{"id":1197,"date":"2026-08-27T17:42:21","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T00:42:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/joneslab\/?page_id=1197"},"modified":"2026-08-27T18:07:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T01:07:59","slug":"bci-edge-the-bci-observatory","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/joneslab\/bci-edge-the-bci-observatory\/","title":{"rendered":"BCI EDGE \u2014 The BCI observatory"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-text-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-ffabee52 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"color:#ffffff;background-color:#173d2c;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\"><p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#c8d9cf;font-size:0.8rem;letter-spacing:0.14em;text-transform:uppercase\">Barro Colorado Island \u00b7 Panama<\/p><h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#ffffff;font-size:clamp(2.8rem, 6vw, 5rem);line-height:1.03\">A genome-enabled forest observatory<\/h1><p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#dce9e1;font-size:clamp(0.875rem, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 0.542), 1.2rem);line-height:1.7\">Linking community-scale genomics to one of the world\u2019s longest and most detailed records of tropical forest change.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-a8cf6cc7 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"background-color:#f5f3ed;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\"><p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#527563;font-size:0.8rem;letter-spacing:0.12em;text-transform:uppercase\">The foundation<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#173d2c;font-size:clamp(2rem, 4vw, 3.3rem)\">More than four decades of individual tree histories<\/h2><p style=\"font-size:clamp(0.875rem, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 0.342), 1.08rem);line-height:1.75\">The 50-hectare ForestGEO plot on Barro Colorado Island contains more than 200,000 living trees representing approximately 300 species. Every tree above the census threshold is tagged, mapped, measured and identified.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-a8cf6cc7 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"background-color:#ffffff;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\"><p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#527563;font-size:0.8rem;letter-spacing:0.12em;text-transform:uppercase\">Integrated records<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#173d2c;font-size:clamp(2rem, 4vw, 3.3rem)\">Ecology observed across time and scale<\/h2><p style=\"font-size:clamp(0.875rem, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 0.342), 1.08rem);line-height:1.75\">BCI EDGE builds on an unusually rich set of long-term observations.<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\" style=\"line-height:1.8\"><li>Nine censuses spanning approximately 45 years<\/li><li>Seed, seedling, flower and fruit monitoring<\/li><li>Measurements of climate, soil and the upper forest canopy layer<\/li><li>Functional traits and leaf chemistry<\/li><li>Regional rainfall gradients across the Isthmus of Panama<\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-a8cf6cc7 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"background-color:#f5f3ed;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\"><p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#527563;font-size:0.8rem;letter-spacing:0.12em;text-transform:uppercase\">The opportunity<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#173d2c;font-size:clamp(2rem, 4vw, 3.3rem)\">From ecological observatory to evolutionary observatory<\/h2><p style=\"font-size:clamp(0.875rem, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 0.342), 1.08rem);line-height:1.75\">Adding genomes to known individual life histories makes it possible to ask how selection, gene flow and species interactions change genetic variation through space, time and life stages.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-0888539d wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"background-color:#e3ebe5;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\"><div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-a89b3969 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/joneslab\/research\/\" style=\"color:#ffffff;background-color:#173d2c\">BCI EDGE overview<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barro Colorado Island \u00b7 Panama A genome-enabled forest observatory Linking community-scale genomics to one of the world\u2019s longest and most detailed records of tropical forest change. The foundation More than four decades of individual tree histories The 50-hectare ForestGEO plot on Barro Colorado Island contains more than 200,000 living trees representing approximately 300 species. 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