International Long Term Ecological Research (ILTER) Network: Past, Present, and Future Kristin Vanderbilt, Ph.D. Co-chair, US ILTER Committee Department.

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International Long Term Ecological Research (ILTER) Network: Past, Present, and Future Kristin Vanderbilt, Ph.D. Co-chair, US ILTER Committee Department of Biology University of New Mexico

ILTER: A Network of Networks Figure: John Porter

US LTER Network Initiated in sites + Network Office Ecosystems: desert, alpine, forests, coastal, grassland, urban, agricultural, Antarctic Same core processes are being studied at all sites Projects include integrative, cross-site, network-wide research to address questions at broad temporal and spatial scales

During 1990s, NSF supported LTER scientists to reach out to colleagues around the world to catalyze development of LTER Networks in other countries NSF had strong relationships with the National Academy of Science in most member countries US LTER Network…

International Summit in Estes Park, CO (1993) scientists and administrators representing 16 countries participated in this meeting hosted by US LTER

LTER Network Office Publication #17

The ILTER is… a global network of research sites located in a wide array of ecosystems a network of scientists engaged in long-term, site-based ecological and socioeconomic research a platform for understanding environmental change across the globe

ILTER Members

Chinese Ecosystem Research Network (CERN)

US LTER/NSF Supported Many Interactions with other ILTER Members Scientist exchanges Student exchanges ILTER Regional meetings and workshops ILTER Annual Coordinating Committee Meetings US LTER All Scientist Meetings

Photo by Beryl Leach/NAS 1991: US – China Exchange Jim Gosz, ILTER Chair (1995 – 2002)

Reciprocal Scientist Exchanges Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland Portugal, Spain – 1996 Venezuela Southern Africa – 1999 Taiwan Sumava National Park, Czech Republic Photo: Jim Gosz Kellogg Biological Station Researchers at Yuin-Lin Experiment Station, Taiwan 2006 Photo: Andrew Corbin

“Cooperation in Long Term Ecological Research in Central and Eastern Europe”, 1999: Co-organized by Kate Lajtha, HJA LTER Photo: Photo: Lina DiGregorio Detritus Input and Removal Treatments (DIRT) Project replicated in Síkfőkút Forest LTER Site, Hungary in 2000 HFR HJA

Mark Williams (Niwot LTER): Establishing the International Mountain LTER Network Byron Adams (McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER): The McMurdo Dry Valleys Terrestrial Observation Network: An International Effort to Coordinate Management, and Environmental Stewardship Tiffany Troxler (Florida Coastal Everglades LTER): A Focus on Tropical Systems: ILTER Research Highlights from the Florida Coastal Everglades (FCE) Instaar.colorado.edu News.byu.edu Casgroup.fiu.edu

Japanese and Taiwanese students visited HJ Andrews LTER, 1997

US LTER Grad Students Visit LTER Sites in Taiwan and China, 1998

Megan Woltz (Kellogg Biological Station LTER): Expanding Dimensions in Landscape Agroecological Research: an ILTER Cross-site Collaboration Photo: Student.lternet.edu

Information Management Training (Capacity Building) 1993 – 5 Chinese Ecological Research Network (CERN) data managers attended 12-week course at Sevilleta LTER to learn basic concepts of information management – Chinese participants taught IM classes to other Chinese

CEE-ILTER IM Workshop, Hungary, 2000 Photo: John Porter

IM Workshop, Lake Taihu LTER, China, 2008

John Porter (Virginia Coast Reserve LTER): Many Hands: Fostering Ecological Data Sharing through ILTER Information Management Collaborations

Annual ILTER Coordinating Committee Meeting, Skukusa, South Africa 1999 Photo: John Vande Castle

2011 ILTER CC Meeting (Tomakomai Experimental Forest, JaLTER Core Site)

2006 US LTER All Scientists Meeting

Saleit Ron (Israel LTER): A Joint Schoolyard ILTER Project for Students in Israel and the US

2002: Time for an ILTER Organizational Change ILTER was an extremely successful effort to share the philosophy of LTER around the world and to support establishment of national networks By 2002, ILTER was a collection of individual LTER Networks with an umbrella committee that met annually ILTER, with NSF support, restructured in order to realize the goal of doing network-scale research

Restructuring the ILTER NSF supported consultants to prepare ILTER Strategic Plan Hen-Biau King (Taiwan) Chaired ILTER network Patrick Bourgeron and Steve Hamburg chaired US ILTER Committee Photo: John Vande Castle PATRICK BOURGERON HEN-BIAU KING STEVE HAMBURG

ILTER Strategic Plan 2006: Staffing and Governance Executive Committee Coordinating Committee Science Committee Public Policy Fundraising and Marketing Information Management

ILTER Funding: Dues Member Dues and In-Kind Contributions – $10K/year paid by US LTER – ILTER Budget is very small Seed money for IM improvements and ILTER research efforts

ILTER Science and Programs Committee ILTER-wide Research Initiatives – “Interactions between Ecosystem Services, the dynamic behavior (thresholds/tipping points) of the ecosystems delivering these services, and their restoration potential: Impact of culture on ES perception (stakeholders’ non-economic valuation) and their use” – led by Patrick Bourgeron (US LTER, Chair ILTER Science Committee) – “Socio-biogeochemistry of nitrogen cascades and interactions” by Hideaki Shibata (JaLTER) – “Ecosystem based local-scale impacts and adaptation practices in relation to global change drivers” by Martin Forsius (FinLTSER)

ILTER Future Manuel Maass (LTER Mexico) – ILTER Chair as of September 2012

In Summary: NSF and US LTER invested substantially in the ILTER during past 20 years

SUCCESSFUL US LTER MODEL FLEDGELING LTER Networks in Other Countries US-Dominated Federation of Sites ILTER Network Driven by US Funds

SUCCESSFUL US LTER MODEL FLEDGELING LTER Networks in Other Countries US-Dominated Federation of Sites ILTER Network Driven by US Funds Owned by International Community Building A Sustainable Model

SUCCESSFUL US LTER MODEL FLEDGELING LTER Networks in Other Countries US-Dominated Federation of Sites ILTER Network Driven by US Funds Owned by International Community Building A Sustainable Model US Returns on Investment: Membership in ILTER provides research and education opportunities all over the world for LTER scientists and students Mechanism to access long-term data from a wider variety of ecosystems Mechanism to bring new programs in to US ILTER membership means participation in a global network that is like no other

Thank you! Organizing Committee: Evelyn Gaiser (FCE), John Vande Castle (LNO), Dan Childers (CAP), Jeb Barrett (MCM) Memories and photos: Jim Gosz (SEV), Fred Swanson (HJA), James Brunt (LNO), John Vande Castle (LNO), Leanne Yanabu (LNO)

Questions?