan. I took 30-60 photos of each of approximately 100 trees per
plot to create a model of each tree. I
am using these models to measure characteristics of trunk shape at each site,
such as how diameter and trunk circularity change with height. Results from
trunk shape measurement can then be used to improve estimates of biomass change
when diameter measurement heights change over time.</span></div>
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Huai Kha Khaeng, Thailand</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />I am thankful to have had the opportunity to
visit these plots and meet other researchers through the CTFS-ForestGEO network. This
work would not have been possible without the support and guidance of
collaborators Helene Muller-Landau, Stuart Davies, Sarayudh </span><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bunyavejchewin, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Alvaro Duque, Somboon Kiratiprayoon, and Shawn
Lum, and the assistance of Pablo Ramos, Paulino Villareal, Emily Francis, Juan
Sebastian Barreto Silva, Gabriel, Pitoon Kongnoo, Mohamah Fairoz, Jonathan, and
Reuben in the field."</span></div>
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CTFShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15905574332671062622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2176305286223693851.post-74459257658354440572014-09-05T14:37:00.002-04:002014-09-05T16:45:32.241-04:002014 CTFS-ForestGEO Dimensions of Biodiversity Workshop <br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The 2014 NSF-funded CTFS-ForestGEO Workshop was held last month at the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) in Yannan Provine in China . It was the fourth of five annual research workshops over the period 2011 to 2015 focused on "</span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Diversity and Forest Change: Characterizing functional, phylogenetic and genetic contributions to diversity gradients and dynamics in tree communities"</i></b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The program is co-supported by the Dimensions of Biodiversity Program of the US National Science Foundation (DEB-1046113) and the National Science Foundation of China.</span></div>
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