A workshop to be held in conjunction with the October 20- 22, 1995 LTER Coordinating Committee meeting at the Cedar Creek site in Michigan will address the issue of whether there is a unique role for a network of sites like the LTER Network in the field of biodiversity. Organizer Bob Waide, co-principal investigator at Luquillo Experimental Forest LTER, Puerto Rico, has asked each LTER site to send a representative to the meeting who will also participate in the workshop. Following the keynote speaker (not confirmed at press time), site representatives will be asked to provide a brief description of ongoing Site biodiversity research. More detailed case studies will be presented for several sites, and working groups will attempt to develop possible cross-site experiments and proposals.
For more information: Bob Waide, 809/767-0371 or 0338, bWaide@LTERnet.edu