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At the end of 2010, Chelse Prather will step down as co-Chair of the LTER Graduate Student Committee (GSC) to be replaced by Kimberly La Pierre.

A team of researchers recently completed a cross-site research initiative that examined land fragmentation across the cities and metropolitan areas associated with five Long Term Ecological Researc

Graduate students at the Kellogg Biological Station (KBS) Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) site are working with K-12 science teachers and students to plant the seeds for the “BEST” (BioEnergy

The Harvard Forest Field Wireless Network (HFFW) became operational earlier this year with funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Department of Energy (DOE), and Harvard Un

Several members of the BES LTER made presentations at the 16th Annual Meeting of the Maryland Water Monitoring Council on November 18, 2010, in North Linthicum, MD.

The Public Policy Office of the Ecological Society of America (ESA) organized a field trip to Baltimore for congressional staff members, mission agency leaders, and professional scientific organiza

The 12th Baltimore Ecosystem Study (BES) Annual Meeting was held October 27-28 in the University Center Ballroom at the University of Maryland in Baltimore.

Lake mixing is a natural phenomenon; in most Wisconsin lakes, it happens every spring and fall.

Lasers reveal forest structure in HD

Not long ago if you wanted to measure the height of a tree, you had to do trigonometry on the ground — or gear up for a climb.

Researchers measure survival and reproduction of thousands of arctic and alpine plants over six years

As Earth’s climate warms, species are expected to shift their geographical rang