Documents — LTER Network

The Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) Program is a highly successful endeavor in the collection and analysis of scientific data on ecological processes, especially over longer temporal and larger spatial scales. The LTER Network currently consists of 18 site-based projects that span a broad array of ecosystems, and a collective, multi-site program in data collection and sharing, experimentation, and synthesis.

The LTER Coordinating Committee has reviewed the report, Ten-Year Review of the National Science Foundation Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) Program, as you requested in your letter of July 12. This was done at a meeting of the full committee in Madison, WI on July 30.

Ten-Year Review of The National Science Foundation’s Long-Term Ecological Research Program

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.

Each Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) site should develop its own data management policy in consultation with key investigators and higher administrative units.

This documents the Strategic Planning Exercise practiced by the LTER Network in 1989

REPORT OF THE NSF ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL PLANNING FOR LONG-TERM ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH PROJECTS – (The “Shugart Report”)

Long-term Ecological Research Concept Statement and Measurement Needs Summary of a Workshop at the Institute of Ecology, Indianapolis, Indiana, June 25-27, 1979. Prepared for: National Science Foundation Directorate for Biological, Behavioral and Social Sciences Division of Environmental Biology, Biological Research Resources Program

This report describes a pilot project for long-term observation and study of ecological systems in the United States. It includes a plan for the organization, development, and administration of the project, as well as a proposed system for the selection, storage, and retrieval of observational data.

A group of scientists representing many areas of ecology met March 16-18, 1977 to discuss fundamental issues concerning long-term ecological measurements. The report of this conference is divided into two parts: (1) a summary statement from the entire co nference; and (2) specific recommendations regarding terrestrial freshwater and marine ecosystems, prepared by different sections of the conference.