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How can the LTER Network avoid being viewed by the larger community of scientists interested in long-term ecological research as the proverbial

The National Science Foundation has developed several opportunities that can be used to enrich the research activities at LTER sites.

In 1987 EPA administrator Lee Thomas requested that the EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) establish a committee to review the agency’s past and present programs in ecological research and to outline

Tree mortality is an excellent, but long neglected, subject for long-term study. Moreover, tree mortality is fundamental to understanding how forested ecosystems function and respond to stress.

In an effort to make it easier for our readers to obtain information on any of the LTER sites or research projects described in this newsletter, we are providing a directory that includes general i

Caroline Bledsoe

A meeting on Concepts and Modeling of Global Vegetation Change was held on April 1 7-22, 1988 at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Austria.

J.T. Callahan and C. Bledsoe

Regional modelling is an essential step in.scaling plot measurements of biogeochemical cycling to global scales for use in coupled atmosphere/biosphere studies.

The institute of Ecosystem Studies (IES) (address: New York Botanical Garden, Mary Flagler Cary Arboretum, Box AB, Millbrook, NY 12545) is making a major contribution to the ecological community