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Consumer Absence Generates Ecological Dissimilarity (CAGED)

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Consumer Absence Generates Ecological Dissimilarity (CAGED): A cross-ecosystem synthesis exploring the consequences of consumer loss on community variability Consumers are disappearing from ecosystems across the globe, the effects of which influence how the remaining community looks and functions. Recent case studies suggest that consumer loss leads to increased community variability across space. However, it remains… Read more »

Information Management Annual Meeting-Day 2

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September 10, 2024 @ 10:00 am-1:00 pm –

Important updates: 

Where and when?
Zoom link: https://ucsb.zoom.us/j/419931872

Meeting time:
1-4 Eastern
12-3 Central
11-2 Mountain
10-1 West Coast

All the links – all in one place!

Detailed agenda (synopsis below).

IMC Meeting Slidedeck (UPLOAD YOUR SLIDES NO LATER THAN THE NIGHT BEFORE YOU ARE PRESENTING)

AGENDA

Time (Eastern) Activity

MONDAY

1:00

 Welcome, introduction icebreaker activity, agenda review.

1:30

 IM Exec Election (3 members)
Volunteer for next Databits Editor

1:45

 IMKE #1 (3 minute lightning talks): (BLE online tools [Tim], vouchers [Mary], ezEML [Mark/Roger], science on Schema.org [Colin]; EML->Metabase [Greg]; Sample archive [Li]

2:15

 LNO Report

2:25

 Short break

2:35

 EDI Report

2:50

 ILTER Report

3:00

 Workshop #1 :Keywording (Corinna and Greg)

4:00

 Adjourn

TUESDAY

1:00

 IMKE #2 (15 minute talks): Shiny climate viewer [Renée], Units [John P.]

1:30

 Working group highlights (metabase, hymet, keywording/annotation, units, EML BP)

1:45

 Breakout #1: IM Challenges and Solutions. What are challenges LTER IM’s currently face? How are other IM’s tackling this? What VWCs topics could help you? What network resources could help? Report out at the end

2:30

 Short break

2:45

 Breakout #1a: Ecosystem specific IM Challenges and Solutions. Ecosystem breakout groups (marine, coastal, grassland, forest, polar/alpine, freshwater, urban)

3:00

 Breakout #2 : IM input to network wide network planning (IM 2035).

3:45

 Regroup – General discussion. New working groups? Bring Your Own Beverage (coffee chat or happy hour depending on your time zone).

4:00

 Adjourn

 

Long-term study field technician at Jornada LTER

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The Jornada Basin Long-term Ecological Research program (JRN LTER), based in New Mexico State University (NMSU) in Las Cruces, New Mexico, is seeking a new member for its team of core-study field technicians.

Graduate Student Committee Annual Report (2024)

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Annual report of the LTER Graduate Student Committee was presented to the LTER Science Council at the annual meeting on June 13, 2024 by Committee Representative Joey Lodge (NWT).

Education and Outreach Committee Annual Report (2024)

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Annual report of the LTER Education and Outreach Committee was presented to the LTER Science Council at the annual meeting on June 13, 2024 by Committee Representative Annette Brickley (NES).

Information Management Committee Annual Report (2024)

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The annual report of the information committee was presented to the Science Council at the annual meeting, June 13 in Fairbanks, AK. The Committee Representative was Sarah Elmendorf (MCM), substituting for Mary Martin (HBR).

Diversity Committee Annual Report (2024)

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The annual report of the diversity committee was presented to the Science Council at the annual meeting, June 13 in Fairbanks, AK. The Committee Representative was Marko Spasojevic.

How do Ecosystems Recover from Extreme Drought?

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A team of Sevilleta LTER researchers are leveraging an existing long-term drought experiment to build critical understanding of dryland ecosystem responses in the aftermath of extreme drought.

Research Associate in Environmental Sciences | VCR LTER

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The Department of Environmental Sciences at the University of Virginia (UVA) invites applications for a postdoctoral Research Associate position focused on modeling marine population dynamics and larval connectivity.