Erika Berenguer

Our ECOFOR dissemination work was reported by the largest TV channel in Brazil:
http://g1.globo.com/pa/santarem-regiao/bom-dia-santarem/videos/t/edicoes/v/pesquisadores-realizam-estudos-em-200-propriedades-da-regiao-oeste-do-para/4148290/

Dear all, in Brazil it has been really challenging to find Fix-All with no odor to attach collars to stems. However, there are a number of silicon options. Has anyone faced the same issue elsewhere? Is anyone using silicon to attach the collars to the trees? Any suggestions or recommendations are much welcomed.

A few photos of ECOFOR's field sites and team. The project is now up and running. More from us to come soon.

Cheers,
Erika

Brill! Thanks a lot, Cécile!

Hi all,

I am experiencing logistical difficulties downloading the soil respiration data from the EGM. Therefore, I wonder if more people are just using flux data from the spreadsheets and not downloading the curves?

Best,
Erika

Thanks, Sam! You are completely right!
I guess I was just shocked to see a trap almost as tall as me!

Hi Sam,

Thanks a lot! Yadvinder has commented that traps used to be 1m tall and not 1.50m. Any idea if this is a typo in the manual? Toby, do you know?

Litter traps

Dear all, the protocol assumes litter traps should be 1.50m above the ground. However, as my field assistants are barely 1.50m tall, I was thinking about decreasing it to 1.20m. Is there any reason why 1.50m was the chosen height?

Cheers,
Erika

Hi all,

Is there any reason for the preference of plastic dendrometer bands instead of metallic ones?