Cross site investigation using LTER Data.

Workshop to promote synthesis products from the EcoTrends project

This working group was broken into 5 (five) sub-working groups Trends disturbance-April 8-9, 2009-Las Cruces, NM, Ariel Lugo was lead.–Final Report Trends Writing Group-NPP/biodiversity-April 13-14, 2009-Las Cruces, NM, Alan Knapp was lead.–Final Report Trends Socio-Econ-Not held Trends Animals-May 11-12, 2009-San Diego, CA,Bob Waide was lead.–Final Report Trends State Changes-May 1-2, 2009-Las Cruces, NM, Aaron Ellison… Read more »

Ecosystem response to changing ice, snow and permafrost in a warming climate.

This workshop was organized and convened by MCM (Andrew Fountain) and PAL (Hugh Ducklow). The purpose of the workshop was to examine the role of diminished snow and ice on ecosystem structure and function and on ecosystem services across the diverse habitats found in the LTER Network. The longer-term goal is to synthesize existing knowledge… Read more »

TRENDS

Trends in Long Term Ecological Data Working Group

Long term data are invaluable in both understanding the properties and dynamics of ecological systems as well as in forecasting future system dynamics. Trends in long term data are critical to the ability to: (1) distinguish temporal variability from directional changes, (2) relate changes in response variables to changes in drivers or other response variables,… Read more »