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Methods
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Ecosystem
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F&ES 519B - Winter
1999 Our class, Methods
of Ecosystem Analysis (FES519b),studied the
mixed hardwood forest at Saltonstall Ridge, East
Haven, CT. Our class began our project in January
of 1999 as part of Yale
School for Forestry and Environmental Studies.
We surveyed and ran transects on Saltonstall Ridge
as well as collected samples of the Tree of Heaven
(Ailanthus altissma). We examined such
fields as phytosociology, allometry, plant tissue
chemistry, biometrics, and dendrochronology. This
course was designed to expose students to ecosystem
level questions, to gain experience using methods
for field data collection and laboratory analysis
of ecosystem parameters, and to introduce students
to professional level data presentation techniques.
We hope that our data will contribute to long-term
ecological research and help to enlighten others
about ecosystem-level analysis.
Thomas
Siccama and Daniel
Vogt
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Class List: Frank
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