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Long-Term Management of Ecological Data: Perspectives from the LTER Site and

Network

Nicole Kaplan

Shortgrass Steppe Long Term Ecological Research, Colorado State

University

• Provide background on the Network and its’ legacy

• Describe new initiatives across systems

• Identify organizational arrangements and governance

•Contribute to discussion

Long-Term Management of Ecological Data: perspectives from the LTER site and the Network

• Framing the context – Est. 1980

– 26 sites

– Data-rich

– Interdisciplinary

– Highly collaborative

Nicole Kaplan, CSU - Long-Term Management of Ecological Data - April 2012, UCAR

A Growing Network


Eddy flux -> CO2 add LIDET Rainout -> PHACE -> PPT pulses & LT manipulations, Eddy flux

ESA ESA -> CO2 add (ended 2001) Rainout -> PHACE -> PPT pulses & LT manipulations

ESA CO2 add (ended 2001) Rainout -> PHACE-> PPT pulses & LT manipulations

ESA ESA -> CO2 add (ended 2001), warming (1995-98) Rainout ->

PPT timing PHACE -> PPT pulses & LT manipulations

ESA ESA ESA ->

Catena-> Soil survey (1991), Paleosols -> LT catena, regional paleosols PPT manipulations PPT manipulations PPT manipulations

LT grazing --> Grazing state transitions -> Intensity/seasonality -> Grazing state transitions -> Root ingrowth

LT grazing Grazing intensity catenas -> Grazing state transitions -> Intensity/seasonality -> Colony exclosures, small animal cages

IBP grazing Intensity/seasonality -> Colony exclosures

USFS fire CPER fire -> USFS fire CPER fire -> USFS fire CPER fire -> CPER fire

C trt -> X-site nutrient -> Urbanization (ended 2004)

ESA -> Cultivation Urbanization (ended 2004)

Cultivation Urbanization (ended 2004)

ESA ESA -> Cultivation, ESA -> C trt -> Urbanization (ended 2004) ESA ESA ESA ->

CRP OPPO removal -> CRP

ESA Grubkill -> BOGR gap study (ended 1992), Grubs, OPPO Plant invasions (1996-99), BOGR removal (1997->) CRP OPPO removal -> BOGR common garden, CRP

Prairie dog biodiversity -> cattle use of and vegetation on/off prairie dog colonies -> OPPO removal -> Prairie dog metapopulations

Standard weather -> Neutron probes (ended 1993) CR21X -> Trace gas exchange -> TDR -> Eddy flux, soil moisture probes LT grazing -> Seasonal Plant N% -> Belowground productivity (C14) and biomass (ended 2009) -> LT grazing Grazing intensity catenas -> Phenology -> Livestock production -> Prairie dog colony area-> Mammals-> Arthropods-> Swift fox ecology -> Grasshoppers

1940 // 1969 1975 // 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015

CPER: Rangeland Sustainability

IBP: Ecosystem Interactions and Productivity

LTER I-II: Landscape processes and nutrient cycling

LTER III: Ecosystem structure and function across the Great Plains

LTER IV: Dynamics of species key to structure & function

LTER V: Key drivers and determinants

LTER VI: Predictions under global change (Proposed new work)

The legacy of sites: Example Timeline of SGS Data

I. Experimental and comparative studies:

A. Climate

Precipitation, CO2 , &

temperature

B. Physiography

Land forms and soil

development

C. Grazing, Fire and Land-use

Grazing

Fire

Cultivation, fertilization, and CRP

Key species alterations

II. Long-term monitoring of ecosystem structure and function:

Response Variables climate, biogeochemistry, & soils aboveground biomass & productivity belowground biomass & productivity plant populations & community dynamics animal populations & community dynamics


Preserving the legacy of sites and…

meeting new expectations!


New expectations of our systems and scientists!


1980-2000

New expectations of our systems and scientists!


DATA The Decade of Synthesis

The NIS 2000


K.S. Baker, B.J. Benson, D.L. Henshaw, D. Blodgett, J.H. Porter, S.G. Stafford. (2000) Evolution of a Multisite Network Information System: The LTER Information Management Paradigm. BioScience. 50(11) 963-978.

The NIS 2011


Organizational arrangements and formalization of governance


Governance Working Group Charge 2008

• The initial goal of the Information Management Committee Governance Working Group (IMC GWG) is to explore, document and learn from the ways the IMC participants have conducted their governance. This effort involves identifying elements of governance by reviewing governance structures, practices, and decision-making in the formal and informal work we do.


Structure - how we organize to get work done Practice - method, custom, or habit; way we do our business, formal & informal Decision making - formal end

EB

IMC

SC

IMExec

NISAC

LNO

Baker, Kaplan and Melendez-Colom 2010

LTER Organization: Where decisions are made regarding development of LTER Information Environments?

Decision Making Advisory Communication

NSF

Sites

WG

NAB

WG

Chair

Chair

LTER Information Ecosystem


Formalization of practices and priorities


1.Context LTER: Community, Organization Diagrams

2.Context IM: - from Information System to Information

Environment - tiger teams

3.NISAC-IMC Task Process 4.Terms of Reference (by-laws) - including roles for members and

steering committees

Terms of Reference LTER Information Management Committee

Version 1, September 27, 2011 Approved by IMC on September 27, 2011

1. Overview The LTER Information Management Committee (IMC) is an LTER network-wide

standing committee as described in the LTER Bylaws Article VII, Section II (2006, Revision 2). IMC provides a forum where information managers from all the LTER sites work collectively.

2. Purpose The LTER Information Management Committee is responsible for leadership

and co-ordination of information management activities across sites that support LTER Network goals. The IMC works collectively to balance responses to immediate needs with long-term planning. The IMC works with various partners at multiple levels, e.g. site, network, organizational, community, and international.


Summary Changing Metaphors

• From Flow or Pipeline

• To Information Environment

Community Readiness

• Meeting expectations

• Updating data systems

• Wanting formal governance

• Cultivating new partnerships


Thank You! Acknowledgements -

Karen Baker (CCE, PAL; UIUC)

Eda Melendez-Colom (LUQ),

Emery Boose (HFR),

John Campbell (HBR), and

John Chamblee (CWT)


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