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

[Robert Waide]

There are also data from 1980-81 from the Zucca plots in Zou et al. 1995

On 8/6/2015 10:15 AM, Jess Zimmerman wrote:
> We have leaf litterfall from Bisley and from the "MRCE plots" to look 
> at 1994.  Some of that is analyzed in the Beard et al. 2005 pub.  
> Sarah could plot the 1994 data from both on the same graph to see if 
> there was a similar peak.
>
> jess
>
> Jess K. Zimmerman
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> On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 12:09 PM, Alan Covich <alanc at uga.edu 
> <mailto:alanc at uga.edu>> 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
>         Professor
>         Lead PI, Luquillo LTER Program
>         Department Environmental Sciences
>         University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras
>         Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico
>
>         Direct Office Line: 787-350-0350 <tel:787-350-0350>
>         Or: 787-764-0000 ext. 1 <tel:787-764-0000%20ext.%201>-XXXX-#
>         where XXXX is:
>            LTER Program Office: 2867
>            El Verde Field Station: 4381
>         Mobile: 787-380-3311 <tel:787-380-3311>
>
>         ---------- 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
>
>         -- 
>         Sarah Stankavich
>         LUQ-LTER Coordinator
>         El Verde Field Station
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