Working Group Proposals
The following a proposals for working groups that have been submitted are pending approval.
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Frontiers in Ecosystem Science: Energizing the Research Agenda - Ecosystem science has a long history as a core program at the National Science Foundation (NSF), and although topics of research have fluctuated over the years as in any program, it retains a... |
Peter Groffman | Ancillary meetings | 04/03/12 | Working Group Session 3 Tuesday | |
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Drupal Ecological Information Management System - Paving LTER Science's last mile -
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Inigo San Gil | Product oriented | 04/03/12 | Working Group Session 6 - Thursday | |
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Drupal Ecological Information Management System - Paving LTER Science's last mile -
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Inigo San Gil | Product oriented | 04/03/12 | Working Group Session 7 - Thursday | |
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LTER Undergraduate Education: Innovations and Cross-Site Opportunities - Sites throughout the LTER network educate and/or employ undergraduate students in ecological research and data analysis. |
Clarisse Hart | Brain storming | 04/30/12 | Working Group Session 6 - Thursday | |
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LTER Graduate Student Training: Innovations and Cross-Site Opportunities - Sites throughout the LTER network train/employ graduate students to conduct ecological research and to lead education and outreach activities. |
Clarisse Hart | Product oriented | 04/30/12 | Working Group Session 3 Tuesday | |
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A Researcher’s Guide to Automating Analysis of LTER Data - Recent years have seen the development of new software tools and services that expedite the efficient analysis of LTER data by automating routine tasks associated with the handling of tabular data... |
John Porter | Information exchange | 05/01/12 | Working Group Session 3 Tuesday | |
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Anthropocene Boundary Discrimination at LTER Sites - The Anthropocene cannot exist without sound knowledge of what came before it. |
David Leigh | Brain storming | 05/08/12 | Working Group Session 3 Tuesday | |
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Modeling wetland processes - Wetlands are present at several LTER sites, either as primary or secondary habitat. |
Steven Pennings | Information exchange | 05/17/12 | Working Group Session 6 - Thursday | |
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Modeling wetland processes - Wetlands are present at several LTER sites, either as primary or secondary habitat. |
Steven Pennings | Information exchange | 05/17/12 | Working Group Session 7 - Thursday | |
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Seasonal hydrologic changes and their ecological consequences in headwater basins - We propose a set of four meetings on the causes and consequences of seasonal changes in water fluxes in headwater drainages. Analysis of long-term discharge records for several headwater... |
Julia Jones | Information exchange | 05/18/12 | Working Group Session 1 - Monday | |
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Seasonal hydrologic changes and their ecological consequences in headwater basins - We propose a set of four meetings on the causes and consequences of seasonal changes in water fluxes in headwater drainages. Analysis of long-term discharge records for several headwater... |
Julia Jones | Information exchange | 05/18/12 | Working Group Session 2 - Monday | |
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Urban Sustainability - Sustainability science was the theme of the 2012 LTER Network Mini-Symposium and the 2012 Network Science Council meeting. |
Daniel Childers | Brain storming | 05/20/12 | Working Group Session 1 - Monday | |
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Urban Sustainability - Sustainability science was the theme of the 2012 LTER Network Mini-Symposium and the 2012 Network Science Council meeting. |
Daniel Childers | Brain storming | 05/20/12 | Working Group Session 2 - Monday | |
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Communicating LTER Science Part I and II - The LTER 30-year review identified improving communication of LTER science as a high priority. |
Susan Dailey | Product oriented | 05/24/12 | Working Group Session 1 - Monday | |
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Communicating LTER Science Part I and II - The LTER 30-year review identified improving communication of LTER science as a high priority. |
Susan Dailey | Product oriented | 05/24/12 | Working Group Session 5 - Wednesday | |
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Engagement of Arts and Humanities in LTER Sites and Programs - Over the past six years a strong working group concerned with engaging arts/humanities in LTER site programs has formed and prospered. We held well-attended workshops at the previous two... |
Frederick Swanson | Information exchange | 05/30/12 | Working Group Session 1 - Monday | |
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Engagement of Arts and Humanities in LTER Sites and Programs - Over the past six years a strong working group concerned with engaging arts/humanities in LTER site programs has formed and prospered. We held well-attended workshops at the previous two... |
Frederick Swanson | Information exchange | 05/30/12 | Working Group Session 2 - Monday | |
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Quantifying Uncertainty in Ecosystem Studies - The calculation of pools and fluxes at ecosystem scales has advanced our understanding of water, carbon, and nutrient cycling. However, uncertainty due to variability or error in... |
Ruth Yanai | Information exchange | 06/04/12 | Working Group Session 3 Tuesday | |
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Hydrologic Variability across Climatically, Geologically, and Morphologically Similar Watersheds: Implications for stream ecosystems and ecological thresholds for anthropogenic change. - The “reference” stream or watershed concept is the basis for the design of many ecological studies and water quality assessments as well as paired watershed studies. For such studies, it is... |
Rhett Jackson | Brain storming | 06/07/12 | Working Group Session 5 - Wednesday | |
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GIS Data and Tools for the LTER: resources for site research and synthesis - In this workshop there will be presentations on GIS data and tools available for the LTER, discussions of options for data access at specific LTER Sites, as well as introductions to plans for... |
Adam Skibbe | Information exchange | 06/08/12 | Working Group Session 1 - Monday | |
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Graduate Student Symposium - Past graduate student symposiums have led to productive interactions between graduate students through career panel discussions, graduate student presentations on cross site work, and student-led... |
Kimberly La Pierre | Ancillary meetings | 06/11/12 | Ancillary Working Group Session 1 - Sunday | |
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Graduate Student Symposium - Past graduate student symposiums have led to productive interactions between graduate students through career panel discussions, graduate student presentations on cross site work, and student-led... |
Kimberly La Pierre | Ancillary meetings | 06/11/12 | Ancillary Working Group Session 2 - Sunday | |
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Foundation species in North American forests - Fondation species are species that define ecosystem structure, exert strong bottom-up control on distribution and abundance of associated species, and modulate fluxes of nutrients and energy. |
Aaron Ellison | Information exchange | 06/11/12 | Working Group Session 6 - Thursday | |
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Foundation species in North American forests - Fondation species are species that define ecosystem structure, exert strong bottom-up control on distribution and abundance of associated species, and modulate fluxes of nutrients and energy. |
Aaron Ellison | Information exchange | 06/11/12 | Working Group Session 7 - Thursday | |
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Exploring Integrating Socioecological Connections within LTER: Considering the Coweeta Listening Project (CLP) as a Model - In this working group, we will brainstorm about how LTER scientists can translate long term ecological science into more democratically-produced forms of knowledge that are meaningful and... |
Nik Heynen | Brain storming | 06/21/12 | Working Group Session 4 Tuesday |
