[LTER-luq] Fwd: Final litterfall graph (until we add palms)

[Robert Waide]

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.

On 8/6/2015 10:09 AM, Alan Covich wrote:
> WOW! That is an amazing response (to drought?) indicating some type of 
> threshold in soil moisture?
>
> Are data on light to see what the canopy is doing?
>
> Did you have leaf-fall data from before and after 1994 on the Big Grid?
>
> Alan
>
> On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 11:56 AM, Jess Zimmerman <jesskz at ites.upr.edu 
> <mailto:jesskz at ites.upr.edu>> wrote:
>
>     Hi All,
>
>     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.
>
>     jess
>
>     Jess K. Zimmerman
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>     ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>     From: *Sarah Stankavich* <sarahstankavich at gmail.com
>     <mailto:sarahstankavich at gmail.com>>
>     Date: Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 1:17 PM
>     Subject: Final litterfall graph (until we add palms)
>     To: Jess Zimmerman <jesskz at ites.upr.edu <mailto:jesskz at ites.upr.edu>>
>
>
>     Here you go
>
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>     Sarah Stankavich
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