Leveraging Generative AI: Applications for the LTER Network
These examples offer a practical roadmap for integrating GenAI into research workflows to boost efficiency, reduce manual effort, and improve overall productivity.
Boxes and boxes of bees—a Sevilleta LTER dataset highlight
Boxes and boxes of bees Humble beginnings The magnitude of an extensive specimen collection doesn’t really hit until you see it. At the University of Mexico’s Museum of Southwestern Biology, research scientist Jade McLellan pulls out one box of bee after another. There are shelves stacked to the ceiling. Some boxes are labeled with things… Read more »
DataBits: Conventional Commits
Conventional Commits provide a framework for better commit messages using Git, with a set of standards that relay what kind of code changes occur at each step.
It begins with quality data: non-LTER student uses SBC LTER data to learn R, presents work at ESA
How does an unaffiliated team wind up presenting a poster on decades of LTER data? It begins, as it so often does, with a need for data.
Enriching Ecological Data Using Annotated Metadata
Importance and Unanticipated Use of Biological Collections in Long-Term Ecological Research
Biological collections are a valuable resource to long-term sites, but logistically challenging to maintain. The authors present an argument for supporting biological collections across sites.
Announcing ltertools: An R Package By and For the LTER Community
The LTER Network Office is proud to announce a new R package: ltertools!
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.
DataBits: Experimenting with LoRaWAN for Sensor Data
LoRa is a digital radio technology designed for Internet of Things (IOT) applications. Here’s a tech test by John Porter.
DataBits Through the Years
This 30 year retrospective highlights how data management at the LTER has grown, pulling funny and interesting anecdotes for us to enjoy.
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Site Exchanges 2026
A Lesson On Why You Never Leave Your Camera Behind
Threshold 32F exhibit offers multiple perceptions of change
The functional groups of prairie strip people
Trout Lake Station highlights 100 years of research impact
LTER Photo Contest 2025
A Day in the Life: Behind the Scenes on Sapelo Island
Fall 2025 Young Voices of Science Program
When Shade Isn’t Enough: Climate Change in the Forest Understory
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