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June 1, 2010

Harvard Forest Mega-plot Census Begins

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Harvard Forest researchers, with the assistance of scientists from the Center for Tropical Forest Science (CTFS), began the census of woody stems within a 35 ha plot located on Prospect Hill. Using standardized CTFS methodology, every stem greater than 1 cm diameter at 1.3 m is measured, tagged, and mapped. During the summer, Forest Ecologist David Orwig and

June 1, 2010

Torrey Laboratory Renovations Completed

Torrey Laboratory

Harvard Forest is pleased to announce the opening of the newly renovated, ADA-compliant Torrey Laboratory for biogeochemistry and microbial ecology. Funded by a facilities grant from the National Science Foundation, the renovation includes new facilities and equipment to support research into terrestrial and aquatic biogeochemistry, soil microbial processes, and a dedicated microscopy suite. The lab provides new facilities for generating

June 1, 2010

Undergraduate Interns Arrive for Summer Program in Ecology

2010 REU Interns

34 summer students have arrived as part of the Harvard Forest summer research program in ecology. Students come from all over the United States to participate in on-going research projects for twelve weeks. Under the guidance and supervision of researchers at the Forest, students will work on projects related to land-use history, phenology, plant physiology, invasive species, insect ecology, and

May 1, 2010

Hemlocks in e-print and podcast

The first of a series of papers describing findings from the Harvard Forest Hemlock Removal Experiment has been published in Methods in Ecology and Evolution. In this paper, Aaron Ellison, Audrey Barker-Plotkin, David Foster, and Dave Orwig describe the design and methods of analysis of this large-scale, long-term experiment aimed at understanding the effects of the hemlock woolly

May 1, 2010

2010-2011 Charles Bullard Fellows Announced

Harvard Forest's mid-career fellowship recipients have been announced for 2010-2011. See all Charles Bullard Fellow recipients since its inception in 1962.

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May 1, 2010

Graduate Student News: new grants for ant research

Congratulations to Israel Del Toro, who received two grants last month. The University of Massachusetts Natural History Collections awarded him $3000 for his collections-based research on distribution of ants in eastern North America, and the Ecological Society of America's Strategies for Ecology Education Diversity and Sustainability (SEEDS) program gave Del Toro the SEEDS Alumni Award, which will cover his expenses

May 1, 2010

State Awards to Teacher Participants in Harvard Forest Schoolyard Ecology Programs

Teacher Nancy Wile and the Dr. Elmer S. Bagnall Elementary School's Wet and Wild: Vernal Pool Explorations has been selected to receive an Massachusetts Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary's Awards at a ceremony at the State House in the Great Hall on April 30th at 11 a.m. Her project is part of Harvard Forest's Schoolyard Ecology program, 

May 1, 2010

Wildlands and Woodlands: A Vision for the New England Landscape

Wildlands & Woodlands Report Cover

A new conservation vision released May 19 by the Harvard Forest reports that, following almost 200 years of natural reforestation, forest cover is declining in all six New England states. The 20 authors of the Wildlands and Woodlands report—including 8 scientists from the Harvard Forest—call for conserving 70 percent of New England as forestland over the next 50 years, a

April 1, 2010

New Harvard Forest Publication: Invasive Wood Wasp In Pine Stands

The European Wood Wasp (Sirex noctilio) has a long history as an invasive insect species in exotic pine plantations throughout the southern hemisphere and has been recently discovered in north central North America. It is uncertain how this insect will behave in pine ecosystems in North America. To assess the impact and attack behavior of 

April 1, 2010

New Harvard Forest Publication: Analytical Web Project Update

A new publication from the Analytic Web project (a joint effort of UMass computer scientists Lee Osterweil, Lori Clarke, Rodion Podorozhny, and Sandy Wise, and HF researchers Emery Boose and Aaron Ellison) further formalizes the semantics of scientific workflows needed to clearly define scientific processes and create process provenance metadata. These ideas and workflow structures are being used to analyze

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