Preliminary Findings

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It is almost March 31, 2015 and the end is near for my germination study! Here I show my most recent data on the effect of leaf litter and precipitation on Island Torrey Pine germination time. My findings suggest that the presence of leaf litter has an impact on germination rate and viability of the Island Torrey Pine. This is seen most drastically between drought (LP) years under the presence (+LL) and absence (-LL) of leaf litter.

Germination Rate for the Island Torrey Pine

Figure 1: Germination time of SRI Island Torrey pine (Pinus torreyana insluaris) with different irrigation and leaf litter treatments. HP = High Irrigation, LP = Low Irrigation, +LL = Leaf Litter Presence, -LL = Leaf Litter Absence.

Here we come California! 

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Thank you Sean, Tom, John, and Diana for this amazing opportunity to help the people of New Orleans and take the time to teach us about the issues Louisiana faces. We are all grateful to be part of this amazing cause!





Here we come CI !!

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Time went by way to fast , and with smiles on our faces we depart from NOLA.

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Farewell brunch at the Rugby Pub in Gretna 

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We were treated to a delicious, traditional Irish breakfast and live music before we head off to our flight home! 

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Day 11: last meal 

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Here at the rugby pub having a nice Sunday morning brunch before our flight back to California. This whole experience has been amazing. We have met some awesome people and done great work. 



Data fun

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Ending our trip with some good old data entry. 

  The boys look like they’re having fun. 

Last Full Day

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Today was our last full day at the Woodland field site and we had some special guests joining us. Tulane students with an array of majors joined us and we’re excited to get working and helping us with our surveys. 

The wonderful student that my group got was Simone. She is an environmental science major and in ROTC. She was very excited about learning about the different plants and how we did our survey work. Just after a few 2Mx2M sections, she picked it up. 

Thank you to the Tulane students that came out! 

The last celebration

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The group had some amazing Vietnamese food and wandered through the French Quarter one last time to say good bye to this wonderful city.

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Last day in the Woodlands

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Bitter sweet ending to the field work in the woodlands conservancy.  Hard to say goodbye to this beautiful park but it was nice to meet and work with young Tulane University students.

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