Directory of Long-Term Ecological Research Network - LTER Resources

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The Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network is an international collaborative effort involving more than 1100 scientists and students investigating ecological processes operating at long time scales and over broad spatial scales.

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• Arctic Long Term Ecological Research Site

  http://ecosystems.mbl.edu/arc/
  Field research of the Arctic LTER is based at Toolik Lake, Alaska, in the northern foothills of the Brooks Range. Project is centered at the Ecosystems Center of the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts.

• Bonanza Creek Long Term Ecological Research Site

  http://www.lter.uaf.edu/
  Research program focuses on improving our understanding of the boreal forest ecosystem in interior Alaska, USA.

• Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve

  http://www.lter.umn.edu/
  2200-hectare experimental ecological reserve operated by the University of Minnesota. Suitable for study of the deciduous forest, the boreal forest and the prairie biomes.

• Coweeta Long Term Ecological Research

  http://coweeta.ecology.uga.edu/
  Ecological research site in the mountains of North Carolina. Research to evaluate, explain, and predict how water, soil, and forest resources respond to management practices, natural disturbances, and the atmospheric environment.

• Florida Coastal Everglades LTER

  http://fcelter.fiu.edu/
  Investigating how variability in regional climate and freshwater inputs, disturbance, and perturbations affect the coastal Everglades ecosystem (USA).

• HJ Andrews Experimental Forest - LTER site

  http://andrewsforest.oregonstate.edu/
  A center for analysis of forest and stream ecosystems in the U.S. Pacific Northwest.

• International Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network

  http://www.ilternet.edu/
  Long-term ecological studies to investigate processes operating at long time scales and over broad spatial scales. Promotes synthesis and comparative research across sites and ecosystems. Links to individual sites and international partners.

• Jornada Basin Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) Project Home Page

  http://jornada-www.nmsu.edu/
  The project focuses on changes in the distribution of soil resources as an index of the impact of vegetation change--desertification--on semiarid lands.

• Konza Prairie Biological Station

  http://www.konza.ksu.edu/
  The Konza Prairie Research Natural Area (KPRNA), an LTER site, is representative of native tallgrass prairie in the Flint Hills of eastern Kansas. Website has information about the prairie and ongoing research there.

• U.S. Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network

  http://www.lternet.edu/
  A collaborative effort involving more than 1100 scientists and students investigating ecological processes over long temporal and broad spatial scales. The network promotes synthesis and comparative research across sites and ecosystems and among other related national and international research programs.

• UK Environmental Change Network

  http://www.ecn.ac.uk/
  The UK's integrated long-term environmental monitoring network. Information on the network, summary data, environmental indicators, education, and publications.

• Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center

  http://www.umesc.usgs.gov/monitoring.html
  Manages the Long Term Resource Monitoring Program for river inventory and monitoring in the United States.

• Virginia Coast Reserve LTER

  http://www.vcrlter.virginia.edu/
  The Virginia Coast Reserve Long-Term Ecological Research Project (VCR/LTER) focuses on understanding the ecosystems and dynamics of the barrier island/lagoon/marsh system on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. Includes support materials for researchers including data, images, publication lists, and full-text documents. It is part of the NSF-funded U.S. LTER Network.

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