1.
Germinants:
The Next
Generation
Denise Rauschendorfer
Shinjini Goswami
Thomas Mann
Alex Young
Photo credit: Top-www.denofgeek.com; Bottom- Denise Rauschendorfer
To boldly go where no
intern has gone before

2.
2020 Population Density: Germinant Study
American Beech Sugar Maple
Data collected and analyzed by Denise Rauschendorfer

3.
2012 Population Density: Germinant Study
American Beech Sugar Maple
Data collected by Shinjini Goswami and analyzed by Thomas Mann

4.
2018 Population Density: Germinant Study
American Beech Sugar Maple
Data collected and analyzed by Thomas Mann

5.
Seedling
Survival
Data collected and analyzed by Shinjini Goswami

6.
Seedling
Light
Availability
Value
Photo credit: www.lakesuperiorstreams.org

7.
Stem Mapping
Maps created by Alex Young; Data collected by previous and present MELNHE crews

8.
Thank
You
Photo credit: Left- www. intelligenceexplosion.com;
Right- friendly tourist
The MELNHE Project is funded
by USDA NIFA (2019-67019-
29464) and NSF (DEB-1637685)
. For more information, please
visit www.esf.edu/melnhe