Long-Term Ecological Research: Between Theory and Application

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Long-Term Ecosystem Research Between Theory and Application – An Introduction....Pages 3-7
Front Matter....Pages 9-9
Theoretical Demands for Long-Term Ecological Research and the Management of Long-Term Data Sets....Pages 11-25
Long-Term Ecosystem Dynamics: Theoretical Concepts of Environmental Change....Pages 27-38
The Scientific Potential of Environmental Monitoring....Pages 39-55
Front Matter....Pages 57-57
Twenty-Eight Years of the US-LTER Program: Experience, Results, and Research Questions....Pages 59-74
Introducing the Next Generation of Ecosystem Research in Europe: LTER-Europe’s Multi-Functional and Multi-Scale Approach....Pages 75-93
The Role of Ecosystem Modelling for Long-Term Ecological Research....Pages 95-105
The Role of Statistics for Long-Term Ecological Research....Pages 107-129
The Role of Remote Sensing in LTER Projects....Pages 131-142
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Long-Term Ecological Change in the Northern Wadden Sea....Pages 145-153
Long-Term Model Simulation of Environmental Conditions to Identify Externally Forced Signals in Biological Time Series....Pages 155-162
Long-Term Investigations in Brackish Ecosystems....Pages 163-178
Long-Term Ecological Research in Freshwater Ecosystems....Pages 179-187
Long-Term Monitoring in Rivers of South Germany Since the 1970s – Macrophytes as Indicators for the Assessment of Water Quality and Its Implications for the Conservation of Rivers....Pages 189-199
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Long-Term Observations of Soil Mesofauna....Pages 203-220
Tracing Biogeochemical Processes in Small Catchments Using Non-linear Methods....Pages 221-242
Long-Term Measurements to Quantify the Impact of Arable Management Practices on Deep Seepage and Nitrate Leaching....Pages 243-252
Long-Term Ecosystem Research in a Beech Forest of Northern Germany....Pages 253-261
A Conceptual Framework for Integrated Functional Landscape Monitoring in the Wider Countryside of Central Europe....Pages 263-278
Temporal Changes and Spatial Determinants of Plant Species Diversity and Genetic Variation....Pages 279-297
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Integration of Long-Term Environmental Data by the Example of the UNECE Heavy Metals in Mosses Survey in Germany: Application of a WebGIS-Based Metadata System....Pages 299-313
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Monitoring of Ecosystems: Two Different Approaches – Long-Term Observation Versus Success Control....Pages 317-325
National Parks as Model Regions for Interdisciplinary Long-Term Ecological Research: The Bavarian Forest and Šumavá National Parks Underway to Transboundary Ecosystem Research....Pages 327-344
Turning Long-Term Monitoring into Policy – Using the National Park Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea as an Example....Pages 345-354
Design and Importance of Multi-tiered Ecological Monitoring Networks....Pages 355-374
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Conceptualising Long-Term Socio-ecological Research (LTSER): Integrating the Social Dimension....Pages 377-398
Integrating Social Sciences into Long-Term Ecological Research....Pages 399-410
Ecosystem Manipulation and Restoration on the Basis of Long-Term Conceptions....Pages 411-428
Exploratories for Large-Scale and Long-Term Functional Biodiversity Research....Pages 429-443
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On the Way to an Integrative Long-Term Ecosystem Research – Milestones, Challenges, and some Conclusions....Pages 447-451
Back Matter....Pages 453-456