Established in 1907
Harvard University's 4000 acre laboratory & classroom
Long Term Ecological Research site since 1988
Harvard University's 4000 acre laboratory & classroom
Long Term Ecological Research site since 1988
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Florida International University, focuses on leaf color change. The site will provide a central repository for images, references and scientific explanations and theories relating to leaf pigment changes. Though this site focuses on the New England area, the
commemorative souvenir stamp sheet. The sheet's reverse side provides the common and scientific names of the 27 animals and plants pictured on the front. The artist's rendition was modelled after Harvard Pond and was created with some input from Harvard
recently determined based on research currently being conducted by Tony D'Amato, doctoral candidate in Forestry at UMass, and Dr. David Orwig, forest ecologist at the Harvard Forest. This extensive, field-based research builds on the work of previous studies
nutrient stoichiometry of northern pitcher plants fed supplemental prey. Their results suggest that under current conditions of high nitrogen deposition in the northeast that pitcher plants are
for Outstanding Thesis in the Biological Sciences, receiving an Honorable Mention for his research at the Harvard University Extension School Masters of Liberal Arts Program. Brooks' thesis advisors were Harvard Forest ecologists Betsy Colburn and David Foster, and Harvard
Farnsworth analyzed photosynthetic rates, tissue nutrient content, and morphology of the California pitcher plant Darlingtonia californica, and found that carnivorous plants deviate substantially from generalized spectra of leaf traits proposed for a wide variety of terrestrial plants. This
ecological investigations, with a strong emphasis on studies of vegetation, disturbance history, and stand dynamics. Little is known of the local flora prior to the establishment of Harvard Forest in 1907. Hugh Raup developed the first checklistContact
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