Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) sites are an important component of environmental change research and generate unique datasets. However, in many countries (e.g. Brazil) each site uses different methodologies, generates different metrics and has distinct objectives. Moreover, there is very little replication, with LTER sites spread across biomes and ecosystems. In the absence of formal meta-analysis, which is practically unfeasible, is there a way to synthesize the results of these valuable and unique studies to guide policy and practice?
https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Long-Term20Ecological20Research201984.pdf
https://andrewsforest.oregonstate.edu/sites/default/files/lter/pubs/pdf/pub1057.pdf
http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/sites/harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/files/BioScience_Robertson.pdf
https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2013/nsf13083/nsf13083.pdf
https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2012/bio12001/bio12001.pdf
https://watermark.silverchair.com/62-4-342.pdf?token=AQECAHi208BE49Ooan9kkhW_Ercy7Dm3ZL_9Cf3qfKAc485ysgAAAbIwggGuBgkqhkiG9w0BBwagggGfMIIBmwIBADCCAZQGCSqGSIb3DQEHATAeBglghkgBZQMEAS4wEQQMUeX4xQhUU_XvGv-zAgEQgIIBZZ-5XQsffCQ9zbBUVJGVBfZxpdYFs12BTMkBM_qZyNQQBmgPlUxBkziSoFmunflG3qrv8hqpCbCUfwSBundv2oi3sOCFRpViNvIP-biKPIZrLcyAco7H8UBvUsNuoUE0Jnutv_rJvx2hQ5o1X5zlA5KrzpUEwNyXo-nL9cqmfvXucl_EWMrvx0w58e0rlqiCg8EKj7r2nGQTeChNkLQuCZ6YtVVzM6HlGx8UD8E8Ltoo78-hTGZFRHTxlEgDn4mDjQTUd10xmKijFdE0Exa_FALV80RJpzt8EXc9yWLnvVWr2ZVdnrX9Nq4Brel6HekY0E322xFhncegB4Y9hozOuT5f3CkbJzJTZsoLTQjh2by1EJxh9rMdxiL9k86YLMAOKazntvwniZs3astxdRAwWUhqejqT4H58_Vq_easCSkx-yoDxG0Xexoq2gBH9HZpEFk3JsftRxz3UQcMOfWvEAZaNeu2Jcg
https://watermark.silverchair.com/62-4-342.pdf?token=AQECAHi208BE49Ooan9kkhW_Ercy7Dm3ZL_9Cf3qfKAc485ysgAAAbIwggGuBgkqhkiG9w0BBwagggGfMIIBmwIBADCCAZQGCSqGSIb3DQEHATAeBglghkgBZQMEAS4wEQQMUeX4xQhUU_XvGv-zAgEQgIIBZZ-5XQsffCQ9zbBUVJGVBfZxpdYFs12BTMkBM_qZyNQQBmgPlUxBkziSoFmunflG3qrv8hqpCbCUfwSBundv2oi3sOCFRpViNvIP-biKPIZrLcyAco7H8UBvUsNuoUE0Jnutv_rJvx2hQ5o1X5zlA5KrzpUEwNyXo-nL9cqmfvXucl_EWMrvx0w58e0rlqiCg8EKj7r2nGQTeChNkLQuCZ6YtVVzM6HlGx8UD8E8Ltoo78-hTGZFRHTxlEgDn4mDjQTUd10xmKijFdE0Exa_FALV80RJpzt8EXc9yWLnvVWr2ZVdnrX9Nq4Brel6HekY0E322xFhncegB4Y9hozOuT5f3CkbJzJTZsoLTQjh2by1EJxh9rMdxiL9k86YLMAOKazntvwniZs3astxdRAwWUhqejqT4H58_Vq_easCSkx-yoDxG0Xexoq2gBH9HZpEFk3JsftRxz3UQcMOfWvEAZaNeu2Jcg
Somehow you need to make adjustments for inconsistencies in methodology or at least discuss this. But spreading sites across ecosystems is good imo because it avoids pseudo-replication :)
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