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|                      New Mexico State University                 |
|                   Research Project Description Form              |
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All Jornada Desert Site NSF / LTER projects must be documented on
the following form.  In addition, associated data sets must also
be described on Data Set Documentation Forms, available from the
data manager.
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 1) Project title:
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    Transect Termites

 2) Responsible investigator:
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    Marsha Conley

 3) Date research commenced (mm/dd/yyyy):
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    07/30/1982

 4) Date research terminated (mm/dd/yyyy):
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    09/24/1986

 5) PI funding the research:
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    W.G. Whitford

 6) Additional investigator(s):
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    <NONE>

 7) Funding agency (ex. NSF, USDA):
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    NSF

 8) Funding cycle (Ex. LTER II, N/A):
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    LTER-I

 9) Informative abstract (Describe research project completely.
    Include project OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS.)
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    Data set includes bi-weekly records of number of termites observed
    within and beneath each of 4 rolls of toilet paper placed at each
    of 91 stations on treatment and control transects.  Observations of
    presence of termite activity at each roll (paper eaten, cartons
    constructed) are also included.

10) Data set(s) associated with project:
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                                                       Documentation
    Data set name                                      file name
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    Transect Termites                                  TRANTERM.DSD

11) Publications resulting from project research:
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    <NONE>

12) Comments (Include any comments that here that more full describe
              this project):
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    <NONE>

13) Project file history log:
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    Project title     - Transect Termites
    Project file name - TRANTERM.DSD
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         mm/dd/yyyy      - Date of comment (month/day/year)
         Int             - Initials of person making comment
         Changes/Updates - List any changes made to document

         KJL             - Kevin J. La Fleur
         JPA             - John P. Anderson
         MAB             - Michelle A. Buonopane

    mm/dd/yyyy  Int  Changes/Updates
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    12/05/2002  MAB  Completed form.

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