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