The 2014 LTER IMC Annual Meeting was held in Copper Mountain, CO this year (July 8th July 11th), in conjunction with the Federation of Earth Science and Information Partners (ESIP) summer meeting. The LTER IMC held a one day meeting on this year (July 8th) with the rest of the week open to participation in ESIP meeting activities. The LTER was well represented in the broader ESIP meeting the rest of the week, with multiple sessions led by LTER IM members covering topics both LTER specific and broader.
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2014.09 Executive Board Meeting Notes
Notes from LTER Executive Board Meeting – September 11, 2014.
Collins resigns as LTER Chair, Groffman takes over
Scott Collins has resigned as Chair of the Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Science Council and Executive Board, and Peter Groffman, who as Chair-elect was scheduled to become Chair in May 2015, has assumed those duties, effective immediately. Dr. Groffman is a microbial ecologist at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies and is associated with… Read more »
LTER data key to studies in special issue of Biogeochemistry journal
Long term studies by a number of Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) sites were the basis for some of the 14 papers in a special issue of the journal Biogeochemistry entitled “Tracking evolution of urban biogeochemical cycles: past, present, and future.” The issue encompasses work by urban ecologists in different cities across the U.S. including… Read more »
A river runs through it: U.S. cities’ waterways show consistent patterns of evolution
DataBits Newsletter, Fall 2014
Welcome to the Fall 2014 issue of Databits. The articles submitted for this issue cover a range of topics. A thought-provoking commentary presents a vision for archiving simulation model data and code – perhaps some of our readers will address current and emerging capabilities on that topic in a future issue. A guest contributor shares… Read more »
Nelson and Vucetich question new interpretation of the Endangered Species Act
What exactly does the US Fish and Wildlife Service’s recent reinterpretation of the Endangered Species Act portend for endangered species? Michael P. Nelson, the Principal Investigator of H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) program and John A. Vucetich (an ecologist at Michigan Technological University), tackle that question in a recent opinion piece… Read more »
KBS LTER work helps shape USDA greenhouse gas policy
KBS LTER director Phil Robertson was part of team that authored a report that, for the first time, provides uniform scientific methods for quantifying the changes in greenhouse gas emissions and carbon storage from various land management and conservation activities. Read more: http://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2014/msu-helps-shape-usda-greenhouse-gas-policy/
2014 LNO Org Chart
2014 LNO Org Chart
Asst. Prof of Ecology, Mojave Desert, USA
POSITION TITLE The University of Nevada, Las Vegas invites applications for a Landscape Restoration Ecologist PROFILE of the UNIVERSITY UNLV is a comprehensive research university of approximately 28,000 students and 2,900 faculty and staff dedicated to teaching, research, and service. The university has internationally recognized programs in hotel administration and creative writing; professional degrees in… Read more »
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