Randall received a Fulbright research fellowship to work in the Amazon over the summer. He will be at the Catholic University of Quito, Ecuador and work at their station in Yasuni National Park. He will be looking at how gap regeneration varies across areas that differ in flooding frequency.
New Publication Accepted
Myster, R. & Fletcher N. (2004) Ecotypic differentiation and plant growth
in the Luquillo Mountains of Puerto Rico. Journal of Tropical Forest Science.
Gonzalez, G., Seastedt, T., Donato, Z. (2003) Earthworms, arthropods, and plant
litter decomposition in aspen (Populus tremuloides) and lodgepole pine (Pinus
contorta) forests in Colorado, USA. Pedobiologia, 47, 863-869.
Erickson HE and Ayala G. Hurricane-induced nitrous oxide fluxes from a wet
tropical forest. Global Change Biology. In Press.
The NASA ATLAS mission flew successfully over El Yunque on Friday the 13th
of February. The images are essentially cloudless. The scanner has TM equivalent
bands then several additional bands in the thermal. This will be the best imagery
we have ever had, and the first clear images of the LEF since 1985. Unfortunately,
processing will take a while - they're talking about fall to deliver the product.
Oh well, we've waited this long . . .