Rebecca Sanders-DeMott

A new experiment is currently being constructed at Hubbard Brook. This is a collaboration of Lindsey Rustad of the USDA Forest Service, Heidi Asbjorsen of UNH, and Pam Templer of Boston University.  The idea is to manipulate the amount of precipitation reaching the forest floor and to explore how this change impacts forest ecosystem function.  The amazing team at Hubbard Brook just completed the frame infrastructure last week!  There will be gutters placed on top of these boards to divert rainwater as it falls through the forest canopy. This will reduce the actual amount of precipitation experienced by the forest within the plots.  So cool!