Monday – 08/30/10

• Preparing committee member research status update.
• Pick up and install additional 8 GB RAM! After crashing the computer several times last night, this is a welcome addition.
• New publication out today in Biotropica titled ‘Distinct Leaf-Trait Syndromes of Evergreen and Deciduous Trees in a Seasonally Dry Tropical Forest’ located in Western Mexico in which we investigate biotic and abiotic selective pressures on leaf traits, including herbivory, phylogenetic signal, and phenologic status.