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Working Group Proposals

The following a proposals for working groups that have been submitted are pending approval.
Titlesort icon Organizer Format Submitted Edit Session
Information Management Committee Annual Meeting -

Information Management Committee (IMC) Annual Meeting will take place all day on Sunday September 9.

Margaret O'Brien Ancillary meetings 07/16/12 Ancillary Working Group Session 2 - Sunday
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
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
Integrating Hydro-geomorphology into LTER Research Programs -

Surficial hydrological and sediment transport processes can directly and substantially influence ecological processes across scales, yet long term hydrogeomorphological monitoring efforts are not...

Melinda Daniels Brain storming 07/31/12 Working Group Session 4 Tuesday
Interactive Visual Analysis Promotes Exploration of Long-Term Ecological Data -

Long-term ecological data are crucial in helping ecologists understand ecosystem function and environmental change.

Tuan Pham Information exchange 07/12/12 Working Group Session 2 - Monday
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
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
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
Long-term population dynamics of exotic species: a cross-site multi-species investigation -

The population dynamics of introduced species may dictate trends in those species' impacts on invaded ecosystems and societies.  For instance, if there are lags in the population growth of an...

Alexander Latzka Product oriented 07/22/12 Working Group Session 3 Tuesday
Long-term population dynamics of exotic species: a cross-site multi-species investigation -

The population dynamics of introduced species may dictate trends in those species' impacts on invaded ecosystems and societies.  For instance, if there are lags in the population growth of an...

Alexander Latzka Product oriented 07/22/12 Working Group Session 4 Tuesday
LTER and STREON synergies and opportunities: Next generation questions in stream ecological research -

STREON (STReam Experimental and Observatory Network) is an experiment within NEON unprecedented in scope, which will address compelling questions related to basic stream ecological structure and...

Amy Rosemond Information exchange 08/24/12 Working Group Session 3 Tuesday
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)
LTER Communication Committee -

The LTER Communication Committee will hold a meeting at the LTER ASM to discuss current business. An agenda will be circulated in advance of this meeting.

Marcia Nation Ancillary meetings 07/09/12 Ad-hoc Working Group Session 3 - Tuesday (Lunch)
LTER Education Committee -

The LTER Education committee meeting held on Sunday September 9th will consist of a closed business meeting (session) in the morning where our Terms of Reference/ByLaws will be presented,...

Beth Simmons Ancillary meetings 07/31/12 Ancillary Working Group Session 1 - Sunday
LTER Education Committee -

The LTER Education committee meeting held on Sunday September 9th will consist of a closed business meeting (session) in the morning where our Terms of Reference/ByLaws will be presented,...

Beth Simmons Ancillary meetings 07/31/12 Ancillary Working Group Session 2 - Sunday
LTER Executive Board Meeting (Invitation only) -

This is a meeting of the LTER Executive Board.  It is a closed meeting, for EB members or by invitation

Scott Collins Ancillary meetings 08/14/12 Ancillary Working Group Session 2 - Sunday
LTER GIS Working Group Ad-Hoc Meeting -

Join the LTER GIS Working Group for lunch to discuss plans for the next year, and share ideas.  We're a fun group of people who are interested in all things spatial, and are somewhat techno-...

Theresa Valentine Ancillary meetings 09/04/12 Ad-hoc Working Group Session 8 - Thursday (Lunch)
LTER Grad Student Workshop: Can we find anomalies in precipitation using long-term data from multiple sites? -

The effects of anthropogenic-associated activities on the global climate system over the past two centuries have become undeniable, and supported by a vast body of scientific literature (IPCC,...

James Aaron Hogan Product oriented 08/07/15 Working Group Session 7 - Thursday
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
LTER Schoolyard Children's Book Series -

More than any other single skill, the ability to read and read well allows children to succeed in school, learn about the world, and function in society (National Children's LIteracy).

Diane McKnight Information exchange 07/29/12 Working Group Session 2 - Monday
LTER site communication point persons meeting -

This lunchtime meeting will bring together all of the communication point persons from the LTER sites to share ideas, network, and brainstorm about science communication within the Network.

Marcia Nation Information exchange 08/16/12 Ad-hoc Working Group Session 1 - (Monday Lunch)
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
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
Luquillo LTER Site Meeting -

Members of Luquillo LTER will meet to discuss their program.

Nick Brokaw Ancillary meetings 07/31/12 Ancillary Working Group Session 3 - Tuesday
Mass Loss: A Quantitative Synthesis of Leaf Decomposition in Streams and Rivers -

 

Jennifer Follstad... Product oriented 08/15/12 Ad-hoc Working Group Session 5 - Wednesday (Lunch)
 
 
Background Photo by: Nicole Hansen - Jornada (JRN) LTER