An international long-term research workshop and teleconference was hosted by Sevilleta LTER at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, in October 1989. The cost-effective technology of telecommunications and the downlink capabilities available at most universities were used to facilitate real-time interactions with the international ecological research community. A primary objective was to involve as many scientists as possible who are concerned with long-term ecological research.
The exercise demonstrated the usefulness of the technology and provided communication and feedback from interested scientists. International participation at the workshop included representatives from Finland, New Zealand, Scotland, West Germany, Spain, Namibia, Austria, Israel and Mexico. Most LTER sites and the Network Office received the telecommunication and participated by providing responses during and after the teleconference.
A chapter for a book edited by Paul Risser (Sevilleta LTER) on international long-term ecological research, which focuses on the 1988 conference held in Berchtesgaden, West Germany, is currently being written.
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