The Changing Nature of Trophic Cascades at High Latitudes – Roger Ruess, Knut Kielland, John Bryant, Todd Brinkman, and Graduate Students, University of Alaska (BNZ LTER), Tom Paragi, Alaska Department…
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Forest NPP: Examining spatial and temporal heterogeneity within the LTER Network
Forest NPP: Examining spatial and temporal heterogeneity within the LTER Network – Mark E. Harmon (AND), John Battles (HBR), Audrey Barker Plotkin (HFR), Jim Clark (CWT), Grizelle González (LUQ), Michelle…
Marsh Equilibrium Theory: Feedbacks and Tipping Points
Marsh Equilibrium Theory: Feedbacks and Tipping Points – James Morris, Baruch Istitute, University of South Carolina, Plum Island Ecosystems LTER…
Presentation: Climate Resilient Coasts (McGlathery)
Coastal habitats are the first line of defense against sea-level rise and storms. At the same time, they are vulnerable to change, and can be pushed past tipping points and…
Presentation: Beyond Desertification (Bestelmeyer)
One of the classic state-change stories is that over-grazing and drought turn grasslands into shrubby, degraded landscapes. Land managers strive to avoid such irreversible changes, using strategies based on models…
Presentation: Fire and ice: Carbon cycling feedbacks to climate (Mack)
About 30% of global carbon stocks reside in the vegetation and deep, carbon-rich soils of Arctic tundra and boreal forest biomes. Wildfires—which are becoming more frequent with warmer and drier…
Presentation: Legacy of Acid Rain-A Tale of Two Species (Driscoll)
Air pollution control efforts have succeeded in reducing sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions, but decades of acid rain have leached calcium and magnesium from Northeastern forest soils. These changes…
Charles Driscoll | Legacies of Acid Rain
Presentation: Plausible Freshwater Futures (Kucharik)
Scenarios can help communities think about alternative futures, but using them to drive decisions requires data. In Wisconsin’s Yahara Watershed, researchers are combining data and modelling from the Northern Temperate…
Presentation: The Future of Coral Reefs: Does It Depend on Help from Fish? (Burkepile)
Coral reefs are a hub of marine biodiversity. They provide food, recreation and shoreline protection to some 1 billion people. But reefs around the globe have seen 50 to 90…









