"Biological components of the city do not act independently from social components, nor do they act in a clear, stepwise fashion in which a change in biology begets a clear change in a social factor which in turn changes biology. Biological status, human perception, and agency join together at each step, and heterogeneity is changed by both. This is the mutual production of social-ecological change: coproduction.”
Loner Lizards Stress in Shared Shade
Human introverts aren’t the only ones who get stressed in shared social environments. Lizards like patchy and spread out shaded spaces where they can avoid interactions with other lizards. Read the story
Got Shrubs? Woody Plants are Changing Ecological Communities Globally
Multiple LTER sites document the impacts of woody plant encroachment in ecosystems ranging from temperate forests to high deserts. Read the story
LTER Network Calendar
Did you know we have an event calendar on the LTER network website where you can find the dates of all upcoming network-wide committee and working group meetings? Never miss another meeting again (unless you want to).
You can find upcoming events and a link to our full calendar at the bottom of the LTER website homepage (scroll to bottom). In the calendar, click on "save details" to open and save an individual item or "Visit and add Google Calendar," just under the "Events" heading to add the whole calendar. If your committee isn't making it onto the calendar, connect with Marty Downs (downs@nceas.ucsb.edu) or Kristen Weiss (weiss@nceas.ucsb.edu) to be sure it does.
Announcements & Opportunities
Announcements
John Kominoski of Florida Coastal Everglades LTER will be featured on the March 29 episode of the NPR podcast 'Living on Earth. Give it a listen!
Environmental Data Initiative (EDI) Hackathon: Participate in the continuing development of the Information Management Code Registry with a hackathon at UNM in Albuquerque, NM on June 10 – June 14, 2019. Apply here for this all-expenses paid opportunity by March 31.
AGU 2019: Proposals for sessions, workshops, and town halls for AGU Fall Meeting are due April 17. This year's theme is: Discover Science at the Speed of Life.
Congratulations to Rory O'Connor, a graduate student with Konza Prairie LTER, for receiving the Young Professional Conclave Outstanding Early Career award at the 2019 Society for Range Management annual meeting. Read the press release.
Conferences
Science Talk '19: This annual science communication and outreach conference will take place on April4-5 in Portland Oregon. LTER Communications Coordinator Kristen Weiss will be hosting a workshop on Day 2 about overcoming sci-comm misconceptions.
2019 ILTER Open Science Meeting: The International Long Term Ecological Research Network 2nd Open Science Meeting will be held Sept 2–6 2019 at the Helmholz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) in Leipzig, Germany.
29th Annual Conference for Conservation Biology: Society for Conservation Biology's 29th Congress will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 21-25 July 2019, and will explore the nexus between biodiversity conservation and genetics, ecology, biogeography, anthropology, psychology, economics, conservation marketing, and more.
Photo Credits (top to bottom): Rademacher et al., Ron Savage (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0), SB Johnny (CC BY-SA 3.0)
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under award # DEB-1545288, 10/1/2015-9/30/19. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in the material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
