A few weeks ago, I hosted Dr. Zhiqun Huang and his forest
ecosystem and soil science research group from Fujian Normal University
in China, for a visit to the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest (HBR).
It was a great opportunity to meet with Dr. Huang and his colleagues
again, after visiting their lab and research sites in Fujian last year. The experience was a good deal of fun, and I
hope the group learned a lot about the way we approach ecology and research at
HBR, some of which might be helpful as they invest in building long-term
research facilities and projects in Fujian province. I was lucky, despite the visit happening in
the “quiet season”, to be able to include meetings and meals with many people
at HBR and UNH, including David Sleeper and Geoff Wilson from the Hubbard Brook Research Foundation,
Ian Halm and Amey Bailey from the US Forest
Service Northern Research Station, Pam
Templer from Boston University, and several members of the Terrestrial Ecosystem Analysis group
who met with us at UNH.
Photo 1: Huang lab group at HBR in November 2012,
Photo by Pam Templer