LTER Sites and LTSER Platforms

What is meant by Sites and Platforms?

• LTER Site: ('traditional' LTER site; Long-Term Ecosystem Research): LTER-facility of limited size (up to 10 km²) and comprising mainly one habitat type and form of land use. Activities concentrate on small-scale ecosystem processes and structures (biogeochemistry, selected taxonomic groups, primary production, disturbances etc.). There are often unique long-term datasets associated with LTER sites Read more ...
• LTSER Platform (Long-Term Socio-Ecological Research): Modular LTER-facility consisting of sites which are located in an area with defined boundaries. Besides this physical component, LTSER-Platforms provide multiple services like the networking of client groups (e.g. research, local stakeholders), data management, communication and representation (management component). The elements of LTSER Platforms represent the main habitats, land use forms and practices relevant for the broader region (up to 10000 km²) and cover all scales and levels relevant for LTSER (from local to landscape). LTSER-Platforms should represent economic and social units or coincide/overlap with such units where adequate information on land use history, economy and demography is available to allow for socio-ecological research. Read more ...

Access to Sites and Platforms

• Geographic map: Sites and Platforms across Europe Go...
• Socio-ecological map: Platforms across Europe's socio-ecological regions Go...
• Interactive geographic LTER-Europe map including basic information about Sites / Platforms Go...
• Complete metadata (LTER-Europe InfoBase) Go ...
  
• Geographic maps of single national networks Go...
  
• National network websites Go...