May 2011 Archives

InventoryMay2011.doc An inventory of Team E's side of G-3.

Today we started the seedling search at Steven's Approach (SAP). The wind was strong and air temperature was chilly. We searched 3 circles; in one of the circles we found 6 seedlings! We drew a map and filled in a matrix, as we have done in previous years. We also tried out the new coordinate frame.
I (Amy) have revised the protocol. Please read it and feel free to suggest ways it can be improved.
Seedling Search Protocol 2011.doc

Here is the rough draft of the tag making protocol. Edit away!

We designed an experiment to assess how fire affects the growth of plants. This spring we will plant about 2500 seedlings in 2500 randomly assigned locations on a 1m x 1m grid. We aim to keep track of the identity of all individuals and plant them quickly and efficiently. Here are five datasheets that will help: pathsToPlant.pdf, plantingDataSheet.csv, plugRowsPerPath.pdf, trayInfoByPseg.pdf, trayInfoByRow.pdf

Yesterday we burned the common garden. There was a lot of fuel, since the common garden was last burned in May 2008. It was a slow, even burn.

Stuart lighting the fire, at the northeast corner of the common garden.
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Second photo: We doused the back fire with water, allowing the head fire to proceed west-ward across the common garden.

Third photo: View from the northeast, looking southwest. The dark green in the foreground has already burned.

Fourth photo: View from the northwest. It was a good burn!