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Research Spring 2018
Starting in 2017, blogger and photographer Erika Zambello launched a road trip to visit as many LTER sites as possible. Erika visited the Andrews Forest LTER site in May 2018. Erika went high into the canopy of a big Douglas fir tree. She visited climate stations and hydrology gage stations that have been collecting data for decades. She connected with a graduate student who was tracking spotted skunks and with a scientist studying the timing of plant bud break in the spring. Follow Erika's travels through the LTER Road Trip blog.
Photographed by: Erika Zambello/LTER NCO CC BY-SA 4.0
Date: 5/16/2018
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sensors measure temperature
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Date: 5/16/2018
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the sensor measures evapotranspiration
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Date: 5/16/2018
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Instrumentation near the discovery tree
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Date: 5/16/2018
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Pacific dogwood
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Date: 5/16/2018
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understory at the Andrews forest
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Date: 5/16/2018
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apartments
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Date: 5/16/2018
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moth
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Date: 5/16/2018
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hard hats and materials for student participants in the Canopy Connections program
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Date: 5/16/2018
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understory at the Andrews forest
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Date: 5/16/2018
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climbing a tree at the Andrews Forest
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Date: 5/16/2018
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climbing a tree at the Andrews Forest
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Date: 5/16/2018
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Sarah Ward tree climbing
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Date: 5/16/2018
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Rufous hummingbird
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Date: 5/16/2018
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The Canopy Connections program
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Date: 5/16/2018
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The Canopy Connections program
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Date: 5/16/2018
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understory at the Andrews forest
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Date: 5/16/2018
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understory at the Andrews forest
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Date: 5/16/2018
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climbing a tree at the Andrews Forest
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Date: 5/16/2018
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instruments for measuring weather
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Date: 5/16/2018
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a camera that takes periodic photos to track changes in vegetation over time
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Date: 5/16/2018
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bearing tree
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Date: 5/16/2018
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graduate student mammologist, Marie Tosa
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Date: 5/16/2018
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a camera that is motion activated to capture images of mammals
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Date: 5/16/2018
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graduate student mammologist, Marie Tosa
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Date: 5/16/2018
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moss on a stump
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Date: 5/16/2018
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graduate student mammologist, Marie Tosa, baits for small mammals to study
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Date: 5/16/2018
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bark and moss on a Douglas fir tree
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Date: 5/16/2018
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road at the Andrews Forest
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Date: 5/16/2018
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the road is being reclaimed by the forest
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Date: 5/16/2018
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graduate student mammologist, Marie Tosa, tracks small mammals with a radio device
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Date: 5/16/2018
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Mack Creek stream gage
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Date: 5/16/2018
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the flume allows measurements of stream flow
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Date: 5/16/2018
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the equipment measures stream flow rates over time
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Date: 5/16/2018
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moss and lichen can be indicators of a healthy forest
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Date: 5/16/2018
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Rough-skinned newt
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Date: 5/16/2018
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moss
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Date: 5/16/2018
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Mack Creek stream gage
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Date: 5/16/2018
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moss
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Date: 5/16/2018
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this log is part of a 200-year log decomposition study
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Date: 5/16/2018
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insect exclosures
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Date: 5/16/2018
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insect exclosures
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Date: 5/16/2018
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Watershed 1 gage house
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Date: 5/16/2018
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Watershed 1 gage house
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Date: 5/16/2018
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