
NEON: The promises and challenges of large-scale ecological research (Ep 101)
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Cross Site Comparisons of Net Primary Production in the LTR Network
LTR has what are called core areas, core research areas. One of them was what controls patterns and controls of net primary production in your ecosystem. And so we proposed that to the other PIs and I think we got together around 11 or 13 sites at the time to share their data with us. We wrote a synthesis paper about those bigger broader scale controls on net primary production across grasslands, in tundra, in forests, etc. So not just snapshots, but actually a real more comprehensive picture of what is controlling net primary production.
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