Documents — Network Office Numbered Publications

Number 21 in the Network Office Numbered Publication Series.

Long-Term Ecological Research in the United States: A Network of Research Sites (6th edition, revised). 1991.

Internet Connectivity in LTER: Assessment and Recommendations
James W. Brunt, John Porter, and Rudolf Nottrott
February 12, 1990

Data and Information Management in the Ecological Sciences: A Resource Guide

Edited by William K. Michener, John H. Porter, and Susan G. Stafford

Publisher: LTER Network Office, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

More than 100 individuals attended a two-day workshop (August 8-9, 1997) entitled “Data and Information Management in the Ecological Sciences” that was held at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque.

Objectives of the workshop were to:

Long-Term Ecological Research, Author: James T. Callahan

Source: BioScience, Vol. 34, No. 6 (Jun., 1984), pp. 363-367

Published by: University of California Press on behalf of the American Institute of Biological Sciences

Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1309727

Stream Research in the LTER Network
1993. PDF and Hard-copy.

This report describes stream research (physical, chemical and biological characteristics) as was conducted at 12 sites in the LTER Network in 1993.

While the conceptual framework guiding research differs widely across sites, common themes are considered, including geomorphologic and riparian controls of ecosystem function and response to and recovery from disturbance.

This monograph is an assembly of papers and presentations made by scientists during a workshop on El Nino and Long Term Ecological Research sites held in September 20, 1993 at the LTER All Scientists Meeting at Estes Park, Colorado. (Available in print only)

This BioSciences issue features two important papers with nearly identical titles:
Long-Term Ecological Research and the Invisible Present (1990) by John J. Magnuson and Long-Term Ecological Research and the Invisible Place (1990) by Fredrick J. Swanson and Richard E. Sparks.
Both argue the case for long term ecological observations.

1990s Global Change Action Plan Utilizing a Network of Ecological Research Sites. This is a report of the proceedings of a workshop held November 1989, in Denver, Colorado. The workshop proposed a plan for an integrated program of research by the existing network of long-term ecological research sites to focus on the causes and effects, and the interactions between terrestrial organisms, ecological processes, and Global Change.

The final release of the Decadal Plan for LTER – reformatted for book publication with citation as LTER Network Publication #24.

A Strategic Research Initiative developed by the Research Initiatives Subcommittee of the LTER Planning Process Conference Committee and the Cyberinfrastructure Core Team.

List of the LTER Numbered series publications.

The Climates of the Long-Term Ecological Research Sites. 1987. Report maintained on-line Each LTER site maintains a climate database and at many sites climate data represent the longest data set available. Increasing attention to possible ecological consequences of global change requires an understanding climate variabilities and the potential for rapid directional climate change. This electronic report describes climatic variability, climatic change scenarios, and individual climate and water budget analyses performed at 18 LTER sites. Greenland, D.

LTER Network Office Publication #20: Guidelines for Measurements of Woody Detritus in Forest Ecosystems. This publication describes some of the most common methods used to quantify the amount and dynamics of woody detritus in forest ecosystems. A hierarchical scheme is presented that will help assure data comparability for intersite studies.

Meeting the Challenge of Long-term, Broad-scale Ecological Experiments. 1995. Hard-copy only. This report describes an example of a 10-year, 28-site experiment to test the efect of substrate quality and macroclimate on long-term decompositiona nd nutrient dynamics. Harmon, M., and the Long-Term Intersite Decomposition Experiment Team (LIDET). 1995. Meeting the Challenge of Long-Term, Broad-Scale Ecological Experiments.

LTER Network Office Publication #17: International Networking in Long-Term Ecological Research: Proceedings of an International Summit This book, published in 1994, represents the nascent effort to solidify an International LTER network. Hosted by the NSF and the LTER Network Office, representatives from 16 countries presented their long-term research and their interests in forming an International LTER Network

Greenland, David. (ed). 1994. El Nino and Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) Sites. Publication No. 18. LTER Network Office: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque USA. 57 pp. Six papers, or shorter contributions, describe studies of analysis of climatic, or proxy climatic, data at or near the following five LTER sites: Sevilleta (NM), Niwot Ridge (CO), Andrews (OR), Konza Prairie (KS), and North Temperate Lakes (WI). LTER areas and regions for the most part display El Nino signals consistent to those already found in continental scale studies.

Abstract Runkle, James R. 1992. Guidelines and sample protocol for sampling forest gaps. Gen.Tech.Rep.PNW-GTR-283. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 44 p. Comparative studies of forest structure and dynamics require standardized methods. A protocol for sampling forest canopy gaps is presented. Methods used in published gap studies are reviewed. The sample protocol will be useful in developing a broader understanding of forest structure and dynamics through comparative studies across different forest ecosystems.

LTER Data Management Meeting San Antonio, TX; 1-3 August 1991. The meeting was devoted to assessing LTER Data Management (DM) activities since the 1990 Workshop and forming five working groups to address specific topics.

This report was prepared in response to a request from the National Science Foundation to analyze the status of the Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network technical supplements and to assess future technical needs. It provides a history of technical supplements in 1989 and 1990, and a snapshot view of several important technologies across the Network as of September 1990. Since that time, use of Ingres as a relational database management system has become more widespread across the Network.

1990s Global Change Action Plan. 1990. In recognition of the critical importance of ecological research in understanding, predicting and ameliorating global change, a group of scientists representing 25 research sites met in November 1989 to consider how a network of ecological sites might contribute to research on global change. Network Office Publication Number 4. 1990s Global Change Action Plan: Utilizing a Network of Ecological Research Sites. November 1989, Colorado.

Climate Variability and Ecosystem Response. 1990. Proceedings of a Long Term Ecological Research Workshop. Network Office Publication Number 6. Niwot Ridge/Green Lakes Valley LTER Site. Mountain Research Station. University of Colorado, Boulder. August 21-23, 1988. Edited by David Greenland and Lloyd W. Swift, Jr. UDSA Forest Service SE Experiment Station and LTER Network Office.

Reprint from the July/August 1990 issue of BioScience (AIBS Vol. 40, No. 7, pages 509-524) This section discusses the importance of long-term research for revealing certain phenomena in ecology.

1990 Long-Term Ecological Research Network Core Data Set Catalog. Publication No. 5. Belle W. Baruch Institute for Marine Biology and Coastal Research: University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

Held in Snowbird, Utah July 26-28, 1990. The LTER Program is unique in that it represents a network. An explicit goal of the LTER program is to study ecological processes that require measurement over long periods of time (years to decades to centuries). The LTER Data Managers recognized these two aspects of the LTER program and devoted their 1990 LTER Data Managers Workshop to the discussion and resolution of several associated problems and challenges in meeting these objectives.

Standardized Meteorological Measurements for Long-Term Ecological Research Sites. Network Office Publication Number 3. Prepared by the The Long Term Ecological Research Climate Committee, June 1986. Editor: David Greenland.