Sustaining Long-Term Ecological Research: Perspectives from Inside the LTER Program

Merryl Alber; John Blair; Charles T. Driscoll; Hugh Ducklow; Timothy Fahey; William R. Fraser; John E. Hobbie; David M. Karl; Sharon E. Kingsland; Alan Knapp; Edward B. Rastetter; Timothy Seastedt; Gaius R. Shaver; Robert B. Waide

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-66933-1_4

Sustaining Long-Term Ecological Research: Perspectives from Inside the LTER Program

Merryl Alber, John Blair, Charles T. Driscoll, Hugh Ducklow, Timothy Fahey, William R. Fraser, John E. Hobbie, David M. Karl, Sharon E. Kingsland, Alan Knapp, Edward B. Rastetter, Timothy Seastedt, Gaius R. Shaver, Robert B. Waide

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Principal Investigators from several sites within the Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) program offer their insights about how long-term research has been effectively sustained from periods ranging from 20 to 40 years. The sites are: Hubbard Brook (New Hampshire), Konza Prairie (Kansas), Niwot Ridge (Colorado), Arctic (Alaska), Palmer Station (Antarctica), and Georgia Coastal Ecosystems (Georgia). The main themes discussed include: the importance of a strong foundation and common vision, creating a culture of collaboration and cooperation, showing the relevance of research to societal needs, managing conflict resolution, encouraging innovation, facilitating an exchange of ideas, working to build collaborations, willingness to adopt new management structures, and careful attention to transitions in leadership. The conclusion summarizes themes based on this chapter as well as other chapters in the book.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Archimedes
Publisher	Springer Nature
Pages	81-116
Number of pages	36
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66933-1_4
State	Published - 2021

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Name	Archimedes
Volume	59
ISSN (Print)	1385-0180
ISSN (Electronic)	2215-0064

Keywords

LTER Program
Long-term ecological research
Program sustainability
Scientific collaboration
Scientific culture
Scientific leadership
Team science

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Philosophy
History
History and Philosophy of Science

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Alber, M., Blair, J., Driscoll, C. T., Ducklow, H., Fahey, T., Fraser, W. R., Hobbie, J. E., Karl, D. M., Kingsland, S. E., Knapp, A., Rastetter, E. B., Seastedt, T., Shaver, G. R., & Waide, R. B. (2021). Sustaining Long-Term Ecological Research: Perspectives from Inside the LTER Program. In Archimedes (pp. 81-116). (Archimedes; Vol. 59). Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66933-1_4

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