The National Science Foundation is inviting proposals for the Long Term Research in Environmental Biology (LTREB) Program, which addresses important questions in evolutionary biology, ecology, and ecosystem science. The Program intends to support decadal projects, and funding for an initial 5-year period requires the submission of a preliminary proposal and, if invited, submission of a… Read more »
PETERSHAM, Mass.—A new study out of the Harvard Forest, released today in the journal Global Change Biology, is the first detailed account of how carbon, water, and energy balances shift in the three years following the clearcut of a deciduous forest. The study, conducted by Clark University Professor Christopher Williams and colleagues in a 20-acre… Read more »
The Fall edition of the Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network newsletter is out. The LTER Network News, Fall 2013 Vol. 26 No. 3 (see http://news.lternet.edu/fall-2013) covers current developments within the Network, as well as stories about research, education, and social science activities from various LTER sites.
Reprinted from Greenwire with permission from Environment & Energy Publishing, LLC. www.eenews.net. 202/628-6500 Published: Wednesday, October 9, 2013 Researchers in New Mexico can’t keep tabs on prairie dog populations. Scientists got booted from bunkhouses in an Oregon forest. And biologists are barred from tagging sharks and alligators in the Everglades National Park. It’s all thanks… Read more »
Welcome to the Fall 2013 issue of Databits, which covers a variety of topics. A Commentary article gives an overview of network products, highlighting 2013 as a watershed year for the roll-out of community-developed IM tools. Several articles in this issue contain further information about these products. Two other commentaries extol the strengths of the… Read more »
The current issue of the Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network newsletter is out. The second issue of this year, the LTER Network News, Summer 2013 Vol. 26 No. 2 includes stories about science news and activities from various LTER sites, various news items from around the Network, education, and a new children’s book.
New research by Harvard Forest (HFR) LTER scientists suggest that widespread death of the whiteback pine tree from beetle infestations and tree disease outbreaks may be affecting seed production and hence the future of the tree–a mountain tree important to wildlife and water resources in the western United States and Canada. In a paper published… Read more »
A series of interviews with Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) scientists conducted by Science360 Radio to commemorate Earth Day continues with Mark Williams’ research at the Niwot Ridge LTER program. The interviews will be up all week and are available on the Science360 radio home page at http://science360.gov/radio/episodes/. For more information please see http://news.lternet.edu/Article2747.html
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Where Does Charcoal, or Black Carbon, in Soils Go? Scientists find surprising new answers in wetlands such as the Everglades April 18, 2013 — Scientists have uncovered one of nature’s long-kept secrets–the true fate of charcoal in the world’s soils. The ability to determine the fate of charcoal is critical to knowledge… Read more »
The latest Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network newsletter is out. The first this year, LTER Network News Spring 2013, Vol. 26 No. 1 includes stories about the recent LTER min-symposium and the Ecological Reflections exhibit at NSF, various news items from around the Network and sites, education, a scientific report, a new children’s book,… Read more »
