Sentences with phrase «forest lter»
Interests: Understanding impacts of human activities on the biogeochemistry of ecological systems using a combination of field studies and simulation modeling; conducts research at Harvard Forest LTER.
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Pictured: Harvard Pond is located within the 1,200 - hectare Harvard Forest LTER site in north - central Massachusetts, where researchers have transformed scientific understanding of the role invasive species play in disrupting forest growth.
Not exact matches
«With fewer seeds, you get less regeneration,» says ecologist Joshua Rapp, affiliated with NSF's Harvard Forest Long - Term Ecological Research (LTER) site and lead author of the paper.
Incorporated as an LTER site in 1980, Andrews Forest was one of the founding sites in NSF's national network of ecological research sites.
First LTER Network Strategic Plan resulting from 1989 LTER Coordinating Committee Meeting at Harvard Forest published: ``
NSF and U.S. Forest Service sign a Memorandum of Agreement to cooperate / collaborate in LTER Program research
There are seven LTER recipients, including researchers at Bonanza Creek, Cedar Creek, Central Plains, Harvard Forest, H.J. Andrews and Jornada.
M. Davis et al., «New England — Acadian Forests,» in Taylor H. Ricketts et al., eds., Terrestrial Ecoregions of North America: A Conservation Assessment (Washington, DC: Island Press, 1999); David R. Foster, «Harvard Forest: Addressing Major Issues in Policy Debates and in the Understanding of Ecosystem Process and Pattern,» LTER Network News: The Newsletter of the Long Term Ecological Network, spring / summer 1996; U.S. Forest Service, «2006 Forest Health Highlights,» various state sheets, at fhm.fs.fed.us, viewed 2 August 2007.
That project, which is just getting started, would involve LTER sites in forested New England, the Southeast, the upper Great Lakes states, the Pacific Northwest and Alaska, according to Thomas Spies, a research ecologist with the U.S. Forest Service.