Adventures of an Ecologist

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Month: October 2018


Measuring Sapflux in Ghana

Installing new sapflow sensors in Bobiri semi-deciduous forest in Ghana In collaboration with Prof. Yadvinder Malhi (Univ. of Oxford) and Dr. Stephen Adu-Bredu (FORIG) I travelled to Ghana in June 2017 to install some new sapflow sensors into trees to look at the effects of seasonality on tree transpiration. [siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] [siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] [siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] […]


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Fieldwork in the Amazon 2017

In 2017 I returned to the Caxiuanã drought experiment for another 6 weeks with a team of 9 people to extend the work of our 2016 campaign to the forests largest and smallest trees. We focused heavily on how hydraulic and photosynthetic traits in saplings contrasted those of the canopy giants. [siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] [siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] […]


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