Dear TASpeR Science Community, I am writing to provide some important and exciting updates about the TASpeR project! We’ve updated our website with new features, have some preliminary findings to share, and set ambitious goals for our 2021 sampling. We have some exciting plans to share in the upcoming months and I thank you so […]
Although our laboratory at Boston University was shut down for about 3 months this spring due to Covid-19, we have now returned to research activities. In the next several weeks we will have data on the fallen leaf samples, and will be working in the lab to obtain phosphorus concentrations of the leaves that were […]
Don Drife put together a great blog post over on his website about identifying different maple species found in Michigan. Check it out here: http://www.michigannatureguy.com/blog/2019/08/14/michigan-maples/ Don is also participating in the TASpeR project!
The TASpeR project is underway! We have sent out over 120 sampling kits to Citizen Scientist participants throughout the eastern United States. We are excited to start to get some leaf samples rolling into the lab.