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NEON: The promises and challenges of large-scale ecological research (Ep 101)

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The Evolution of the International Biophysical Program

The Grassland Biome was one of the first, didn't one of the largest. A lot of good ecosystem models did come from that and as I'm sure Scott can elaborate on more that funding that went to the IBP program essentially started the ecosystems studies program at the National Science Foundation. It was a huge success in terms of ecologists training and research dollars into ecology. There was this hangover effect about IBP that made LTR's job a little bit harder to get off the ground. But yeah, it sort of goes in succession like that, the I BP program, LTR program, neon program as the three big science approaches to the environment over the years.

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