Dear all, This is the first announcement of the SAPFLUXNET initiative, a global database of sap flow measurements in woody plants. This database will allow new exciting analyses of the ecological drivers of plant transpiration at the global scale and it will be first made available to all data contributors and eventually to the entire scientific community (<http://sapfluxnet.creaf.cat/>http://sapfluxnet.creaf.cat/).
As a first step, we want to know how much data are potentially available and how responsive is the sap flow community to our eventual call for data. If you have measured sap flow during at least one year/growing season, in a field setting (including orchards, but excluding studies in greenhouses), we would be grateful if you could fill in this simple metadata form (<http://sfnform.creaf.cat/app/form/>http://sfnform.creaf.cat/app/form/). Completing the form should take less than 5 minutes and it would already provide us with valuable initial information. The data collection period is projected to begin in early 2016. More details on the data policy will be available then. If at this stage you are unsure whether to contribute because you would like to know the precise terms of the data policy, please specify this in the form (i.e. 'Yes, conditioned on the data policy terms'). In our efforts to maximise data contribution to the project, you may receive this information from various sources. Apologies for any inconvenience caused. Best regards, Rafa -- Rafael Poyatos López ---------------------- Postdoctoral Researcher CREAF - Centre de Recerca Ecològica i Aplicacions Forestals Campus UAB. Edifici C. 08193 Bellaterra (Barcelona) -- +34 93 581 46 76 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://www.creaf.cat/en/personal/rafael-poyatos-lopez
