The Lessons Wildfire Can Teach: Destruction and Resiliency after Disaster
Cole Doolittle studies how fires alter plant communities in the Pacific Northwest, and he talks about the impact of fires in this SSALTER blog.
Trees know their neighbors – and respond differently when they die
A new study leveraging a 40-year data set from old-growth forests demonstrates that trees can experience growth suppression or release depending on the identity and size of their downed neighbor.
Watch the Lightning Talks from the 2023 Science Council Meeting
Lightning Talks from the 2023 Science Council Meeing.
LTER Network Orientation for REUs
Participating in research at an LTER site is exciting and stimulating. Multiply that by 27 sites across diverse biomes and the opportunities are mind-boggling. Please join the LTER Network Office and LTER Executive Board Chair Evelyn Gaiser to learn about the science conducted at LTER sites across the country and how you can stay connected…. Read more »
Reflecting on EDI: a decade in review
Appreciating the history, work, and future of the Long-Term Ecological Research Network’s data repository, the Environmental Data Initiative.
(Who Blessed) The Rains Down at the CAP LTER
An experimental approach takes a ground-level look at the ecological winners and losers of desert soil communities under shifting precipitation regimes in the Central Arizona-Phoenix LTER.
Litterfall in the Limelight: How a “COVID Paper” from Harvard Forest Sheds Light on Spatial and Temporal Litterfall Patterns
Long-term litterfall mass data from Harvard Forest was used in conjunction with data from the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) and a global litterfall dataset to draw conclusions on patterns of litter inputs in temperate deciduous forests, which have implications for carbon and nutrient cycling.
The tall and short of it
Research from Dr. Robyn Zerebecki and collaborators demonstrates that intraspecific variation can have ecosystem-level consequences.
Across fourteen LTERs, soil carbon is a “gatekeeper” on the nitrogen cycle
An LTER cross site synthesis effort reveals that soil carbon availability determines nitrogen mineralization and nitrification rates across a wide diversity of terrestrial ecosystems.
Federal Agency Career Forum | April 25, 2023
Join us to meet agency ecologists from around the nation and learn about their career paths, day in the life, and more.
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The Lessons Wildfire Can Teach: Destruction and Resiliency after Disaster
Trees know their neighbors – and respond differently when they die
Watch the Lightning Talks from the 2023 Science Council Meeting
LTER Network Orientation for REUs
Reflecting on EDI: a decade in review
(Who Blessed) The Rains Down at the CAP LTER
Litterfall in the Limelight: How a “COVID Paper” from Harvard Forest Sheds Light on Spatial and Temporal Litterfall Patterns
The tall and short of it
Across fourteen LTERs, soil carbon is a “gatekeeper” on the nitrogen cycle
Federal Agency Career Forum | April 25, 2023