Working Group Proposals
The following a proposals for working groups that have been submitted are pending approval.
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Stable Isotopes: new technologies, novel elements and approaches - Stable isotope analyses remain proven technologies for characterizing long term change within ecosystems. |
Stephen Macko | Information exchange | 08/01/12 | Working Group Session 4 Tuesday | |
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NOTICE: A Shareholders Introduction to the LTER Data Co-op -
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Mark Servilla | Information exchange | 08/01/12 | Working Group Session 6 - Thursday | |
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Integrating economic research into the LTER network - While there is a long history of collaboration between economists and other scientists working on ecological research, the relatively recent embrace of the ecosystem services approach to... |
Rebecca Moore | Information exchange | 08/01/12 | Working Group Session 1 - Monday | |
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Integrating economic research into the LTER network - While there is a long history of collaboration between economists and other scientists working on ecological research, the relatively recent embrace of the ecosystem services approach to... |
Rebecca Moore | Information exchange | 08/01/12 | Working Group Session 4 Tuesday | |
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Phenology across LTER sites and trophic levels - Phenology is key research in understanding how climate influences life history events and climate change is and will be impacting ecosystems. |
Sherri Johnson | Information exchange | 08/01/12 | Working Group Session 7 - Thursday | |
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Palmer Station LTER Planning Meeting (closed session for Palmer LTER) - This is a planning meeting for the field season of the Palmer LTER (PAL) group. It will include meeting with their logistics support group. |
Hugh Ducklow | Ancillary meetings | 08/01/12 | Ancillary Working Group Session 3 - Tuesday | |
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Linkages among specialized microbial communities across LTER landscapes: Developing the metacommunity concept - Recent research in a broad range of environments suggests that microbial communities are well-adapted and fine tuned to local environmental conditions and available resources. Across... |
Byron Crump | Brain storming | 08/01/12 | Working Group Session 5 - Wednesday | |
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The Long Term Agro-ecosystem Research (LTAR) Network - As the 21st Century unfolds, agriculture will face significant challenges in providing enough food, fiber, and fuel to support a global population that is expected to reach... |
Mark Walbridge | Information exchange | 08/01/12 | Working Group Session 3 Tuesday | |
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The Long Term Agro-ecosystem Research (LTAR) Network - As the 21st Century unfolds, agriculture will face significant challenges in providing enough food, fiber, and fuel to support a global population that is expected to reach... |
Mark Walbridge | Information exchange | 08/01/12 | Working Group Session 5 - Wednesday | |
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PDTNet Working Group - The Productivity-Diversity-Traits Network was formed through LTER Network Office funding in 2004. |
Scott Collins | Product oriented | 08/01/12 | Working Group Session 1 - Monday | |
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PDTNet Working Group - The Productivity-Diversity-Traits Network was formed through LTER Network Office funding in 2004. |
Scott Collins | Product oriented | 08/01/12 | Working Group Session 2 - Monday | |
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Developing Multimedia LTER Resources: LTER Collaboration with OdysseyEarth.com and Everglades Digital Library - The objective of this brainstorming session is to gauge the interest level and develop a cross-site collaboration plan for producing an LTER video series and/or multimedia resources. |
Nicholas Oehm | Brain storming | 08/01/12 | Working Group Session 7 - Thursday | |
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LTER-Based Professional Development for K-12 teachers: opportunities for collaboration and planning for the future - LTER-based professional development programs and resources hold tremendous promise for contributing to environmental science literacy. |
Kari O'Connell | Information exchange | 08/01/12 | Working Group Session 5 - Wednesday | |
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LTER Climate and Waters Committee Meeting - The LTER Climate and Waters Committee will explore work statements for the years to come and identify a leader for the hydrological activities. |
Bruce Hayden | Ancillary meetings | 08/01/12 | Ad-hoc Working Group Session 8 - Thursday (Lunch) | |
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Social Science LTER Network Committee Meeting - The purpose of this meeting is to discuss the current status and future prospects for social science and interdisciplinary research in the LTER Network. |
Morgan Grove | Information exchange | 08/01/12 | Working Group Session 6 - Thursday | |
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Perennialization in Urban, Peri-urban, and Rural Landscapes to Enhance Ecosystem Services - Rural landscapes are largely dominated by agriculture; providing important services such as food and fiber. |
Christine Sprunger | Brain storming | 07/31/12 | Working Group Session 4 Tuesday | |
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Best practices for graduate student socio-ecological research - At present, the LTER Network is in the implementation phase of the Integrated Science for Society and Environment (ISSE) initiative, a ten-year plan to promote socio-ecological research. |
Sydne Record | Product oriented | 07/31/12 | Working Group Session 5 - Wednesday | |
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Establishing Digital Collections of LTER Educational Resources - Educational digital libraries house unprecedented, high-quality collections of resources submitted by stakeholders like graduate and undergraduate students, scientists and teachers. |
Beth Simmons | Information exchange | 07/31/12 | Working Group Session 1 - Monday | |
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Land Use Institutions, Land Use Land Cover Change, and the Distribution of Ecosystem Services - The Cross-Site group is establishing a theoretical framework and approach for comparative analysis of urban land-use/land-cover change: policy change, institutional change, and ecosystem services/... |
Abigail York | Brain storming | 07/31/12 | Working Group Session 1 - Monday | |
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Land Use Institutions, Land Use Land Cover Change, and the Distribution of Ecosystem Services - The Cross-Site group is establishing a theoretical framework and approach for comparative analysis of urban land-use/land-cover change: policy change, institutional change, and ecosystem services/... |
Abigail York | Brain storming | 07/31/12 | Working Group Session 2 - Monday | |
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Ocean Acidification (OA) Data Management - Ocean acidification (OA), the decline of seawater pH due to absorption of anthropogenic CO2, is a fast developing field of research. |
M Gastil-Buhl | Product oriented | 07/31/12 | Working Group Session 7 - Thursday | |
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Materials and Resources for Next Generation Science Standards - The National Research Council has issued a report: A Framework for K-12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas. This report is the basis for the ... |
Charles Anderson | Information exchange | 07/31/12 | Working Group Session 2 - Monday | |
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An International Drought Experiment (IDE) Network: The Role of LTER and ILTER - Forecast climate changes, such as warming, changes in precipitation regimes, and increased intensity and frequency of climate extremes (drought, heat waves), are expected to impact virtually all... |
Melinda Smith | Brain storming | 07/31/12 | Working Group Session 5 - Wednesday | |
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Analyzing air temperature trends in spatially distributed long-term records at and across LTER sites - Air temperature and its associated exchange of sensible heat are fundamental variables and processes defining the state and energy exchange of ecosystems across biomes. |
Christoph Thomas | Information exchange | 07/31/12 | Working Group Session 4 Tuesday | |
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MinuteEarth Collaborative? - MinuteEarth is envisioned as a companion YouTube channel to MinutePhysics (check it out), an existing and popular channel of short (≈1-2 minute long) videos that are prod... |
Peter Reich | Brain storming | 07/31/12 | Working Group Session 3 Tuesday |
