Patterns and frequency of site disturbances
Disturbances often shape ecosystems by periodically reorganizing or destroying them, allowing for significant changes in plant and animal populations and communities.
The EcoTrends Project: long-term data provide ecological insights to scientists and non-scientists
Poster Number: 42 Presenter/Primary Author: Stacey Peters Environmental drivers are changing at local to global scales with corresponding effects on ecological dynamics. Large amounts of data have been collected to document these changes.
An Ice Storm Manipulation Experiment at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, New Hampshire
Poster Number: 32 Presenter/Primary Author: John Campbell Ice storms are an important natural disturbance within forest ecosystems of the northeastern United States. Current models suggest that the frequency and severity of ice storms may increase i
The future of forests: it's who and what you know.
Poster Number: 30 Presenter/Primary Author: David Kittredge LTER's Strategic Research Initiative on Integrative Science for Society and the Environment (ISSE; U.S.
Management of social-ecological systems experiencing rapid residential development for human land use and bird conservation
Poster Number: 20 Presenter/Primary Author: Paige Barlow The southern Appalachian region has experienced dramatic rates of development during the last fifty years. Development in Macon County, North Carolina, has largely consisted of the constructi
Long term, cross-site comparison of socioecological preferences and constraints on unauthorized fire setting behavior using spatiotemporal variability of wildfires in and around the Coweeta and Georgia Coastal Ecosystems LTER sites, 1987-2010.
Poster Number: 15 Presenter/Primary Author: Michael Coughlan I analyzed the spatiotemporal variability of intentional, unauthorized landscape fires in and around the Coweeta and Georgia Coastal Ecosystems LTER sites for the years 1987-2010 with the aim of de
