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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Any evidence that herbivory is increasing? Drought is a typical trigger for insect outbreaks. See the attached Van Bael paper for a tropical example. Tim<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#002060">Louisiana State University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"> luq [mailto:luq-bounces@lists.lternet.edu]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Robert Waide<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 06, 2015 11:12 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> luq@lists.lternet.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [LTER-luq] Fwd: Final litterfall graph (until we add palms)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">The really interesting thing is that litterfall is actually less initially, suggesting that trees have a 2-phase strategy in place for drought: hold on as long as possible, then give up and drop your leaves.
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 8/6/2015 10:09 AM, Alan Covich wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">WOW! That is an amazing response (to drought?) indicating some type of threshold in soil moisture?
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<p class="MsoNormal">Are data on light to see what the canopy is doing?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Did you have leaf-fall data from before and after 1994 on the Big Grid? <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 11:56 AM, Jess Zimmerman <<a href="mailto:jesskz@ites.upr.edu" target="_blank">jesskz@ites.upr.edu</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">To contribute to our discussions going on, I pass along the litterfall graph that Sarah prepared that compares litterfall YTD vs. the averages since the CTE started in 2002. There was an immense amount during one single fortnight in May.
It was so much that it took all the staff to collect it all. I spoke to John Bithorn yesterday and he told me he was many species, not just a few, that contributed to the peak. We'll keep you posted as more data are added. We are also analyzing the data
set on palm litter, too.<o:p></o:p></p>
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Department Environmental Sciences<br>
University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras<br>
Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico<br>
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Direct Office Line: <a href="tel:787-350-0350" target="_blank">787-350-0350</a><br>
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LTER Program Office: 2867<br>
El Verde Field Station: 4381<o:p></o:p></p>
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From: <b>Sarah Stankavich</b> <<a href="mailto:sarahstankavich@gmail.com" target="_blank">sarahstankavich@gmail.com</a>><br>
Date: Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 1:17 PM<br>
Subject: Final litterfall graph (until we add palms)<br>
To: Jess Zimmerman <<a href="mailto:jesskz@ites.upr.edu" target="_blank">jesskz@ites.upr.edu</a>><br>
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<a href="tel:787-222-7756" target="_blank">787-222-7756</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<pre>Robert B. Waide<o:p></o:p></pre>
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