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A global synthesis of multi-year drought effects on terrestrial ecosystems
Researchers use rainout shelters at the Matta International LTER site in Israel to simulate extended droughts and observe changes in ecosystem productivity and species composition. The Matta site is...
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Ecosystem transitions: increased variability and regime shifts
The Ecosystem Transitions working group kicks off their four-day in-person meeting by meeting with the analysts.Credit: Gabriel De La Rosa, CC BY-SA 4.0 Human impacts on ecosystems can result in...
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Identifying environmental drivers of plant reproduction across LTER sites
Reproduction is a key component of plant life cycles and is crucial for dispersal, however it has a surprisingly poorly understood relationship to environmental drivers. This is particularly true for...
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Marine consumer nutrient dynamics
As animals consume plants and excrete readily-available nutrients, they may have profound effects on the ecosystem and its ability to respond to rapid change.Credit: Fish in kelp forest by California...
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The Flux Gradient Project
The flux gradient project combines data on methane emissions from understudied upland ecosystems across multiple networks.Credit: NEON via Flickr. CC BY-2.0 The Flux Gradient Project: Understanding the...
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Pelagic community structure
Environmental changes ripple though ocean food webs, but probably not in the same ways everywhere. The pelagic community structure synthesis group applies hypotheses from one site across several other...
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Producers, Consumers and Disturbance
Consumers, such as this Arctic ground squirrel, can redistribute a surprising amount of what plants produce, thereby changing ecosystem dynamics.Credit: Jeremy Yoder via Flickr CC BY-SA 2.0 Response of...
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Soil phosphorus control of carbon and nitrogen
Slowly-cycling phosphorus is dissolved from underlying rocks and mineral soil, while plants fix carbon and nitrogen from the atmosphere.Credit: Sonja Wilkinson via Unsplash. CC BY-SA 2.0 Do actively...
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Selection across scales
The interaction between individual characteristics and the makeup of a community determines how an ecosystem functions and responds to change.Credit: John Price via Unsplash. CC BY-2.0 Selection across...
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Fire and Aridland Streams
The combination of changing fire and drought in the western U.S. affects stream water quality in ways that are not yet predictable.Credit: Jeromey Balderrama via Unsplash Quantifying interactive...
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Assessing the resilience of productivity to climate variability across...
Assessing the resilience of productivity to climate variability across management and climate gradients The patterns and drivers of primary production are the foundation of ecosystems and food webs...
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Consumer Absence Generates Ecological Dissimilarity (CAGED)
MCR LTER graduate students Jessica Nielsen and Samantha Davis work on an exclusion cage designed to prevent access to the reef by herbivorous fishes. Credit: MCR LTER CC BY-4.0Credit: MCR LTER CC...
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