<html><head><style>body{font-family:Times,Arial;font-size:14px}</style></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Times,Arial;font-size:14px; color: rgba(0,0,0,1.0); margin: 0px; line-height: auto;">The caveat is that it is the standard curve seen on most temperate studies. In the tropics you need ~10 years of consistent sampling to see the curve level off. Not to mention that the canopy and understory communities are almost completely different. </div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Times,Arial;font-size:14px; color: rgba(0,0,0,1.0); margin: 0px; line-height: auto;"><br></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Times,Arial;font-size:14px; color: rgba(0,0,0,1.0); margin: 0px; line-height: auto;">Chris</div> <br> <div id="bloop_sign_1421766271405967104" class="bloop_sign"><div style="font-family:helvetica,arial;font-size:13px"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: normal;">-- </span><br style="font-size: 15px; line-height: normal;"><span style="line-height: normal; font-size: 14px; font-family: helvetica;">Christopher Hamm<br>Postdoctoral Researcher<br>Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology<br>University of Kansas</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: normal;"></span><div style="line-height: normal; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">5032 Haworth Hall</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">1200 Sunnyside Avenue</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Lawrence, Kansas 66045-7566</span></div><div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">USA</span></div><div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></div><div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">email: <font color="#0352ff">chamm@ku.edu</font></span></div><div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">phone: <font color="#0352ff">(785) 864-3848</font></span></div><div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font color="#0433ff">butterflyology.net</font></span></div><div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font color="#0352ff">pizzabeerandscience.blogspot.com</font></span></div><div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font color="#0433ff">@butterflyology</font></span></div></div></div> <br><p style="color:#000;">On January 20, 2015 at 08:38:43, metzlere@msu.edu (<a href="mailto:metzlere@msu.edu">metzlere@msu.edu</a>) wrote:</p> <blockquote type="cite" class="clean_bq"><span><div><div></div><div>
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<p><span style="font-size: medium;">It is my impression that Tony's
data look like a lot of data sets I've seen, e.g. a series of 6
papers published by Teraguchi and Lublin, 1999. in Kirtlandia, Vol
51, pages 3 thru 86. The data were based on almost 10 years
of monthly light trapping of moths at 6 sites in NE Ohio. I
was involved in the project as a pro bono consultant helping them
with identifications. I think I've seen a term for the kind
of curve Tony suggests, and if I remember correctly, it is a
standard curve seen in most long term studies.<br>
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Cheers from sunny, and a comfortable 70F southern NM.<br>
<br>
Eric,</span></p>
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