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Social Networking and Cyberinfrastructure Development William Michener LTER Network Office, U. New Mexico NEON Project Office, AIBS. The LTER Network.
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Social Networking and Cyberinfrastructure Development William Michener LTER Network Office, U. New Mexico NEON Project Office, AIBS
The LTER Network The LTER Network comprises 26 research sites, selected for the excellence of the research conducted at each site as well as the potential of the site for long-term studies.
A continental research platform to provide the capacity to forecast future states of ecological systems for the advancement of science and the benefit of society • How are ecological systems affected by changes in land use and climate across a range of spatiotemporal scales? • How do changes in the availability and distribution of the Nation’s water affect ecological systems? • How do the patterns and movement of genes and organisms across the continent affect biodiversity and the spread of infectious diseases and invasive species? www.neoninc.org