Working Group Proposals
The following a proposals for working groups that have been submitted are pending approval.
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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 | |
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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) | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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) | |
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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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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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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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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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 | |
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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 | |
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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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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 1 - Sunday | |
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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 | |
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Impacts of land-use change on carbon and nitrogen cycling: a cross-site opportunity - Increasing human demands for food, energy, and space has resulted in the conversion of forest and grasslands to intensively used lands. |
Leilei Ruan | Brain storming | 08/01/12 | Working Group Session 3 Tuesday | |
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Identifying synergies between LTER and NEON - This working group will serve; I) to further foster active communication on issues of shared concern, and ii) to identify opportunities for joint initiatives between LTER and National Ecological... |
Henry Loescher | Information exchange | 07/11/12 | Working Group Session 2 - Monday | |
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Identifying alternative indicators for the detection of abrupt transitions in ecosystems: a consideration of time scale and community parameters - As climate change continues to accelerate, many ecosystems are poised for frequent abrupt and irreversible transitions (Millenium Ecosystem Assessment, 2005). In order to enhance prediction... |
Emily Rivest | Product oriented | 07/05/12 | 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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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 |
