The UK Environmental Change Network: Emerging trends in the composition of plant and animal communities and the physical environment

Morecroft, Michael D.; Bealey, Clive E.; Beaumont, D. A.; Benham, Sue; Brooks, David R.; Burt, T. P.; Critchley, C.N.R.; Dick, Jan; Littlewood, Nick A.; Monteith, Don; Scott, W. A.; Smith, Ron; Walmsley, Clive A.; Watson, Helen

doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2009.07.004

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“…In the frame of long term research, methodology should be developed: (1) across sites, to meet harmonization of monitoring or research and shape a restructured international network design; (2) at single site level, in order to set well-ground plans for new monitoring or research activities based on locally available datasets. Through this procedure, it would be also possible to create agreed protocols (Sykes & Lane 1996, Morecroft et al 2009. A protocol (Sykes & Lane 1996) has to be defined as a written method for the design and implementation of experiments; it is usually a comprehensive document, also including lists of required sampling equipment, explanations of statistical analysis, rules to avoid bias.…”

Section: Methodology Methods and Protocols In Long Term Ecological Rmentioning

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“…Examples of LTER activities addressing biodiversity loss, climate change, land use change at large scale exist in LTER Europe: in UK LTER Network, ground beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) and the ubiquitous harvestman Mitopus morio are monitored at terrestrial sites for species abundance and features responding to climate change and changes in land management (Sykes & Lane 1996, Morecroft et al 2009). Although not directly linked to LTER Europe, another example is the estimation of the effect of the 2003 heat wave on European ecosystems' carbon balance, that was assessed using data from research and monitoring networks, remote sensing and process modeling.…”

Section: Consistency Of Ecological Datasets At Italian Forest Sitesmentioning

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Basic concepts and research activities at Italian forest sites of the Long Term Ecological Research network

Cocciufa¹,

Cerretti²,

Matteucci³

et al. 2011

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Italy entered the International Long Term Ecological Research Network (ILTER)\ud in 2006, contributing a group of research sites in marine, freshwater and terrestrial\ud ecosystems to the global network. Five forest sites are included in the\ud Italian Network. They are representative of the main forest ecosystems in Italy\ud and integrate 15 research stations managed by different institutes. Starting\ud from LTER rationale and basic concepts, the first part of the paper reviews the\ud status of LTER Italy forest sites, the strengths resulting from multidisciplinary\ud expertise and site management, current activities and available datasets. Long\ud term data series on key environmental parameters show the high scientific\ud value of these sites, where monitoring and/or research is still ongoing. But two\ud main LTER issues are currently arising in the international context: (1) overall\ud consistency of datasets; (2) harmonization of sampling methods. For this reason,\ud the second part of the paper investigates the suitability of Italian forest\ud sites to address recommended long term research topics and ecological issues\ud of global concern and to investigate the shift from in-site monitoring to crosssite\ud cooperation and inter-site research

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Section: Methodology Methods and Protocols In Long Term Ecological Rmentioning

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Section: Consistency Of Ecological Datasets At Italian Forest Sitesmentioning

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Basic concepts and research activities at Italian forest sites of the Long Term Ecological Research network

Cocciufa¹,

Cerretti²,

Matteucci³

et al. 2011

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“…Estos estudios pioneros evidenciaron la importancia y relevancia de la generación de datos de series temporales largas y son parte de un numero creciente de estudios temporales incluyendo la red de investigación de cambio ambiental del Reino Unido [16], las parcelas experimentales de Wageningen [17] y Cedar Creek [18], siendo el último parte de los sitios de la Red de Investigaciones Ecológicas de largo plazo de Estados Unidos (www.lternet.edu), la Red Nacional de observaciones ecológicas (NEON, www.neoninc.org) y la red internacional para la investigación ecológica (ILTER www.ilternet.edu) fundada en 1993 con el propósito de generar investigación ecológica y socioeconómica de largo plazo a escala de sitio.…”

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CONDESAN: Better Knowledge, Better Decisions—Supporting Sustainable Andean Mountains Development

Saravia¹,

Devenish²,

Bièvre³

et al. 2013

Mountain Research and Development

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“…Such an approach is central to our understanding of the drivers of change in our most valued habitats, yet there is a limited availability of long-term ecological change data (Burt 1994;Morecroft et al 2009). Long-term experimental plots such as the Park Grass experiment (Silvertown et al 2006) are an important source of ecological data which have been collected regularly and systematically, and which can be analysed with a degree of precision (Lindenmayer and Likens 2012).…”

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Long-term hay meadow management maintains the target community despite local-scale species turnover

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Hay meadows, which are managed using a low-intensity regime, are characterized by highly diverse vegetation but have declined significantly since the mid twentieth century. Remaining species-rich meadows are often protected by statutory designations and conservation management agreements. However, long-term studies of change in the composition of meadow vegetation, and investigations of the success of conservation over the long-term are rare. Fourteen sites, which had a long history of being managed for field dried hay, were resurveyed after 25 years and redundancy analysis was undertaken to investigate changes in community composition. Investigations of the effect of soil conditions, site size and spatial distribution of the meadow sites were carried out. Although overall community composition had changed significantly, the suite of species representative of the meadow community had been maintained, and species usually associated with more intensively managed grasslands had declined. However, there were losses of particular species of conservation importance such as Alchemilla glabra and Conopodium majus, and losses and gains of species varied from site to site. There was a significant increase in the homogeneity of the meadow vegetation between the two survey years. Comparisons of indicators of soil conditions suggested that there had been no significant change for the community as a whole but analyses of the species showing the most change indicated a decrease in soil fertility. Low-intensity management has been successful in maintaining the meadow community but consideration of changes in key species and losses at the site level is needed. More research is needed to establish whether fragmentation is starting to have an impact on diversity.

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The UK Environmental Change Network: Emerging trends in the composition of plant and animal communities and the physical environment

Cited by 99 publications

References 40 publications

Basic concepts and research activities at Italian forest sites of the Long Term Ecological Research network

Basic concepts and research activities at Italian forest sites of the Long Term Ecological Research network

CONDESAN: Better Knowledge, Better Decisions—Supporting Sustainable Andean Mountains Development

Long-term hay meadow management maintains the target community despite local-scale species turnover

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