Flooded forest plot sampling in Ecuador

In order to better understand how flooding and gap formation affect Amazonian rainforests, I set up plots both in three major forest types that differed by flooding duration (referred to here as dry, wet, very wet) and in their respective gaps.

Support for this work was provided by grants BSR-8811902, DEB-9411973, DEB-9705814 , DEB-0080538, DEB-0218039 , DEB-0620910 , DEB-1239764, DEB-1546686, and DEB-1831952 from the National Science Foundation to the University of Puerto Rico as part of the Luquillo Long-Term Ecological Research Program. Additional support provided by the University of Puerto Rico and the International Institute of Tropical Forestry, USDA Forest Service.

为了更好地理解洪水与林隙形成对亚马逊雨林的影响，我在三种主要森林类型（根据洪水持续时间差异分为干旱、湿润、极湿润三类）及其各自的林隙中均设置了样地。
本研究获得了美国国家科学基金会授予波多黎各大学的BSR-8811902、DEB-9411973、DEB-9705814、DEB-0080538、DEB-0218039、DEB-0620910、DEB-1239764、DEB-1546686及DEB-1831952项目资助，这些资助均属于卢基约长期生态研究项目的一部分。此外，本研究还得到了波多黎各大学与美国农业部林务局国际热带林业研究所的额外支持。