Location
Latitude: 42.53
Longitude: -72.19
Elevation: 330
Biome: Deciduous Forest
Site Details
Site Disposition:
In the Fall of 2024, the Harvard Forest LTER was notified that its funding through the U.S. National Science Foundation's LTER program would not be renewed. Research continues at Harvard Forest to the extent possible with funding from other sources. The Harvard Forest continues its vital work in ecological research, education, training, and engagement as a department of Harvard University.Retrospective:
Additional information on the research and accomplishments of Harvard Forest as an LTER site are available on the Harvard Forest web site.Accomplishments:
The current focal areas and accomplishments of the Harvard Forest research team are best viewed on the Harvard Forest website.Research Areas:
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Data Stewardship and Sharing:
Harvard Forest maintains its own data catalog and makes LTER publicly available at the Environmental Data Initiative.Continuing Contacts:
Jonathan Thompson - Director of Harvard Forest
Audrey Barker Plotkin - Senior Researcher and Site Manager, aabarker@fas.harvard.edu
Clarisse Hart - Director of Outreach & Education
Grant History:
LTER-06: DEB–1832210
LTER: From Microbes to Macrosystems: Understanding the response of ecological systems to global change drivers and their interactions
Start Date: March 1, 2019
LTER: From Microbes to Macrosystems: Understanding the response of ecological systems to global change drivers and their interactions
Start Date: March 1, 2019
LTER-05: DEB–1237491
LTER V: New Science, Synthesis, Scholarship, and Strategic Vision for Society
Start Date: January 1, 2013
LTER V: New Science, Synthesis, Scholarship, and Strategic Vision for Society
Start Date: January 1, 2013
LTER-04: DEB–0620443
LTER IV: Integrated Studies of the Drivers, Dynamics, and Consequences of Landscape Change in New England
Start Date: October 1, 2006
LTER IV: Integrated Studies of the Drivers, Dynamics, and Consequences of Landscape Change in New England
Start Date: October 1, 2006
LTER-03: DEB–0080592
LTER III: Long Term Ecological Research at Harvard Forest
Start Date: October 15, 2000
LTER III: Long Term Ecological Research at Harvard Forest
Start Date: October 15, 2000
LTER-02: DEB–9411975
LTER: Harvard Forest Long-Term Ecological Research Program Forest Ecosystem Dynamics in Central New England
Start Date: January 15, 1995
LTER: Harvard Forest Long-Term Ecological Research Program Forest Ecosystem Dynamics in Central New England
Start Date: January 15, 1995
LTER-01: DEB–8811764
Responses of the Harvard Forest (MA) to a Suite of Disturbances
Start Date: October 15, 1988
Responses of the Harvard Forest (MA) to a Suite of Disturbances
Start Date: October 15, 1988















