Collaborative Research in the LTER Network
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This research project will further the development of                      long-term ecological research including, but not confined to,                   work at the LTER (Long-Term Ecological Research) sites                          currently supported by NSF.  Objectives include: stimulating                    and facilitating collaborative research, especially joint                       experiments and comparative analyses, and syntheses of                          ecological concepts within and among biomes; development of                     standardized sampling programs, experimental designs, and data                  management procedures; and creation of a communication network                  for sites engaged in long-term research.  Substantial progress                  was made in these activities during the last 4 years and the                    LTER Coordinating Committee (LTER/CC) recognizes the potential                  of and its responsibilities for development of a functional                     multi-site network.  These activities will reflect an expanded                  commitment to realizing the potential for intersite activities.                 The largest body of work will be a series of comparative and                    synthetic studies led by senior scientists on: (1) productivity                 and its controls, utilizing major environmental gradients                       represented in the LTER systems; (2) disturbance and ecosystem                  dynamics, including processes in secondary succession,                          prediction of vegetation dynamics, and the role of various                      types of disturbances; (3) temporal variability across biome                    types and patterns of response to global changes; and (4)                       landscape and regional analyses.  The data management working                   group will recruit a facilitator for the extensive planned data                 exchanges, continue development of standardized procedures, and                 implement electronic networking.  The meteorological group will                 conduct two comparative environmental analyses of the sites,                    revise existing standards, and expand an earlier comparison of                  climates.  Initiation of comparative stable isotope studies                     will assist in propagating this technology throughout the                       network.  An intersite group will address major conceptual                      issues in ecosystem modeling.  Finally, the LTER/CC will                        continue major communication activities, such as publication of                 newsletters, guidebooks, reports, and articles and                              presentation of symposia.  Emphasis is on specific tasks and                    topics with a senior LTER scientist responsible for a                           productive conclusion to each activity.  Furthermore, higher                    level syntheses which will contribute to the conceptual basis                   of ecology have been given priority.  As before, individual                     LTER programs will make major contributions of funds and                        personnel and include non-LTER sites in all activities.
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{'Code': '1128', 'Text': 'Population & Community Ecology'}
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