To understand the impact of a warming world on the Arctic landscape, long-term datasets are essential for discerning trends of change and resilience. Ed Rastetter, principal investigator of NSF’s Arctic Long-Term Ecological Research, discusses ongoing research at Toolik Lake, Alaska.
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Network Email Lists
All LTER Network mailing lists use the lternet.edu domain and are maintained in google groups. To request to join a network network mailing list, visit the group’s “about” page, using the format: https://groups.google.com/a/lternet.edu/g/”group_name”/about, where “group_name”=the list name in the table below. Emails to group lists from non-members will be either rejected or moderated. Non-gmail addresses… Read more »
Glacial Melt Drives Primary Production in Antarctic Dry Valley Lakes
The ice-covered lakes in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, a polar desert, rely on glacial melt for almost all their inputs. A recent study of Lake Fryxell suggests that in this environment even small changes in climate can impact biological productivity in the lake.
Symposium: Discovering the Nature of Ecosystem Change
Synopsis Even as sea-level rise, drought, and fire increase pressures on some ecological systems, others are benefitting from protection and restoration efforts. But some changes are not reversible. Long-term research employs observations of past changes, together with long-running experiments and modeling to understand the processes responsible for sustaining ecological functions. Drawing on concrete examples and… Read more »
2016 AGU Abstracts
From December 12-16, the American Geophysical Union (AGU) will hold its annual meeting. The LTER Network sites will be well represented with a total of 113 presentations and posters. LTER-related presentations have been organized below by day and time. Please excuse any omissions or misattributions. We will continue to add to and adjust this list up… Read more »
LTER Presentations at 2016 ESA Annual Meeting
From August 7 to August 12, the Ecological Society of America will hold its annual meeting in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. This year’s theme, “Novel Ecosystems in the Anthropocene,” will build on discussions initiated during last year’s centennial meeting, “Ecological Science at the Frontier.” Human influence now represents the dominant influence on ecosystems worldwide– and a… Read more »
Synthesis Resources
Studies in the “science of team science” are now identifying specific practices that encourage more effective and productive collaborative teams. LTER synthesis working groups benefit from NCEAS’ and the LTER Network’s experience with working group dynamics, as well as the literature of team science and open science for synthesis. Building your team Participation in a… Read more »
Native plants in urban yards offer refuge to local birds
A study by scientists at the Central Arizona-Phoenix (CAP) Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) site found that residential yards in urban areas with native vegetation support local bird species better than those with traditional grass lawns, essentially providing “mini refuges.” The study, published in the online journal PLoS ONE, looked at residential landscapes in Phoenix,… Read more »
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LTER Interactive Cartographic Almanac Reference Guide
The LTER Interactive Cartographic Almanac is a tool to generate
images of sites in the LTER Network against various backdrops. The tool
was created by Jamie Hollingsworth of Bonanza Creek with support from
the LNO.
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