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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
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
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
Climate change communication: what should the conversation be about? -

Do we as LTER scientists have an obligation to talk about climate change with policymakers, land managers, and other decision makers?

Julie Doll Brain storming 07/26/12 Working Group Session 6 - Thursday
Changes in litter chemistry during decomposition: pathways and patterns -

Decomposition of plant litter is a fundamental biogeochemical process, integral to energy and nutrient cycling and soil formation.

Becky Ball Product oriented 07/31/12 Working Group Session 5 - Wednesday
Centralized LTER Information Management? -

This workshop will be a facilitated discussion about the future of LTER Information Management. Participants will be given challenge questions and then asked to build alternative future scenarios...

Emery Boose Information exchange 07/31/12 Working Group Session 1 - Monday
Centralized LTER Information Management? -

This workshop will be a facilitated discussion about the future of LTER Information Management. Participants will be given challenge questions and then asked to build alternative future scenarios...

Emery Boose Information exchange 07/31/12 Working Group Session 2 - Monday
Broadening Participation of Diverse Students in LTER Science -

This session will be an informal conversation about ideas to broaden participation of underrepresented minority students in LTER science.

Teresa Mourad Brain storming 08/14/12 Ad-hoc Working Group Session 1 - (Monday Lunch)
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
Belowground Biogeochemical Processes Across the LTER Network -

Belowground plant and microbial processes exert major control over the Earth’s biogeochemical cycles and climate.  While fundamentally important they are treated in a rudimentary manner at...

Adrien Finzi Product oriented 08/02/12 Working Group Session 5 - Wednesday
Arctic LTER: Food Web Synthesis -

ARC LTER researchers will meet to continue work on a synthesis of food webs across aquatic and terrestrial environments.

Laura Gough Ancillary meetings 08/31/12 Ancillary Working Group Session 3 - Tuesday
Anthropological Sciences, Ecology, and Environment -

Ecological and environmental research within anthropology includes a wide range of theoretical and methodological approaches of relevance to long-term ecological research.

Michael Paolisso Information exchange 08/02/12 Working Group Session 4 Tuesday
Anthropological Sciences, Ecology, and Environment -

Ecological and environmental research within anthropology includes a wide range of theoretical and methodological approaches of relevance to long-term ecological research.

Michael Paolisso Information exchange 08/02/12 Working Group Session 5 - Wednesday
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
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
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
Ad-Hoc Student Perspectives on Urban Theory -

Continuation of Grad Student Symposium working group on student perspectives on urban ecological theory--additional meeting to develop a working group proposal and outline a plan for a manuscript

Anna Johnson Product oriented 09/10/12 Working Group Session 3 Tuesday
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
Planning for Network-level synthesis (closed session, by invitation only) -

This will be a be a closed session ad-hoc meeting where we'll brain storm cross-site and network-level synthesis questions.

Debra Peters Ancillary meetings 09/04/12 Ad-hoc Working Group Session 6 - Wednesday
 
 
Background Photo by: Nicole Hansen - Jornada (JRN) LTER