USDA Funds Climate Change Research for $60 Million
| News Source: | Huffington Post | |
| Date: | 2011/03/21 | |
| Link: | http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/21/usda-climate-change-crops-study-research_n_838366.html | |
| Description: | Huffington Post, March 21, 2011 | |
Mapping the future of southern pine management in a changing world.
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A PINEMAP research technician spreads fertilizer at the Buckingham County, Virginia Tier III throughfall exclusion x fertilization site. Photo courtesy of Andy Laviner.
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The green shaded area in this map depicts the native range of loblolly pine; blue tags show collaborating institutions and yellow circles show locations of manipulative field experiments to examine the interaction of soil nutrient and water availability. Remote sensing image courtesy Google Earth; range map courtesy USDA Forest Service.
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Throughfall exclusion structures visible in a November 2012 Google Earth image of the Tier III site in McCurtain County, Oklahoma.
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Jill Qi and Aaron Joslin collect soil samples at the PINEMAP Tier III site in Taliaferro County, GA. Photo by Madison Akers.
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Tier III throughfall exclusion and fertilization site in Taylor County, Florida. Photo courtesy of Jessica Ireland.
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Throughfall exclusion structures at the Tier III site in McCurtain County, Oklahoma. Photo courtesy of Duncan Wilson.
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Leaf level gas exchange being measured with a Li-Cor 6400 portable photosynthesis sytem. Photo courtesy of John Seiler.
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