Long-Term Ecological Research on Ecosystem Responses to Climate Change.

ABSTRACT: In this article marking the 40th anniversary of the US National Science Foundation's Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network, we describe how a long-term ecological research perspective facilitates insights into an ecosystem's response to climate change. At all 28 LTER sites, from the Arctic to Antarctica, air temperature and moisture variability have increased since 1930, with increased disturbance frequency and severity and unprecedented disturbance types. LTER research documents the responses to these changes, including altered primary production, enhanced cycling of organic and inorganic matter, and changes in populations and communities. Although some responses are shared among diverse ecosystems, most are unique, involving region-specific drivers of change, interactions among mu

SUBMITTER: Jones JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9405729 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature