Photos Flux instruments on Davy Crockett eddy flux tower, including TILDAS abovecanopy air inlet Malik measuring vegetation plots Eddy covariance tower in Davy Crockett National Forest Heading out to install TILDAS TILDAS installation in progress Diagram of TILDAS setup (by Dohee) The TILDAS is on! Dohee explaining the basics of TILDAS maintenance TILDAS intake filters after 3 weeks Net radiometer above Davy Crockett National Forest View from Davy Crockett flux tower View from Davy Crockett flux tower Sonic anemometer for belowcanopy flux measurements Smoldering log after the front of the fire has passed Shortleaf pines are fire resistant, but they are not invincible Litter trap at the annual burn stand at Cook’s Branch Conservancy Bunny in the no-burn stand at Cook’s Branch Conservancy Nine-banded armadillo in the no-burn stand at Cook’s Branch Conservancy Measuring soil CO2 efflux Automated soil CO2 efflux system in the annual burn stand at Cook’s Branch Conservancy The extra litter around tree base allows the fire to linger. Annual burn stand at Cook’s Branch Conservancy Seth collecting soil bulk density samples Flux seasonality metrics (database and paper) Mini-TILDAS being tested in the lab Mini-TILDAS being tested in the lab The insides of the mini-TILDAS Moeka and Prajaya at the training workshop at Aerodyne The attendees of the Aerodyne training workshop with David Nelson The no-burn stand at Cook’s Branch Conservancy The annual burn stand at Cook’s Branch Conservancy The annual burn stand at Cook’s Branch Conservancy The intermittent burn stand at Cook’s Branch Conservancy Biometric measurements at Davy Crockett National Forest (Photo: D. Kim) ESSM319 field trip to Sam Houston National Forest. Managing for wildlife ESSM319 field trip to Lufkin, TX Decay classes 2, 3, 4 and 5 Soil CO2 efflux and LAI measurements at Alligator River Soil respiration collars at Alligator River Tier2 sites of the PINEMAP study alpha-cellulose extraction apparatus (Photo: Wen Lin) Air sampling for isotopic partitioning of soil CO2 efflux (Photo: G. Miao) Throughfall exclusion troughs at the Virginia Tier3 site of the PINEMAP stduy Coarse root and stem samples for the deep decomposition pits Closed decomposition pits with soil CO2 efflux collars over select samples Eddy covariance instruments at the Alligator River site Root ingrowth core Aerial view of US-NC2 loblolly pine site after thinning (Photo: B. Cook) Loblolly pine (US-NC2) after mid-rotation thinning Heading out for vegetation survey at Alligator River Soil pit at US-NC2 loblolly pine site. The peat layer is about 60 cm (2 ft) deep. Flooded road to the Alligator River site after tropical storm Nicole Oxidized root channels in anoxic clay at Alligator River To escape the floodwaters, the black ratsnake has taken to the trees Hauling materials for the new tower at Alligator River Bear footprints by the Alligator River tower Coarse root and stemwood samples in the decomposition pit Rabbit droppings in the soil CO2 efflux collar Soil CO2 efflux measurement in a new clearcut Duff sampling in loblolly pine plantation Soil sample from the organic soils of coastal plain North Carolina Troublehsooting the Beijing Forestry University’s Beilin eddy covariance tower in China Cover image of “Phenology of ecosystem processes”
